2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of living systems and the environment.

2.6.10-7.9: The student knows the relationship between structure and function in living systems.

2.6.10-7.9.B: determine that all organisms are composed of cells that carry on functions to sustain life; and

Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis

2.6.8-7.8-8.10B: identify that radiant energy from the Sun is transferred into chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis.

Cell Energy Cycle
Energy Conversions
Food Chain
Herschel Experiment
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
Pond Ecosystem

2.7.12: The student knows that there is a relationship between organisms and the environment.

2.7.12.B: observe and describe how organisms including producers, consumers, and decomposers live together in an environment and use existing resources;

Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem

2.8.6: The student knows that interdependence occurs among living systems.

2.8.6.A: describe interactions among systems in the human organism;

Circulatory System

2.8.6.B: identify feedback mechanisms that maintain equilibrium of systems such as body temperature, turgor pressure, and chemical reactions; and

Food Chain

2.8.6.C: describe interactions within ecosystems.

Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Prairie Ecosystem

2.6.11-7.10-8.A: identify that change in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individuals and of species;

Pond Ecosystem

2.6.11-7.10-8.B: distinguish between inherited traits and other characteristics that result from interactions with the environment; and

Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Microevolution
Rainfall and Bird Beaks

2.6.11-7.10-8.C: make predictions about possible outcomes of various genetic combinations of inherited characteristics.

Chicken Genetics
Microevolution

3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the structures and properties of matter.

3.6.7-7.7-8.9: The student knows that substances have physical and chemical properties.

3.6.7-7.7-8.9.B: classify substances by their physical and chemical properties.

Mystery Powder Analysis

3.6.7-7.7-8.9B.2: interpret information on the periodic table to understand that [physical] properties are used to group elements; and

Electron Configuration

3.6.7-7.7-8.9C.2: recognize the importance of formulas and equations to express what happens in a chemical reaction;

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry

3.8.8: The student knows that matter is composed of atoms.

3.8.8.A: describe the structure and parts of an atom; and

Element Builder

3.8.8.B: identify the properties of an atom including mass and electrical charge.

Charge Launcher
Element Builder

3.6.8-7.8-8.10A: illustrate interactions between matter and energy including specific heat;

Calorimetry Lab
Phase Changes

4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of motion, forces, and energy.

4.6.9: The student knows that obtaining, transforming, and distributing energy affects the environment.

4.6.9.A: identify energy transformations occurring during the production of energy for human use such as electrical energy to heat energy or heat energy to electrical energy;

Energy Conversions

4.6.8-7.8-8.10A: illustrate examples of potential and kinetic energy in everyday life such as objects at rest, movement of geologic faults, and falling water;

Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Potential Energy on Shelves
Roller Coaster Physics
Simple Harmonic Motion

4.6.6-7.6-8.7: The student knows that there is a relationship between force and motion.

4.6.6-7.6-8.7.A: demonstrate basic relationships between force and motion using simple machines including pulleys and levers;

Atwood Machine
Levers
Pulley Lab
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Wheel and Axle

4.6.6-7.6-8.7A.2: demonstrate how unbalanced forces cause changes in the speed or direction of an object's motion; and

Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Roller Coaster Physics
Uniform Circular Motion

4.6.6-7.6-8.7.B: demonstrate that changes in motion can be measured and graphically represented;

Distance-Time Graphs
Force and Fan Carts
Graphing Skills

5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of earth and space systems.

5.6.14: The student knows the structures and functions of Earth systems.

5.6.14.B: identify relationships between groundwater and surface water in a watershed;

Porosity

5.6.13-7.13: The student knows components of our solar system.

5.6.13-7.13.A: identify and illustrate how the tilt of the Earth on its axis as it rotates and revolves around the Sun causes changes in seasons and the length of a day; and

Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?

5.6.13-7.13.B: relate the Earth's movement and the moon's orbit to the observed cyclical phases of the moon.

Moon Phases
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases

5.6.8-7.8-8.10B: explain and illustrate the interactions between matter and energy in the water cycle and in the decay of biomass such as in a compost bin; and

Water Cycle

5.6.8-7.8-8.10B.2: describe interactions among solar, weather, and ocean systems;

Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?

5.8.12: The student knows that cycles exist in Earth systems.

5.8.12.A: analyze and predict the sequence of events in the lunar and rock cycles; and

Moon Phases
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases
Rock Cycle

5.7.14-8.14: The student knows that natural events and human activity can alter Earth systems.

5.7.14-8.14.A: describe and predict the impact of different catastrophic events on the Earth;

Water Pollution

5.7.14-8.14.B: analyze effects of regional erosional deposition and weathering;

Rock Cycle

5.7.14-8.14C.2: describe how human activities have modified soil, water, and air quality.

Water Pollution