MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE FOUNDATIONS DESIGN FEATURES All students, all standards (A The model reflects an integrated Framework for K-12 Science approach. Education). Science and Engineering Practices and Cross Cutting Concepts allow for the Prepare students for college, career, scaffolding of skills and allow students to make connections between the and citizenship. scientific content. Prior knowledge of students was We develop student scientists and do paramount when designing the scope not merely deliver a scientific body of and sequence in addition to considering knowledge to students. elementary and high school standards. The Science and Engineering unit in Science education should reflect the sixth grade is an identified need for interconnectedness of science as incoming middle school students and practiced and experienced in the real aims to provide an equitable foundation world (NGSS Appendix A). for all students upon which deeper understanding of science content and further development of skills can occur. A foundational knowledge of the nature of science and engineering, energy, forces, and motion in sixth grade is necessary for students to better understand complex systems and processes later such as astronomy, ecology, and heredity. Quarterly checkpoints provide educators with a general timeline to ensure that all students learn all standards.
Different Approaches to Learning Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Case Studies from Thailand, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Finland