Late Elementary and Middle School Science Learning
The Accelerate level of Science Unlocked is designed for most students in third grade through seventh grade (ages 8-12). The learning experiences include more reading and writing than they do at the Wonder level, but care has been taken not to overwhelm students with content as they develop important science skills. Accelerate level activities and text emphasize personal connections to natural phenomena and ways they apply to everyday life.
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How’s It Growin’?
Plant Resources and How to Get Them
Discover the world of plant growth including the variety in plant parts, plant needs, and what plants will do to meet their needs.
Eye Spy
Spotlight on Structure and Function for Survival
Open your eyes to the unique traits that make species perfectly suited to survive in their habitats.
Seeking Survival
The Role of Relationships and Biodiversity
Learn the intricacies of ecological relationships by simulating pollinator and plant relationships and testing predator behavior.
Hungry for Change
Connecting Populations and the Environment
Make connections between populations and the environment while discovering an amazing insect that breaks down plastics.
Making Sense of Senses
Traveling Through the Brain
Discover synesthesia and make a brain hat to learn how the brain processes your senses which allows you to experience the world.
Magnificent Magnification
Bringing an Unseen World into Focus
Look into the microscopic world of plants and animals by creating your own slides, and explore the smaller side of life!
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Warm and Bright
Exploring Thermal Energy
Explore thermal energy including how it works at the particle level by exploding balloons and creating a drink insulator.
Energy to Burn
Connections Between Chemical and Thermal Energy
Explore the changes involved in storing and releasing energy from food. Build a calorimeter and experiment with your food!
Fizz, Foam, and Fire
An Introduction to Chemical Reactions
Perform chemical reactions to identify chemical change and determine whether reactions are endothermic or exothermic.
Contain Your Excitement
Changes in Matter and Mass
Experiment to understand matter at a particle level and learn how mass is conserved when matter changes during physical and chemical change.
Water: Weird and Wonderful
Molecular Structure and Properties
Discover all that water can do, and find out how molecular structure determines its unique properties.
Mega Molecules
Polymers in Biology and Beyond
Explore the unique world of polymers by creating polymers and testing foods for protein, carbohydrate and lipid macromolecule.
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The Dark Side
Patterns of the Sky
Observe patterns on Earth and in our galaxy by creating a constellation, sketching the sky, and observing unusual Moon traits.
Feeling the Pressure
Predicting Weather Patterns
Experiment with temperature and pressure to develop an understanding of weather and how to predict it.
Hazards and Humans
Natural Hazards Prediction and Protection
Analyze data, design solutions, and discover climate connections to understand how humans predict and prevent damage from natural hazards.
Raining on our Parade
The Impact of Acid on the Environment
Investigate the impact of acid rain and ocean acidification by testing how pH impacts the man-made and natural world.
Rocks and Resources
Modeling the Rock Cycle and Earth’s Natural Resources
There’s more that lies below the surface of the earth. Learn how rocks are formed, where they come from, and Earth’s natural resources.
Beneath Our Feet
Earth’s Constantly Changing Surface
Learn how Earth’s surface has changed and keeps changing by examining fossils, modeling tectonic plates, and making mountains.
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Funny Forces
Incredible Inventions with Simple Machines
Experiment with air pressure, discover simple machines in everyday items, and design your own incredible invention.
Power of Magnets
Investigations into Magnetic Fields and Forces
Feel the pull toward this physics kit and get hands-on with magnets to find out what they can do and how they do it.
Controlling Collisions
Energy Transfer and Design
Crash into this physics kit to learn how materials and the structure of design impact the ability to withstand collisions.
Wave Wisdom
Patterns of Energy and Information Transfer
Learn what waves are, what they do, and how people use them by doing some wavy water tricks, making gummies glow, and “catching” microwaves.
The Light Trap
Investigating Light and Pigments
Investigate light’s role in energy transfer and sight, and find out how pigments connect science, art, and society.
No Wires Necessary
Exploring Electricity with Circuits
Investigate the conductivity of materials, testing parallel and series circuits, and designing a model circuit of a home.
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