HandsomeScienceTeacher’s comprehensive Middle School Science-STEM Curriculum with 80 lesson units and 80 videos is completely free. Each of the five science courses (grades 4–8) has its own set of 16 units that may be freely downloaded from the links below. If desired, complete textbooks containing all units for each grade may also be downloaded. These freely available science lesson units, created by a former teacher of the year, give families the freedom to teach their children at home in the manner they believe is best, rather than relying on the public school system.
Science Curriculum Content by Grade Level in this article:
- Complete 4th Grade Science Curriculum
- Complete 5th Grade Science Curriculum
- Complete 6th Grade Science Curriculum
- Complete 7th Grade Science Curriculum
- Complete 8th Grade Science Curriculum
Complete 4th Grade Science Curriculum
These sixteen units are hand-picked for fourth graders; each one includes all of the essential materials, including a video. They should take around 2–3 weeks to complete. The full 4th grade science textbook is here (4.4mb, 237 pages).
Complete 5th Grade Science Curriculum
These sixteen units are hand-picked for fifth graders; each one includes all of the essential materials, including a video. They should take around 2–3 weeks to complete. The full 5th grade science textbook is here (2.8mb, 191 pages).
| Unit | Topic of Instruction | PDF Packet & Video |
| 1 | Formation of The Earth | PDF – video |
| 2 | Minerals, Gems, Rocks | PDF – video |
| 3 | The Rock Cycle | PDF – video |
| 4 | Pressure And Weather | PDF – video |
| 5 | Coriolis Effect | PDF – video |
| 6 | Gyres / Atmospheric and oceanic currents | PDF – video |
| 7 | Sea Breezes, Land Breezes, Monsoons | PDF – video |
| 8 | Specific Heat Capacity | PDF – video |
| 9 | Factors Influencing Climates | PDF – video |
| 10 | Biomes | PDF – video |
| 11 | El Niño and La Niña | PDF – video |
| 12 | Our Sun | PDF – video |
| 13 | The Planets | PDF – video |
| 14 | Atoms | PDF – video |
| 15 | Molecules and Ions | PDF – video |
| 16 | Mixtures – A STEM Lab | PDF – video |
Complete 6th Grade Science Curriculum
These sixteen units are hand-picked for sixth graders; each one includes all of the essential materials, including a video. They should take around 2–3 weeks to complete. The full 6th grade science textbook is here (3.1mb, 228 pages).
Complete 7th Grade Science Curriculum
These sixteen units are hand-picked for seventh graders; each one includes all of the essential materials, including a video. They should take around 2–3 weeks to complete. The full 7th grade science textbook is here (2.9mb, 226 pages).
| Unit | Topic of Instruction | PDF Packet & Video |
| 1 | Mass vs. Weight | PDF – video |
| 2 | Volume | PDF – video |
| 3 | Calculating Density and Natural Sorting | PDF – video |
| 4 | Buoyancy – A STEM Lab | PDF – video |
| 5 | Newton’s First Law | PDF – video |
| 6 | Newton’s Second Law | PDF – video |
| 7 | Newton’s Third Law – A STEM Lab | PDF – video |
| 8 | Gravity | PDF – video |
| 9 | Fields / Electricity and Magnetism | PDF – video |
| 10 | What is light? | PDF – video |
| 11 | Layers of The Earth | PDF – video |
| 12 | Erosion And Weathering | PDF – video |
| 13 | Plate Tectonics | PDF – video |
| 14 | Mountain Formation | PDF – video |
| 15 | Volcanoes | PDF – video |
| 16 | Earthquakes – A STEM lab | PDF – video |
Complete 8th Grade Science Curriculum
These sixteen units are hand-picked for eighth graders; each one includes all of the essential materials, including a video. They should take around 2–3 weeks to complete. The full 8th grade science textbook is here (3.1mb, 212 pages).
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