1: Nature of Science

1.2: Scientific Investigations

Germination
Growing Plants
Pendulum Clock

1.3: Representing Data

Graphing Skills

2: Earth Structures

2.1: Minerals

Mineral Identification

2.2: The Rock Cycle

Rock Cycle

2.4: Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

2.6: Earthquakes

Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Earthquake - Recording Station

3: Earth's History

3.3: Absolute Dating

Half-life

4: A Human Impact on Earth

4.3: Human Impact on Water

Pond Ecosystem

4.4: Human Impact on Atmosphere

Greenhouse Effect

5: Waves and Light

5.1: Waves

Ripple Tank

5.2: Properties of Wave

Longitudinal Waves
Ripple Tank
Sound Beats and Sine Waves

5.3: The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Herschel Experiment

5.4: Interactions of Light

Basic Prism
Color Absorption
Herschel Experiment

6: Energy and Heat

6.1: Energy Conversion and Conservation

Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions

6.2: Temperature

Temperature and Particle Motion

6.3: Thermal Energy and Heat

Conduction and Convection
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Radiation

7: Life Over Time

7.1: Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Microevolution

7.2: Evidence of Evolution

Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
Rainfall and Bird Beaks

8: Reproduction and Heredity

8.1: Mitosis

Cell Division

8.3: Sexual and Asexual Reproduction

Pollination: Flower to Fruit

8.4: Heredity

Inheritance

8.5: Punnett Squares and Pedigrees

Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)

9: DNA & Modern Genetics

9.1: DNA Structure and Function

Building DNA
RNA and Protein Synthesis

10: Ecology

10.2: Roles in Energy Transfer

Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem

10.3: Interactions in Communities

Forest Ecosystem
Plants and Snails
Prairie Ecosystem