Anchored Science Unit 6.4: Forces & Motion Teacher Edition + 3 Year License

Anchored Science by Mi-STAR is a comprehensive middle school science curriculum driven by a bold vision for the future, where science isn’t just a subject but a powerful, integrated body of knowledge that equips students to tackle today’s pressing societal challenges. This curriculum harnesses the full potential of the Next Generation Science Standards, empowering students to actively engage with science and engineering practices. They’ll move beyond the classroom, using their skills to solve real-world problems, making learning both impactful and deeply relevant to their lives and the world around them.

Each unit delivers a NGSS-aligned assessment package that fully integrates tools to measure student progress and deepen their engagement with science. The Professional Learning program provides a dynamic range of flexible, ongoing opportunities, enabling teachers to not only master the unit content but also continually enhance their skills, while motivating and challenging their students.

Unit 6.4: Forces and Motion, Protect your Cell Phone
Unit Challenge Question: How can we design a case that protects a cell phone from being damaged in a collision?

In this unit, students apply their learning about forces and motion to design a protective cell phone case that satisfies constraints and scores well on criteria. Throughout the unit, students use hands-on experiences and systems modeling to uncover and explain concepts of force and motion, while learning how to conduct scientific investigations.

Included with this purchase is a printed Teacher Edition and a 3 year license to access the Teacher Edition eBook and digital resources through our online platform, Flourish.