Curriculum Framework
LS.2.6.4: Model and explain the functions of animal organs:
LS.2.6.4.a: heart
LS.2.6.5: Model and explain the function of plant organs:
LS.2.6.5.a: leaves
LS.2.6.5.d: flowers
LS.2.6.7: Describe the relationship between organ function and the following needs of cells:
LS.2.6.7.b: food
LS.2.6.7.c: water
LS.2.6.7.d: waste removal
LS.3.6.7: Describe the following structural adaptations for survival in the environment:
LS.3.6.7.a: coloration
LS.4.6.1: Identify environmental conditions that can affect the survival of individual organisms and entire species
Natural Selection
Rabbit Population by Season
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
LS.4.6.3: Conduct simulations demonstrating natural selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
LS.4.6.4: Analyze natural selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
PS.5.6.1: Identify common examples of chemical properties:
PS.5.6.1.c: ability to react with other substances
PS.5.6.2: Compare and contrast characteristics of physical and chemical properties
PS.5.6.3: Conduct investigations using acid/base indicators
Mystery Powder Analysis
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
PS.5.6.4: Apply skills of scientific investigation to determine density using SI units
PS.5.6.5: Construct a density column using a minimum of four different liquids (e.g., alcohol, colored water, syrup, oil)
Density Laboratory
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Hearing: Frequency and Volume
Pendulum Clock
PS.5.6.6: Use a density column to test the density of various solid objects (e.g., piece of candy, cork, candle, paper clip, egg)
PS.5.6.7: Identify characteristics of chemical changes:
PS.5.6.7.a: burning
PS.5.6.7.d: color change
PS.5.6.7.e: endothermic and exothermic reactions
PS.5.6.7.f: reactivity
PS.5.6.8: Conduct investigations comparing and contrasting physical and chemical changes
PS.5.6.9: Demonstrate the law of the conservation of matter
Chemical Changes
Chemical Equations
PS.6.6.4: Recognize and give examples of different types of forces:
PS.6.6.4.c: friction
PS.6.6.5: Understand why objects have weight
Beam to Moon (Ratios and Proportions)
Weight and Mass
PS.6.6.6: Compare and contrast weight and mass
PS.6.6.7: Describe the effects of force:
PS.6.6.7.a: move a stationary object
PS.6.6.7.b: speed up, slow down or change the direction of motion
PS.6.6.8: Conduct investigations to demonstrate change in direction caused by force
PS.6.6.9: Conduct investigations to calculate the change in speed caused by applying forces to an object
PS.7.6.1: Classify examples of energy forms:
PS.7.6.1.a: chemical
PS.7.6.1.b: electromagnetic
PS.7.6.1.c: mechanical
Energy Conversions
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
PS.7.6.1.d: thermal
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
PS.7.6.1.e: nuclear
PS.7.6.2: Summarize the application of the law of conservation of energy in real world situations:
PS.7.6.2.a: electrical energy into mechanical energy
PS.7.6.2.b: electrical energy into heat
PS.7.6.2.c: chemical energy into mechanical energy
PS.7.6.2.d: chemical energy into light
PS.7.6.3: Conduct investigations demonstrating how energy can be converted from one form to another
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
PS.7.6.4: Investigate the transfer of energy in real world situations:
PS.7.6.4.a: conduction
Conduction and Convection
Heat Transfer by Conduction
PS.7.6.4.b: convection
PS.7.6.4.c: radiation
Heat Absorption
Herschel Experiment
Radiation
ESS.8.6.5: Diagram and explain how volcanoes work
ESS.8.6.8: Compare and contrast the different land forms caused by Earth's internal forces:
ESS.8.6.8.a: mountains
ESS.8.6.8.c: trenches
ESS.8.6.10: Identify the effects of earthquakes on Earth's surface:
ESS.8.6.10.c: changes in natural and man-made structures
ESS.8.6.11: Investigate and map patterns of earthquake and volcanic activity
ESS.8.6.12: Locate earthquake belts on Earth:
ESS.8.6.12.a: Mediterranean-Trans-Asiatic
ESS.8.6.12.b: Circum-Pacific (Ring of Fire)
ESS.8.6.13: Analyze how earthquake occurrences are recorded (seismograph) and measured (Richter scale)
Earthquakes 1 - Recording Station
ESS.8.6.14: Model the effect of major geological events on land and ocean features:
ESS.8.6.14.a: mountain building
ESS.8.6.14.b: ocean trenches
ESS.8.6.14.d: mid-ocean ridges
ESS.9.6.1: Research methods of determining geologic time:
ESS.9.6.1.b: mountain building
ESS.10.6.7: Model moon phases demonstrating the position of Earth, moon, and sun
ESS.10.6.8: Compare and contrast solar eclipse and lunar eclipse
Correlation last revised: 5/8/2018