Academic Standards
P.1.c: Develop and design a scientific investigation to collect and analyze speed and acceleration data to determine the net forces acting on a moving object
P.2.a: Gather, analyze, and interpret data to describe the different forms of energy and energy transfer
P.2.b: Develop a research-based analysis of different forms of energy and energy transfer
2D Collisions
Heat Absorption
Radiation
P.2.c: Use research-based models to describe energy transfer mechanisms, and predict amounts of energy transferred
2D Collisions
Heat Absorption
Radiation
P.3.a: Identify the distinguishing characteristics between a chemical and a physical change
P.3.b: Gather, analyze, and interpret data on physical and chemical changes
Chemical Changes
Identifying Nutrients
P.3.c: Gather, analyze, and interpret data that show mass is conserved in a given chemical or physical change
Chemical Changes
Chemical Equations
P.3.d: Identify evidence that suggests that matter is always conserved in physical and chemical changes
Chemical Changes
Chemical Equations
P.4.b: Describe for various waves the amplitude, frequency, wavelength, and speed
P.4.c: Describe the relationship between pitch and frequency in sound
Hearing: Frequency and Volume
Longitudinal Waves
P.4.d: Develop and design a scientific investigation regarding absorption, reflection, and refraction of light
Basic Prism
Color Absorption
Heat Absorption
Herschel Experiment - Metric
Refraction
L.1.a: Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based scientific example of how humans can alter ecosystems
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Pond Ecosystem
L.1.b: Analyze and interpret data about human impact on local ecosystems
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Pond Ecosystem
L.2.a: Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based scientific explanation for how genetic information is passed to the next generation
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
L.2.b: Use direct and indirect observations, evidence, and data to support claims about genetic reproduction and traits of individuals
Inheritance
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
L.2.c: Gather, analyze, and interpret data on transmitting genetic information
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
L.2.d: Use models and diagrams to predict the phenotype and genotype of offspring based on the genotype of the parents
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
L.2.e: Use computer simulations to model and predict phenotype and genotype of offspring based on the genotype of the parents
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
E.1.a: Differentiate between basic and severe weather conditions, and develop an appropriate action plan for personal safety and the safety of others
E.3.a: Construct a scale model of the solar system, and use it to explain the motion of objects in the system such a planets, Sun, Moons, asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets
Comparing Earth and Venus
Solar System Explorer
E.3.f: Recognize that mathematical models are used to predict orbital paths and events
E.4.a: Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based explanation using relative positions of Earth, Moon, and Sun to explain the following natural phenomenon:
E.4.a.1: Tides
E.4.a.2: Eclipses of the Sun and Moon
E.4.a.3: Different shapes of the Moon as viewed from Earth
E.4.b: Analyze and interpret data to explain why we have seasons
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Summer and Winter
E.4.c: Use models to explain the relative motions of Earth, Moon, and Sun over time
2D Eclipse
3D Eclipse
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases
Tides - Metric
Correlation last revised: 5/20/2019