Dear Oklahoma Evaluator On behalf of Pearson, thank you for evaluating our Interactive Science program. The purpose of this document is to address the program Lexile readability score for grades 6-8. Scores for the Interactive Science program (national edition) are listed below by grade level, then by lesson. Please note that the Lexile score is determined by an independent agency and is not influenced by the publisher, the choice of passages to include in the study, etc. Yet, as you already know, readability is not accurately determined by a simple score as most readability tests focus on reviewing passages for multi- syllable words, and compound- complex sentences. Determining the readability of a text in this fashion will not take into account any structured access provided through the text design, or embedded support materials to help multiple levels of readers access the content. At Pearson we provide research- based, scaffolded access to the content throughout the program to meet all levels of readers where they are developmentally, while helping them build important science, literacy, and comprehension skills. As such, as you begin your program evaluation, please open any grade level student text to review how students will master science, reading, math, and non- fiction content. You will see that each lesson is divided into small reading chunks of text, and that each includes numerous ways to interact with the content such as circling, drawing, highlighting, underlining, or writing, requiring students to stop while they read and assess and deepen their understanding at point of use not just at the end of the lesson or chapter. Our resources also provide point- of- use graphic organizers throughout the chapter, and allow for extension and enrichment at each stage of instruction. Like you, we know that active learners who read and interact with both images and the text retain more, score higher on standardized testing, and have deeper comprehension. Wallace Mitchell 405-820- 2499 wallace.mitchell@pearson.com
PEARSON Grade 6 Lexile scores by Lesson Oklahoma Interactive Science Grade 6 Lexile Lesson 1.1 States of Matter 920 Lesson 1.2 Changes of State 930 Lesson 1.3 Gas Behavior 920 Lesson 2.1 What is Energy? 850 Lesson 2.2 Forms of Energy 920 Lesson 2.3 Energy Transformations and Conservation 980 Lesson 3.1 What is Magetism? 890 Lesson 3.2 Magnetic Fields 910 Lesson 3.3 Electromagnetic Force 940 Lesson 3.4 Electricty, Magnetism, and Motion 940 Lesson 3.5 Electricity and Magnetism 960 Lesson 4.1 What is Life? 950 Lesson 4.2 Classifying Life 880 Lesson 4.3 Domains and Kingdoms 880 Lesson 4.4 Evolution and Classification 950 Lesson 5.1 Discovering Cells 940 Lesson 5.2 Looking Inside Cells 960 Lesson 5.3 Chemical Compounds in Cells 910 Lesson 5.4 The Cell in Its Enviroment 970 Lesson 6.1 Photosynthesis 940 Lesson 6.2 Cellular Respiration 930 Lesson 6.3 Cell Division 890 Lesson 7.1 Body Organization 900 Lesson 7.2 System Interactions 920 Lesson 7.3 Homeostasis 890 Lesson 7.4 The Skeletal System 830 Lesson 7.5 The Muscular System 870 Lesson 7.6 The Skin 900 Lesson 8.1 Living Things and the Environment 960 Lesson 8.2 Populations 960 Lesson 8.3 Interactions Among Living Things 950
Lesson 9.1 Changing Ecosystems 1020 Lesson 9.2 Humans and the Environment 970 Lesson 9.3 Biodiversity 950 Lesson 9.4 Biogeography 980 Lesson 10.1 Water on Earth 890 Lesson 10.2 Surface Water 920 Lesson 10.3 Underground Water 950 Lesson 10.4 Exploring the Ocean 920 Lesson 10.5 Wave Action 920 Lesson 10.6 Currents and Climate 940 Lesson 11.1 Introduction to Environmental Issues 900 Lesson 11.2 Introduction to Natural Resources 910 Lesson 11.3 Conserving Land and Soil 930 Lesson 11.4 Waste Disposal and Recycling 960 Lesson 11.5 Air Pollution and Solutions 980 Lesson 11.6 Water Pollution and Solutions 960 Handbook part 1-1 The Skills of Science 860 Handbook part 1-2 Scientific Thinking 870 Handbook part 1-3 Answering Scientific Questions 880 Handbook part 2-1 Measurement in Science 870 Handbook part 2-2 Math in Science 860 Handbook part 2-3 Graphs 910 Handbook part 2-4 Using Models 870 Handbook part 2-5 Safety in the Science Laboratory 860
PEARSON Grade 7 Lexile scores by Lesson Oklahoma Interactive Science Grade 7 Lexile Lesson 1.1 Describing Matter 930 Lesson 1.2 Classifying Matter 910 Lesson 1.3 Measuring Matter 870 Lesson 1.4 Changes in Matter 930 Lesson 2.1 Atoms, Bonding, and the Periodic Table 990 Lesson 2.2 Ionic Bonds 1010 Lesson 2.3 Covalent Bonds 1030 Lesson 2.4 Bonding in Metals 980 Lesson 3.1 Temperature, Thermal Energy, and Heat 910 Lesson 3.2 The Transfer of Heat 920 Lesson 3.3 Thermal Properties 950 Lesson 4.1 What Is a Plant? 940 Lesson 4.2 Classifying Plants 920 Lesson 4.3 Plant Structures 880 Lesson 4.4 Plant Reproduction 910 Lesson 4.5 Plant Responses and Growth 860 Lesson 4.6 Plants in Everyday Life 860 Lesson 5.1 Skeletons and Muscles 830 Lesson 5.2 The Nervous System 860 Lesson 5.3 Animal Movement 880 Lesson 5.4 Obtaining Energy 890 Lesson 5.5 Animal Reproduction and Fertilization 950 Lesson 5.6 Development and Growth 960 Lesson 6.1 The Nervous System 860 Lesson 6.2 The Endocrine System 970 Lesson 6.3 The Male and Female Reproductive Systems 940 Lesson 6.4 Pregnancy and Birth 890 Lesson 7.1 What Is Heredity? 950 Lesson 7.2 Probability and Heredity 910 Lesson 7.3 Patterns of Inheritance 850 Lesson 7.4 Chromosomes and Inheritance 890 Lesson 8.1 The Genetic Code 990 Lesson 8.2 How Cells Make Proteins 940 Lesson 8.3 Mutations 1020 Lesson 8.4 Human Inheritance 960 Lesson 8.5 Advances in Genetics 990 Lesson 9.1 Darwin s Theory 1020
Lesson 9.2 Evidence of Evolution 1010 Lesson 9.3 Rate of Change 1020 Lesson 10.1 The Sky From Earth 830 Lesson 10.2 Earth in Space 860 Lesson 10.3 Gravity and Motion 900 Lesson 10.4 Phases and Eclipses 890 Lesson 10.5 Tides 900 Lesson 10.6 Earth s Moon 900 Lesson 11.1 Models of the Solar System 910 Lesson 11.2 Introducing the Solar System 870 Lesson 11.3 The Sun 940 Lesson 11.4 The Inner Planets 920 Lesson 11.5 The Outer Planets 960 Lesson 11.6 Small Solar System Objects 880 Lesson 12.1 The Air Around You 800 Lesson 12.2 Air Pressure 850 Lesson 12.3 Layers of the Atmosphere 870 Lesson 12.4 Energy in Earth s Atmosphere 890 Lesson 12.5 Heat Transfer 860 Lesson 12.6 Winds 880 Lesson 13.1 Water in the Atmosphere 960 Lesson 13.2 Clouds 880 Lesson 13.3 Precipitation 920 Lesson 13.4 Air Masses 980 Lesson 13.5 Storms 950 Lesson 13.6 Predicting the Weather 970 Lesson 14.1 What Causes Climate? 970 Lesson 14.2 Climate Regions 900 Lesson 14.3 Changes in Climate 900 Lesson 14.4 Human Activity and Climate Change 970 Handbook 1 - Lesson 1 Science and the Natural World 860 Handbook 1 - Lesson 2 Thinking Like a Scientist 870 Handbook 1 - Lesson 3 Scientific Inquiry 930 Handbook 2 - Lesson 1 Measurement A Common Language 870 Handbook 2 - Lesson 2 Mathematics and Science 860 Handbook 2 - Lesson 3 Graphs in Science 910 Handbook 2 - Lesson 4 Models as Tools in Science 870 Handbook 2 - Lesson 5 Safety in the Science Laboratory 860
PEARSON Grade 8 Lexile scores by Lesson Oklahoma Interactive Science Grade 8 Lexile Lesson 1.1 Observing Chemical Change 960 Lesson 1.2 Describing Chemical Reactions 920 Lesson 1.3 Controlling Chemical Reactions 970 Lesson 2.1 Understanding Solutions 930 Lesson 2.2 Concentration and Solubility 970 Lesson 2.3 Describing Acids and Bases 930 Lesson 2.4 Acids and Bases in Solutions 980 Lesson 3.1 The Nature of Force 870 Lesson 3.2 Friction and Gravity 960 Lesson 3.3 Newton s Laws of Motion 980 Lesson 3.4 Momentum 910 Lesson 3.5 Free Fall and Circular Motion 920 Lesson 3.6 Sinking and Floating 900 Lesson 4.1 What Are Waves? 880 Lesson 4.2 Properties of Waves 940 Lesson 4.3 Interactions of Waves 980 Lesson 5.1 The Nature of Electromagnetic Waves 980 Lesson 5.2 Waves of the Electromagnetic Spectrum 940 Lesson 5.3 Wireless Communication 990 Lesson 6.1 Energy Flow in Ecosystems 990 Lesson 6.2 Cycles of Matter 980 Lesson 6.3 Biomes 930 Lesson 6.4 Aquatic Ecosystems 960 Lesson 7.1 Fossils 900 Lesson 7.2 The Relative Age of Rocks 860 Lesson 7.3 Radioactive Dating 840 Lesson 7.4 The Geologic Time Scale 920 Lesson 7.5 Early Earth 910 Lesson 7.6 Eras of Earth s History 890 Lesson 8.1 Rocks and Weathering 970 Lesson 8.2 How Soil Forms 870 Lesson 8.3 Soil Conservation 940
Lesson 9.1 Mass Movement 900 Lesson 9.2 Water Erosion 890 Lesson 9.3 Glacial Erosion 870 Lesson 9.4 Wave Erosion 920 Lesson 9.5 Wind Erosion 900 Lesson 10.1 Drifting Continents 960 Lesson 10.2 Sea- Floor Spreading 950 Lesson 10.3 The Theory of Plate Tectonics 960 Lesson 11.1 Fossil Fuels 910 Lesson 11.2 Renewable Sources of Energy 940 Lesson 11.3 Energy Use and Conservation 910 Lesson 12.1 Forces in Earth s Crust 980 Lesson 12.2 Earthquakes and Seismic Waves 950 Lesson 12.3 Monitoring Earthquakes 980 Handbook part 1-1 How Scientists Work 870 Handbook part 1-2 The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge 900 Handbook part 1-3 Designing an Experiment 980 Handbook part 1-4 Scientific Literacy 870 Handbook part 2-1 Scientific Measurement 870 Handbook part 2-2 Mathematics and Scientific Thinking 860 Handbook part 2-3 Using Graphs in Science 910 Handbook part 2-4 Models and Systems 870 Handbook part 2-5 Safety in the Science Laboratory 860