Standard Course of Study
B.2.01: Compare and contrast the structure and functions of the following organic molecules:
B.2.01.d: Nucleic acids.
B.2.02: Investigate and describe the structure and functions of cells including:
B.2.02.a: Cell organelles.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
B.2.02.b: Cell specialization.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
B.2.02.c: Communication among cells within an organism.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
B.2.03: Investigate and analyze the cell as a living system including:
B.2.03.a: Maintenance of homeostasis.
Human Homeostasis
Paramecium Homeostasis
B.2.03.b: Movement of materials into and out of cells.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
B.2.05: Investigate and analyze the bioenergetic reactions:
B.2.05.a: Aerobic Respiration.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
B.2.05.c: Photosynthesis.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
B.3.01: Analyze the molecular basis of heredity including:
B.3.01.a: DNA replication.
B.3.01.b: Protein synthesis (transcription, translation).
B.3.01.c: Gene regulation.
B.3.02: Compare and contrast the characteristics of asexual and sexual reproduction.
B.3.03: Interpret and predict patterns of inheritance.
B.3.03.a: Dominant, recessive and intermediate traits.
Chicken Genetics
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
B.3.03.b: Multiple alleles.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
B.3.03.c: Polygenic inheritance.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Microevolution
Natural Selection
B.3.03.e: Independent assortment.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
B.3.03.f: Test cross.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Microevolution
Natural Selection
B.3.03.g: Pedigrees.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Microevolution
Natural Selection
B.3.03.h: Punnett squares.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
B.3.04: Assess the impact of advances in genomics on individuals and society.
B.3.04.a: Human genome project.
B.3.05: Examine the development of the theory of evolution by natural selection including:
B.3.05.c: Fossil and biochemical evidence.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
B.3.05.d: Mechanisms of evolution.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
B.4.01: Analyze the classification of organisms according to their evolutionary relationships.
B.4.01.d: Classify organisms using keys.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
B.4.02: Analyze the processes by which organisms representative of the following groups accomplish essential life functions including:
B.4.02.a: Unicellular protists, annelid worms, insects, amphibians, mammals, non vascular plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms.
B.4.02.b: Transport, excretion, respiration, regulation, nutrition, synthesis, reproduction, and growth and development.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Osmosis
Pollination: Flower to Fruit
B.4.03: Assess, describe and explain adaptations affecting survival and reproductive success.
B.4.03.a: Structural adaptations in plants and animals (form to function).
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
B.4.03.b: Disease-causing viruses and microorganisms.
B.4.04: Analyze and explain the interactive role of internal and external factors in health and disease:
B.4.04.a: Genetics.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
B.5.01: Investigate and analyze the interrelationships among organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems.
B.5.01.a: Techniques of field ecology.
B.5.01.c: Carrying capacity.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
B.5.02: Analyze the flow of energy and the cycling of matter in the ecosystem
B.5.02.a: Relationship of the carbon cycle to photosynthesis and respiration.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
B.5.02.b: Trophic levels - direction and efficiency of energy transfer.
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
B.5.03: Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments:
B.5.03.b: Factors associated with those changes.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
B.5.03.d: Resource use.
B.5.03.e: Sustainable practices/stewardship.
Rabbit Population by Season
Water Pollution
C.2.01: Analyze the historical development of the current atomic theory.
C.2.01.a: Early contributions: Democritus and Dalton.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
C.2.01.b: The discovery of the electron: Thomson and Millikan.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Ionic Bonds
C.2.01.c: The discovery of the nucleus, proton and neutron: Rutherford and Chadwick.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Element Builder
Nuclear Decay
C.2.01.d: The Bohr model.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
C.2.01.e: The quantum mechanical model.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
C.2.02: Examine the nature of atomic structure.
C.2.02.a: Subatomic particles: protons, neutrons, and electrons.
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Nuclear Decay
C.2.02.b: Mass number.
C.2.02.c: Atomic number.
C.2.03: Apply the language and symbols of chemistry.
C.2.03.a: Name compounds using the IUPAC conventions.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
C.2.03.b: Write formulas of simple compounds from their names.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Nuclear Decay
Stoichiometry
C.2.04: Identify substances using their physical properties:
C.2.04.a: Melting points.
C.2.04.c: Density.
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
Density via Comparison
Determining Density via Water Displacement
C.2.04.d: Solubility.
C.2.05: Analyze the basic assumptions of kinetic molecular theory and its applications:
C.2.05.b: Combined Gas Law.
C.2.06: Assess bonding in metals and ionic compounds as related to chemical and physical properties.
C.2.08: Assess the dynamics of physical equilibria.
C.2.08.b: Factors that affect phase changes.
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Freezing Point of Salt Water
C.3.01: Analyze periodic trends in chemical properties and use the periodic table to predict properties of elements.
C.3.01.a: Groups (families).
Covalent Bonds
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
C.3.01.b: Periods.
C.3.01.c: Representative elements (main group) and transition elements.
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
C.3.01.d: Electron configuration and energy levels.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
C.3.01.f: Atomic and ionic radii.
C.3.02: Apply the mole concept, Avogadro's number and conversion factors to chemical calculations.
C.3.02.b: Mass to moles.
C.3.02.c: Volume of a gas to moles.
C.3.03: Calculate quantitative relationships in chemical reactions (stoichiometry).
C.3.03.a: Moles of each species in a reaction.
C.3.03.b: Mass of each species in a reaction.
C.3.03.c: Volumes of gaseous species in a reaction.
Density Laboratory
Determining Density via Water Displacement
Stoichiometry
C.4.01: Analyze the Bohr model in terms of electron energies in the hydrogen atom.
C.4.01.b: Emission and absorption of electromagnetic energy as electrons change energy levels.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Herschel Experiment
C.4.02: Analyze the law of conservation of energy, energy transformation, and various forms of energy involved in chemical and physical processes.
C.4.02.a: Differentiate between heat and temperature.
C.4.02.b: Analyze heating and cooling curves.
C.4.02.c: Calorimetry, heat of fusion and heat of vaporization calculations.
C.4.02.e: Diagrams (energy vs reaction pathway), enthalpy and activation energy.
C.4.04: Analyze nuclear energy.
C.4.04.a: Radioactivity: characteristics of alpha, beta and gamma radiation.
C.4.04.b: Decay equations for alpha and beta emission.
C.4.04.c: Half-life.
Exponential Growth and Decay - Activity B
Half-life
C.5.01: Identify various types of chemical reactions:
C.5.01.a: Single replacement.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Dehydration Synthesis
C.5.03: Identify the indicators of chemical change:
C.5.03.d: Absorption or release of heat.
C.5.04: Identify the physical and chemical behaviors of acids and bases.
C.5.04.a: General properties of acids and bases.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
C.5.04.f: pH and pOH.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
C.5.05: Analyze oxidation/reduction reactions with regard to the transfer of electrons.
C.5.05.b: Identify the elements oxidized and reduced.
C.5.06: Assess the factors that affect the rates of chemical reactions.
C.5.06.a: The nature of the reactants.
C.5.06.b: Temperature.
C.5.06.c: Concentration.
C.5.06.d: Surface area.
C.5.06.e: Catalyst.
E.2.02: Analyze the historical development of the theory of plate tectonics.
E.2.03: Investigate and analyze the processes responsible for the rock cycle:
E.2.03.a: Analyze the origin, texture and mineral composition of rocks.
E.2.03.b: Trace the path of elements through the rock cycle.
E.2.03.c: Relate rock formation to plate tectonics.
E.2.03.d: Identify forms of energy that drive the rock cycle.
E.2.03.e: Analyze the relationship between the rock cycle and processes in the atmosphere and hydrosphere.
E.2.04: Analyze seismic waves including velocity and refraction to:
E.2.04.b: Locate earthquake epicenters.
Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Earthquake - Recording Station
E.2.04.c: Measure earthquake magnitude.
Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Earthquake - Recording Station
Plate Tectonics
E.2.04.d: Evaluate the level of seismic activity in North Carolina.
Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Earthquake - Recording Station
E.2.05: Create and interpret topographic, soil and geologic maps using scale and legends.
Building Topographical Maps
Ocean Mapping
Reading Topographical Maps
E.2.06: Investigate and analyze the importance and impact of the economic development of earth's finite rock, mineral, soil, fossil fuel and other natural resources to society and our daily lives:
E.2.06.a: Availability.
E.2.06.b: Geographic distribution.
E.2.06.c: Conservation/Stewardship.
Rock Classification
Water Pollution
E.2.06.d: Recycling.
E.2.06.e: Environmental impact.
E.2.07: Analyze the sources and impacts of society's use of energy.
E.2.07.b: The impact of human choices on Earth and its systems (e.g., global warming, smog, thermal pollution).
Greenhouse Effect
Water Pollution
E.3.01: Assess evidence to interpret the order and impact of events in the geologic past:
E.3.01.b: Statistical models of radioactive decay.
E.3.01.c: Fossil evidence of past life.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
E.4.01: Evaluate erosion and depositional processes:
E.4.01.c: Effects on water quality.
E.4.01.d: Effect of human choices on the rate of erosion.
Rabbit Population by Season
Water Pollution
E.4.03: Analyze the mechanisms that produce the various types of shorelines and their resultant landforms:
E.4.03.d: Human impact.
Rabbit Population by Season
Water Pollution
E.4.04: Evaluate water resources:
E.4.04.c: Environmental impacts of a growing human population.
Rabbit Population by Season
Water Pollution
E.4.05: Investigate and analyze environmental issues and solutions for North Carolina's river basins, wetlands, and tidal environments:
E.4.05.a: Water quality.
E.5.01: Analyze air masses and the life cycle of weather systems:
E.5.01.a: Planetary wind belts.
E.5.03: Analyze global atmospheric changes including changes in CO2, CH4, and stratospheric O3 and the consequences of these changes:
E.5.03.a: Climate change.
E.5.03.b: Changes in weather patterns.
E.6.02: Analyze planetary motion and the physical laws that explain that motion:
E.6.02.b: Revolution.
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
E.6.02.d: Effects of the tilt of the earth's axis.
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
E.6.03: Examine the sources of stellar energies.
E.6.03.a: Life cycle of stars.
E.6.03.b: Hertzsprung – Russell Diagram.
E.6.04: Assess the spectra generated by stars and our sun as indicators of motion and composition (the Doppler effect).
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
E.6.05: Evaluate astronomers' use of various technologies to extend their senses:
E.6.05.d: Spectroscope.
PS.2.01: Measure and mathematically/graphically analyze motion:
PS.2.01.b: Uniform motion.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
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.
2D Collisions
Fan Cart Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
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
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.
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
PS.3.01: Investigate and analyze storage of energy:
PS.3.01.a: Kinetic energy.
Air Track
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
PS.3.01.b: Potential energies: gravitational, chemical, electrical, elastic, nuclear.
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Rolling Objects
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Potential Energy on Shelves
Simple Harmonic Motion
PS.3.03: Investigate and analyze transfer of energy by heating:
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
Pulley Lab
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.
Photoelectric Effect
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
PS.3.04.b: Mechanical waves.
Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Earthquake - Recording Station
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
PS.3.04.c: Sound waves.
PS.4.01: Investigate and analyze the nature of static electricity and the conservation of electrical charge:
PS.4.01.a: Positive and negative charges.
Coulomb Force (Static)
Element Builder
Pith Ball Lab
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.
PS.4.02.c: Parallel circuits.
PS.5.01: Develop an understanding of how scientific processes have led to the current atomic theory.
PS.5.01.a: Dalton’s atomic theory.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
PS.5.01.d: Bohr’s planetary model.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
PS.5.01.e: Electron cloud 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.
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
PS.5.02.d: Atomic mass.
PS.5.02.e: Atomic number.
PS.5.03: Identify substances through the investigation of physical properties:
PS.5.03.a: Density.
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
Density via Comparison
Determining Density via Water Displacement
PS.5.03.b: Melting point.
PS.6.01: Analyze the periodic trends in the physical and chemical properties of elements.
PS.6.01.a: Groups (families).
Covalent Bonds
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.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
PS.6.03: Identify the reactants and products of chemical reactions and balance simple equations of various types:
PS.6.03.a: Single replacement.
PS.6.03.b: Double replacement.
PS.6.03.c: Decomposition.
PS.6.03.d: Synthesis.
PS.6.05: Investigate and analyze the properties and composition of solutions:
PS.6.05.a: Solubility curves.
PS.6.05.b: Concentration.
PS.6.05.d: pH scale.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
PS.6.06: Describe and explain radioactivity and its practical application as an alternative energy source:
PS.6.06.a: Alpha, beta, and gamma decay.
PS.6.06.d: Nuclear waste.
PH.2.01: Analyze velocity as a rate of change of position:
PH.2.01.b: Instantaneous velocity.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
PH.2.02: Compare and contrast as scalar and vector quantities:
PH.2.02.a: Speed and velocity.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Roller Coaster Physics
PH.2.03: Analyze acceleration as rate of change in velocity.
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Uniform Circular Motion
PH.2.04: Using graphical and mathematical tools, design and conduct investigations of linear motion and the relationships among:
PH.2.04.a: Position.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
PH.2.04.c: Instantaneous velocity
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
PH.2.04.d: Acceleration.
PH.3.01: Analyze and evaluate projectile motion in a defined frame of reference.
PH.3.03: Analyze and evaluate independence of the vector components of projectile motion.
Golf Range!
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
PH.3.04: Evaluate, measure, and analyze circular motion.
PH.3.06: Investigate, evaluate and analyze the relationship among:
PH.3.06.b: Centripetal acceleration.
PH.3.06.d: Velocity.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
PH.4.01: Determine that an object will continue in its state of motion unless acted upon by a net outside force (Newton's First Law of Motion, The Law of Inertia).
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pith Ball Lab
Uniform Circular Motion
PH.4.02: Assess, measure and calculate the conditions required to maintain a body in a state of static equilibrium.
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Diffusion
PH.4.03: Assess, measure, and calculate the relationship among the force acting on a body, the mass of the body, and the nature of the acceleration produced (Newton's Second Law of Motion).
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
PH.4.04: Analyze and mathematically describe forces as interactions between bodies (Newton's Third Law of Motion).
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
PH.4.05: Assess the independence of the vector components of forces.
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pith Ball Lab
PH.4.06: Investigate, measure, and analyze the nature and magnitude of frictional forces.
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Roller Coaster Physics
PH.4.07: Assess and calculate the nature and magnitude of gravitational forces (Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation).
Gravitational Force
Pith Ball Lab
PH.5.01: Assess the vector nature of momentum and its relation to the mass and velocity of an object.
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Roller Coaster Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
PH.5.02: Compare and contrast impulse and momentum.
PH.5.03: Analyze the factors required to produce a change in momentum.
PH.5.04: Analyze one-dimensional interactions between objects and recognize that the total momentum is conserved in both collision and recoil situations.
PH.5.05: Assess real world applications of the impulse and momentum, including but not limited to, sports and transportation.
PH.6.01: Investigate and analyze energy storage and transfer mechanisms:
PH.6.01.a: Gravitational potential energy.
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Potential Energy on Shelves
Roller Coaster Physics
PH.6.01.b: Elastic potential energy.
Energy of a Pendulum
Potential Energy on Shelves
PH.6.01.d: Kinetic energy.
Air Track
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
PH.6.02: Analyze, evaluate, and apply the principle of conservation of energy.
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
PH.6.03: Analyze, evaluate, and measure the transfer of energy by a force.
PH.6.03.a: Work.
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pulley Lab
PH.6.04: Design and conduct investigations of:
PH.6.04.a: Mechanical energy.
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
PH.7.01: Analyze, investigate, and evaluate the relationship among the characteristics of waves:
PH.7.01.b: Frequency.
PH.7.01.c: Period.
PH.7.01.d: Amplitude.
PH.7.03: Analyze the behavior of waves at boundaries between media:
PH.7.03.a: Reflection, including the Law of Reflection.
PH.7.03.b: Refraction, including Snell’s Law.
PH.7.04: Analyze the relationship between the phenomena of interference and the principle of superposition.
PH.7.05: Analyze the frequency and wavelength of sound produced by a moving source (the Doppler Effect).
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Photoelectric Effect
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
PH.8.01: Analyze the nature of electrical charges.
PH.8.01.c: Analyze the relationship among force, charge and distance summarized in Coulomb's law.
Coulomb Force (Static)
Pith Ball Lab
PH.8.02: Analyze and measure the relationship among potential difference, current, and resistance in a direct current circuit.
PH.8.03: Analyze and measure the relationship among current, voltage, and resistance in circuits.
PH.8.03.a: Series.
PH.8.03.b: Parallel.
PH.8.03.c: Series-parallel combinations.
PH.8.04: Analyze and measure the nature of power in an electrical circuit.
Advanced Circuits
Household Energy Usage
AB.2.01: Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
AB.2.01.b: Evolution.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
AB.2.02: Analyze cellular membranes.
AB.2.02.a: Structure and function.
AB.2.02.b: Variations.
AB.2.02.c: Investigate mechanisms of transport.
AB.2.02.d: Recommended laboratory - Diffusion and Osmosis
AB.2.03: Examine sub cellular organization.
AB.2.03.a: Describe the structure of cell organelles.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
AB.2.03.b: Relate structure to function.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
AB.2.03.c: Identify factors that limit cell size.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
AB.2.03.d: Interpret function of organelles in cellular processes.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
AB.2.04: Analyze the continuity and diversity provided by the cell cycle.
AB.2.04.a: Mechanisms of mitosis and cytokinesis.
AB.2.04.b: Regulation.
AB.2.04.c: Possible aberrations.
AB.2.05: Examine past and present research on cells, their structure and function.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
AB.3.02: Examine the structure and function of organic molecules.
AB.3.02.a: Role of carbon in molecular diversity.
AB.3.02.c: Including:
AB.3.02.c.4: Nucleic Acids.
AB.3.04: Describe the structure and function of enzymes.
AB.3.04.d: Recommended laboratory - Enzyme Catalysts
AB.3.05: Analyze bioenergetic reactions.
AB.3.05.a: Compare and contrast:
AB.3.05.a.2: Cellular respiration.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
AB.3.05.a.3: Photosynthesis.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
AB.3.05.b: Examine the purpose, interactions, and adaptations of bioenergetic reactions.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
AB.3.05.c: Recommended laboratories - Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis, Cell Respiration
Cell Energy Cycle
Cell Structure
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
AB.4.01: Analyze meiosis and gametogenesis.
AB.4.01.a: Analyze heredity.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
AB.4.01.c: Recommended laboratory - Mitosis and Meiosis
AB.4.02: Assess the organization of eukaryotic chromosomes.
AB.4.02.a: Assess contribution of continuity.
AB.4.02.b: Assess contribution of variability.
AB.4.02.c: Recommended laboratory - Genetics of Organisms
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
AB.4.03: Interpret and use the principal patterns of inheritance.
Chicken Genetics
Microevolution
Natural Selection
AB.4.04: Compare and contrast the structure and function of RNA and DNA.
AB.4.04.a: Investigate replication and the complimentary nature of DNA.
AB.4.04.b: Examine transcription.
AB.4.04.c: Examine translation.
AB.4.04.f: Compare structure as it relates to function.
Paramecium Homeostasis
RNA and Protein Synthesis
AB.4.05: Assess gene regulation and the mechanisms by which it occurs.
AB.4.06: Analyze the ways in which mutations can occur and the possibility of genetic variation.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
AB.4.07: Investigate viruses.
AB.4.07.a: Examine structure.
AB.4.07.b: Analyze steps of replication.
AB.4.07.c: Assess ability to transfer genetic information between cells.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Virus Life Cycle (Lytic)
AB.4.07.d: Explore current applications and research.
AB.4.09: Examine past and present research on heredity and molecular genetics.
AB.4.09.a: Explore the work of Mendel.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
AB.4.09.b: Explore the work of Watson and Crick.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
AB.5.03: Analyze current models for the early evolution of life.
AB.5.03.a: Biological macromolecules.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
AB.5.03.b: Prokaryotic cells.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
AB.5.03.c: Eukaryotic cells.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
AB.5.04: Analyze the mechanisms of evolution, their role, results and implications.
AB.5.04.a: Identification of patterns and the responsible mechanisms.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
AB.5.04.b: Analyze heredity and its link to natural selection.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
AB.5.04.d: Examine macroevolution.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
AB.5.04.e: Recommended laboratory - Population Genetics and Evolution
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Microevolution
AB.6.01: Analyze evolutionary patterns.
AB.6.01.c: Examine morphological research.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
AB.6.03: Analyze and apply current phylogenetic classification including:
AB.6.03.a: Domains.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
AB.6.04: Analyze evolutionary relationships.
AB.6.04.b: Explore research methods.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
AB.6.04.c: Analyze use of research.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
AB.6.05: Examine the structure and function of plants and animals.
AB.6.05.a: Analyze reproduction, growth, and development.
AB.6.05.a.2: Adaptations (e.g. alternation of generations).
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
AB.6.05.c: Analyze structural, physiological, and behavioral adaptations.
AB.6.05.c.1: Cell level.
Cell Structure
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
Paramecium Homeostasis
AB.6.05.c.2: Tissue level.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
AB.6.05.c.3: Organ level.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
AB.6.05.c.4: Interactions between levels of organization.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
AB.6.05.e: Identify responses to the environment.
AB.6.06: Examine past and present research on the unity and diversity of life.
AB.7.01: Analyze population dynamics.
AB.7.01.b: Explore affects of abiotic and biotic factors.
AB.7.01.c: Analyze the impact of population changes.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
AB.7.02: Examine the actions and interactions of communities and ecosystems.
AB.7.02.a: Analyze energy flow.
AB.7.02.b: Examine trophic structure.
AB.7.02.c: Investigate water and element cycling.
AB.7.02.e: Analyze relationships with in communities and ecosystems.
Food Chain
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
AB.7.03: Assess current global issues.
AB.7.03.c: Examine causes.
AB.7.03.d: Assess consequences.
AC.2.01: Analyze the structure of matter at the atomic level
AC.2.01.a: Evidence for the atomic theory.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Element Builder
AC.2.01.b: Atomic masses; determination by chemical and physical means.
AC.2.01.c: Atomic number and mass number; isotopes.
AC.2.01.d: Electron energy levels: atomic spectra, quantum numbers, atomic orbitals.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
AC.2.01.e: Periodic relationships including, for example, atomic radii, ionization energies, electron affinities, oxidation states.
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds
AC.2.02: Examine the types of chemical bonds and the nature of each
AC.2.02.a: Types: ionic, covalent, metallic, hydrogen bonding, van der Waals (including London dispersion forces).
AC.2.02.b: Relationships to states, structure, and properties of matter.
AC.2.03: Analyze conceptual models of bonding and molecular shape and the relation to chemical and physical properties of matter.
AC.2.03.a: Lewis structures.
Covalent Bonds
Element Builder
AC.2.03.c: Valence bond: hybridization of orbitals, resonance, sigma and pi bonds.
AC.2.04.a: Nuclear decay equations.
AC.2.04.b: Half-life and radioactivity.
AC.2.04.c: Chemical applications.
AC.3.01: Examine the relationships between pressure, volume and temperature of ideal gases
AC.3.01.a: Laws of ideal gases: Boyle’s, Charles’.
AC.3.01.b: The ideal gas equation.
AC.3.02.a: Interpretation of ideal gas laws on the basis of this theory.
AC.3.02.b: Avogadro's hypothesis and the mole concept.
AC.3.02.c: Dependence of kinetic energy of molecules on temperature.
Boyle's Law and Charles' Law
Collision Theory
Temperature and Particle Motion
AC.3.02.d: Deviations from ideal gas laws.
AC.3.03.a: Liquids and solids from the kinetic-molecular viewpoint.
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Phase Changes
AC.3.03.c: Changes of state, including critical points and triple points.
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Phase Changes
AC.3.04: Examine the nature of solutions
AC.3.04.a: Types of solutions and factors affecting solubility.
AC.3.04.b: Methods of expressing concentration (The use of normalities is not tested.).
AC.3.04.c: Raoult's law and colligative properties (nonvolatile solutes); osmosis.
Colligative Properties
Freezing Point of Salt Water
AC.4.01: Analyze the various types of common chemical reactions
AC.4.01.a: Acid-base reactions; concepts of Arrhenius, Brönsted-Lowry, and Lewis;
AC.4.01.b: Coordination complexes; amphoterism.
AC.4.01.c: Precipitation reactions.
AC.4.01.d: Oxidation-reduction reactions.
AC.4.01.d.2: The role of the electron in oxidation-reduction.
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
AC.4.02: Apply the principles of stoichiometry
AC.4.02.a: Ionic and molecular species present in chemical systems: net ionic equations.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Stoichiometry
AC.4.02.c: Mass and volume relations with emphasis on the mole concept, including empirical formulas and limiting reactants.
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
Stoichiometry
AC.4.03: Analyze systems in dynamic equilibrium
AC.4.03.b: Quantitative treatment for gaseous reactions using Kp and Kc.
AC.4.03.c: Quantitative treatment for reactions in solution Kc.
AC.4.03.d: Quantitative treatment of for acids and bases; using Ka and Kb, pKa and pKb and pH.
AC.4.03.e: Quantitative treatment for precipitation reactions and the dissolution of slightly soluble compounds using the solubility product constant, Ksp.
AC.4.03.f: Common ion effect; buffers; hydrolysis.
Dehydration Synthesis
Diffusion
AC.4.04: Analyze chemical kinetics
AC.4.04.a: Concept of rate of reaction.
AC.4.04.c: Effect of temperature change on rates.
AC.4.04.d: Energy of activation; the role of catalysts.
AC.4.05: Analyze chemical thermodynamics
AC.4.05.b: First law: change in enthalpy; heat of formation; heat of reaction; Hess's law; heats of vaporization and fusion; calorimetry.
AC.5.02: Analyze the relationships in the periodic table: horizontal, vertical, and diagonal with examples from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens, and the first series of transition elements.
AC.5.03.b: Physical and chemical properties of simple organic compounds should also be included as exemplary material for the study of other areas such as bonding, equilibria involving weak acids, kinetics, colligative properties, and stoichiometric determinations of empirical and molecular formulas.
Dehydration Synthesis
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Mystery Powder Analysis
AE.2.01: Analyze the flow of energy.
AE.2.01.a: Forms and quality of energy.
AE.2.01.c: Energy units and measurements.
Household Energy Usage
Potential Energy on Shelves
AE.2.02: Investigate the cycling of matter.
AE.2.02.a: Water.
AE.2.02.b: Carbon.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
AE.2.03: Investigate the solid Earth.
AE.2.03.b: Influences of plate tectonics on evolution and biodiversity.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
Plate Tectonics
AE.2.03.d: The rock cycle.
AE.2.04: Investigate the atmosphere.
AE.2.04.d: Atmospheric dynamics: weather and climate.
Coastal Winds and Clouds
Greenhouse Effect
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
AE.2.05: Investigate the biosphere.
AE.2.05.a: Organisms: adaptations to their environment.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
AE.2.05.b: Populations and communities: exponential growth and carrying capacity.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
AE.2.05.d: Evolution of life: natural selection, extinction.
AE.3.02: Investigate local, regional and global carrying capacities.
AE.3.02.a: Limiting factors.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
AE.3.02.b: Density-dependent and density-independent factors.
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
Determining Density via Water Displacement
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
AE.4.01: Analyze sources and uses of freshwater and oceans.
AE.4.01.e: Water management and conservation.
AE.4.02: Analyze local, regional and global mineral resources.
AE.4.02.a: Mining types.
AE.4.02.b: Processing and environmental effects.
AE.4.02.c: Mining Laws.
AE.4.05: Analyze and compare conventional and alternative energy sources.
AE.4.05.e: Solar energy.
AE.4.05.h: Energy conservation.
AE.5.01: Analyze the sources of major pollutants.
AE.5.01.a: EPA Criteria Pollutants.
AE.5.01.b: Indoor air pollutants.
Greenhouse Effect
Water Pollution
AE.5.01.c: Thermal pollution.
AE.5.01.f: Units and measurements.
AE.5.02: Investigate the effects of pollutants on:
AE.5.02.b: Vegetation.
AE.5.02.c: Natural features, buildings and structures.
AE.5.02.d: Wildlife.
AE.5.03: Analyze and investigate pollution reduction, remediation and control measures.
AE.5.03.a: Legislation.
AE.5.03.b: Historical examples and global case studies.
AE.5.05: Analyze impacts on human health.
AE.5.05.a: Infectious disease.
AE.6.01: Investigate human effects and consequences on the atmosphere.
AE.6.01.a: Stratospheric Ozone: chemistry, historical aspects and legislation.
AE.6.01.b: Greenhouse gases and global warming.
Greenhouse Effect
Water Pollution
AE.6.02: Investigate effects and consequences on the oceans.
AE.6.02.c: Surface temperatures and currents.
AE.6.03: Investigate effects and consequences on biota:
AE.6.03.a: Habitat fragmentation and destruction.
AE.7.03: Recognize significance of major environmental laws and regulations: regional, national and international.
AE.7.03.l: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
AE.7.04: Develop an awareness of environmental options.
AE.7.04.a: Conservation.
AE.7.04.b: Preservation.
AE.7.04.c: Restoration.
AE.7.04.d: Remediation.
AE.7.04.e: Mitigation.
AE.8.02: Analyze planetary motion and the physical laws that explain motion.
AE.8.02.b: Revolution.
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
AE.8.02.d: Tilt of Earth’s axis.
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
AE.8.02.e: Parallelism of the Earth’s axis.
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
AE.8.03: Evaluate astronomers' use of various instruments to extend their senses:
AE.8.03.c: Spectroscopes.
AE.8.05: Examine the sources of stellar energies.
AE.8.06: Assess the spectra generated by stars and our sun as indicators of motion:
AE.8.06.a: Doppler effect.
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
AE.8.08: Evaluate the life cycle of stars in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (H-R Diagram).
PB.2.01: Analyze and evaluate a particle using kinematics (movement in one, two, and circular dimensions).
PB.2.01.a: Motion in one dimensions.
Atwood Machine
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
PB.2.01.b: Relate position, velocity, and acceleration of a particle for motion.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Temperature and Particle Motion
Uniform Circular Motion
PB.2.01.d: Addition and subtraction of displacement and velocity vectors
PB.2.01.e: Visual, graphical, mathematical expressions of the motion of a projectile in a uniform gravitational field.
PB.2.01.f: Relate a particles radius, speed, velocity, and acceleration in uniform circular motion.
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
Temperature and Particle Motion
Uniform Circular Motion
PB.2.02: Investigate, measure, and analyze Newton's laws of motion
PB.2.02.a: Static equilibrium (first law).
2D Collisions
Fan Cart Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
PB.2.02.b: Dynamics of a single particle (second law).
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
PB.2.02.c: Systems of two or more bodies (third law).
PB.2.02.c.1: Velocity with constant force and average force.
PB.2.02.d: Normal and frictional forces.
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Roller Coaster Physics
PB.2.02.e: Action and reaction forces an two or more bodies (third law).
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
PB.2.02.f: Tension.
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
PB.2.03: Examine and calculate work, energy and power.
PB.2.03.a: Work and work-energy theorem.
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
PB.2.03.b: Conservative forces and potential energy.
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Potential Energy on Shelves
PB.2.03.c: Conservation of energy.
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
PB.2.04: Analyze and evaluate systems of particles and linear momentum.
PB.2.04.a: Impulse and momentum.
PB.2.04.b: Conservation of linear momentum and collisions.
PB.2.05: Evaluate and analyze circular motion and rotation.
PB.2.05.a: Uniform circular motion.
PB.2.05.b: Torque and rotational statics.
PB.2.06: Investigate and analyze oscillations and gravitation.
PB.2.06.a: Simple harmonic motion (dynamics and energy relationships).
Energy of a Pendulum
Period of Mass on a Spring
Simple Harmonic Motion
PB.2.06.b: Mass on a spring.
Period of Mass on a Spring
Simple Harmonic Motion
PB.2.06.c: Pendulum and other oscillations.
Energy of a Pendulum
Period of a Pendulum
Simple Harmonic Motion
PB.2.06.d: Newton’s law of gravity.
PB.3.01: Examine and evaluate fluid mechanics.
PB.3.01.b: Buoyancy.
PB.3.02: Evaluate and investigate temperature and heat.
PB.3.02.a: Mechanical equivalent of heat.
PB.3.02.b: Heat transfer and thermal expansion.
PB.4.01: Study and analyze electrostatics.
PB.4.01.b: Coulomb’s law and field and potential of point charges.
Coulomb Force (Static)
Pith Ball Lab
PB.4.03: Analyze and investigate electric circuits.
PB.4.03.a: Current, resistance, and power.
Advanced Circuits
Household Energy Usage
PB.4.03.b: Steady-state direct current circuits with batteries and resistors only.
PB.5.01: Study and evaluate wave motion.
PB.5.01.a: Properties of traveling waves.
Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
PB.5.01.c: Doppler effect.
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
PB.5.01.d: Superposition.
PB.5.02: Evaluate and analyze physical optics.
PB.5.02.a: Interference and diffraction.
PB.5.02.b: Dispersion of light and the electromagnetic spectrum.
PB.5.03: Investigate and analyze geometric optics.
PB.5.03.a: Reflection and refraction.
Laser Reflection
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Refraction
PB.5.03.b: Mirrors.
Laser Reflection
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
PB.5.03.c: Lenses.
PB.6.01: Analyze and evaluate atomic physics and quantum effects.
PB.6.01.a: Photons and the photoelectric effects.
PB.6.01.b: Atomic energy levels.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
PB.6.01.c: Wave-particle duality.
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Photoelectric Effect
PB.6.02: Evaluate, measure, and analyze nuclear physics.
PB.6.02.a: Nuclear reactions (including conservation of mass number and charge).
PB.6.02.b: Mass-energy equivalence.
PC.2.01: Analyze and evaluate electric field.
PC.2.01.a: Calculate force, net force and torque on a charge or collection of charges in a specific field.
Atwood Machine
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pith Ball Lab
Torque and Moment of Inertia
PC.2.02: Calculate and analyze Coulomb's law, field, and potential of point charges.
PC.2.02.a: Define magnitude and direction of a force and electric field on a charge.
Coulomb Force (Static)
Gravitational Force
Pith Ball Lab
PC.2.02.c: Compute the force and electric field between charges.
Coulomb Force (Static)
Pith Ball Lab
PC.2.02.d: Determine the work necessary to move charges and potential energy of the system.
Coulomb Force (Static)
Pith Ball Lab
PC.3.02: Identify and evaluate capacitors and dielectric.
PC.3.02.a: Define capacitance with stored charge and voltage.
PC.3.02.b: Recognize energy storage in relation to voltage, charge, and energy.
PC.3.02.c: Relate voltage, charge, and stored energy in a capacitor.
PC.3.02.f: Explain how a dielectric affects the capacitance field strength and voltage.
PC.4.01: Measure and analyze the current, resistance, and power in electric circuits.
PC.4.01.a: Relate current and voltage for a resistor.
PC.4.01.c: Explain and calculate how cross-sectional area, length, and material affect the resistance of a resistor.
PC.4.01.d: Explain the rate of how heat is dissipated.
Advanced Circuits
Calorimetry Lab
Circuits
PC.4.02: Examine and analyze steady-state direct current circuits with batteries and resistors.
PC.4.02.a: Define and relate current, resistance, and voltage.
PC.4.02.b: Identify series and parallel wiring in a circuit.
PC.4.02.c: Determine voltage, current, resistance, and power across series, parallel, and combination circuits.
PC.4.02.d: Draw a diagram of a series-parallel circuit using conventional symbols.
PC.4.02.e: Calculate terminal voltage and internal resistance for a known battery.
PC.4.02.f: Identify and calculate the current, voltage and resistance using Ohm’s Law and Kirchoff’s rules.
PC.4.02.g: Identify the properties and connections of an ammeter and voltmeter.
PC.4.03: Evaluate and analyze capacitors in circuits.
PC.4.03.a: Explain the capacitance for capacitors in parallel and series circuits.
PC.4.03.c: Explain the charge and voltage for capacitors in parallel and series circuits.
PC.4.03.e: Calculate and graph voltage and currents over time in a circuit.
PC.5.01: Derive and analyze the force on a charge in a magnetic field.
PC.5.01.a: Calculate charge, force, velocity, and magnetic field.
PC.5.01.b: Explain why work cannot be performed by a magnetic field.
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pulley Lab
PC.5.02: Analyze the force on a current-carrying wire in magnetic fields.
PC.5.02.a: Relate the magnitude and direction of charge, velocity, magnetic field, and force on a moving charges and current-carrying wire in a magnetic field.
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
PC.5.02.b: Analyze the torque on a rectangular loop of wire in a magnetic field.
PC.5.04: Apply and use Biot-Savart and Ampere's law.
PC.5.04.a: Articulate and utilize Ampere’s Law in the integral form to relate current to magnetic field strength.
PC.5.04.b: Analyze magnetic field for a long straight wire, solid cylinder, and hollow cylinder using law of superposition.
PC.6.02: Formulate and examine inductance (including LR and LC circuits).
PC.6.02.a: Calculate the magnitude and emf for an inductor through which a specified changing current is flowing.
PC.6.02.b: Apply self-inductance for a long solenoid.
PC.6.02.c: Develop the skills necessary to solve basic circuits with resistors and inductors.
Correlation last revised: 11/2/2009