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Grade	Middle School Science Expectations	(CAC) What do Light bulbs have to do with Air Pollution? (Grade 6)	(CAC) Every Breath You Take ( Grade 7)	(CAC) Lung Power and Air Pollution (Grade 7)
6	Life Sciences: Changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individual organisms, populations, and entire species.	X
6	Life Sciences: Organisms interact with each other and their environment in various ways that create a flow of energy and cycling of matter in an ecosystem.	X
6	Earth System Sciences: Earth’s natural resources provide the foundation for human society’s physical needs. Many natural resources are nonrenewable on human timescales, while others can be renewed or recycled.
7	Life Sciences: Individual organisms with certain traits are more likely than others to survive and have offspring in a specific environment.		X
7	Life Sciences: The human body is composed of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems that have functions and interactions.		X	X
7	Life Sciences: Cells are the smallest unit of life that can function independently and perform all the necessary functions of life.		X	X
8	Life Sciences: Human activities can deliberately or inadvertently alter ecosystems and their resiliency.
	Reading, Writing, and Communicating Expectations
6	Oral Expression: Successful group discussions require planning and participation by all.
6	Reading for All Purposes: Understanding the meaning within different types of literature depends on properly analyzing literary components.
6	Reading for All Purposes: Organizing structure to understand and analyze factual information.	X
6	Research & Reasoning: Individual and group research projects require obtaining information on a topic from a variety of sources and organizing it for a presentation.	X
7	Oral Expression: Small and large group discussions rely on active listening and the effective contributions of all participants.		X	X
7	Research & Reasoning: Answering a research question logistically beings with obtaining and analyzing information from a variety of sources.		X	X
7	Research & Reasoning: Logical information requires documented sources.		X	X
8	Oral Expression: A variety of response strategies clarifies meaning or messages.
8	Reading for All Purposes: Quality comprehension and interpretation of literary texts demand self-monitoring and self assessment.
8	Research & Reasoning: Individual research projects being with information obtained from a variety of sources, and is organized, documented, and presented using logical procedures.
	Middle School Mathematics Expectations:
6	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: In the real number system, positive rational numbers are represented in multiple equivalent forms.	X
6	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Formulate, represent, and use algorithms with positive rational numbers flexibly, accurately and efficiently.	X
6	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Quantities can be expressed and compared using ratios and rates.	X
6	Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic Structures: Patterns can be described using words, tables, and graphs.
6	Data, Analysis, Statisctics, and Probablility: Questions can be answered by collecting and analyzing data and data displays.	X
6	Data, Analysis, Statisctics, and Probablility: Mathematical models are used to determine probability.
6	Shape, Dimension, and Geometric Relationships: Standard units provide common language for communicating measurements.	X
7	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Formulate, represent, and use algorithms with positive rational numbers flexibly, accurately and efficiently.
7	Data, Analysis, Statistics, and Probablility: Mathematical models are used to determine probability.
8	Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic Structures: Graphs, tables, and equations can be used to distinguish between linear and nonlinear functions.
8	Data, Analysis, Statistics, and Probablility: Visual displays and summary statistics of two-variable data condense the information in data sets into usable knowledge.

Grade	Middle School Science Expectations	(On the Air) More than Meets the Eye ( Grade 6)	(On the Air) Our Lungs, Our Air, Our Health (Grade 6)
6	Life Sciences: Changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individual organisms, populations, and entire species.	X	X
6	Life Sciences: Organisms interact with each other and their environment in various ways that create a flow of energy and cycling of matter in an ecosystem.	X	X
6	Earth System Sciences: Earth’s natural resources provide the foundation for human society’s physical needs. Many natural resources are nonrenewable on human timescales, while others can be renewed or recycled.
7	Life Sciences: Individual organisms with certain traits are more likely than others to survive and have offspring in a specific environment.
7	Life Sciences: The human body is composed of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems that have functions and interactions.
7	Life Sciences: Cells are the smallest unit of life that can function independently and perform all the necessary functions of life.
8	Life Sciences: Human activities can deliberately or inadvertently alter ecosystems and their resiliency.
	Reading, Writing, and Communicating Expectations
6	Oral Expression: Successful group discussions require planning and participation by all.	X	X
6	Reading for All Purposes: Understanding the meaning within different types of literature depends on properly analyzing literary components.
6	Reading for All Purposes: Organizing structure to understand and analyze factual information.
6	Research & Reasoning: Individual and group research projects require obtaining information on a topic from a variety of sources and organizing it for a presentation.	X	X
7	Oral Expression: Small and large group discussions rely on active listening and the effective contributions of all participants.
7	Research & Reasoning: Answering a research question logistically beings with obtaining and analyzing information from a variety of sources.
7	Research & Reasoning: Logical information requires documented sources.
8	Oral Expression: A variety of response strategies clarifies meaning or messages.
8	Reading for All Purposes: Quality comprehension and interpretation of literary texts demand self-monitoring and self assessment.
8	Research & Reasoning: Individual research projects being with information obtained from a variety of sources, and is organized, documented, and presented using logical procedures.
	Middle School Mathematics Expectations:
6	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: In the real number system, positive rational numbers are represented in multiple equivalent forms.
6	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Formulate, represent, and use algorithms with positive rational numbers flexibly, accurately and efficiently.
6	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Quantities can be expressed and compared using ratios and rates.
6	Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic Structures: Patterns can be described using words, tables, and graphs.		X
6	Data, Analysis, Statisctics, and Probablility: Questions can be answered by collecting and analyzing data and data displays.	X	X
6	Data, Analysis, Statisctics, and Probablility: Mathematical models are used to determine probability.	X	X
6	Shape, Dimension, and Geometric Relationships: Standard units provide common language for communicating measurements.
7	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Formulate, represent, and use algorithms with positive rational numbers flexibly, accurately and efficiently.
7	Data, Analysis, Statistics, and Probablility: Mathematical models are used to determine probability.
8	Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic Structures: Graphs, tables, and equations can be used to distinguish between linear and nonlinear functions.
8	Data, Analysis, Statistics, and Probablility: Visual displays and summary statistics of two-variable data condense the information in data sets into usable knowledge.

Grade	Middle School Science Expectations	(Thinkport) Compare Your Air (Grades 6,7,8)	(Thinkport) Every Breath You Take (Grades 6,7,8)
6	Life Sciences: Changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individual organisms, populations, and entire species.	X	X
6	Life Sciences: Organisms interact with each other and their environment in various ways that create a flow of energy and cycling of matter in an ecosystem.	X	X
6	Earth System Sciences: Earth’s natural resources provide the foundation for human society’s physical needs. Many natural resources are nonrenewable on human timescales, while others can be renewed or recycled.	X	X
7	Life Sciences: Individual organisms with certain traits are more likely than others to survive and have offspring in a specific environment.
7	Life Sciences: The human body is composed of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems that have functions and interactions.		X
7	Life Sciences: Cells are the smallest unit of life that can function independently and perform all the necessary functions of life.
8	Life Sciences: Human activities can deliberately or inadvertently alter ecosystems and their resiliency.	X	X
	Reading, Writing, and Communicating Expectations
6	Oral Expression: Successful group discussions require planning and participation by all.	X	X
6	Reading for All Purposes: Understanding the meaning within different types of literature depends on properly analyzing literary components.	X
6	Reading for All Purposes: Organizing structure to understand and analyze factual information.
6	Research & Reasoning: Individual and group research projects require obtaining information on a topic from a variety of sources and organizing it for a presentation.
7	Oral Expression: Small and large group discussions rely on active listening and the effective contributions of all participants.	X	X
7	Research & Reasoning: Answering a research question logistically beings with obtaining and analyzing information from a variety of sources.	X	X
7	Research & Reasoning: Logical information requires documented sources.
8	Oral Expression: A variety of response strategies clarifies meaning or messages.	X	X
8	Reading for All Purposes: Quality comprehension and interpretation of literary texts demand self-monitoring and self assessment.	X
8	Research & Reasoning: Individual research projects being with information obtained from a variety of sources, and is organized, documented, and presented using logical procedures.	X	X
	Middle School Mathematics Expectations:
6	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: In the real number system, positive rational numbers are represented in multiple equivalent forms.	X
6	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Formulate, represent, and use algorithms with positive rational numbers flexibly, accurately and efficiently.	X	X
6	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Quantities can be expressed and compared using ratios and rates.	X	X
6	Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic Structures: Patterns can be described using words, tables, and graphs.	X
6	Data, Analysis, Statisctics, and Probablility: Questions can be answered by collecting and analyzing data and data displays.	X	X
6	Data, Analysis, Statisctics, and Probablility: Mathematical models are used to determine probability.	X
6	Shape, Dimension, and Geometric Relationships: Standard units provide common language for communicating measurements.
7	Number, Sense, Properties, and Operations: Formulate, represent, and use algorithms with positive rational numbers flexibly, accurately and efficiently.	X	X
7	Data, Analysis, Statistics, and Probablility: Mathematical models are used to determine probability.	X
8	Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic Structures: Graphs, tables, and equations can be used to distinguish between linear and nonlinear functions.	X
8	Data, Analysis, Statistics, and Probablility: Visual displays and summary statistics of two-variable data condense the information in data sets into usable knowledge.	X