Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycling introduces Grade 6 students to the ways in which the surface of the earth changes, focusing on students finding evidence for the movement of Earth’s plates. The subtitle of the unit is: How and why does Earth’s surface change? The Student Reader is the integrated science literacy component of the unit. In the Student Reader students will learn about amazing surface features, important historical earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, seismic waves, important geologists, types of rocks, and more. Student Readers focus on aspects of science literacy, including factual articles, history of the sciences, art and literature, spotting bad science in the media and advertisements, graphics comprehension, research-type articles, reliability of sources, and other areas of science literacy.

CKSci Middle School is an enhanced republication of the OpenSciEd Middle School project–with a unique, integrated Core Knowledge science literacy component.

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