Unit 1 - Doing Science |
Essential Questions/Instructional Goals
Activity 1.......................................Measuring the Measuring Tool; WSa; WSb
Activity 2......................................Precision in Measuring
Activity 3......................................Spaghetti Bridge Paradigm Lab; Alternate - Wingspan vs. Height Lab
Activity 4......................................Circumference vs. Diameter Additional Paradigm Lab
Exercise 1.....................................Graphing Practice (HW)
Exercise 2.....................................Graphing Analysis
Quiz..............................................Study Guide
Activity 1.......................................Measuring the Measuring Tool; WSa; WSb
Activity 2......................................Precision in Measuring
Activity 3......................................Spaghetti Bridge Paradigm Lab; Alternate - Wingspan vs. Height Lab
Activity 4......................................Circumference vs. Diameter Additional Paradigm Lab
Exercise 1.....................................Graphing Practice (HW)
Exercise 2.....................................Graphing Analysis
Quiz..............................................Study Guide
Unit 2 - Describing Motion |
Essential Questions and Instructional Goals
Lab 1.....................................................................................Battery-powered car lab
Exercise 1..............................................................................Constant Velocity
Activity 1...............................................................................Creating V vs T graphs from X vs T graphs
Activity 2...............................................................................Developing the motion map tool
Exercise 2.............................................................................Multiple Representations
Exercise 3..............................................................................Calculating Speed and Velocity
Quiz.......................................................................................Constant Velocity
Demo.....................................................................................Cart on an incline
Exercise 4..............................................................................Constant Acceleration
Exercise 5..............................................................................Problem Solving
Constant Velocity Lab Practicum.........................................Dueling Buggies
Test
Lab 1.....................................................................................Battery-powered car lab
Exercise 1..............................................................................Constant Velocity
Activity 1...............................................................................Creating V vs T graphs from X vs T graphs
Activity 2...............................................................................Developing the motion map tool
Exercise 2.............................................................................Multiple Representations
Exercise 3..............................................................................Calculating Speed and Velocity
Quiz.......................................................................................Constant Velocity
Demo.....................................................................................Cart on an incline
Exercise 4..............................................................................Constant Acceleration
Exercise 5..............................................................................Problem Solving
Constant Velocity Lab Practicum.........................................Dueling Buggies
Test
Unit 3 - Causes of Motion |
Essential Questions and Instructional Goals
Activity 1..........................................................................Broom Ball
Activity 2, Class Demo, Discussion.................................Force Identification and Notation
Exercise 1(a, b, & c) ........................................................Representing Forces 1a, 1b, 1c
Quiz 1...............................................................................Force Diagrams
Lab 1.................................................................................Gravitational Force vs. Mass Experiment
Exercise 2.........................................................................Problems Using Relationship btwn Grav. Force and Mass
Lab 2................................................................................Newton's Laws
Newton's Laws Exercise 2b.............................................Newton's Laws of Motion
Activity 3..........................................................................Forces Between Objects - Newton's Third Law
Exercise 3.........................................................................Application of Newton's Third Law
Activity 4..........................................................................Newton's 2nd Law - UCPHet simulation - Forces in 1 dim.
Exercise 4.........................................................................Application of Newton's Second Law
Test
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Unit 4 - Causes of Changes |
Essential Questions and Instructional Goals
Activity 1...........................................................................Stations
Discussion.........................................................................Storage and Transfer, including Representational Tools
Exercise 1..........................................................................Qualitative Analysis with Energy Pie Charts
Activity 2...........................................................................PhET - Energy Skate Park
Exercise 2..........................................................................Practice with Energy Pie Charts
Exercise 3..........................................................................Energy Transfer Through Force
Quiz...................................................................................Causes of Change
Activity 1...........................................................................Stations
Discussion.........................................................................Storage and Transfer, including Representational Tools
Exercise 1..........................................................................Qualitative Analysis with Energy Pie Charts
Activity 2...........................................................................PhET - Energy Skate Park
Exercise 2..........................................................................Practice with Energy Pie Charts
Exercise 3..........................................................................Energy Transfer Through Force
Quiz...................................................................................Causes of Change
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Unit 5 - Energy Movement |
Essential Questions and Instructional Goals
Demo 1............................................................................Student Transfer of Energy Via a Rope
Activity 1..........................................................................Transverse Pulses on Springs
Exercise 1.........................................................................Transverse Waves
Activity 2..........................................................................PhET Simulation - Wave on a String
Quiz..................................................................................Energy Movement
Activity 3..........................................................................Fixed and Free End Reflections
Exercise 2.........................................................................Reflection
Activity 4..........................................................................Transverse Pulses Interaction w/ Other Transverse Pulses
Exercise 3.........................................................................Superposition/Interference
Demo 2.............................................................................Student Transfer of Energy Via a Slinky
Activity 5..........................................................................PhET Simulation - Sound
Review
Test
Demo 1............................................................................Student Transfer of Energy Via a Rope
Activity 1..........................................................................Transverse Pulses on Springs
Exercise 1.........................................................................Transverse Waves
Activity 2..........................................................................PhET Simulation - Wave on a String
Quiz..................................................................................Energy Movement
Activity 3..........................................................................Fixed and Free End Reflections
Exercise 2.........................................................................Reflection
Activity 4..........................................................................Transverse Pulses Interaction w/ Other Transverse Pulses
Exercise 3.........................................................................Superposition/Interference
Demo 2.............................................................................Student Transfer of Energy Via a Slinky
Activity 5..........................................................................PhET Simulation - Sound
Review
Test
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Unit 6 - Stuff |
Essential Questions and Instructional Goals
Activity 1...............................................................................Mass of steel wool
Activity 2..............................................................................Mass of dissolved sugar
Activity 3..............................................................................Mass of ice and water
Activity 4..............................................................................Defining volume
Activity 5..............................................................................Volume relationships
Activity 6..............................................................................Volume of solids by displacement
Exercise 1.............................................................................Volume
Exercise 2.............................................................................Volume
Activity 7..............................................................................Density of a solid
Exercise 3.............................................................................Identifying Materials
Quiz 1...................................................................................Density of solids
Activity 8.............................................................................Density of liquids
Exercise 4............................................................................Applied Density Problems
Quiz 2..................................................................................Density of liquids
Activity 9.............................................................................Density of gases
Exercise 5............................................................................Density of gases
Practicum............................................................................Thickness of a thin layer
Test......................................................................................Density
Demo/Discussion................................................................Phases of matter
Demo/Discussion................................................................Diffusion of gases
Demo/Discussion................................................................Diffusion of liquids
Demo/Discussion................................................................Particle motion in solids
Demo/Discussion................................................................Substance vs mixture
Exercise 6.............................................................................Substance vs. Mixture
Demo/Discussion................................................................Definite composition of compounds
Quiz 3...................................................................................Matter
Activity 1...............................................................................Mass of steel wool
Activity 2..............................................................................Mass of dissolved sugar
Activity 3..............................................................................Mass of ice and water
Activity 4..............................................................................Defining volume
Activity 5..............................................................................Volume relationships
Activity 6..............................................................................Volume of solids by displacement
Exercise 1.............................................................................Volume
Exercise 2.............................................................................Volume
Activity 7..............................................................................Density of a solid
Exercise 3.............................................................................Identifying Materials
Quiz 1...................................................................................Density of solids
Activity 8.............................................................................Density of liquids
Exercise 4............................................................................Applied Density Problems
Quiz 2..................................................................................Density of liquids
Activity 9.............................................................................Density of gases
Exercise 5............................................................................Density of gases
Practicum............................................................................Thickness of a thin layer
Test......................................................................................Density
Demo/Discussion................................................................Phases of matter
Demo/Discussion................................................................Diffusion of gases
Demo/Discussion................................................................Diffusion of liquids
Demo/Discussion................................................................Particle motion in solids
Demo/Discussion................................................................Substance vs mixture
Exercise 6.............................................................................Substance vs. Mixture
Demo/Discussion................................................................Definite composition of compounds
Quiz 3...................................................................................Matter
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Unit 7 - Energy and Particles |
Essential Questions and Instructional Goals
Demo................................................................................Thermal Expansion of Liquids & Thermometers
Eureka Videos..................................................................Expansion and Contraction; Measuring Temperature.
Discussion........................................................................Define Temperature
Exercise 1..........................................................................Temperature and motion of particles
Discussion.........................................................................Solution parts, solubility and reading curves
Exercise 2..........................................................................Reading solubility curves
Discussion.........................................................................Heat vs Temperature
Eureka Video.....................................................................Heat vs Temperature.
Activity 1............................................................................Heat Transfer – Conduction, Convection and Radiation
Activity 2............................................................................Icy Hot, collect data, plot graph of temperature vs. time
Activity 3............................................................................Freezing Lauric Acid
Exercise 3...........................................................................Energy bar charts part 1
Exercise 4...........................................................................Energy bar charts part 2
Test.....................................................................................Study Guide
Demo................................................................................Thermal Expansion of Liquids & Thermometers
Eureka Videos..................................................................Expansion and Contraction; Measuring Temperature.
Discussion........................................................................Define Temperature
Exercise 1..........................................................................Temperature and motion of particles
Discussion.........................................................................Solution parts, solubility and reading curves
Exercise 2..........................................................................Reading solubility curves
Discussion.........................................................................Heat vs Temperature
Eureka Video.....................................................................Heat vs Temperature.
Activity 1............................................................................Heat Transfer – Conduction, Convection and Radiation
Activity 2............................................................................Icy Hot, collect data, plot graph of temperature vs. time
Activity 3............................................................................Freezing Lauric Acid
Exercise 3...........................................................................Energy bar charts part 1
Exercise 4...........................................................................Energy bar charts part 2
Test.....................................................................................Study Guide
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Unit 8 - Particles |
Essential Questions and Instructional Goals
Activity 1.............................................................................Sticky tape lab
Post-lab discussion.............................................................Establishing electric charge
Activity 1a............................................................................Investigating the internal structure of an atom
Reading...............................................................................Other sub-atomic particles
Activity 2.............................................................................Mendeleev’s Periodic Chart, Reading
Exercise 1............................................................................Counting sub-atomic particles
Activity 3.............................................................................Isotopes
Exercise 2............................................................................Counting sub-atomic particles – Isotopes
Activity 4.............................................................................Dalton’s Theory Redux
Activity 5.............................................................................Half-life of Candium
Exercise 3............................................................................Nuclear Decay
Reading...............................................................................Classifying Elements
Test
Activity 1.............................................................................Sticky tape lab
Post-lab discussion.............................................................Establishing electric charge
Activity 1a............................................................................Investigating the internal structure of an atom
Reading...............................................................................Other sub-atomic particles
Activity 2.............................................................................Mendeleev’s Periodic Chart, Reading
Exercise 1............................................................................Counting sub-atomic particles
Activity 3.............................................................................Isotopes
Exercise 2............................................................................Counting sub-atomic particles – Isotopes
Activity 4.............................................................................Dalton’s Theory Redux
Activity 5.............................................................................Half-life of Candium
Exercise 3............................................................................Nuclear Decay
Reading...............................................................................Classifying Elements
Test
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Unit 9 - Particle Interactions |
Essential Questions and Instructional Goals
Activity 1..............................................................................Crystal Structure of Elements
Activity 2..............................................................................Crystal Structure of Compounds
Exercise 1.............................................................................Why structure is important
Exercise 2 part 1...................................................................Implications of structure
Exercise 2 part 2...................................................................Stability – Why do elements gain and lose electrons
Exercise 3.............................................................................Ionic nomenclature
Exercise 4.............................................................................Molecular nomenclature
Exercise 5.............................................................................Writing and naming compounds (more practice)
Test
Activity 1..............................................................................Crystal Structure of Elements
Activity 2..............................................................................Crystal Structure of Compounds
Exercise 1.............................................................................Why structure is important
Exercise 2 part 1...................................................................Implications of structure
Exercise 2 part 2...................................................................Stability – Why do elements gain and lose electrons
Exercise 3.............................................................................Ionic nomenclature
Exercise 4.............................................................................Molecular nomenclature
Exercise 5.............................................................................Writing and naming compounds (more practice)
Test
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Unit 10 - Reactions |
Essential Questions and Instructional Goals
Lab 1....................................................................................Mass and change lab part 2
Activity 1..............................................................................Rearranging Atoms.
Exercise 1.............................................................................Balancing Equations
Exercise 2.............................................................................More Balanced Equations
Quiz......................................................................................Balancing Equations
Lab 2....................................................................................Reaction Types
Activity 2..............................................................................Reaction Types Card Sort and ID of Reaction Types
Activity 3..............................................................................Exploration of properties of acids and bases.
Post-Lab Discussion ............................................................Introduction of Arrhenius Model
Discussion............................................................................Neutralizing substances
Exercise 3.............................................................................Acids and Bases
Test
Lab 1....................................................................................Mass and change lab part 2
Activity 1..............................................................................Rearranging Atoms.
Exercise 1.............................................................................Balancing Equations
Exercise 2.............................................................................More Balanced Equations
Quiz......................................................................................Balancing Equations
Lab 2....................................................................................Reaction Types
Activity 2..............................................................................Reaction Types Card Sort and ID of Reaction Types
Activity 3..............................................................................Exploration of properties of acids and bases.
Post-Lab Discussion ............................................................Introduction of Arrhenius Model
Discussion............................................................................Neutralizing substances
Exercise 3.............................................................................Acids and Bases
Test
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Unit 11 - Charge |
Essential Questions and Instructional Goals
Activity 1......................................................................What happens to bulbs when disconnected at various pts?
Activity 2......................................................................What objects will allow the bulbs to light?
Activity 3......................................................................What parts of a socket & bulb are conductors/insulators?
Activity 4......................................................................How can you light only one bulb, one cell & one wire?
Activity 5......................................................................What do compasses tell about the wires?
Exercise 1......................................................................Application of closed and open loop models
Reading 1......................................................................What is moving in the wires & in what direction is it going?
Reading 2......................................................................Schematics
Activity 6.......................................................................What causes charge to flow in a circuit?
Reading 3......................................................................Energy in electric circuits
Activity 7a.....................................................................What effect does bulb type have on brightness?
Activity 7b.....................................................................How are filaments different in round and long bulbs?
Reading 4......................................................................Resistance, conductance and flow rate
Activity 8.......................................................................How do bulbs in a single loop effect overall resistance?
Activity 9.......................................................................How do bulbs connected in series effect overall resistance?
Reading 5......................................................................Overall resistance in series and parallel circuits
Exercise 2......................................................................Resistance in series and parallel circuits
Activity 10.....................................................................What is the relationship between voltage and current?
Exercise 3......................................................................Practice with Ohm’s Law
Activity 1......................................................................What happens to bulbs when disconnected at various pts?
Activity 2......................................................................What objects will allow the bulbs to light?
Activity 3......................................................................What parts of a socket & bulb are conductors/insulators?
Activity 4......................................................................How can you light only one bulb, one cell & one wire?
Activity 5......................................................................What do compasses tell about the wires?
Exercise 1......................................................................Application of closed and open loop models
Reading 1......................................................................What is moving in the wires & in what direction is it going?
Reading 2......................................................................Schematics
Activity 6.......................................................................What causes charge to flow in a circuit?
Reading 3......................................................................Energy in electric circuits
Activity 7a.....................................................................What effect does bulb type have on brightness?
Activity 7b.....................................................................How are filaments different in round and long bulbs?
Reading 4......................................................................Resistance, conductance and flow rate
Activity 8.......................................................................How do bulbs in a single loop effect overall resistance?
Activity 9.......................................................................How do bulbs connected in series effect overall resistance?
Reading 5......................................................................Overall resistance in series and parallel circuits
Exercise 2......................................................................Resistance in series and parallel circuits
Activity 10.....................................................................What is the relationship between voltage and current?
Exercise 3......................................................................Practice with Ohm’s Law
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