Grade Level Expectations
PS.1.1: Measure and record the volume and mass of substances in metric system units
Measuring Volume
Weight and Mass
PS.1.2: Calculate the density of large and small quantities of a variety of substances (e.g., aluminum foil, water, copper, clay, rock)
PS.1.3: Construct models that replicate atomic structure for selected common elements from the periodic table
PS.1.5: Compare physical and chemical changes
PS.1.10: Identify the average atomic masses of given elements using the periodic table
PS.1.11: Compare the masses of reactants and products of a chemical reaction
PS.2.14: Construct and analyze graphs that represent one-dimensional motion (i.e., motion in a straight line) and predict the future positions and speed of a moving object
PS.2.16: Compare line graphs of acceleration, constant speed, and deceleration
PS.2.17: Describe and demonstrate that friction is a force that acts whenever two surfaces or objects move past one another
Force and Fan Carts
Free Fall Tower
Free-Fall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
PS.2.18: Explain how the resistance of materials affects the rate of electrical flow
PS.2.19: Identify forces acting on all objects
Free Fall Tower
Free-Fall Laboratory
PS.2.22: Demonstrate that an object will remain at rest or move at a constant speed and in a straight line if it is not subjected to an unbalanced force
PS.2.23: Predict the direction of a force applied to an object and how it will change the speed and direction of the object
PS.3.25: Compare forms of energy (e.g., light, heat, sound, electrical, nuclear, mechanical)
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Radiation
PS.3.26: Describe and summarize observations of the transmission, reflection, and absorption of sound, light, and heat energy
Color Absorption
Heat Absorption
Herschel Experiment
Longitudinal Waves
Radiation
Subtractive Colors
PS.3.27: Explain the relationship between work input and work output by using simple machines
Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
PS.3.28: Explain the law of conservation of energy
Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
PS.3.29: Compare and/or investigate the relationships among work, power, and efficiency
Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
PS.3.30: Trace energy transformations in a simple system (e.g., flashlight)
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
PS.3.32: Identify and illustrate key characteristics of waves (e.g., wavelength, frequency, amplitude)
PS.3.33: Predict the direction in which light will refract when it passes from one transparent material to another (e.g., from air to water, from prism to air)
PS.3.34: Apply the law of reflection and law of refraction to demonstrate everyday phenomena (e.g., how light is reflected from tinted windows, how light is refracted by cameras, telescopes, eyeglasses)
Basic Prism
Longitudinal Waves
Ripple Tank
PS.3.35: Determine through experimentation whether light is reflected, transmitted, and/or absorbed by a given object or material
Color Absorption
Heat Absorption
PS.3.37: Compare how heat is transferred by conduction, convection, and radiation
Conduction and Convection
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Radiation
PS.3.38: Identify conditions under which thermal energy tends to flow from a system of higher energy to a system of lower energy
Conduction and Convection
Heat Absorption
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Radiation
PS.3.39: Describe how electricity can be produced from other types of energy (e.g., magnetism, solar, mechanical)
PS.4.42: Identify energy types from their source to their use and determine if the energy types are renewable, nonrenewable, or inexhaustible
Correlation last revised: 5/11/2018