Alabama Science Standards
Middle School Discipline Specific Model
Grade 6: Earth Science Course
Earth's Place in the Universe
1. Earth-Sun-Moon System
2. Gravity and Motions in Space
3. Scale Properties in the Solar Syste
Earth's Systems
4. Geologic Time Scale
5. Geoscience Processes at Varying Scales
6. Evidence of Plate Tectonics
7. Biochemical Cycling*
8. Cycling of Earth's Materials
9. Plate Tectonics and Landforms*
Earth's Systems (continued)
10. Uneven Distribution of Earth's Resources
11. Earth's Magnetosphere*
12. Interacting Air Masses and Weather
13. Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation
14. Causes of Global Warming
MS-ESS3-2: Natural Hazards
Earth and Human Activity
15. Human Consumption of Natural Resources
16. Human Impact on the Environment
Grade 7: Life Science Course
From Molecules to Organisms:
Structures and Processes
1. Cell Theory
2. Asexual and Sexual Reproduction
3. Cell Parts and Function
4. Interacting Body Systems
MS-LS1-4:
MS-LS1-8: Information Processing
Ecosystems:
Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
5. Matter Cycling and Energy Flow (Photosynthesis)
5. Matter Cycling and Energy Flow (Cellular Respiration)
6. Effects of Resource Availability
7. Ecosystem Interactions and Dynamics
8. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
9. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Solutions
10. Animal Behaviors and Plant Structures - Reproductive Success
11. Environmental and Genetic Growth Factors
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
12. Genetic modeling (similar to MS-LS3-2)*
13. Mutations - Harmful, Beneficial or Neutral
14. Artificial Selection
Unity and Diversity
15. Fossil Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
16. Anatomical Evidence of Evolutionary Relationships
17. Embryological Evidence of Common Ancestry
18. Natural Selection
18. Adaptation of Populations over Time
Grade 8: Physical Science Course
Matter and its Interactions
1. Atomic Composition Model
2. Chemical Properties
3. Substances and Synthetic Materials*
4. Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
5. Chemical Properties and Reactions
6. Conservation of Atoms in Reactions
7. Thermal Energy Design Project
Motion and Stability:
Forces and Interactions
8. Newton's First Law (contained in MS-PS2-2)*
9. Newton's Second Law (similar to MS-PS2-2)*
10. Newton's Third Law (similar to MS-PS2-1)*
11. Electric and Magnetic Forces
12. Electric and Magnetic Fields
12. Gravitational Interactions
Energy
13. Kinetic Energy of an Object
14. Potential Energy of the System
15. Thermal Energy Transfer Solution
16. Energy Transfer to or from an Object
Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
17. Wave Properties
18. Wave Reflection, Absorption, and Transmission
19. Digitized Wave Signals
* Standards added to the NGSS
Image By Michael Fallows (Own work) [Public domain] |This is a space shuttle model situated in the rocket park at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.