S2.0: Overall Skills and Attitudes

S2.0.1: Initiating

S2.0.1.a: Propose questions that could be tested experimentally.

Sight vs. Sound Reactions

S2.0.1.b: Select and justify various methods for finding answers to specific questions.

Diffusion
Pendulum Clock

S2.0.3: Planning

S2.0.3.a: State a testable hypothesis or prediction based on background data or on observed events.

Pendulum Clock

S2.0.3.b: Identify probable mathematical relationships between variables.

Determining a Spring Constant
Pendulum Clock

S2.0.3.c: Plan an experiment to answer a specific scientific question.

Real-Time Histogram
Sight vs. Sound Reactions

S2.0.4: Implementing a Plan

S2.0.4.a: Carry out procedures that comprise a fair test.

Diffusion
Pendulum Clock
Sight vs. Sound Reactions

S2.0.6: Analysis and Interpreting

S2.0.6.a: Interpret patterns and trends in data, and infer and explain relationships.

Identifying Nutrients
Pendulum Clock

S2.0.6.c: Evaluate the original plan for an investigation and suggest improvements.

Real-Time Histogram
Sight vs. Sound Reactions

S2.0.7: Concluding and Applying

S2.0.7.a: Draw a conclusion that explains the results of an investigation.

Pendulum Clock

S2.0.8: Reflecting on Science and Technology

S2.0.8.b: Explain the importance of using precise language in science and technology.

Electromagnetic Induction

S2.0.8.c: Describe examples of how scientific knowledge has evolved in light of new evidence, and the role of technology in this evolution.

Electromagnetic Induction

S2.0.8.d: Describe examples of how technologies have evolved in response to changing needs and scientific advances.

DNA Analysis
Roller Coaster Physics

S2.0.8.g: Discuss social and environmental effects of past scientific and technological endeavours.

DNA Analysis

S2.0.9: Demonstrating Scientific and Technological Attitudes

S2.0.9.c: Demonstrate confidence in their ability to carry out investigations in science and to address STSE issues.

Roller Coaster Physics

S2.1: Dynamics of Ecosystems

S2.1.01: Illustrate and explain how carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen are cycled through an ecosystem.

Carbon Cycle
Cell Energy Cycle

S2.1.04: Describe the carrying capacity of an ecosystem.

Food Chain

S2.1.05: Investigate and discuss various limiting factors that influence population dynamics.

Food Chain

S2.1.06: Construct and interpret graphs of population dynamics.

Food Chain

S2.1.08: Observe and document a range of organisms that illustrate the biodiversity within a local or regional ecosystem.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors

S2.1.09: Explain how the biodiversity of an ecosystem contributes to its sustainability.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors

S2.1.10: Investigate how human activities affect an ecosystem and use the decision-making process to propose a course of action to enhance its sustainability.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors

S2.2: Chemistry in Action

S2.2.01: Relate an elementâ??s position on the periodic table to its combining capacity (valence).

Electron Configuration
Element Builder

S2.2.03: Write formulas and names of binary ionic compounds.

Ionic Bonds

S2.2.04: Write formulas and names for covalent compounds using prefixes.

Covalent Bonds

S2.2.05: Investigate the Law of Conservation of Mass, and recognize that mass is conserved in chemical reactions.

Chemical Changes
Chemical Equations

S2.2.06: Balance chemical equations.

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations

S2.2.07: Investigate and classify chemical reactions as synthesis, decomposition, single displacement, double displacement, or combustion.

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Changes
Chemical Equations
Dehydration Synthesis
Equilibrium and Concentration

S2.2.08: Experiment to classify acids and bases using their characteristic properties.

pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator

S2.2.10: Explain how acids and bases interact to form a salt and water in the process of neutralization.

Titration

S2.3: In Motion

S2.3.02: Collect displacement data to calculate and graph velocity versus time for an object that is accelerating at a constant rate.

Atwood Machine
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Free-Fall Laboratory

S2.3.03: Analyze the relationships among velocity, time, and acceleration for an object that is accelerating at a constant rate.

Atwood Machine
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Free-Fall Laboratory
Golf Range

S2.3.06: Describe qualitatively how force is related to motion.

Fan Cart Physics

S2.3.07: Investigate and describe qualitatively Newtonâ??s Third Law.

Fan Cart Physics

S2.3.09: Investigate the conservation of energy in a motor vehicle collision.

Air Track

S2.3.10: Investigate conditions that illustrate the effects of friction on motion.

Golf Range
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects

S2.3.11: Investigate the factors that influence braking distance.

Free-Fall Laboratory

S2.4: Weather Dynamics

S2.4.02: Outline factors influencing the Earthâ??s radiation budget.

Seasons Around the World

S2.4.07: Investigate and evaluate evidence that climate change occurs naturally and can be influenced by human activities.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors

S1.3.13: Construct electric circuits using schematic diagrams.

Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits

S1.3.15: Compare and contrast voltage and current in series and parallel circuits.

Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits

S1.3.16: Investigate and describe qualitatively the relationship among current, voltage (electric potential difference), and resistance in a simple electric circuit.

Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits

S1.3.18: Explain the parallel circuits, the components, and the safety aspects of household wiring.

Advanced Circuits
Circuit Builder
Circuits

S1.3.20: Define electrical power as energy per unit time, and solve related problems.

Household Energy Usage

S1.3.S1.3.211: Develop a formula for domestic power consumption costs, and solve related problems.

Household Energy Usage

S1.3.22: Analyze the electrical energy consumption of a household appliance.

Household Energy Usage

8.4.17: Identify substances that may pollute water, related environmental and societal impacts of pollution, and ways to reduce or eliminate effects of pollution.

Water Pollution

Correlation last revised: 11/16/2023

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