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8.4 Earth in Space
How are we connected to the patterns we see in the sky and space?
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6.4 Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycling
What causes Earth's surface to change?
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How does changing an ecosystem affect what lives there?
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The OpenSciEd materials include Teacher and Student materials for each instructional unit in addition to the corresponding professional learning materials designed to support the use of the units. Each unit fits within a Scope and Sequence that provides coherence within and across years.
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Each OpenSciEd unit undergoes an 18-month development process that includes external reviews, a robust field test, and revision. After the materials are evaluated by NextGenScience’s EQuIP Peer Review Panel and have received a quality rating, we make the units freely available.
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“What I learned from this curriculum - and what will ultimately make my teaching better - is that the kids really can guide where they are going. [They] will be more invested as a result, and they will really come to realize how science works.” - OpenSciEd Field Test Teacher
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