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Jefferson County Schools Science The Terra Nova, Second Edition (CAT/6) is a comprehensive, modular assessment series, offering multiple measures of student achievement in science. Physical Science Physical Science is a course that explores the relationship between matter and energy. |
| Physical Science |
| The Physical Science unit includes concepts related to matter, forces, motion, and energy, as well as their interactions. Topics include chemical and physical changes, electricity, magnetism, heat, light, sound, machines, work and power. |
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Sound: Gather/Build/Interpret/Graphs
The learner will be able to gather data and build and interpret graphs dealing with the frequency and wavelength of various sounds.
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Energy: Potential/Kinetic/Model/Survey
The learner will be able to model or survey the association among kinetic, potential, and total energy within a closed system.
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Energy: Consumption/Research/Debate
The learner will be able to research and debate how the current energy situation and the likelihood of an energy crisis in the future relate.
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Graphs: Motion/Gather/Construct/Examine
The learner will be able to gather data and construct, examine, and interpret graphs dealing with speed, distance, velocity and time.
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Atoms: Subatomic/Recognize/Located
The learner will be able to recognize the three main subatomic particles and where they are located, when provided with a diagram.
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Matter: Analyze/Classifications
The learner will be able to analyze the classifications of matter.
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Matter: Explore/Interacts
The learner will be able to explore how matter interacts.
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Matter: Build/Chart/Elements/Mixtures
The learner will be able to build a chart with examples of elements, compounds, and mixtures, utilizing pictures.
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Chemical Reactions: Recognize/Equation
The learner will be able to recognize the reactants and products in a chemical reaction when provided with a chemical equation.
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Chemical Reactions: Explain/Equations
The learner will be able to explain synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, and double replacement reactions using equations.
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Chemical Reactions: Explain/Symbols
The learner will be able to explain how chemical symbols, formulas, and balanced equations describe chemical reactions.
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Chemical Reactions: Predict/Products
The learner will be able to predict the products of a chemical reaction when provided with the reactants.
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Chemical Reactions: Explore/Processes
The learner will be able to explore the processes of chemical reactions.
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Chemical Reactions: Develop/Concept/Map
The learner will be able to develop a chemical bonding concept map.
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Heat: Analyze/Uses/Energy
The learner will be able to analyze the uses of heat energy.
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Heat: Analyze/Effects/Energy
The learner will be able to analyze the effects of heat energy.
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Heat: Devise/Activity/Shows/Conservation
The learner will be able to devise an activity that shows heat energy conservation.
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Sound: Recognize/Ultrasound/Medical
The learner will be able to recognize the medical and industrial uses of ultrasound.
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Sound: Show/Compressions/Rarefactions
The learner will be able to show how compressions and rarefactions of a sound wave alter when they travel through various media.
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Electricity: Explore/Laws/Uses/Energy
The learner will be able to explore the fundamental laws and uses of electrical energy.
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Electricity: Devise/Progression/Source
The learner will be able to devise a progression of electricity from its source to the home.
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Energy: Kinetic/Explain/Temperature
The learner will be able to explain how kinetic energy and temperature of a substance relate.
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Energy: Properties/Choose/Sound/Light
The learner will be able to choose the properties that best explain sound or light energy.
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Chemistry: Identify/Symbols/Formulas
The learner will be able to identify the symbols for common elements or formulas for common compounds when provided with a list.
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Chemistry: Associate/Symbols/Formulas
The learner will be able to associate symbols and formulas to examples of elements and compounds.
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Chemical & Physical Changes: Establi
The learner will be able to establish if an alteration in matter is physical or chemical when provided with examples.
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Chemical & Physical Changes: Explore
The learner will be able to explore physical changes.
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Nuclear Reactions: Fusion/Fission
The learner will be able to distinguish between fission and fusion.
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Nuclear Reactions: Differentiate/Fission
The learner will be able to differentiate between fission and fusion when provided with a scenario.
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Momentum: Select/Situation/Law
The learner will be able to select the correct situation that depicts the law of conservation of momentum.
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Momentum: Analyze/Law/Scenarios
The learner will be able to analyze the law of conservation of momentum in day to day scenarios.
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Momentum: Compose/Reflection/Law
The learner will be able to compose a reflection on a demonstration of the law of conservation of momentum.
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Gases: Establish/Effects/Diagram
The learner will be able to establish the effects of pressure, temperature, and volume on gases, when provided with a diagram.
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Water: Devise/Activity/Establish/Float
The learner will be able to devise an activity to establish if an object will float in water.
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Careers: Investigate/Related/Chemistry
The learner will be able to investigate careers that are related to chemistry.
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Careers: Research/Forces/Motion
The learner will be able to research careers that entail the forces of motion.
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Careers: Research/Energy/Heat
The learner will be able to research careers that are related to heat, electricity, or energy.
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Careers: Create/Visual/Requirements
The learner will be able to create a visual display that details science career choices and their educational requirements.
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Problem Solving: Solve/Velocity/Work
The learner will be able to solve application problems that are associated with velocity, acceleration, force, work, and power, utilizing proper units.
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Electricity: Circuits/Diagram
The learner will be able to draw a schematic diagram of basic electrical circuits.
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Electricity: Circuits/Examine/Voltage
The learner will be able to examine a series circuit to demonstrate that the sum of each voltage drops across the circuit resistors is equal to the total voltage source.
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Electricity: Circuits/Plan/Experiment
The learner will be able to plan an experiment to validate Ohm's law.
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Heat: Production/Recognize/Commercial
The learner will be able to recognize commercial and/or residential heat energy sources.
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Heat: Production/Research/Economies
The learner will be able to research different heat source economies, justifying opinions about why they are or are not useful energy options.
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Light: Production/Find/Fluorescent
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences fluorescent and incandescent light efficiency.
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States of Matter: Recognize/Solid/Plasma
The learner will be able to recognize matter as solid, liquid, gas, or plasma.
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States of Matter: Depict/Volume
The learner will be able to depict variations among the states of matter in relation to volume, shape, and particle arrangement.
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States of Matter: Differentiate/Volume
The learner will be able to differentiate between the volume, shape, and particle arrangement in the four states of matter.
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Substances: Recognize/Pure/Mixture
The learner will be able to recognize substances as being pure or a mixture.
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Substances: Recognize/Compound/Mixture
The learner will be able to recognize a substance as a compound or mixture when provided with its description.
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Substances: Choose/Pure/List/Options
The learner will be able to choose a pure substance, which is an element or compound, from a list of options.
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Substances: Categorize/Pure/Mixture
The learner will be able to categorize substances as being pure or a mixture.
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Substances: Differentiate/Example
The learner will be able to differentiate among elements, compounds, solutions, colloids, and suspensions, when provided with an example.
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Temperature: Establish/Scale/Water
The learner will be able to establish the temperature scale when provided with the boiling and/or freezing point of water.
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Energy: Conservation/Choose/Statement
The learner will be able to choose the statement that best explains the law of conservation of energy.
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Energy: Conservation/Explore/Law
The learner will be able to explore the law of conservation of energy.
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Energy: Conservation/Compose/Essay
The learner will be able to compose an essay that is supported by data to stress the significance of energy conservation.
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Mass: Differentiate/Weight/SI/Units
The learner will be able to differentiate between mass and weight, when provided with scenarios involving SI units.
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Mass: Conservation/Law/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the law of conservation of mass.
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Mass: Explore/Law/Experiments
The learner will be able to explore the law of conservation of mass through experiments or demonstrations.
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Mass: Research/Weight/Definitions
The learner will be able to research different definitions of mass and weight.
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Mixtures: Categorize
The learner will be able to categorize mixtures as homogeneous or heterogeneous.
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Density: Calculate
The learner will be able to utilize mass and volume to calculate density.
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Density: Predict/Object/Water
The learner will be able to predict what will happen to an object that is placed in water, when provided with its density.
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Density: Create/Gradient/Liquids/Various
The learner will be able to create a density gradient for liquids of various densities.
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Periodic Table: Proton/Electron/Neutron
The learner will be able to use the periodic table to identify the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons in an element.
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Periodic Table: Recognize/Mass/Number
The learner will be able to recognize an element's atomic mass and atomic number using the periodic table.
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Periodic Table: Recognize/Elements
The learner will be able to recognize elements as metals, non-metals, or metalloids using the periodic table.
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Equations: Recognize/Examples
The learner will be able to recognize reactions as synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, or double replacement when provided with examples.
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Equations: Exhibit/Law/Conservation/Mass
The learner will be able to exhibit the law of conservation of mass in a reaction by choosing the balanced equation.
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Equations: Choose/Coefficients/Balance
The learner will be able to choose the coefficients to balance a chemical equation that is provided.
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Equations: Balance/Basic/Chemical
The learner will be able to balance basic chemical equations.
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Equations: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze equations using chemical symbols.
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Quantitative Relationships: Calculate
The learner will be able to calculate velocity given distance and time, acceleration given velocity and time, force given mass and acceleration, work given force and distance, or power given work and time, when provided with the formulas.
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Acids and Bases
The learner will be able to compare and contrast acids and bases.
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pH: Recognize/Acid/Base/Neutral
The learner will be able to recognize if a substance is an acid, a base, or is neutral when provided with the pH.
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pH: Examine/Indicators/Determine
The learner will be able to examine how different indicators determine the pH of substances.
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Chemical Changes: Matter/Explore
The learner will be able to explore chemical alterations in matter.
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Motion: Laws/Apply
The learner will be able to apply the laws of motion.
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Motion: Laws/Model
The learner will be able to model the three laws of motion.
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Motion: Laws/Examine
The learner will be able to examine Newton's three laws of motion.
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Motion: Laws/Associate/Inertia/Force
The learner will be able to associate the laws of motion to inertia, force, and action-reaction forces, when provided with a scenario.
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Motion: Laws/Differentiate/Scenario
The learner will be able to differentiate among the three laws of motion when provided with a scenario.
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Motion: Laws/Assess/Newton's
The learner will be able to assess applications of Newton's laws.
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Chemical Reactions: Energy/Calculate
The learner will be able to calculate the increase or decrease in heat by a substance during a chemical reaction when provided with a formula.
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Chemical Reactions: Energy/Choose
The learner will be able to choose the exothermic or endothermic reaction when provided with the change in temperature during the reaction.
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Chemical Reactions: Energy/Show
The learner will be able to show endothermic and exothermic reactions.
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Energy: Transfer/Establish/Illustration
The learner will be able to establish if the transfer of thermal energy is conduction, convection, or radiation when provided with an illustration.
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Forces: Motion/Investigate/Ideas
The learner will be able to investigate the ideas of forces and motion.
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Atoms & Molecules: Explain/Matter
The learner will be able to explain matter in terms of atoms and molecules.
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Waves: Recognize/Frequency/Amplitude
The learner will be able to recognize wavelength, frequency, and amplitude when provided with an illustration.
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Waves: Recognize/Interaction/Example
The learner will be able to recognize a wave interaction as reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference when provided with an example.
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Waves: Calculate/Speed/Frequency
The learner will be able to calculate the speed of a wave when provided with the frequency and wavelength.
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Waves: Sort/Longitudinal/Transverse
The learner will be able to sort waves as longitudinal or transverse when provided with an illustration.
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Waves: Explore/Characteristics/Behaviors
The learner will be able to explore wave characteristics and behaviors.
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Waves: Find/Four/Interactions
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the four types of wave interactions.
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Waves: Devise/Scenario/Form/Move
The learner will be able to devise a scenario that shows how waves form and move.
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Gravity: Select/Diagram/Tides/Satellites
The learner will be able to select the proper diagram that associates the effects of gravity on the motion of falling objects, tides, or satellites.
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Gravity: Mass/Distance
The learner will be able to connect gravity with mass and distance.
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Graphs: Motion/Interpret/Distance
The learner will be able to interpret distance-time graphs for velocity or velocity-time graphs for acceleration.
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Speed: Differentiate/Velocity/Scenario
The learner will be able to differentiate between speed and velocity when provided with a scenario.
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Speed: Explore/Velocity/Acceleration
The learner will be able to explore how speed, velocity, and acceleration relate.
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Speed: Create/Scenario/Velocity
The learner will be able to create a scenario that distinguishes between speed and velocity.
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Atoms: Models/Build/Subatomic/Places
The learner will be able to build a three dimensional model of an atom with the three subatomic particles in the proper places.
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Heat: Temperature/Differentiate/Units
The learner will be able to differentiate between heat and temperature, including units.
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Matter: Properties/Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate properties of matter.
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Matter: Properties/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze the characteristics of matter.
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Matter: Properties/Analyze/Structure
The learner will be able to analyze the structure of matter.
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Work: Show/Power/Machines/Relate
The learner will be able to show how work, power and machines relate.
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Sound: Music/Distinguish/Noise/Waves
The learner will be able to distinguish between music and noise in terms of sound waves.
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Energy: Types/Describe/Light/Sound
The learner will be able to describe the nature of sound and light energy.
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Energy: Types/Compare/Contrast
The learner will be able to compare and contrast various forms of energy.
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Energy: Types/Investigate/Light/Sound
The learner will be able to investigate the nature of sound and light energy.
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Energy: Types/Find/Impacted/Society
The learner will be able to find similarities between the types of energy and how they have impacted science and society.
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Metals: Categorize/Non-Metals/Physical
The learner will be able to categorize metals and non-metals by their physical characteristics.
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Series & Parallel: Calculate/Voltage
The learner will be able to calculate voltage when provided with the resistance and current in a series circuit and the formulas.
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Fluid Dynamics: Investigate/Activities
The learner will be able to investigate Archimedes or Bernoulli's principle in lab activities.
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| Research and Inquiry |
| The Research and Inquiry unit focuses on the knowledge, processes, and real world issues associated with science and technology. Topics include experimentation, data analysis, science related careers, and technological advances. |
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Measurement: Measure/Mass/Volume
The learner will be able to measure the mass and volume of different objects, using the proper methods and units.
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Machines: Simple/Recognize/Diagrams
The learner will be able to recognize simple machines when provided with diagrams.
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Machines: Simple/Plan
The learner will be able to plan simple machines.
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Machines: Simple/Build
The learner will be able to build simple machines.
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Machines: Compound/Plan
The learner will be able to plan a compound machine.
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Machines: Simple & Compound/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the simple machines that form a compound machine when provided with a diagram.
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