Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

~25 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS (5 WEEKS)
What kinds of future space missions should we fund and conduct?
Students take observations from their everyday life and build scientific models to try to understand how phenomena, such as changes in the moon’s appearance, seasons, and gravity work. Through data collection and analyzation students later use their understanding of what can be learned through space missions to determine the trade-offs of different proposed space missions.

PE Assessment Example: Prepare a labeled diagram that includes a caption explaining how Earth’s tilt and its orbit around the Sun cause each of the following: a. changes in the angle of sunlight hitting the Earth’s surface. b. the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere to be opposite of the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere.

Solar System and Beyond is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This five week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: What kind of future space missions should we fund and conduct? Investigative phenomena within the 17 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs ESS1-1, ESS1-2, ESS1-3. The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others. 


The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

How can people manipulate energy transfer and transformation to use energy more efficiently?

Students learn about the transfer and transformation of energy in their everyday lives. They plan and carry out investigations and analyze and interpret data from experiments to investigate how energy is transferred and transformed. They also engage in engineering challenges to design and test devices to maximize and minimize energy transfer.

Core Science Content: Energy transfer and transformations, types of energy (kinetic, potential, thermal, light), energy efficiency, conservation of energy

PE Assessment Example: Design, test, evaluate, and redesign a solar oven that maximizes thermal energy transfer.

PS3-3, PS3-4, PS3-5, MS-ETS1-4

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

~30 - 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS (5 WEEKS)
How can people manipulate energy transfer and transformation to use energy more efficiently?

Students learn about the transfer and transformation of energy in their everyday lives. They plan and carry out investigations and analyze and interpret data from experiments to investigate how energy is transferred and transformed. They also engage in engineering challenges to design and test devices to maximize and minimize energy transfer.

PE Assessment Example: Design, test, evaluate, and redesign a solar oven that maximizes thermal energy transfer.

Energy is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This six week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: How can people manipulate energy transfer and transformation to use energy more efficiently? Investigative phenomena within the 15 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs PS3-3, PS3-4, PS3-5, MS-ETS1-4. The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

~25-30 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS
How are people affected by and affecting evolution?
Students explore Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, how populations of organisms change over time and how new species arise while others go extinct. They also learn to interpret the many sources of evidence for the evolution of life on Earth now and in the past.

PE Assessment Example: Explain how environmental changes affect the sickle cell trait over time in your population. Use evidence, including mathematical representations, from your investigation to support your explanation.

Evolution is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This seven week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: How are people affected by and affecting evolution? Investigative phenomena within the 17 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs LS3-1, LS4-1, LS4-2, LS4-3, LS4-4, LS4-5, LS4-6. The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

25 - 30 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS (5 - 6 WEEKS)
How can we reduce the risks of motor vehicle accidents?

Force and Motion is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This five to six week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: How can we reduce the risks of motor vehicle accidents? Investigative phenomena within the 6 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs PS2-1, PS2-2, PS3-1, ETS1-3, ETS1-4.

The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts.

SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others. The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

25 - 30 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS (5 - 6 WEEKS)
How can we reduce the risks of motor vehicle accidents?

 

Force and Motion is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This five to six week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: How can we reduce the risks of motor vehicle accidents? Investigative phenomena within the 6 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs PS2-1, PS2-2, PS3-1, ETS1-3, ETS1-4. The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Hands-on materials for Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, LABsent, and supplemental resources). LABsent includes videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab.or unit labs and activities.

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

~25-30 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS
How should we prevent the spread of an infectious disease?
Students investigate how scientists first learned about cells and how this discovery led to new understandings of how infectious diseases spread. They gather evidence about the structures and functions of cells, develop models of cells, and explain how cells in animals and plants get the matter and energy they need to survive and grow.

PE Assessment Example: Based on what you have learned in the “Cells Alive!” activity and this activity, draw a diagram (or create another type of model) to show what happens to the food you eat. Your model should show the movement of matter and the release of energy stored in food.

From Cells to Organisms is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This five to six week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: How should we prevent the spread of an infectious disease? Investigative phenomena within the 15 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs LS1-1, LS1-2, LS1-6, LS1-7.

The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information, to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

~25-35 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS
Where should we store our nuclear waste?
Students learn about both gradual and sudden changes to the Earth’s surface, what causes them, and how they are monitored. They also explore how different kinds of rocks are formed and learn about some natural resources, where we find them, and how we use them.

PE Assessment Example: Would you select one of the four suggested sites for storing nuclear waste? Explain. Use evidence from this unit to support your decision and identify any trade-offs.

Geological Processes is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This six to seven week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: Where should we store our nuclear waste? Investigative phenomena within the 18 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs ESS2-1, ESS2-2, ESS2-3, ESS3-1, ESS3-2. The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

~25-30 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS
Which areas of Boomtown are the best choice for construction?
Students construct explanations based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface. They will model how water cycles over and under the surface and through the air and have opportunities to apply scientific principles to design systems that can reduce the human impact on land and water.

PE Assessment Example: Based on the evidence presented in this unit, which geological processes along the Mississippi: a) changed the land’s surface features? b) over millions of years? c) over a short time period? d) will continue in the future? e) can be observed as a model? Explain how. Make sure to also Identify the process(es), and include evidence.

Land, Water and Human Interactions is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This five to six week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: What is the safest location for new homes in a coastal community? Investigative phenomena within the 16 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs ESS2-4, ESS3-3, ETS1-1, ETS1-2, ETS1-4. The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

What are the ethical issues involved in using genetic information?

Students explore how organisms get their traits and what causes variation from one organism to another. They also analyze and interpret evidence for how certain traits affect reproduction. Students learn how both genes and the environment can influence traits and apply what is learned to a human genetic condition.

Core Science Content: Heredity, genes, sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction, genetic diversity, inheritance of traits, mutations, reproductive success, genetic disorders, nature vs nurture, pollination, animal behavior, DNA

PE Assessment Example: Think back to what you know about Marfan syndrome and fibrillin. Draw a labeled diagram that models the cause-and-effect relationship between the fibrillin gene, fibrillin protein, and traits/ symptoms for a. a person without Marfan syndrome, b. a person with Marfan syndrome.

LS1-4. LS1-5, LS3-1, LS3-2
Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

~15-20 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS
What are the ethical issues involved in using genetic information?
Students explore how organisms get their traits and what causes variation from one organism to another. They also analyze and interpret evidence for how certain traits affect reproduction. Students learn how both genes and the environment can influence traits and apply what is learned to a human genetic condition.
PE Assessment Example:Think back to what you know about Marfan syndrome and fibrillin. Draw a labeled diagram that models the cause-and-effect relationship between the fibrillin gene, fibrillin protein, and traits/ symptoms for a. a person without Marfan syndrome, b. a person with Marfan syndrome.

Reproduction is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This three to four week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: What are the ethical issues involved in using genetic information? Investigative phenomena within the 14 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs LS1-4, LS1-5, LS3-1, LS3-2. The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

~25 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS
How are waves both helpful and harmful?
Students encounter a variety of technologies that make use of waves. They also investigate the harmful effects of certain waves and methods to mitigate the risks associated with these waves.
PE Assessment Example: Use what you learned from your hands-on investigation to explain why noise is more of a problem for analog vs digital signals, and why digital signals are more reliable to encode and transmit information.

Waves is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This five week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: How are waves both helpful and harmful? Investigative phenomena within the 15 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs PS4-1, PS4-2, PS4-3. The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others. 


The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

What are the environmental impacts of producing, using, and disposing of materials?

Students develop and use models to describe the composition of different materials and how those materials respond under various conditions. They gather and make sense of information about where those materials come from and how scientists and engineers decide which material is best for making a product.

Core Science Content: Physical and chemical properties of substances, elements and compounds, chemical reactions, chemistry of materials, states of matter, particle movement, thermal and kinetic energy

PE Assessment Example: Develop a model that depicts water molecules in all three states—solid, liquid, and gas—and the relationship between these states. Your model should include the following: particle motion in each state, how particles interact within each state, the cause-and-effect relationship between addition or removal of thermal energy, particle movement, and state changes. Hint: Think about the models you created in the last two activities and how you can add any new ideas from this activity to your models.

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others. 
The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

How is a growing human population affecting the availability of natural resources?

Students will explore natural resources such as metals, fossil fuels, and freshwater along with the Earth processes that form them. They also investigate the technologies and trade-offs involved with obtaining these resources.

Core Science Content: Renewable resources, minerals, energy & groundwater resource distribution, human population growth, geological processes, resource consumption, geologic time, rock strata, fossil evidence

~20-30 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS
How is a growing human population affecting the availability of natural resources?
Students will explore natural resources such as metals, fossil fuels, and freshwater along with the Earth processes that form them. They also investigate the technologies and trade-offs involved with obtaining these resources.

PE Assessment Example: How has an increase in human population and natural-resource consumption affected Earth? Support your answer with evidence.

Earth's Resources is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This four week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: How has an increase in human population and natural resource consumption affected Earth? Investigative phenomena within the 14 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs ESS1-4, ESS3-4.
The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others. 


The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

~25 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS (5 WEEKS)
Fields and Interactions is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This five week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: How do different types of force fields help us design transportation? This unit builds towards and assesses PEs PS2-3, PS2-4, PS2-5, PS3-2, ETS1-1, ETS1-2.
The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

~25 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS (5 WEEKS)
What kinds of future space missions should we fund and conduct?
Students take observations from their everyday life and build scientific models to try to understand how phenomena, such as changes in the moon’s appearance, seasons, and gravity work. Through data collection and analyzation students later use their understanding of what can be learned through space missions to determine the trade-offs of different proposed space missions.

PE Assessment Example: Prepare a labeled diagram that includes a caption explaining how Earth’s tilt and its orbit around the Sun cause each of the following: a. changes in the angle of sunlight hitting the Earth’s surface. b. the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere to be opposite of the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere.

Solar System and Beyond is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This five week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: What kind of future space missions should we fund and conduct? Investigative phenomena within the 17 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs ESS1-1, ESS1-2, ESS1-3. The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.

Teacher Resources (TR) is used with all units of Issues and Science. It provides background and suggestions to increase the overall effectiveness of implementing the program across all levels of learners.

Some sections include SEPUP’s Approach to Teaching and Learning, Differentiation Strategies for Diverse Learners, Literacy Strategies for Supporting Reading Comprehension and for Enhancing Students’ Writing, and comprehensive instruction on the SEPUP Assessment System. There is also a section containing unit specific resources, such as overviews, unit storyline and phenomena table, NGSS correlations, assessment blueprints, and item banks.

Lab-Aids programs include high-quality equipment for each activity. This includes innovative lab-ware to be used throughout the year, specific solutions and materials for unique labs, as well as items needed for card sorts, modeling, role-plays, and projects. Materials for up to 5 classes of 32 students, mobile storage cart, Online Portal for one teacher for seven years includes online subscription to Teacher Edition and Resources, Student Book in English/Spanish (E/S), student sheets (E/S), visual aids (E/S), PowerPoints, online assessment system, access to LABsent videos with student sheets for students absent during a lab, and supplemental resources)

Access to student online portal for 1 year, which includes the digital Student Book in English and Spanish, links to student book text as downloadable PDF, web links, student sheets as downloadable PDF’s, LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab. Includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speech. Ability to highlight, bookmark and make notes in the Student Book; complete homework and assessments, and ability to communicate with the teacher. Multiple-year purchases available. Portal FAQ: https://www.lab-aids.com/portal-faq.

Seven-year license for Student Edition, Teacher Edition, and Teacher Resources guide. Teacher edition includes online access and links to downloadable PDF’s of Student Book, Teacher Edition, Teacher Resources guide; guides for Planning the Unit, Driving Question Board, Student Sensemaking, and Scoring; all Literacy and Science Skills pages; Unit-specific pages; customizable Item Banks; all Student Sheets; all Visual Aids; all PowerPoints; Performance Expectation Pathways; Unit Activity links; Safety Data sheets; LABsent videos and student sheets for students absent during a lab; and various web links. Teacher Resources guide includes support guides for Course Essentials, Diverse Learners, Assessment, NGSS and Common Core Standards, and Additional Resources

~30-35 40 TO 50 MINUTE CLASS PERIODS
How does the weather affect people and how do people affect the climate?
Students analyze weather, climate, and factors affecting them through the eyes of scientists who study Earth’s weather and atmosphere. They also investigate the links between human activity and changes in global climate.

PE Assessment Example: Your friend claims that there is nothing that humans can do about global warming since Earth’s temperature is always slowly rising. a. Do you agree or disagree with your friend? Support your answer with evidence from this activity, and explain your reasoning. b. What other data, or evidence, would you like in order to better evaluate your friend’s claim?

Weather and Climate is part of Issues and Science three year middle school program, designed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. This six to seven week unit anchors the lessons around the the socio-science issue: How does the weather affect people and how do people affect the climate? Investigative phenomena within the 17 activities connect back to the issue and storyline. This unit builds towards and assesses PEs ESS2-5, ESS2-6, ESS3-5, ETS1-3. The Student Book guides students in exploring a socio-science issue and connected phemonena through a series of varied activity types. Activity types use one of twelve different instructional strategies to apply Science and Engineering Practices to specific Disciplinary Core Ideas and Cross Cutting Concepts. SEPUP's integrated literacy strategies help students process new science content, develop their analytical skills, make connections between related concepts, and express their knowledge orally and in writing. The built-in assessment system helps teachers identify students' strengths and weaknesses from the beginning of the unit. This allows them to adjust activities when needed so that all students get the best chance to build their knowledge and appreciation of science. At the back of the Student Book there is an Appendix containing additional resources for students, such as science skills, literacy strategies, and media literacy among others.

The SEPUP Teacher Edition (TE) guides you through each activity in the Student Book and helps you see the development of concepts within the big picture of the unit. It helps you set up the equipment from the kit, organize the classroom, conduct activities, and manage practical details, all of which enhance students’ learning environment.

The Teacher Edition text is broken down into several sections, such as Activity Overview, NGSS Connections and Correlations, Materials and Advanced Prep, Teaching Summary, and Background information to name a few. The Teacher Edition is packaged as a color-printed, loose-leaf binder which allows you to personalize it with highlighting, annotations, rearrangements, and insertions. It provides full support for teaching the program.

Additional support resources can also be found in the Teacher Resource book.