This curiosity-building bundle of six Accelerate-level Science Unlocked kits will engage your student in hands-on learning for an entire school year. This full-year science curriculum includes:

• Full-colored student workbook
• Student assessments
• Supplies and equipment needed for experiments
• Real-world application

No prior teaching or science experience is needed! Teachers and parents, you will be well-equipped. Science Unlocked detailed teacher guides will help guide you through assisting with hands-on learning experiences with:

• Context and answers to student questions
• Options for including children of different ages and abilities
• Step-by-step experiment instructions
• Lesson planning timeline

The Earth and Space Accelerate (Grades 3-7) Science Unlocked bundle includes the following kits:

More information about the learning objectives in each kit can be found in the contents section below. This curriculum is based on NGSS science standards for 3rd through 7th grade science education. Read below in the contents section to learn more about the standards met in each kit. 

More Information

• Feeling the Pressure Safety Information (SDS)
• Hazards and Humans Safety Information (SDS)
• Raining on Our Parade Safety Information (SDS)
• Rocks and Resources Safety Information (SDS)
• Beneath Our Feet Safety Information (SDS)

This Accelerate level Science Unlocked bundle includes:

• The Dark Side
• Feeling the Pressure
• Hazards and Humans
• Raining on Our Parade
• Rocks and Resources
• Beneath Our Feet

 

• The Dark Side

• Learning outcome: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the Moon! Observe and test patterns in the night sky and on Earth to learn about some of our closest celestial bodies, including the Earth.
• NGSS science standards alignment
• 5-ESS1-1 Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
• 5-ESS1-2 Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
• MS-ESS1-1 Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.

• Feeling the Pressure

• Learning outcome: Can you feel the weather changing or do you have to rely on your eyes? Experiment with temperature and pressure to develop your understanding of weather and how to predict it.
• NGSS science standards alignment
• 3-ESS2-1 Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
• MS-ESS2-5 Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions.
• MS-ESS2-6 Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.

• Hazards and Humans

• Learning outcome: Analyze data, design solutions, and discover climate connections to understand how humans predict and prevent damage from natural hazards.
• NGSS science standards alignment
• 3-ESS2-2 Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
• 3-ESS3-1 Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
• 4-ESS3-2 Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
• MS-ESS3-2 Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.

• Raining on Our Parade

• Learning outcome: Test how pH affects the degradation of both the land and sea with living and non-living materials.
• NGSS science standards alignment
• 4-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment.
• 5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
• MS-ESS3-3 Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
• MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.

• Rocks and Resources

• Learning outcome: There’s more that lies below the surface of the earth. Learn about how rocks are formed, where they come from, and Earth’s natural resources.
• NGSS science standards alignment
• MS-ESS3-1 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.

• Beneath Our Feet

• Learning outcome: Dig into layers of learning how Earth’s surface has changed and keeps changing by examining fossils in layers of rock, modeling tectonic plates, and making mountains.
• NGSS science standards alignment
• 4-ESS1-1 Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
• 4-ESS2-2 Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
• MS-ESS2-3 Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.