1: Chemistry

1.2: Structures and Properties of Matter

HS.P1U1.1: Develop and use models to explain the relationship of the structure of atoms to patterns and properties observed within the Periodic Table and describe how these models are revised with new evidence.

Isotopes

HS+C.P1U1.1: Develop and use models to demonstrate how changes in the number of subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) affect the identity, stability, and properties of the element.

Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Ionic Bonds
Isotopes

HS+C.P1U1.2: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate the qualitative evidence supporting claims about how atoms absorb and emit energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation.

Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction

HS+C.P1U1.3: Analyze and interpret data to develop and support an explanation for the relationships between kinetic molecular theory and gas laws.

Boyle's Law and Charles's Law

1.3: Chemical Reactions

HS.P1U1.2: Develop and use models for the transfer or sharing of electrons to predict the formation of ions, molecules, and compounds in both natural and synthetic processes.

Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Electron Configuration
Ionic Bonds

HS.P1U1.3: Ask questions, plan, and carry out investigations to explore the cause and effect relationship between reaction rate factors.

Collision Theory
Reaction Energy

HS+C.P1U1.4: Develop and use models to predict and explain forces within and between molecules.

Covalent Bonds
Ionic Bonds
Melting Points

HS+C.P1U1.5: Plan and carry out investigations to test predictions of the outcomes of various reactions, based on patterns of physical and chemical properties.

Reaction Energy

HS+C.P1U1.6: Construct an explanation, design a solution, or refine the design of a chemical system in equilibrium to maximize production.

Equilibrium and Concentration
Equilibrium and Pressure

HS+C.P1U1.7: Use mathematics and computational thinking to determine stoichiometric relationships between reactants and products in chemical reactions.

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry

1.4: Nuclear Processes and Applications of Chemistry

HS+C.P1U3.8: Engage in argument from evidence regarding the ethical, social, economic, and/or political benefits and liabilities of fission, fusion, and radioactive decay.

Half-life
Nuclear Decay
Nuclear Reactions

2: Physics

2.2: Motion & Stability–Forces & Interactions

HS.P2U1.5: Construct an explanation for a field’s strength and influence on an object (electric, gravitational, magnetic).

Charge Launcher
Coulomb Force (Static)
Electromagnetic Induction
Gravitational Force
Gravity Pitch
Pith Ball Lab

HS+Phy.P2U1.1: Plan and carry out investigations to design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to demonstrate that an electric current can produce a magnetic field and that a changing magnetic field can produce an electric current.

Electromagnetic Induction

2.4: Motion & Stability–Forces & Interactions

HS.P3U1.6: Collect, analyze, and interpret data regarding the change in motion of an object or system in one dimension, to construct an explanation using Newton’s Laws.

Atwood Machine
Crumple Zones
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Free-Fall Laboratory

HS+Phy.P3U1.2: Develop and use mathematical models of Newton’s law of gravitation and Coulomb’s law to describe and predict the gravitational and electrostatic forces between objects.

Coulomb Force (Static)
Gravitational Force

HS+Phy.P3U1.3: Develop a mathematical model, using Newton’s laws, to predict the motion of an object or system in two dimensions (projectile and circular motion).

Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Golf Range
Gravity Pitch
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Uniform Circular Motion

HS+Phy.P3U1.4: Engage in argument from evidence regarding the claim that the total momentum of a system is conserved when there is no net force on the system.

2D Collisions
Air Track
Crumple Zones
Roller Coaster Physics

HS.P3U2.7: Use mathematics and computational thinking to explain how Newton’s laws are used in engineering and technologies to create products to serve human ends.

Crumple Zones

HS+Phy.P3U2.5: Design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes or maximizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision.

Crumple Zones

2.6: Energy & Waves

HS.P4U1.8: Engage in argument from evidence that the net change of energy in a system is always equal to the total energy exchanged between the system and the surroundings.

2D Collisions
Energy Conversion in a System
Roller Coaster Physics

HS.P4U3.9: Engage in argument from evidence regarding the ethical, social, economic, and/or political benefits and liabilities of energy usage and transfer.

Energy Conversions
Greenhouse Effect - Metric

HS+Phy.P4U1.6: Analyze and interpret data to quantitatively describe changes in energy within a system and/or energy flows in and out of a system.

Energy Conversion in a System
Roller Coaster Physics

HS+Phy.P4U1.8: Use mathematics and computational thinking to explain the relationships between power, current, voltage, and resistance.

Advanced Circuits
Circuits

HS.P4U1.10: Construct an explanation about the relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media, and their applications to modern technology.

Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Refraction
Ripple Tank
Waves