B: Physical Science
B.1: Physical characteristics of objects can be described using shape, size, and mass whereas the materials from which objects are made can be described using color and texture. The student will engage in investigations that integrate the process standards and lead to the discovery of the following objectives:
B.1.1: Matter has physical properties that can be measured (i.e., mass, volume, temperature, color, and texture). Changes in physical properties of objects can be observed, described, and measured using tools such as simple microscopes, gram spring scales, metric rulers, metric balances, and Celsius thermometers.
Weight and Mass
B.2: Change from one form of energy to another (i.e., electrical energy to light energy). The student will engage in investigations that integrate the process standards and lead to the discovery of the following objectives:
B.2.1: Energy exists in many forms such as, heat, light, electricity, mechanical motion, and sound. Energy can be transferred in various ways.
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Heat Absorption
Herschel Experiment
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Radiation
C: Life Science
C.4: Populations consist of individuals of a species that occur together at a given place and time. All populations living together and the physical factor with which they interact compose an ecosystem. The student will engage in investigations that integrate the process standards and lead to the discovery of the following objectives:
C.4.1: Organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. Some source of energy is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow. Energy transfer can be followed in food chains and webs.
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
D: Earth/Space Science
D.5: The earth is mostly rock, three-fourths of its surface is covered by a relatively thin layer of water, and the entire planet is surrounded by a relatively thin blanket of air, and is able to support life. The student will engage in investigations that integrate the process standards and lead to the discovery of the following objectives:
D.5.2: Water, which covers the majority of the Earth’s surface, circulates through the crust, oceans, and atmosphere in what is known as the water cycle.
Water Cycle
Correlation last revised: 2/10/2015