Academic Standards
P.1.a: Gather, analyze and interpret data and create graphs regarding position, velocity and acceleration of moving objects
Distance-Time Graphs
Free-Fall Laboratory
Golf Range
Shoot the Monkey
P.1.c: Develop, communicate and justify an evidence-based scientific prediction regarding the effects of the action-reaction force pairs on the motion of two interacting objects
P.2.a: Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based scientific explanation supporting the current model of an atom
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Element Builder
P.2.b: Gather, analyze and interpret data on chemical and physical properties of elements such as density, melting point, boiling point, and conductivity
P.2.c: Use characteristic physical and chemical properties to develop predictions and supporting claims about elements' positions on the periodic table
P.3.a: Recognize, analyze, interpret, and balance chemical equations (synthesis, decomposition, combustion, and replacement) or nuclear equations (fusion and fission)
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations
Nuclear Decay
P.3.b: Predict reactants and products for different types of chemical and nuclear reactions
Chemical Equations
Equilibrium and Concentration
Nuclear Decay
P.3.c: Predict and calculate the amount of products produced in a chemical reaction based on the amount of reactants
Chemical Equations
Equilibrium and Concentration
P.4.a: Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based scientific explanation supporting the current models of chemical bonding
P.4.b: Gather, analyze, and interpret data on chemical and physical properties of different compounds such as density, melting point, boiling point, pH, and conductivity
P.4.c: Use characteristic physical and chemical properties to develop predictions and supporting claims about compounds' classification as ionic, polar or covalent
P.4.d: Describe the role electrons play in atomic bonding
P.4.e: Predict the type of bonding that will occur among elements based on their position in the periodic table
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
P.5.a: Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based scientific explanation regarding the potential and kinetic nature of mechanical energy
Air Track
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
P.5.b: Use appropriate measurements, equations and graphs to gather, analyze, and interpret data on the quantity of energy in a system or an object
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
P.6.a: Use direct and indirect evidence to develop and support claims about the conservation of energy in a variety of systems, including transformations to heat
Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
P.6.b: Evaluate the energy conversion efficiency of a variety of energy transformations
Energy Conversion in a System
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
P.6.c: Describe energy transformations both quantitatively and qualitatively
Energy Conversion in a System
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
L.1.a: Analyze how energy flows through trophic levels
L.1.f: Describe how carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and water cycles work
L.1.g: Use computer simulations to analyze how energy flows through trophic levels
L.2.a: Analyze and interpret data about the impact of removing keystone species from an ecosystem or introducing non-native species into an ecosystem
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
L.3.e: Analyze and interpret data on the body's utilization of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins
L.4.a: Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based scientific explanation the optimal environment for photosynthetic activity
Photosynthesis Lab
Pond Ecosystem
L.4.b: Discuss the interdependence of autotrophic and heterotrophic life forms such as depicting the flow of a carbon atom from the atmosphere, to a leaf, through the food chain, and back to the atmosphere
L.5.a: Analyze and interpret data to determine the energy requirements and/or rates of substance transport across cell membranes
L.5.e: Use computer simulations and models to analyze cell transport mechanisms
Osmosis
Paramecium Homeostasis
L.7.a: Analyze and interpret data that genes are expressed portions of DNA.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
L.7.b: Analyze and interpret data on the processes of DNA replication, transcription, translation, and gene regulation, and show how these processes are the same in all organism
L.7.e: Explain using examples how genetic mutations can benefit, harm, or have neutral effects on an organism
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
L.8.a: Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based scientific explanation of how cells form specialized tissues due to the expression of some genes and not others
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
L.8.d: Analyze and interpret data on medical problems using direct and indirect evidence in developing and supporting claims that genetic mutations and cancer are brought about by exposure to environmental toxins, radiation, or smoking
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
L.9.c: Analyze and interpret data suggesting that over geologic time, discrete bursts of rapid genetic changes and gradual changes have resulted in speciation
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
L.9.d: Analyze and interpret data on how evolution can be driven by three key components of natural selection - heritability, genetic variation, and differential survival and reproduction
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Microevolution
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
E.2.b: Analyze and interpret data regarding extraterrestrial forces and energies
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
E.3.a: Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based scientific explanation about the theory of plate tectonics and how it can be used to understand geological, physical, and geographical features of Earth
E.3.b: Analyze and interpret data on plate tectonics and the geological, physical, and geographical features of Earth
E.3.c: Understand the role plate tectonics has had with respect to long-term global changes in Earth's systems such as continental buildup, glaciations, sea-level fluctuations, and climate change
E.3.d: Investigate and explain how new conceptual interpretations of data and innovative geophysical technologies led to the current theory of plate tectonics
E.4.c: Explain how a combination of factors such as Earth's tilt, seasons, geophysical location, proximity to oceans, landmass location, latitude, and elevation determine a location's climate
Coastal Winds and Clouds - Metric
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Why do we have them?
E.4.f: Interpret evidence from weather stations, buoys, satellites, radars, ice and ocean sediment cores, tree rings, cave deposits, native knowledge, and other sources in relation to climate change
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Correlation last revised: 5/20/2019