Description
Mission: Science Grades 6–8 brings together the complete Grade 6, Grade 7, and Grade 8 Mission: Science systems in one comprehensive middle school science bundle.
Across 204 NGSS-aligned task cards, students move beyond simple recall and repeatedly practice analyzing scientific information, interpreting evidence, explaining relationships, solving problems, and applying science in increasingly rigorous contexts.
THREE GRADE LEVELS • 204 SCIENCE MISSIONS • ONE CONNECTED SYSTEM
Each grade contains 68 task cards organized into five integrated sets, creating a flexible progression teachers can use throughout the school year.
Grade 6
Students investigate areas such as:
• cells, metabolism, and body systems
• traits, growth, and reproduction
• weather, oceans, and climate systems
• thermal energy and climate evidence
• integrated scientific and engineering challenges
Grade 7
Students work with:
• matter, particles, and phase change
• chemical reactions and energy
• ecosystem interactions
• matter and resource cycling
• Earth change and human impacts
• integrated capstone reasoning
Grade 8
Students tackle increasingly sophisticated work involving:
• matter and energy
• forces, motion, and physical systems
• ecosystems and evolution
• Earth and space science
• human impacts and environmental systems
• engineering and integrated capstone challenges
Students practice:
• analyzing scientific evidence
• interpreting graphs, models, diagrams, and data
• recognizing patterns and relationships
• cause-and-effect reasoning
• systems thinking
• constructing scientific explanations
• evaluating claims and solutions
• applying NGSS concepts to unfamiliar situations
• communicating evidence-based reasoning
What’s Included
• 204 NGSS-aligned task cards
• 68 Grade 6 science missions
• 68 Grade 7 science missions
• 68 Grade 8 science missions
• five integrated sets at each grade level
• teacher support materials
• answer keys and teaching notes
• student recording and assessment tools
• lesson-planning support
• integrated capstone missions
• printing and preparation guidance
Flexible Classroom Use
Use Mission: Science for:
• whole-class instruction
• small groups
• science centers and stations
• intervention
• enrichment
• spiral review
• formative assessment
• collaborative reasoning
• test preparation
• yearlong science skill development
Teachers can use each grade independently or use the full bundle to create a coherent middle school progression across Grades 6–8.
The goal throughout is consistent:
Students use science to analyze, explain, solve, and defend—not simply recall.
ENGAGE • EXPLORE • EXPLAIN • ENGINEER • EMPOWER
