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English:  to develop insights about human experience

III.5.MS.5

III. Literature

5. . . to seek understanding of heritage, diversity, common humanity & the rich diversity of life through classic & contemporary literature. . .

5. Investigate through literature & other texts various examples of distortion & stereotypes.

VII.9.MS.1

VII. Depth of Understanding

9. . . .demonstrate understanding of the complexity of enduring issues & recurring problems by making connections & generating themes within & across texts.

1. Explore & reflect on universal themes & substantive issues from oral, visual, and written texts.

VIII.10.MS.3

VIII. Ideas in Action

10. . . .apply knowledge, ideas, & issues drawn from texts to their lives & the lives of others.

3. Use oral, written, and visual texts to identify & research issues of importance that confront adolescents, their community, their nation, & the world.

IX.11.MS.1

IX. Inquiry & Research

11.. . .define & investigate important issues & problems using a variety of resources. . .

1. Generate questions about important issues that affect them or topics about which they are curious; narrow the questions to a clear focus; & create a thesis or a hypothesis.

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I.1.MS.1

I. Patterns, Relationships & Functions

1. . . .recognize similarities & generalize patterns, use patterns to create models & make predictions, describe the nature of patterns & relationships, & construct representations of mathematical relationships.

1. Describe, analyze & generalize patterns arising in a variety of contexts & express them in general terms.

I.1.MS.4

4. Explore & describe visual & numeric patterns, including linear expressions, near-linear patterns & symmetric & spatial patterns.

I.1.MS.5

5. Use patterns & generalizations to solve problems & explore new content.

II.1.MS.4

II. Geometry & Measurement

1. . . .develop spatial sense, use shape as analytic & descriptive tool, identify characteristics & define shapes, identify properties & describe relationships among shapes.

4. Construct familiar shapes using coordinates, appropriate tools (including technology), sketching & drawing two- and three-dimensional shapes.

II.1.MS.7

7. Use shape, shape properties & shape relationships to describe the physical world & to solve problems.

II.3.MS.6

6. Apply measurement to describe the real world & to solve problems.

III.1.MS.1

III. Data Analysis & Statistics

1. . . .collect & explore data, organize data into a useful form, &develop skill in representing & reading data displayed in different formats.

1. Collect & explore data through observation, measurements, surveys, sampling techniques & simulations.

III.1.MS.4

4. Identify what data are needed to answer a particular question or solve a given problem, & design & implement strategies to obtain, organize & present those data.

III.3.MS.3

3. . . .draw defensible inferences about unknown outcomes, make predictions, & identify the degree of confidence they have in their predictions.

2. Formulate & communicate arguments & conclusions based on data & evaluate their arguments & those of others.

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I. 1.MS.1

I. Construct New Scientific & Personal Knowledge

1. . . .ask questions that help them learn about the world. . .

1. Generate scientific questions about the world based on observation.

II.1.MS.3

II. Reflect on the Nature, Adequacy & Connections Across Scientific Knowledge

1. . . .analyze claims for their scientific merit & explain now scientists decide what constitutes scientific knowledge; how science is related to other ways of knowing; how science & technology affect our society; & how people of diverse cultures have contributed to & influenced developments in science.

3. Show how common themes of science, mathematics, & technology apply in real-world contexts.

II.1.MS.4

4. Describe the advantages & risks of new technologies.

III.2.MS.2

III. Use Scientific Knowledge from the Life Sciences in Real-World Contexts

2. . . .use classification systems to describe groups of living things; compare & contrast differences in the life cycles of living things; investigate & explain how living things obtain & use energy; & analyze how parts of living things are adapted to carry out specific functions.

2. Describe the life cycle of a flowering plant.

III.3.MS.2

3. . . .investigate & explain how characteristics of living things are passed on through generations; explain why organisms within a species are different from one another; & explain how new traits can be established by changing or manipulating genes.

2. Describe how heredity & environment may influence / determine characteristics of an organism.

Iii.5.MS.2

5. . . .explain how parts of an ecosystem are related & how they interact; explain how energy is distributed to living things in an ecosystem; investigate & explain how communities change over a period of time; describe how materials cycle through an ecosystem & get reused in the environment; & analyze how humans & the environment interact.

2. Predict the effects of changes in one population in a food web on other populations.

III.5.MS.4

4. Describe the likely succession of a given ecosystem over time.

III.5.MS.6

6. Describe ways in which humans alter the environment.

IV.1.MS.6

IV. Use Scientific Knowledge from the Physical Sciences in Real-World Contexts

1. . . .measure & describe the things around us; explain what the world around us is made of ; identify & describe forms of energy; & explain how electricity & magnetism interact with matter.

6. Describe energy & the many common forms it takes (mechanical, heat, light, sound, electrical, magnetic, chemical, nuclear).

IV.1.MS.7

7. Describe how common forms of energy can be converted, one to another.

IV.2.MS.4

2. . . .investigate, describe & analyze ways in which matter changes; describe how living things & human technology change matter & transform energy; explain how visible changes in matter are related to atoms & molecules; & how changes in matter are related to changes in energy.

4. Describe how waste products accumulating from natural & technological activity create pollution.

V.1.MS.1

V. Use Scientific Knowledge from the Earth & Space Sciences in Real-World Contexts

1. . . .describe the earth’s surface; describe & explain how the earth’s features change over time; & analyze effects of technology on the earth’s surface & resources.

1. Describe & identify surface features using maps.

V.1.MS.3

3. Explain how rocks & fossils are used to determine the age & geological history of the earth.

V.1.MS.4

4. Explain how rocks are broken down, how soil is formed & how surface features change.

V.1.MS.5

5. Explain how technology changes the surface of the earth.

V.2.MS.3

2. . . .demonstrate where water is found on earth; describe the characteristics of water & how water moves; & analyze the interaction of human activities with the hydrosphere.

3. Describe the origins of pollution in the hydrosphere.

V.3.MS.4

3. . . .investigate & describe what makes up weather & how it changes from day to day, from season to season & over long periods of time; explain what causes different kinds of weather; & analyze the relationships between human activities & the atmosphere.

4. Describe health effects of polluted air.