Gizmos for Arizona - Science: Grades 9-12 (Grade Level Articulations adopted 2004)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this state's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

4: : Life Science

4.1: : Understand the role of the cell and cellular processes.

4.1.PO 2: : Compare the form and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and their cellular components.

4.1.PO 3: : Explain the importance of water to cells.

4.1.PO 4: : Analyze mechanisms of transport of materials (e.g., water, ions, macromolecules) into and out of cells:

4.1.PO 4.a: : passive transport

4.1.PO 4.b: : active transport

4.1.PO 5: : Describe the purposes and processes of cellular reproduction.

4.2: : Understand the molecular basis of heredity and resulting genetic diversity.

4.2.PO 1: : Analyze the relationships among nucleic acids (DNA, RNA), genes, and chromosomes.

4.3: : Analyze the relationships among various organisms and their environment.

4.3.PO 1: : Identify the relationships among organisms within populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes.

4.3.PO 3: : Assess how the size and the rate of growth of a population are determined by birth rate, death rate, immigration, emigration, and carrying capacity of the environment.

4.4: : Understand the scientific principles and processes involved in biological evolution.

4.4.PO 1: : Identify the following components of natural selection, which can lead to speciation:

4.4.PO 1.b: : genetic variability and inheritance of offspring due to mutation and recombination of genes

4.4.PO 1.c: : finite supply of resources required for life

4.4.PO 1.d: : selection by the environment of those offspring better able to survive and produce offspring

4.4.PO 2: : Explain how genotypic and phenotypic variation can result in adaptations that influence an organism’s success in an environment.

4.4.PO 3: : Describe how the continuing operation of natural selection underlies a population’s ability to adapt to changes in the environment and leads to biodiversity and the origin of new species.

4.4.PO 4: : Predict how a change in an environmental factor (e.g., rainfall, habitat loss, non-native species) can affect the number and diversity of species in an ecosystem.

4.4.PO 6: : Analyze, using a biological classification system (i.e., cladistics, phylogeny, morphology, DNA analysis), the degree of relatedness among various species.

4.5: : (Including Human Systems) Understand the organization of living systems, and the role of energy within those systems.

4.5.PO 1: : Compare the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in terms of energy flow, reactants, and products.

4.5.PO 2: : Describe the role of organic and inorganic chemicals (e.g., carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, water, ATP) important to living things.

4.5.PO 3: : Diagram the following biogeochemical cycles in an ecosystem:

4.5.PO 3.b: : carbon

4.5.PO 4: : Diagram the energy flow in an ecosystem through a food chain.

4.5.PO 5: : Describe the levels of organization of living things from cells, through tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms, populations, and communities to ecosystems.

5: : Physical Science

5.1: : Understand physical, chemical, and atomic properties of matter.

5.1.PO 1: : Describe substances based on their physical properties.

5.1.PO 3: : Predict properties of elements and compounds using trends of the periodic table (e.g., metals, non-metals, bonding – ionic/covalent).

5.1.PO 6: : Describe the following features and components of the atom:

5.1.PO 6.a: : protons

5.1.PO 6.b: : neutrons

5.1.PO 6.c: : electrons

5.1.PO 6.e: : number and type of particles

5.1.PO 6.f: : structure

5.1.PO 6.g: : organization

5.1.PO 7: : Describe the historical development of models of the atom.

5.1.PO 8: : Explain the details of atomic structure (e.g., electron configuration, energy levels, isotopes).

5.2: : Analyze relationships between forces and motion.

5.2.PO 2: : Analyze the relationships among position, velocity, acceleration, and time:

5.2.PO 2.a: : graphically

5.2.PO 2.b: : mathematically

5.2.PO 3: : Explain how Newton’s 1st Law applies to objects at rest or moving at constant velocity.

5.2.PO 4: : Using Newton's 2nd Law of Motion, analyze the relationships among the net force acting on a body, the mass of the body, and the resulting acceleration:

5.2.PO 4.a: : graphically

5.2.PO 4.b: : mathematically

5.2.PO 5: : Use Newton’s 3rd Law to explain forces as interactions between bodies (e.g., a table pushing up on a vase that is pushing down on it; an athlete pushing on a basketball as the ball pushes back on her).

5.2.PO 6: : Analyze the two-dimensional motion of objects by using vectors and their components.

5.2.PO 7: : Give an example that shows the independence of the horizontal and vertical components of projectile motion.

5.2.PO 8: : Analyze the general relationships among force, acceleration, and motion for an object undergoing uniform circular motion.

5.2.PO 10: : Describe the nature and magnitude of frictional forces.

5.2.PO 11: : Using the Law of Universal Gravitation, predict how the gravitational force will change when the distance between two masses changes or the mass of one of them changes.

5.2.PO 12: : Using Coulomb’s Law, predict how the electrical force will change when the distance between two point charges changes or the charge of one of them changes.

5.3: : Understand ways that energy is conserved, stored, and transferred.

5.3.PO 2: : Describe various ways in which energy is transferred from one system to another (e.g., mechanical contact, thermal conduction, electromagnetic radiation.)

5.3.PO 3: : Recognize that energy is conserved in a closed system.

5.3.PO 4: : Calculate quantitative relationships associated with the conservation of energy.

5.3.PO 6: : Distinguish between heat and temperature.

5.3.PO 7: : Explain how molecular motion is related to temperature and phase changes.

5.4: : Investigate relationships between reactants and products in chemical reactions.

5.4.PO 1: : Apply the law of conservation of matter to changes in a system.

5.4.PO 2: : Identify the indicators of chemical change, including formation of a precipitate, evolution of a gas, color change, absorption or release of heat energy.

5.4.PO 3: : Represent a chemical reaction by using a balanced equation.

5.4.PO 4: : Distinguish among the types of bonds (i.e., ionic, covalent, metallic, hydrogen bonding).

5.4.PO 6: : Solve problems involving such quantities as moles, mass, molecules, volume of a gas, and molarity using the mole concept and Avogadro’s number.

5.4.PO 7: : Predict the properties (e.g., melting point, boiling point, conductivity) of substances based upon bond type.

5.4.PO 8: : Quantify the relationships between reactants and products in chemical reactions (e.g., stoichiometry, equilibrium, energy transfers).

5.4.PO 9: : Predict the products of a chemical reaction using types of reactions (e.g., synthesis, decomposition, replacement, combustion).

5.4.PO 11: : Predict the effect of various factors (e.g., temperature, concentration, pressure, catalyst) on the equilibrium state and on the rates of chemical reaction.

5.4.PO 12: : Compare the nature, behavior, concentration, and strengths of acids and bases.

5.5: : Understand the interactions of energy and matter.

5.5.PO 1: : Describe various ways in which matter and energy interact (e.g., photosynthesis, phase change).

5.5.PO 2: : Describe the following characteristics of waves:

5.5.PO 2.a: : wavelength

5.5.PO 2.b: : frequency

5.5.PO 2.c: : period

5.5.PO 2.d: : amplitude

5.5.PO 4: : Describe the basic assumptions of kinetic molecular theory.

5.5.PO 5: : Apply kinetic molecular theory to the behavior of matter (e.g., gas laws).

5.5.PO 6: : Analyze calorimetric measurements in simple systems and the energy involved in changes of state.

6: : Earth and Space Science

6.1: : Analyze the interactions between the Earth's structures, atmosphere, and geochemical cycles.

6.1.PO 1: : Identify ways materials are cycled within the earth system (i.e., carbon cycle, water cycle, rock cycle).

6.1.PO 4: : Demonstrate how the hydrosphere links the biosphere, lithosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere.

6.2: : Understand the relationships between the Earth's land masses, oceans, and atmosphere.

6.2.PO 1: : Describe the flow of energy to and from the Earth.

6.2.PO 5: : Demonstrate the relationships among earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain ranges, mid-oceanic ridges, deep sea trenches, and tectonic plates.

6.2.PO 6: : Distinguish among seismic S, P, and surface waves.

6.2.PO 9: : Explain the effect of heat transfer on climate and weather.

6.2.PO 11: : Describe the origin, life cycle, and behavior of weather systems (i.e., air mass, front, high and low systems, pressure gradients).

6.2.PO 12: : Describe the conditions that cause severe weather (e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms).

6.2.PO 15: : List the factors that determine climate (e.g., altitude, latitude, water bodies, precipitation, prevailing winds, topography).

6.2.PO 16: : Explain the causes and/or effects of climate changes over long periods of time (e.g., glaciation, desertification, solar activity, greenhouse effect).

6.2.PO 17: : Investigate the effects of acid rain, smoke, volcanic dust, urban development, and greenhouse gases, on climate change over various periods of time.

6.3: : Analyze the factors used to explain the history and evolution of the Earth.

6.3.PO 3: : Explain the phases of the Moon, eclipses (lunar and solar), and the interaction of the Sun, Moon, and Earth (tidal effect).

6.3.PO 9: : Analyze patterns in the fossil record related to the theory of organic evolution.

6.4: : Analyze the factors used to explain the origin and evolution of the universe.

6.4.PO 3: : Analyze the evolution of various types of stars using the Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram.

Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020

Arizona - Science: Grades 9-12

Grade Level Articulations | Adopted: 2004

4: : Life Science

5: : Physical Science

6: : Earth and Space Science