State Frameworks
PS.2.c: Employ graphs to record, display, and interpret data.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
PS.2.d: Perform unit conversions within the metric system.
PS.3.a: Define and specify the location of the basic components of an atom.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Nuclear Decay
PS.3.b: Utilize the periodic table to determine atomic composition of elements and periodic patterns.
PS.3.c: Describe the states of matter using the kinetic molecular theory.
Temperature and Particle Motion
PS.3.e: Compare and contrast atoms, ions, and isotopes.
PS.3.f: Write chemical formulas for compounds.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Stoichiometry
PS.3.h: Identify compounds with regard to bond type.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
PS.4.a: Differentiate between physical and chemical changes.
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Freezing Point of Salt Water
PS.4.c: Balance equations when chemical formulas are given.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
PS.4.d: Identify types of chemical reactions.
PS.4.f: Examine typical acid/base reactions.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
PS.5.b: Calculate average speed.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
PS.5.d: Explain the basic principles found in Newton's Three Laws of Motion.
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
PS.5.e: Determine net force and the resulting motion of objects.
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pith Ball Lab
Uniform Circular Motion
PS.6.a: Differentiate between kinetic and potential energy.
Air Track
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Rolling Objects
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Period of a Pendulum
Potential Energy on Shelves
Roller Coaster Physics
Simple Harmonic Motion
PS.6.b: Discuss the transfer and/or transformation of energy (conservation of energy).
Energy Conversion in a System
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Period of a Pendulum
PS.6.c: Define heat and temperature and their effect on particle motion.
Calorimetry Lab
Collision Theory
Phase Changes
Temperature and Particle Motion
PS.7.a: Classify waves as either mechanical or electromagnetic.
Earthquake - Recording Station
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
PS.7.b: Differentiate among transverse, longitudinal, and surface waves.
Earthquake - Recording Station
PS.7.c: Determine wavelength, frequency, period, and velocity of waves.
Photoelectric Effect
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
PS.7.d: Examine the properties of waves (interference, refraction, reflection, diffraction, Doppler effect, etc.).
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Refraction
PS.8.a: Identify the electromagnetic spectrum's divisions according to frequency and/or wavelength.
PS.8.b: Describe the emission of light by electrons when moving from higher to lower energy (photons as quanta of light).
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Element Builder
Photoelectric Effect
PS.8.c: Demonstrate understanding that visible light is composed of the color spectrum.
PS.8.d: Identify primary and secondary colors.
Additive Color v2
Subtractive Color v2
PS.9.a: Identify electrical charges and their interactions (likes repel, opposites attract).
Coulomb Force (Static)
Pith Ball Lab
PS.9.c: Design and construct simple direct current electrical circuits.
ES.1.b: Compare the elements in the Earth's crust to the elements in the atmosphere and oceans.
ES.3.a: List the three basic types of rocks and the sources of their production.
ES.7.a: Determine how ocean currents affect climate.
ES.8.b: Research the Greenhouse Effect as it relates to the atmosphere.
ES.9.a: Compare and contrast the terms weather and climate.
Coastal Winds and Clouds
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
ES.9.d: Determine the causes of the change of seasons.
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
ES.10.a: Explore the water cycle's environmental movement.
ES.10.b: Observe the environmental process of the water cycle.
ES.11.a: Investigate the sizes and spacing of the planets in our solar system.
ES.11.b: Define gravity and calculate gravitational pull.
ES.11.c: Determine the relationship between the moon's pull of gravity and the Earth's tides.
Gravitational Force
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Tides
BI.1.d: Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
BI.2.a: Identify the characteristics of living things.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
BI.2.b: Describe and differentiate between covalent and ionic bonds using examples of each.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
BI.2.d: Classify solutions using the pH scale and relate the importance of pH to organism survival.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
BI.2.e: Compare the structure, properties and functions of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids in living organisms.
BI.3.b: Distinguish between plant and animal (eukaryotic) cell structures.
BI.3.c: Identify and describe the structure and basic functions of the major eukaryotic organelles.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
BI.3.e: Relate cell membrane structure to its function in passive and active transport.
BI.3.f: Describe the main events in the cell cycle and cell mitosis including differences in plant and animal cell divisions.
BI.3.h: Identify and distinguish among forms of asexual and sexual reproduction.
BI.4.a: Describe the structure of ATP and its importance in life processes.
BI.4.b: Examine, compare, and contrast the basic processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
BI.4.c: Compare and contrast aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
BI.5.a: Compare and contrast the molecular structures of DNA and RNA as they relate to replication, transcription, and translation.
Building DNA
RNA and Protein Synthesis
BI.5.b: Identify and illustrate how changes in DNA cause mutations and evaluate the significance of these changes.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
BI.5.d: Discuss the significant contributions of well-known scientists to the historical progression of classical and molecular genetics.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
BI.5.e: Apply genetic principles to solve simple inheritance problems including monohybrid crosses, sex linkage, multiple alleles, incomplete dominance, and codominance.
Chicken Genetics
Microevolution
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
BI.5.f: Examine inheritance patterns using current technology (gel electrophoresis, pedigrees, karyotypes).
Chicken Genetics
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Human Karyotyping
Microevolution
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Natural Selection
BI.6.a: Analyze how organisms are classified into a hierarchy of groups and subgroups based on similarities and differences.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
BI.6.d: Compare the structures and functions of viruses and bacteria relating their impact on other living organisms.
BI.6.e: Identify evidence of change in species using fossils, DNA sequences, anatomical and physiological similarities, and embryology.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
BI.6.f: Analyze the results of natural selection in speciation, diversity, adaptation, behavior and extinction.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
BI.7.a: Analyze the flow of energy and matter through various cycles including carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and water cycles.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
BI.7.b: Interpret interactions among organisms in an ecosystem (producer/consumer/decomposer, predator/prey, symbiotic relationships and competitive relationships).
Food Chain
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
BI.7.c: Compare variations, tolerances, and adaptations of plants and animals in major biomes.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Microevolution
Natural Selection
BI.7.d: Investigate and explain the transfer of energy in an ecosystem including food chains, food webs, and food pyramids.
BII.1.d: Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
BII.2.a: Relate chemical structure and characteristics of organic compounds to cell and organism functions.
Cell Structure
Dehydration Synthesis
Paramecium Homeostasis
BII.2.c: Analyze light dependent and light independent reactions of photosynthesis with respect to site, reactions involved and energy input/output.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
BII.2.d: Analyze processes of cellular respiration with respect to site, reactions involved, and energy input/output in each stage.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
BII.3.b: Analyze DNA/RNA/enzyme roles in the stages of protein synthesis.
BII.3.e: Review genetic principles for solving inheritance problems.
Chicken Genetics
Microevolution
Natural Selection
BII.4.a: Identify the components of natural selection.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
BII.4.b: Predict the successes and failures of a population when exposed to changing environmental factors.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
BII.5.a: Use classification as a tool to organize diverse groups.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
BII.6.a: Analyze the behavioral responses of an organism to internal and external stimuli.
CI.1.d: Apply the language of chemistry appropriately including terms such as element, atom, compound, and molecule.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
Limiting Reactants
CI.1.f: Relate symbols to names of common chemical elements.
CI.1.g: Write the symbol or formula for monatomic and polyatomic ions.
CI.2.a: Choose the most appropriate SI unit of mass, length or volume of an object.
Density Laboratory
Determining Density via Water Displacement
Stoichiometry
CI.2.b: Define the common SI prefixes used in chemistry and interconvert, using the factor-label method (dimensional analysis) to obtain the desired unit in solving problems.
CI.2.c: Apply the definition of mass, length, volume, time, density, temperature and pressure.
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
Density via Comparison
Determining Density via Water Displacement
CI.3.a: Identify various theories of the atom, including Rutherford, Bohr, and electron cloud theories by matching the theory to its description.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
CI.3.b: Identify the three fundamental particles of an atom when given the charge, mass, and location of the particle.
CI.3.c: Determine the number of protons, electrons, or neutrons in an element when given the atomic number and the atomic mass of the element, or vice versa.
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Nuclear Decay
CI.3.d: Write the electron configurations of elements.
CI.3.e: Draw the electron-dot (Lewis) structure of elements.
Covalent Bonds
Element Builder
CI.3.f: Predict the charge of an ion based on the element's valence electrons.
CI.4.a: Identify an element as a metal, nonmetal, metalloid, or noble gas.
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Ionic Bonds
CI.4.b: Locate elements by name and group number (family) or period (series).
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
CI.4.c: Compare elements in terms of atomic radius, ionization energy, or electronegativity using their positions on the periodic table.
CI.4.d: Predict the charge of monoatomic ions on the basis of position (group number).
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
CI.5.a: Describe what determines covalent, ionic, and metallic bonds.
CI.5.b: Relate bond type between elements on the basis of electronegativity differences.
CI.5.c: Relate bond type to the position of elements on the Periodic table, electron configuration, and properties of the compound formed.
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
CI.5.d: Draw Lewis electron dot structures and determine the geometric structure of simple molecules.
CI.5.e: Identify simple molecules as polar or non-polar on the basis of molecular shape and bond polarity.
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
CI.6.a: Write chemical formulas of ionic compounds using monatomic and polyatomic ions.
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Stoichiometry
CI.6.b: Write chemical formulas of molecular compounds using prefixes.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Stoichiometry
CI.6.e: Write the names and formulas of common acids and bases.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Stoichiometry
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
CI.7.a: Write an equation in sentence form (word equation) when given a chemical equation.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry
CI.7.b: Balance a simple chemical equation by inspection when given the formulas or names of all reactants and products.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Covalent Bonds
Ionic Bonds
CI.7.c: Classify simple equations as to type: single displacement, double displacement, synthesis and decomposition.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Dehydration Synthesis
CI.7.d: Complete chemical equations when given reactants for reactions, such as synthesis, decomposition, single displacement, and double displacement.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Dehydration Synthesis
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry
CI.7.e: Given a list of solubility rules, predict if a precipitate is formed upon mixing solutions of known chemicals in a double displacement reaction.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Solubility and Temperature
CI.7.f: Use the activity series to predict single displacement reactions and write equations of these reactions.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry
CI.7.g: Predict products of simple synthesis and decomposition reactions.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Dehydration Synthesis
CI.8.a: Calculate the formula/molecular mass of compounds.
CI.8.b: Define the mole as a quantity of matter.
CI.8.c: Interconvert among mass, mole, and number of particles.
CI.8.d: Determine the empirical formula from the percentage composition and the molecular formula from the empirical formula and molar mass, or vice-versa.
CI.8.e: Solve stoichiometry problems.
CI.8.f: Identify the limiting reagent through stoichiometric calculations.
CI.9.a: Demonstrate understanding by performing calculations relating enthalpy change, temperature change, mass, and specific heat.
CI.9.b: Calculate the energy required to change state using mass and heat of vaporization or heat of fusion.
CI.10.a: Describe a gas, liquid or solid in terms of Kinetic Molecular Theory.
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Temperature and Particle Motion
CI.10.b: Describe the relationship among volume, temperature, pressure, and moles using ideal gas laws.
Boyle's Law and Charles' Law
Stoichiometry
CI.10.c: Calculate the partial pressure of a gas in a mixture.
CI.11.a: Describe solutions in terms of solute and solvent; electrolyte or non-electrolyte; soluble or insoluble; unsaturated, saturated or supersaturated; miscible or immiscible.
CI.11.b: Express the concentration of a solution as percent by mass, molarity, molality, and mole fraction, given appropriate data.
CI.11.c: Explore the factors that affect solubility.
CI.11.e: Describe how to dilute a solution in terms of molarity and volume.
Colligative Properties
Density Laboratory
Determining Density via Water Displacement
CI.12.b: Using LeChatelier's principle, predict the effect upon a reaction at equilibrium of changing the temperature, concentrations of a reactant or a product, pressure, or adding a catalyst.
Collision Theory
Limiting Reactants
CI.13.a: Compare properties of acids and bases, including how they affect indicators and the relative pH of the solution.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
CI.13.d: Calculate the pH or pOH from the hydrogen or hydroxide ion concentrations of solutions and vice versa.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
CI.13.e: Describe the role of indicators in experimental prediction of pH.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
CII.1.a: Characterize electromagnetic radiation in terms of wavelength, frequency and speed.
Photoelectric Effect
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
CII.1.b: Explain the concept of quantified energy as it relates to atomic spectroscopic data.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
CII.1.c: Relate the wave and particulate properties of electromagnetic radiation.
CII.1.e: Explain the quantum numbers n, l, ml, and ms in terms of energy and electron probability distribution.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
CII.1.f: Relate quantum numbers to the accepted orbital notation of s, p, d and f.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
CII.1.g: Depict or interpret s, p, d, and f orbitals in two and three-dimensional sketches.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
CII.1.h: Explain the Pauli exclusion principle in terms of electron spin and apply when determining electron configuration.
CII.1.i: Write electron configurations following the Aufbau principle.
CII.2.a: Explain how and why an ionic bond is formed.
CII.2.b: Explain how and why a covalent bond is formed.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
CII.2.d: Draw Lewis structures for compounds in which the central atoms can accommodate an expanded octet (e.g. SF4).
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
CII.2.g: Describe multiple bond formation in terms of sigma and pi covalent bonds.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
CII.2.h: Define bond dissociation energy.
CII.3.a: Differentiate between intramolecular and intermolecular bonding
CII.3.d: Relate the relative boiling point, freezing point and vapor pressure of a series of molecules to intermolecular forces.
Colligative Properties
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Phase Changes
CII.4.c: Perform stoichiometric calculations involving precipitation reactions.
CII.4.d: Perform stoichiometric calculations involved in acid-base reactions.
Stoichiometry
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
CII.6.a: Describe two types of rate laws; differential and integral.
CII.6.b: Determine the rate law for a reaction given experimental law.
CII.6.c: Determine the relationship between the reaction pathway and the rate law of a reaction.
CII.6.d: Explain how a catalyst increases the rate of reaction.
CII.7.c: Calculate concentration at equilibrium given initial concentrations and the equilibrium constant.
CII.8.c: Identify the path taken by electrons in electrochemical cells.
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
CII.8.i: Perform stoichiometric calculations based on current and time data in such applications.
CII.9.a: Identify alpha, beta and gamma radiation with respect to mass and charge.
CII.9.b: Complete and balance nuclear equations.
CII.9.c: Calculate the half-life of a radioactive nuclide both mathematically and graphically.
Exponential Growth and Decay - Activity B
Half-life
CII.9.d: Calculate time or amount of isotope remaining given the initial amount and the half-life of the radioisotope.
CII.9.f: Debate the pros and cons of nuclear applications.
CII.9.g: Compare protective measures when using radioactive material including time, distance, and shielding.
CII.10.d: Describe the structure and function of biochemical compounds.
PI.1.a: Utilize fundamental SI base and derived units.
PI.1.c: Create, extend and record relationships from tables and graphs.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
PI.2.a: Identify terminology associated with kinematics and the history of the ideas associated with motion.
Atwood Machine
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
PI.2.b: Differentiate between vector and scalar quantities.
PI.2.c: Observe, measure, record and graph experimental results involving bodies in motion.
Determining a Spring Constant
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
PI.2.d: Interpret displacement, velocity, and acceleration graphs.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Uniform Circular Motion
PI.2.e: Solve problems involving kinematic relationships.
Atwood Machine
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
PI.3.a: Solve vector problems mathematically and graphically.
PI.3.b: Distinguish between weight and mass.
Beam to Moon (Ratios and Proportions)
PI.3.c: Explain physical dynamics in terms of Newton's Three Laws of Motion.
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
PI.3.d: Solve problems using Newton Three Laws of Motion.
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
PI.3.e: Apply the principles of impulse and conservation of momentum to interpret Newton's Third Law of Motion.
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
PI.3.f: Explain the effects of the Law of Universal Gravitation and calculate the force between two masses.
PI.3.h: Apply concepts of centripetal force and torque in solving circular motion problems.
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Uniform Circular Motion
PI.4.b: Apply the Law of Conservation of Energy.
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
PI.4.c: Utilize the Work-Energy Theorem to solve problems.
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
PI.5.a: Describe the types, characteristics and behavior of mechanical waves.
Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Earthquake - Recording Station
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
PI.5.b: Explain conceptually and/or mathematically the Doppler Effect.
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
PI.6.a: Determine the relationship between frequency and wavelength using the constancy of the speed of light.
Photoelectric Effect
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
PI.6.c: Describe the characteristics of lenses and mirrors conceptually, mathematically and/or pictorially.
Laser Reflection
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
PI.7.d: Determine current, voltage, and resistance involved in series and parallel circuits.
PII.1.b: Investigate physical kinematics and dynamics of one and two-dimensional motion.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
PII.1.c: Explore the concepts and relationships among work, power, energy, and momentum.
PII.2.a: Interpret the principles of the Kinetic Molecular Theory and the Laws of Thermodynamics.
Energy Conversion in a System
Temperature and Particle Motion
PII.2.b: Apply principles of the Kinetic Molecular Theory to changes of state for solids, liquids, gases, and plasma.
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Temperature and Particle Motion
PII.2.c: Solve problems with heat energy transfer, entropy and enthalpy.
PII.3.d: Evaluate the behaviors of fluids (surface tension, capillary action adhesion, and effects of pressure on boiling and melting points).
PII.5.a: Describe and analyze the dual nature of light.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Photoelectric Effect
PII.5.b: Discuss the photoelectric and Compton effects.
PII.5.c: Explain quantum energy absorption and emission spectra.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
PII.6.a: Discuss types and properties of elementary and other subatomic particles.
PII.6.b: Discuss applications of nuclear energy.
PII.6.d: Write nuclear equations for fission and fusion reactions.
HAP.1.d: Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
HAP.2.a: Define the terms: anatomy, physiology, and homeostasis; explain the importance of the interaction between structure and function of organs and organ systems in the human body.
Human Homeostasis
Paramecium Homeostasis
HAP.3.a: Identify the major elements that form the bulk of body matter.
HAP.3.c: Explain the importance of water to body homeostasis.
Cell Energy Cycle
Human Homeostasis
Paramecium Homeostasis
HAP.3.d: Describe the concept of pH and its relationship to acids and bases in the human body.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
HAP.3.e: Name the four major groups of organic substances in the human body and give examples and functions of specific members of each group.
HAP.4.a: Describe the structure and function of the components of a typical animal cell, including membranous and non-membranous organelles.
HAP.4.b: Relate plasma membrane structure to active and passive transport mechanisms.
SS.2.a: Identify and use the SI units of length, capacity/volume, mass/weight and temperature.
SS.3.b: Generate and interpret graphs from classroom experiments.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
SS.4.a: Describe differences among atoms, elements, ions, molecules and compounds.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
Limiting Reactants
SS.4.c: Identify the chemical symbols of elements needed for life.
SS.4.d: Identify the components of a chemical reaction (reactant, product, equation).
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry
SS.4.e: Identify properties of acids and bases and use pH to classify substances as basic, acidic, or neutral.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
SS.4.f: Identify the functions of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids in living organisms with examples of each.
SS.5.b: Distinguish between plant and animal eukaryotic cell structures.
SS.5.c: Identify and describe the structure and basic functions of the major eukaryotic organelles.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
SS.5.e: Describe the structure and function of a selectively permeable membrane and its role in diffusion and osmosis.
SS.5.f: Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis emphasizing the differences in resulting chromosome number.
SS.5.g: Identify and distinguish among forms of asexual and sexual reproduction.
SS.6.b: Compare and contrast the processes of photosynthesis and respiration.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
SS.7.a: Describe the basic structure and function of DNA and RNA.
SS.7.c: Utilize genetic terminology and apply genetic principles to solve simple Mendelian crosses.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
SS.8.a: Explain the importance of variations in organisms.
SS.8.b: Describe how the need for adaptation leads to formation of new species.
SS.9.b: Explain the levels of biological organization (i.e., population, community, ecosystem, biosphere).
SS.9.c: Identify the types of relationships that occur among populations.
SS.9.d: Explain how energy flows through ecosystems.
SS.9.f: Compare and contrast the adaptations of plants and animals found in the major biomes.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
BR.1.d: Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
BR.6.a: Document major historical events leading to the development of the science of genetics.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
BR.6.b: Identify the nature of recent (past 25 years) events that have revolutionized genetic analysis and manipulation, including the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), gene transfection, the Human Genome Project, protein sequencing, and in vitro fertilization.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
BR.6.c: Explore the subcellular organelles responsible for protein synthesis and reproduction.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
RNA and Protein Synthesis
BR.6.d: Discuss the influence that environmental pollutants and other man-made chemicals could have on the regulation of protein synthesis and reproduction.
BR.8.b: Name and write structural formulas for substituted and non-substituted hydrocarbons.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Stoichiometry
BR.8.e: Describe the use of protein crystallography in determination of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
BR.9.b: Determine quantitatively the concentration of a solute in a solution, using the spectrophotometer.
BR.9.e: Prepare a series of protein concentrations using accurate and safe pipetting techniques.
BR.9.f: Practice preparation of sample organic compounds, including methane, ethane, acetic acid, ethyl ethanoate, and methanol.
SIS.1.e: Calculate the average and standard deviation from repeated measurements.
SIS.2.a: Describe the characteristics of the electromagnetic spectrum.
SIS.2.b: Using images and graphs, interpret the absorption/reflection spectrum.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Herschel Experiment
Laser Reflection
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
SIS.2.d: Analyze the effects of changes in spatial, temporal, and spectral resolution.
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
SIS.2.e: Analyze the effects on images due to changes in scale.
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
SIS.3.b: Locate a variety of sources for geological data and imaging.
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
SIS.4.c: Produce a geographic information image showing results of analysis.
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
SIS.4.d: Draw conclusions based on analysis and summary of geographic image information results.
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
SIS.5.b: Demonstrate the ability to adjust equipment to obtain correct, clear data images.
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
G.1.a: Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment used in genetics.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
G.1.d: Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written and graphic form.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
G.2.a: Review the structures and functions of the cell.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
G.2.b: Describe the process of mitosis and the cell cycle
G.2.d: Apply the chromosome theory of inheritance to genetics problems.
Chicken Genetics
Human Karyotyping
Microevolution
Natural Selection
G.3.a: Explore the historical contributions leading to the discovery of nucleic acids.
G.3.b: Investigate the role of DNA and RNA in replication, transcription, translation, and DNA repair.
Building DNA
RNA and Protein Synthesis
G.3.c: Identify types of mutations and the consequences of each.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
G.3.d: Summarize the process of gene transfer using biotechnology.
G.4.a: Evaluate the significant contributions of well-known scientists to the historical progression of classical Mendelian genetics.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
G.4.b: Compare and contrast genes and alleles, dominance and recessiveness, and the laws of segregation and independent assortment.
Chicken Genetics
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Human Karyotyping
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
G.4.d: Apply each of the major inheritance patterns in diploid organisms (multiple alleles, dihybrid cross, polygenic inheritance, epistasis, incomplete dominance, and sex linkage) to given experimental results, both actual and theoretical.
Chicken Genetics
Human Karyotyping
Microevolution
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Natural Selection
G.5.a: Discuss and be able to apply the process of chromosome mapping to experimental situations.
G.5.b: Discuss and be able to apply the process of karyotyping to experimental situations.
G.6.a: Explore genetic differences among humans such as blood type, race, and simple inheritance patterns of genetic diversity.
Microevolution
Natural Selection
G.6.b: Analyze genetic disorders and relate the cause to the following inheritance patterns: autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, sex-linked, polygenic, chromosomal abnormalities.
Chicken Genetics
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Human Karyotyping
Microevolution
G.7.a: Discuss genetic variability within a population.
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Microevolution
G.7.b: Compare sexual and asexual reproduction with regard to genetic variability in a population.
G.7.c: Examine the effects on a population when the prerequisites for a Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium do not hold true.
Food Chain
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
G.8.a: Examine implications of the Human Genome Project.
M.1.d: Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
M.2.c: Describe the germ theory of disease and summarize the historical events that led to its formation.
M.4.c: Identify and describe the structure and function of internal and external bacterial cell components.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
M.5.a: Describe the general characteristics of viruses.
M.5.b: Identify and describe the major characteristics of each group of viruses.
M.5.c: Describe the mechanisms of replication in virulent and temperate phages.
Building DNA
Virus Life Cycle (Lytic)
M.5.d: Identify the most common viruses and the diseases associated with each.
MB.1.d: Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
MB.2.a: Review organic compounds and biochemical processes in the cell.
MB.2.b: Review the structure and function of the cell.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
MB.3.c: Summarize the steps in replication.
MB.4.b: Discuss the processes of transcription and translation.
MB.4.c: Compare and contrast the roles of three types of RNA including codons and anticodons.
MB.4.d: Describe the effects of mutations on protein synthesis.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
RNA and Protein Synthesis
MB.6.c: Explore the role of vectors in genetic research.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
BOT.1.d: Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
BOT.2.a: Identify the major organelles, their structures and functions.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
BOT.2.b: Determine the role of pigments.
Cell Energy Cycle
Photosynthesis Lab
BOT.3.a: Examine the chemical compounds extracted from plants, to include drugs.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
BOT.6.a: Compare and contrast the relationships of photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and translocation to overall plant survival.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
BOT.6.b: Explore the importance of soil type to overall plant survival, including mineral nutrition and air/water balance.
Cell Energy Cycle
Photosynthesis Lab
BOT.6.d: Explain the effects of environmental conditions such as light, heat, water content, and wind on plant survival.
Cell Energy Cycle
Photosynthesis Lab
BOT.6.e: Identify the physical response of plants to sunlight, day length and gravity (tropisms).
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
BOT.7.b: Compare and contrast the structures and mechanisms involved in sexual and asexual reproduction in selected plant species.
Cell Division
Pollination: Flower to Fruit
BOT.7.c: Identify the different methods of seed distribution in plants.
BOT.8.a: Compare and contrast plant structure, form, and adaptation and describe how each relates to habitat (biome).
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
BOT.8.b: Identify concepts such as nutrient cycling, succession, natural selection, competition, and symbiosis that influence/alter plant stability within the environment.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
BOT.8.c: Analyze the effects of human activity on the plant world.
BOT.10.a: Explain the results of monohybrid and dihybrid crosses.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
ZOO.1.d: Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
ZOO.2.a: Explain the levels of organization of structures in animals (cells, tissues, organs, and systems).
ZOO.2.c: Discuss adaptations of the major phyla that lead to their survival.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
ZOO.2.e: Review the classification scheme used in zoology.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
ZOO.4.a: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both asexual and sexual reproduction.
AS.1.d: Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
AS.2.a: Investigate the causes and characteristics of tides.
AS.2.c: Characterize the physical and chemical parameters of dissolved O2, pH, temperature, and salinity through analysis of different water column depths/zones.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
AS.2.d: Explore the role of bodies of water as they relate to weather.
AS.2.e: Describe the various biogeochemical cycles.
Food Chain
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
AS.3.b: Define terminology associated with plate tectonics.
AS.3.c: Distinguish among rise, slope, elevation, and depth.
Determining a Spring Constant
Slope - Activity B
AS.3.e: Describe watershed formation and its relationship to bodies of fresh water.
AS.4.a: Analyze the adaptations of representative organisms to aquatic environments.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
AS.4.b: Analyze the relationship of organisms in food chains/webs within aquatic environments.
AS.4.c: Calculate and interpret population data with regard to aquatic organisms.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
AS.4.f: Classify different aquatic organisms using dichotomous keys.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
AS.4.g: Compare and contrast aquatic producers, consumers, and decomposers.
AS.6.a: Identify various sources of pollution in aquatic environments.
AS.6.b: Describe the effects of natural phenomena such as hurricanes, floods, or drought on aquatic habitats.
AS.6.c: Describe a variety of methods of environmental management and stewardship.
ENV.1.d: Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
ENV.2.c: Describe food chains and food webs within an ecosystem.
ENV.2.d: Predict how the introduction, removal or reintroduction of an organism may alter the food chain, change populations, and impact the biodiversity of ecosystems.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
ENV.2.e: Investigate chemical cycles within ecosystems.
Food Chain
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
Water Cycle
ENV.3.a: Explain how a species adapts to its niche.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
ENV.3.b: Relate population dynamics (natural selection, exponential growth, predator/prey) to carrying capacity and limiting factors.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
ENV.3.e: Analyze and describe the effects of events such as fires, hurricanes, deforestation, mining, population growth and industry on environments.
Rabbit Population by Season
Water Pollution
ENV.5.a: Identify sources, use, quality and conservation of water.
ENV.5.c: Evaluate the impact of human activity and technology on the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
Greenhouse Effect
Rabbit Population by Season
Water Pollution
ENV.5.d: Identify the effects of pollution (water, noise, air, etc.) on the ecosystem.
Greenhouse Effect
Water Pollution
GEO.1.b: Describe the basic kinds of rocks and their subtypes.
GEO.2.c: Discuss the transfer of energy.
GEO.2.e: Describe the various cycles (water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, etc.).
Greenhouse Effect
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
GEO.3.a: Explore the theories of plate development and continental drift.
GEO.3.b: Explain the process that power crustal movements.
GEO.3.c: Identify and describe the types of crustal movements and their resulting landforms.
GEO.3.d: Locate areas of crustal movement around the world.
GEO.3.e: Explain the processes that create earthquakes and volcanoes.
Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Earthquake - Recording Station
Plate Tectonics
GEO.3.f: Develop an emergency preparedness plan for natural disasters associated with crustal movement.
GEO.5.a: Compare and contrast the relative and absolute age of the Earth (radiometric dating, index of fossil layers, etc.).
A.1.a: Recognize observations that significantly contributed to the understanding of the solar system prior to the telescope's development.
Rotation/Revolution of Venus and Earth
Solar System Explorer
A.1.c: Trace the development of models to predict planetary motion (Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton).
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Solar System Explorer
A.2.b: Explore the methods used in determining the characteristics of our solar system's components (spectra, probes, Doppler, etc.).
Rotation/Revolution of Venus and Earth
Solar System Explorer
A.3.a: Describe the structure and gravitational interactions of a planetary system according to Newton's Laws of Motion and Gravitation.
2D Collisions
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
A.3.b: Utilize the Universal Gravitational constant to calculate the orbital velocity in a two body system.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
A.3.c: Describe the motion and interactions of a planetary system according to Kepler's Laws.
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Solar System Explorer
A.3.d: Calculate period, distance from the sun, and/or velocity of a planet using Kepler's Laws.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Solar System Explorer
A.4.c: Track the Earth's moon over an extended period of time.
Moon Phases
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases
Tides
A.4.d: Examine current theories, proposals and supporting data of celestial bodies in our solar system.
Rotation/Revolution of Venus and Earth
Solar System Explorer
A.5.a: Discuss star classification (by size and magnitude) and types of stars.
A.5.b: Examine the origin and demise of stars.
A.5.e: Describe star systems visible from earth.
AER.2.b: Discuss relationships among forces (lift, weight, thrust, drag) and their affects on flight.
Beam to Moon (Ratios and Proportions)
AER.3.c: Relate how the location of center of gravity affects flight stability.
AER.4.c: Use the combined gas laws to calculate the expansion ratio of gases in an engine.
OC.2.a: Write and identify equations representing oxidation reactions.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry
OC.2.b: Write and identify equations representing substitution reactions.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry
OC.2.c: Write and identify equations representing dehydrogenation reactions.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry
OC.2.d: Write and identify equations representing addition reactions.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry
OC.3.a: Recognize and draw structural formulas from functional group names, and vice-versa.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Stoichiometry
OC.3.b: Describe the chemical and physical properties of compounds containing functional groups.
OC.3.c: Recognize and write equations representing the transformation of one functional group into another.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry
OC.5.d: Describe the use of organic compounds in medicine, drugs, and personal care products.
OC.5.e: Describe the synthesis and application of compounds, which have the property to dye materials.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Correlation last revised: 1/20/2017