Essential Learning Expectations
2.1.A: Identify the main parts of an atom
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Ionic Bonds
Nuclear Decay
2.1.B: Identify the characteristics of a Periodic Table
2.1.C: Identify common elements by their symbol.
2.1.D: Define atomic number
2.1.F: Explain the relationship between atomic number, mass number, and the parts of an atom
2.1.G: Describe elements based on their placement on the Periodic Table (families, groups)
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
2.1.H: Classify matter as atoms, molecules, elements, compounds, pure substances, or mixtures.
2.1.I: Identify common compounds by their chemical formula
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Stoichiometry
2.1.K: Identify the relationship between atoms, molecules, elements, compounds, pure substances and mixtures.
2.1.M: Define ionic and covalent bonds.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
2.1.N: Compare and contrast properties of ionic and covalent bonds.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
2.2.A: Distinguish between chemical and physical properties of matter
Mineral Identification
Mystery Powder Analysis
2.2.B: Compare objects and substances based on their physical properties and simple chemical properties
Mineral Identification
Mystery Powder Analysis
2.2.C: Classify objects and substances based on common physical properties and simple chemical properties
Mineral Identification
Mystery Powder Analysis
2.3.B: Identify examples of various forms of energy
2.3.C: Compare and contrast various forms of energy
2.3.D: Explain the Law of Conservation of energy using various forms of energy transformation.
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Period of a Pendulum
Roller Coaster Physics
Simple Harmonic Motion
2.3.E: Describe various types of light (visible and invisible)
Color Absorption
Herschel Experiment
Radiation
2.3.F: Describe the behavior of light (e.g., reflection, diffraction)
Basic Prism
Laser Reflection
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
2.3.G: Identify characteristics of the electromagnetic spectrum
Herschel Experiment
Photoelectric Effect
Radiation
2.3.H: Explain the behavior of light (particle vs. wave, reflection, diffraction, speed)
Laser Reflection
Photoelectric Effect
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
Refraction
2.3.I: Compare and contrast the three types of heat transfer
Calorimetry Lab
Conduction and Convection
Energy Conversions
Heat Absorption
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Phase Changes
Radiation
2.3.L: Describe properties of magnetic materials
2.3.P: Identify the parts of waves
2.3.Q: Describe the basic properties of sound
Longitudinal Waves
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
2.3.R: Compare and contrast longitudinal and transverse waves
Earthquake - Recording Station
Longitudinal Waves
2.4.A: Explain the three states of matter and how they relate to temperature change
2.4.B: Explain the relationship between changes in thermal energy and states of matter (e.g., increase/decrease of thermal energy = change in state)
Energy Conversions
Phase Changes
2.4.C: Recognize that increase in temperature means greater average energy of motion
Collision Theory
Energy Conversion in a System
Temperature and Particle Motion
2.4.D: Explain how pressure affects temperature and volume (Boyle's Law/Charles' Law)
2.5.B: Define force
Charge Launcher
Force and Fan Carts
2.5.C: Explain different types of forces
Atwood Machine
Charge Launcher
Force and Fan Carts
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Roller Coaster Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
2.5.D: Identify variables that affect the motion of an object.
Charge Launcher
Force and Fan Carts
2.5.E: Explain, using appropriate formulas, the relationship between speed, velocity, acceleration, force, mass, and momentum
2D Collisions
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
2.5.F: Explain Newton's laws of motion
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Uniform Circular Motion
2.6.A: Compare and contrast simple, complex compound machines
Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Levers
Pulley Lab
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Wheel and Axle
2.6.B: Recognize that a machine makes work easier by changing the amount or direction of the force
Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
Gravitational Force
Gravity Pitch
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Levers
Pulley Lab
Wheel and Axle
2.6.C: Identify applications of simple, complex and compound machines
Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Levers
Pulley Lab
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Wheel and Axle
2.6.D: Measure and calculate efficiency, ideal and actual mechanical advantage for simple machines using the appropriate formulas (e.g., work w=f x d)
Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Levers
Pulley Lab
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Wheel and Axle
2.6.E: Create simple and complex compound machines to examine and measure the related forces
Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
Atwood Machine
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Levers
Pulley Lab
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Wheel and Axle
2.7.A: Discuss basic (single step) energy transformations (ex: light bulb: electrical to light; food: chemical to mechanical)
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Food Chain
2.7.B: Discuss multi-step energy transformations (ex: coal: chemical to thermal to mechanical to electricity)
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
2.7.C: The relationship between energy transformations and conservation of energy.
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Period of a Pendulum
Roller Coaster Physics
Simple Harmonic Motion
3.1.A: Identify and observe single-celled and multicellular organisms
3.1.B: Define nucleus, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
Building DNA
Cell Structure
RNA and Protein Synthesis
3.1.D: Identify and describe the functions of cell organelles in meeting the needs of cells
Cell Energy Cycle
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
3.1.E: Define cell, tissue, organ, system, and organism
3.1.F: Illustrate the hierarchal relationships of cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms
3.2.A: Investigate and describe respiration as a process by which organisms (plants and animals) use the energy from sugars to carry out life functions.
Cell Energy Cycle
Photosynthesis Lab
3.2.C: Diagram the flow of energy through photosynthesis and its decomposition through respiration and fermentation
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
Pond Ecosystem
3.2.D: Analyze energy movement in biomes (food webs and pyramids)
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
3.2.E: Classify organisms in food webs based upon characteristics (e.g., physical and behavior)
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
3.3.A: Explain the function of a chromosome
Human Karyotyping
Paramecium Homeostasis
3.3.D: Identify the purposes of cell division
3.3.E: Describe the key events in each phase of mitosis
3.3.F: Identify the differences in mitosis and meiosis
3.3.G: Differentiate between sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction
3.3.H: Define and identify gene, inheritance, phenotype, and genotype
Chicken Genetics
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Human Karyotyping
Microevolution
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Natural Selection
3.3.I: Define and identify dominant and recessive traits
Chicken Genetics
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
3.3.J: Identify examples of inherited characteristics
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Microevolution
Natural Selection
3.3.L: Define Punnett square and genetic cross
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
3.3.M: Predict genetic crosses using Punnett squares
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
3.3.N: Interpret simple genetic crosses using Punnett squares
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
3.4.A: Distinguish between a population and a community
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
3.4.B: Identify living and non-living factors that effect populations and communities
3.4.C: Identify the different types of symbiosis and their positive and negative effects
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
3.4.D: Explain how populations are impacted by changes in living and non-living factors in the environment
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
3.4.E: Explain and provide examples of adaptations
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
3.4.F: Define natural selection
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
3.4.G: Explain the relationship between adaptations and natural selection
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
3.4.H: Identify natural selection as a mechanism for evolution
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
Natural Selection
3.4.I: Identify lines of evidence that support evolution.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
3.4.J: Explain how the fossil record provides evidence of life forms' appearance, diversification, and extinction
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
Natural Selection
3.5.A: Explain the relationship between kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
3.5.C: Create and use a basic classification scheme to identify plants and animals.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
4.1.A: Identify internal structures of the earth and their characteristics
4.1.D: Explain the movement of plates over time.
4.1.E: Explain or model the differences between Oceanic and Continental plates.
4.1.F: Model and explain constructive forces on the earth (i.e., plate tectonics).
4.1.G: Compare and contrast types of rocks formed from different earth processes
Rock Classification
Solar System
4.2.A: Make use of common rock and mineral identification tests to identify rocks and minerals, including common Montana rocks and minerals
4.2.B: List how rocks and minerals are used in daily life.
4.2.C: Explain the importance of the mining industry in Montana and the uses of rocks and minerals.
4.2.D: Diagram the interaction between igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks through the rock cycle
4.3.B: Categorize the predominant organisms that appear within each major division of geologic time
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
4.4.B: Identify, diagram and label the components of the water cycle
4.4.D: Explain how ocean currents are caused by convection currents
4.4.E: Explain the impact of ocean currents on large-scale weather patterns.
4.5.A: Explain, using a model, how the Earth rotates and revolves around the sun.
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Solar System
4.5.C: Explain how Earth's tilt and revolution affects climate zones
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
4.5.E: Predict how a change in planetary movement would change Earth's days, seasons, years and climate.
Moon Phases
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Tides
4.6.A: Describe the earth, moon, planets and other objects in space in terms of relative size and stucture.
Solar System
Solar System Explorer
4.6.B: Identify that planets in our solar system have different lenghts of orbits and periods of rotation around the sun.
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Rotation/Revolution of Venus and Earth
Solar System
Solar System Explorer
4.6.C: Discuss how length of orbit and period of rotation affects length of years and days
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Solar System Explorer
4.6.D: Compare and contrast the length of days and years on different planets.
Solar System
Solar System Explorer
4.6.E: Describe the role of gravity in the orbit of moons around planets and planets around the sun.
Gravitational Force
Gravity Pitch
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Rotation/Revolution of Venus and Earth
Solar System
Tides
4.7.B: Recognize that the sun and planets formed from the accretion of dust and gases
Solar System
Solar System Explorer
4.7.C: Identify how planets, such as the Earth, changed after their formation
Correlation last revised: 5/17/2018