2: Analyze genetic continuity of organisms.
2.a: Define meiosis by relating the process to genetic continuity.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
2.b: Compare and contrast genotype and phenotype.
Chicken Genetics
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Microevolution
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
2.c: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of both hybrid and purebred species of plants and animals.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
2.d: Examine genes as a section of a DNA molecule that carries the genetic code for inherited traits.
DNA Fingerprint Analysis
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Human Karyotyping
Microevolution
Natural Selection
3: Determine the economic factors that influence the regulation and behavior of organisms.
3.a: Appraise the economic factors associated with regulations and protection of the environment.
Water Pollution
4: Examine the physical factors of populations as they relate to the formation of ecosystems.
4.a: Analyze the adaptation of representative organisms to aquatic or terrestrial environments.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
4.c: Analyze how predation and food webs help structure communities.
Food Chain
5: Investigate atmospheric movements that affect the Earth's system.
5.b: Use weather maps for analyzing and predicting weather.
Hurricane Motion
Weather Maps
5.c: Construct a weather map to forecast the weather over a region, giving temperature in degrees Celsius.
Hurricane Motion
Weather Maps
6: Investigate the Earth's geological past.
6.b: Describe methods and tools used in dating rocks and fossils.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
Rock Classification
8: Analyze the properties of matter.
8.a: Determine experimentally physical and chemical properties including density, conductivity, and reactions with water, acids, and bases.
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
Determining Density via Water Displacement
Mystery Powder Analysis
8.c: Write simple formulas for compounds.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
8.d: Distinguish among atoms, ions, and molecules.
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Limiting Reactants
8.e: Determine the density of regular and irregular objects.
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
Density via Comparison
Determining Density via Water Displacement
8.f: Determine experimentally how acidic or basic a substance is using a pH scale indicator.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
8.g: Introduce the factor label method for unit conversions in the metric system.
Stoichiometry
9: Explore the application of simple and complex machines.
9.a: Apply and demonstrate Newton's Three Laws of Motion using simple machines.
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pulley Lab
Torque and Moment of Inertia
9.b: Design and construct simple and complex machines.
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pulley Lab
Torque and Moment of Inertia
10: Investigate the transfer of energy.
10.a: Measure the transfer of heat between two objects using the Celsius scale.
Phase Changes
10.c: Research and discuss energy transformation.
Energy Conversion in a System
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Period of a Pendulum
10.d: Convert one energy form to another.
Energy Conversion in a System
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Stoichiometry
10.e: Analyze mechanical waves (sound waves, water waves, earthquake waves, etc.) and electromagnetic waves (light, infrared, x-rays, etc.).
Earthquake - Recording Station
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
Correlation last revised: 1/20/2017