PH.1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific and engineering practices by
PH.1.a: asking questions and defining problems
PH.1.a.2: determine which questions can be investigated within the scope of the school laboratory
Pendulum Clock
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
PH.1.a.3: make hypotheses that specify what happens to a dependent variable when an independent variable is manipulated
Pendulum Clock
PH.1.a.4: generate hypotheses based on research and scientific principles
Pendulum Clock
PH.1.b: planning and carrying out investigations
PH.1.b.1: individually and collaboratively plan and conduct observational and experimental investigations
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Diffusion
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Pendulum Clock
Real-Time Histogram
Seed Germination
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
Temperature and Sex Determination - Metric
PH.1.b.3: select and use appropriate tools and technology to collect, record, analyze, and evaluate data
Triple Beam Balance
PH.1.c: interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating data
PH.1.c.2: use data in building and revising models, supporting an explanation for phenomena, or testing solutions to problems
Trebuchet
PH.1.c.3: analyze data using tools, technologies, and/or models (e.g., computational, mathematical, statistical) in order to make valid and reliable scientific claims or determine an optimal design solution
Trebuchet
PH.1.c.4: analyze data graphically and use graphs to make predictions
Seasons Around the World
PH.1.c.6: evaluate the effects of new data on a working explanation and/or model of a proposed process or system
Trebuchet
PH.1.c.7: analyze data to optimize a design
Trebuchet
PH.1.d: constructing and critiquing conclusions and explanations
PH.1.d.1: make quantitative and/or qualitative claims based on data
Temperature and Sex Determination - Metric
PH.1.e: developing and using models
PH.1.e.3: develop and/or use models (including mathematical and computational) and simulations to visualize, explain, and predict phenomena and to interpret data sets
Equilibrium and Concentration
PH.1.f: obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
PH.1.f.3: communicate scientific and/or technical information about phenomena and/or a design process in multiple formats
Pendulum Clock
Trebuchet
PH.2: The student will investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that there are relationships between position and time. Key topics include
PH.2.a: displacement, velocity, and uniform acceleration;
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs - Metric
Fan Cart Physics
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Free-Fall Laboratory
Golf Range
Period of a Pendulum
Simple Harmonic Motion
PH.2.b: linear motion;
Fan Cart Physics
PH.2.c: uniform circular motion; and
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Uniform Circular Motion
PH.2.d: projectile motion.
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Golf Range
Gravity Pitch
PH.3: The student will investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that there are relationships among force, mass, and acceleration. Key laws include
PH.3.a: Newton’s Laws of Motion; and
Atwood Machine
Crumple Zones
Fan Cart Physics
PH.3.b: Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation.
Gravitational Force
Pith Ball Lab
PH.4: The student will investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that conservation laws govern all interactions. Key ideas include
PH.4.a: momentum is conserved unless an impulse acts on the system; and
2D Collisions
Air Track
Roller Coaster Physics
Sled Wars
PH.4.b: mechanical energy is conserved unless work is done on, by, or within the system.
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pulley Lab
Roller Coaster Physics
Sled Wars
Trebuchet
PH.5: The student will investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that waves transmit energy and move in predictable patterns. Key ideas include
PH.5.a: waves have specific characteristics;
Longitudinal Waves
Ripple Tank
Waves
PH.5.b: wave interactions are part of everyday experiences; and
Longitudinal Waves
Ripple Tank
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
PH.5.c: light and sound can be modeled as waves.
Basic Prism
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Longitudinal Waves
PH.6: The student will investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that optical systems form a variety of images. Key ideas include
PH.6.a: the laws of reflection and refraction describe light behavior; and
Basic Prism
Laser Reflection
Refraction
PH.6.b: ray diagrams model light as it travels through different media.
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
PH.7: The student will investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that fields provide a unifying description of force at a distance. Key ideas include
PH.7.a: gravitational, electric, and magnetic forces can be described using the field concept; and
Charge Launcher
Coulomb Force (Static)
Electromagnetic Induction
Gravitational Force
Magnetic Induction
Magnetism
Pith Ball Lab
PH.7.b: field strength diminishes with increased distance from the source.
Coulomb Force (Static)
Electromagnetic Induction
Gravitational Force
Magnetic Induction
PH.8: The student will investigate and understand, through mathematical and experimental processes, that electrical circuits are a system used to transfer energy. Key ideas include
PH.8.a: circuit components have different functions within the system;
Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits
PH.8.b: Ohm’s law relates voltage, current, and resistance;
Advanced Circuits
Circuits
PH.8.c: different types of circuits have different characteristics and are used for different purposes;
Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits
PH.8.d: electrical power is related to the elements in a circuit; and
Circuit Builder
PH.8.e: electrical circuits have everyday applications.
Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
PH.9: The student will investigate and understand that extremely large and extremely small quantities are not necessarily described by the same laws as those studied in Newtonian physics. Topics, such as these listed, may be included.
PH.9.a: wave/particle duality;
Photoelectric Effect
PH.9.d: nuclear physics;
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Half-life
Isotopes
Nuclear Decay
Nuclear Reactions
PH.9.h: the standard model; and
Electromagnetic Induction
Correlation last revised: 9/15/2020