IXL skill plan | Science grades 6-8 plan for the Texas NWEA MAP® Growth™

Skill plan for the Texas NWEA MAP^® Growth™ - Science grades 6-8

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Matter, force, motion, and energy
Earth and space
Organisms and environments

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Matter, force, motion, and energy
RIT Score: Less than 198
Atoms, elements, compounds, solutions; matter classification, chemical changes, matter conservation		1. Identify magnets that attract or repel 2. Label magnets that attract or repel
Atoms, elements, compounds, solutions; matter classification, chemical changes, matter conservation
1. Identify magnets that attract or repel 2. Label magnets that attract or repel

Force and motion		1. Identify directions of forces
Force and motion
1. Identify directions of forces

Energy transfers and transformations, energy in systems, waves		1. Energy transformation
Energy transfers and transformations, energy in systems, waves
1. Energy transformation
RIT Score: 198–205
Atoms, elements, compounds, solutions; matter classification, chemical changes, matter conservation		1. Understand conservation of matter using graphs
Atoms, elements, compounds, solutions; matter classification, chemical changes, matter conservation
1. Understand conservation of matter using graphs

Force and motion		1. Solve problems using magnets 2. Compare strengths of magnetic forces 3. How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion?
Force and motion
1. Solve problems using magnets 2. Compare strengths of magnetic forces 3. How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion?

Energy transfers and transformations, energy in systems, waves		1. How is temperature related to thermal energy? 2. How does light travel and interact with matter?
Energy transfers and transformations, energy in systems, waves
1. How is temperature related to thermal energy? 2. How does light travel and interact with matter?
RIT Score: 206–209
Atoms, elements, compounds, solutions; matter classification, chemical changes, matter conservation		Particle motion 1. How does particle motion affect temperature? 2. Particle motion and changes of state 3. How does particle motion affect gas pressure? Atomic composition 4. Describe the atomic composition of molecules Chemical formulas and models 5. How are substances represented by chemical formulas and models? Chemical reactions 6. Count atoms and molecules in chemical reactions
Atoms, elements, compounds, solutions; matter classification, chemical changes, matter conservation
Particle motion 1. How does particle motion affect temperature? 2. Particle motion and changes of state 3. How does particle motion affect gas pressure? Atomic composition 4. Describe the atomic composition of molecules Chemical formulas and models 5. How are substances represented by chemical formulas and models? Chemical reactions 6. Count atoms and molecules in chemical reactions

Force and motion		1. How does mass affect force and acceleration?
Force and motion
1. How does mass affect force and acceleration?

Energy transfers and transformations, energy in systems, waves		Potential energy 1. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy Waves 2. Transverse waves 3. Longitudinal waves 4. Transmission, reflection, and absorption of waves Energy transformations 5. How do plants use and change energy?
Energy transfers and transformations, energy in systems, waves
Potential energy 1. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy Waves 2. Transverse waves 3. Longitudinal waves 4. Transmission, reflection, and absorption of waves Energy transformations 5. How do plants use and change energy?
RIT Score: 210–212
Atoms, elements, compounds, solutions; matter classification, chemical changes, matter conservation		Particle motion 1. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure Chemical formulas and models 2. Classify elementary substances and compounds using chemical formulas 3. Classify elementary substances and compounds using models Chemical reactions 4. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions 5. Explore chemical structure and properties: soapmaking Cellular respiration 6. The chemistry of cellular respiration
Atoms, elements, compounds, solutions; matter classification, chemical changes, matter conservation
Particle motion 1. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure Chemical formulas and models 2. Classify elementary substances and compounds using chemical formulas 3. Classify elementary substances and compounds using models Chemical reactions 4. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions 5. Explore chemical structure and properties: soapmaking Cellular respiration 6. The chemistry of cellular respiration

Force and motion		1. Balanced and unbalanced forces 2. Electric forces and fields 3. Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces
Force and motion
1. Balanced and unbalanced forces 2. Electric forces and fields 3. Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces

Energy transfers and transformations, energy in systems, waves		1. Use tables and graphs to identify patterns about kinetic energy 2. Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride 3. Explore energy transformations: bike ride 4. Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves 5. Compare energy of waves
Energy transfers and transformations, energy in systems, waves
1. Use tables and graphs to identify patterns about kinetic energy 2. Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride 3. Explore energy transformations: bike ride 4. Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves 5. Compare energy of waves
RIT Score: 213+
Atoms, elements, compounds, solutions; matter classification, chemical changes, matter conservation		1. Factors that affect reaction rate
Atoms, elements, compounds, solutions; matter classification, chemical changes, matter conservation
1. Factors that affect reaction rate

Force and motion		One-dimensional motion 1. Distance and displacement in one dimension 2. Acceleration in one dimension 3. Solve problems using kinematic equations Newton's laws 4. Newton's laws of motion 5. Newton's first law of motion 6. Newton's second law of motion Momentum 7. Conservation of momentum
Force and motion
One-dimensional motion 1. Distance and displacement in one dimension 2. Acceleration in one dimension 3. Solve problems using kinematic equations Newton's laws 4. Newton's laws of motion 5. Newton's first law of motion 6. Newton's second law of motion Momentum 7. Conservation of momentum

Energy transfers and transformations, energy in systems, waves		1. Conservation of mechanical energy 2. Properties of electromagnetic waves
Energy transfers and transformations, energy in systems, waves
1. Conservation of mechanical energy 2. Properties of electromagnetic waves

Earth and space
RIT Score: Less than 198
The universe, solar system, and Sun-Earth-Moon system		1. Identify the planets in the solar system
The universe, solar system, and Sun-Earth-Moon system
1. Identify the planets in the solar system

Rock cycle, Earth's structure, plate tectonics; effect of Earth, ocean, weather systems on climate		1. Collect and graph temperature data 2. Use climate data to make predictions 3. Changes to Earth's surface: erosion 4. Label parts of water cycle diagrams
Rock cycle, Earth's structure, plate tectonics; effect of Earth, ocean, weather systems on climate
1. Collect and graph temperature data 2. Use climate data to make predictions 3. Changes to Earth's surface: erosion 4. Label parts of water cycle diagrams

Resource management, human activity and the hydrosphere, human activity and global climate		1. Natural resources
Resource management, human activity and the hydrosphere, human activity and global climate
1. Natural resources
RIT Score: 198–205
The universe, solar system, and Sun-Earth-Moon system		1. Seasons
The universe, solar system, and Sun-Earth-Moon system
1. Seasons

Rock cycle, Earth's structure, plate tectonics; effect of Earth, ocean, weather systems on climate		1. Weather and climate around the world 2. Weather or climate? Cite text 3. Select parts of water cycle diagrams
Rock cycle, Earth's structure, plate tectonics; effect of Earth, ocean, weather systems on climate
1. Weather and climate around the world 2. Weather or climate? Cite text 3. Select parts of water cycle diagrams

Resource management, human activity and the hydrosphere, human activity and global climate		1. Evaluate natural energy sources
Resource management, human activity and the hydrosphere, human activity and global climate
1. Evaluate natural energy sources
RIT Score: 206–209
The universe, solar system, and Sun-Earth-Moon system		1. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 2. Identify phases of the Moon 3. What causes the seasons on Earth?
The universe, solar system, and Sun-Earth-Moon system
1. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 2. Identify phases of the Moon 3. What causes the seasons on Earth?

Rock cycle, Earth's structure, plate tectonics; effect of Earth, ocean, weather systems on climate		Rocks 1. Introduction to the rock cycle 2. Label parts of rock cycle diagrams 3. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence Plate tectonics 4. Label Earth layers 5. Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries The water cycle 6. Select parts of water cycle diagrams Climate 7. Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean
Rock cycle, Earth's structure, plate tectonics; effect of Earth, ocean, weather systems on climate
Rocks 1. Introduction to the rock cycle 2. Label parts of rock cycle diagrams 3. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence Plate tectonics 4. Label Earth layers 5. Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries The water cycle 6. Select parts of water cycle diagrams Climate 7. Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean

Resource management, human activity and the hydrosphere, human activity and global climate		1. The greenhouse effect
Resource management, human activity and the hydrosphere, human activity and global climate
1. The greenhouse effect
RIT Score: 210+
The universe, solar system, and Sun-Earth-Moon system		1. Solar eclipses 2. Lunar eclipses 3. Analyze data to compare properties of planets
The universe, solar system, and Sun-Earth-Moon system
1. Solar eclipses 2. Lunar eclipses 3. Analyze data to compare properties of planets

Rock cycle, Earth's structure, plate tectonics; effect of Earth, ocean, weather systems on climate		Earth's processes 1. Select parts of rock cycle diagrams 2. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world Weather and climate 3. How do air masses form? 4. Factors affecting climate: latitude
Rock cycle, Earth's structure, plate tectonics; effect of Earth, ocean, weather systems on climate
Earth's processes 1. Select parts of rock cycle diagrams 2. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world Weather and climate 3. How do air masses form? 4. Factors affecting climate: latitude

Resource management, human activity and the hydrosphere, human activity and global climate		1. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater 2. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels 3. The carbon cycle
Resource management, human activity and the hydrosphere, human activity and global climate
1. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater 2. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels 3. The carbon cycle

Organisms and environments
RIT Score: Less than 198
Interdependence, stability and change, cycling of matter, and flow of energy in ecosystems		1. Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou
Interdependence, stability and change, cycling of matter, and flow of energy in ecosystems
1. Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou

Population survival, organism health, trait inheritance, taxonomy, relationships between organisms		1. Construct animal life cycle diagrams 2. Compare stages of an animal's life cycle 3. Compare different animals' life cycles 4. Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams
Population survival, organism health, trait inheritance, taxonomy, relationships between organisms
1. Construct animal life cycle diagrams 2. Compare stages of an animal's life cycle 3. Compare different animals' life cycles 4. Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams
RIT Score: 198–205
Interdependence, stability and change, cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems		1. Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers 2. How does matter move in food chains? 3. Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles?
Interdependence, stability and change, cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems
1. Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers 2. How does matter move in food chains? 3. Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles?

Population survival, organism health, trait inheritance, taxonomy, relationships between organisms		1. What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis 2. Match offspring to parents using inherited traits 3. Identify inherited and acquired traits 4. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement
Population survival, organism health, trait inheritance, taxonomy, relationships between organisms
1. What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis 2. Match offspring to parents using inherited traits 3. Identify inherited and acquired traits 4. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement
RIT Score: 206–209
Interdependence, stability and change, cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems		1. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth? 2. Interpret food webs I 3. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem
Interdependence, stability and change, cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems
1. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth? 2. Interpret food webs I 3. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem

Population survival, organism health, trait inheritance, taxonomy, relationships between organisms		Cells 1. Understanding cells Body systems 2. Organization in the human body 3. Body systems: perception and motion Evolution 4. Introduction to natural selection 5. Calculate the percentages of traits in a population 6. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim
Population survival, organism health, trait inheritance, taxonomy, relationships between organisms
Cells 1. Understanding cells Body systems 2. Organization in the human body 3. Body systems: perception and motion Evolution 4. Introduction to natural selection 5. Calculate the percentages of traits in a population 6. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim
RIT Score: 210–212
Interdependence, stability and change, cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems		1. Interpret food webs II 2. Use food chains to predict changes in populations 3. Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island 4. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions
Interdependence, stability and change, cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems
1. Interpret food webs II 2. Use food chains to predict changes in populations 3. Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island 4. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions

Population survival, organism health, trait inheritance, taxonomy, relationships between organisms		1. Calculate the averages of traits in a population 2. Construct explanations of natural selection
Population survival, organism health, trait inheritance, taxonomy, relationships between organisms
1. Calculate the averages of traits in a population 2. Construct explanations of natural selection
RIT Score: 213+
Interdependence, stability and change, cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems		1. How can group behavior affect survival? Identify evidence to support a claim 2. Kelp forests: factors affecting biodiversity
Interdependence, stability and change, cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems
1. How can group behavior affect survival? Identify evidence to support a claim 2. Kelp forests: factors affecting biodiversity

Population survival, organism health, trait inheritance, taxonomy, relationships between organisms		1. Organization in the human body: the heart and the circulatory system
Population survival, organism health, trait inheritance, taxonomy, relationships between organisms
1. Organization in the human body: the heart and the circulatory system

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