Standard Course of Study
PS.2.01: Measure and mathematically/graphically analyze motion:
PS.2.01.c: Acceleration.
PS.2.02: Investigate and analyze forces as interactions that can change motion:
PS.2.02.a: In the absence of a force, an object in motion will remain in motion or an object at rest will remain at rest until acted on by an unbalanced force.
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
PS.2.02.b: Change in motion of an object (acceleration) is directly proportional to the unbalanced outside force and inversely proportional to the mass.
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Free-Fall Laboratory
PS.2.02.c: Whenever one object exerts a force on another, an equal and opposite force is exerted by the second on the first.
PS.3.01: Investigate and analyze storage of energy:
PS.3.01.a: Kinetic energy.
PS.3.01.b: Potential energies: gravitational, chemical, electrical, elastic, nuclear.
PS.3.03: Investigate and analyze transfer of energy by heating:
PS.3.03.a: Thermal energy flows from a higher to a lower temperature.
PS.3.03.b: Energy will not spontaneously flow from a lower temperature to a higher temperature.
PS.3.03.c: It is impossible to build a machine that does nothing but convert thermal energy into useful work.
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
PS.3.04: Investigate and analyze the transfer of energy by waves:
PS.3.04.a: General characteristics of waves: amplitude, frequency/period, wavelength, velocity of propagation.
PS.3.04.d: Electromagnetic waves (radiation).
PS.4.01: Investigate and analyze the nature of static electricity and the conservation of electrical charge:
PS.4.01.b: Opposite charges attract and like charges repel.
Coulomb Force (Static)
Pith Ball Lab
PS.4.02: Investigate and analyze direct current electrical circuits:
PS.4.02.a: Ohm's law.
PS.4.02.b: Series circuits.
Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits
PS.4.02.c: Parallel circuits.
Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits
PS.4.03: Investigate and analyze magnetism and the practical applications of the characteristics of magnets.
PS.4.03.b: Electromagnetism
PS.4.03.c: Movement of electrical charges
PS.5.01: Develop an understanding of how scientific processes have led to the current atomic theory.
PS.5.01.d: Bohr?s planetary model.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Element Builder
PS.5.02: Examine the nature of atomic structure:
PS.5.02.a: Protons.
PS.5.02.b: Neutrons.
PS.5.02.c: Electrons.
PS.5.02.e: Atomic number.
PS.5.02.f: Isotopes.
PS.5.03: Identify substances through the investigation of physical properties:
PS.5.03.a: Density.
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
PS.6.01: Analyze the periodic trends in the physical and chemical properties of elements.
PS.6.01.a: Groups (families).
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
PS.6.01.b: Periods.
PS.6.02: Investigate and analyze the formation and nomenclature of simple inorganic compounds.
PS.6.02.a: Ionic bonds (including oxidation numbers).
PS.6.02.b: Covalent bonds.
PS.6.03: Identify the reactants and products of chemical reactions and balance simple equations of various types:
PS.6.03.a: Single replacement.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations
PS.6.03.b: Double replacement.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations
PS.6.03.c: Decomposition.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations
PS.6.03.d: Synthesis.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations
Dehydration Synthesis
PS.6.05: Investigate and analyze the properties and composition of solutions:
PS.6.05.a: Solubility curves.
PS.6.05.b: Concentration.
Correlation last revised: 1/20/2017