Issues and Science
Product identity
- Publisher
- Lab-Aids
- Program family
- SEPUP Issues and Science
- Edition
- Third Edition Revised
Instructional fit
Materials and delivery
- Format description
- Print, digital, and hands-on curriculum with student books, teacher editions, laboratory investigations, equipment kits, readings, assessment, and digital support.
- Included components
- Issue-oriented unit storylines; student books; Teacher Edition; laboratory and investigation activities; equipment and refill kits; readings and data sets; discussion and evidence routines; assessment; digital resources.
- Languages and support
- English with literacy and discussion supports; confirm current translated components with the publisher.
- Format components
Links and notes
- Vendor product URL
- Visit publisher product page
- Curriculum notes
- The source inventory identifies grades 6–7 from California's 2018 adopted configuration. The current Third Edition Revised is marketed as a grades 6–8 comprehensive program; this record uses the full current product span without expanding the historical state-adoption claim.
Availability
- Product availability
- Available
- Last checked
- September 29, 2026
An issue-oriented middle-school science curriculum that develops three-dimensional understanding through real-world problems, hands-on laboratories, investigation, evidence, discussion, reading, and design.
Issues and Science centers each unit on a societal issue and connected phenomena. Students investigate, collect and analyze evidence, discuss tradeoffs, construct explanations, and design solutions while building understanding across life, Earth, and physical science. Hands-on laboratories and investigations make up a substantial share of instruction.