Recommended Units for the California Integrated Model
8th Grade
1
Unit
Objects Move and Collide
This unit is based on MS-PS2-1, MS-PS3-1, MS-ETS1-4, MS-PS2-2 and MS-PS3-2.
The Mosa Mack Units are:
2
Unit
Noncontact Forces Influence Phenomena
This unit is based on MS-PS2-3, MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-2, MS-PS4-3, MS-PS4-2 and MS-PS4-1.
The Mosa Mack Units are:
3
Unit
Evolution Explains Life’s Unity and Diversity
This unit is based on MS-LS3-1, MS-LS4-1, MS-LS4-2, MS-LS4-3, MS-LS4-4, MS-LS4-5 and MS-LS4-6.
The Mosa Mack Units are:
4
Unit
Sustaining Local and Global Biodiversity
This unit is based on MS-ESS3-4.
The Mosa Mack Units are:
7th Grade
1
Unit
Organisms and Nonliving Things Are Made of Atoms
This unit is based on MS-PS1-1, MS-PS1-3, MS-PS1-4, MS-PS1-2 and MS-PS1-5.
The Mosa Mack Units are:
2
Unit
Matter Cycles and Energy Flows through Organisms and Rocks
This unit is based on MS-LS1-6, MS-LS1-7, MS-ESS2-1, MS-LS2-3 and MS-ESS1-4.
CA EEI Principle 1
The Mosa Mack Units are:
3
Unit
Natural Processes and Human Activities Shape Earth’s Resources and Ecosystems
This unit is based on MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS3-2 and MS-ESS3-1.
CA EEI Principle 4
The Mosa Mack Units are:
4
Unit
Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystems Service in a Changing World
This unit is based on MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5.
CA EEI Principle 2
The Mosa Mack Units are:
6th Grade
1
Unit
Systems and Subsystems in Earth and Life Science
This unit is based on MS-LS1-1, MS-LS1-2, MS-LS1-3 and MS-LS1-8.
The Mosa Mack Units are:
2
Unit
Earth System Interactions Cause Weather
This unit is based on MS-ESS2-4, MS-PS3-3, MS-PS3-4, MS-PS3-5 and MS-PS1-6.
The Mosa Mack Units are:
3
Unit
Causes and Effects of Regional Climates
This unit is based on MS-ESS2-6.
The Mosa Mack Units are:
4
Unit
Effects of Global Warming on Living Systems
This unit is based on MS-ESS3-3 and MS-ESS3-5.
CA EEI Principle 3
The Mosa Mack Units are: