II: Physical Science

II.A: Structure of Matter

II.A.1: The student will understand that matter is made of small particles and this explains the properties of matter.

II.A.1.1: The student will know that there are more than 100 different elements with unique properties.

Element Builder

II.A.1.2: The student will use evidence to explain that matter is made of small particles called atoms or molecule s which are too small to see.

Dehydration Synthesis
Limiting Reactants

II.A.1.4: The student will describe the states of matter in terms of the space between particles.

Phase Changes

II.A.1.5: The student will distinguish between volume, mass and density.

Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
Density via Comparison
Determining Density via Water Displacement
Weight and Mass

II.A.1.6: The student will use the characteristic properties of density, melting point, boiling point and solubility to identify and distinguish mixtures and pure substances.

Colligative Properties
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
Density via Comparison
Determining Density via Water Displacement
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Phase Changes
Solubility and Temperature

II.A.1.7: The student will know that atoms are the smallest unit of an element that maintains the characteristics of the element.

Element Builder

II.B: Chemical Reactions

II.B.1: The student will differentiate between chemical and physical changes.

II.B.1.1: The student will define chemical and physical changes.

Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Freezing Point of Salt Water

II.C: Energy Transformations

II.C.1: The student will understand that energy exists in many forms and can be transferred in many ways.

II.C.1.1: The student will compare and contrast heat, chemical, mechanical and electrical energy and identify transformations of energy from one form to another in everyday situations.

Advanced Circuits
Energy Conversions
Phase Changes

II.C.1.2: The student will recognize that heat is transferred by convection, conduction and radiation from warmer objects to cooler ones until both reach the same temperature.

Conduction and Convection
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Radiation

II.C.1.3: The student will demonstrate that visible light from the sun or reflected by objects may be made up of a mixture of many different colors of light.

Additive Color v2
Basic Prism
Color Absorption
Herschel Experiment
Radiation
Subtractive Color v2

II.C.1.4: The student will recognize the relationship between light and heat.

Calorimetry Lab
Radiation

II.C.1.5: The student will describe waves in terms of speed, frequency and wave length.

Sound Beats and Sine Waves

II.C.1.6: The student will recognize that vibrations such as sound and earthquakes move in waves and that waves move at different speeds in different materials.

Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter

II.D: Motion

II.D.1: The student will describe the motion of objects.

II.D.1.1: The student will use a frame of reference to describe the position, speed, and acceleration of an object.

Distance-Time Graphs
Force and Fan Carts
Freefall Laboratory

II.D.1.2: The student will measure and graph the positions and speed of an object.

Determining a Spring Constant
Distance-Time Graphs
Force and Fan Carts
Graphing Skills
Measuring Motion
Measuring Trees
Pendulum Clock

II.D.1.3: The student will recognize that unbalanced forces acting on an object change the object’s speed and/or direction.

Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Roller Coaster Physics
Uniform Circular Motion

II.E: Forces of Nature

II.E.1: The student will understand that a variety of forces govern the structure and motion of objects in the universe.

II.E.1.2: The student will know that there are positive and negative charges and that like charges repel one another and opposite charges attract.

Charge Launcher
Coulomb Force (Static)
Element Builder
Pith Ball Lab