SC.912.CS-CC: Computer Science - Communication and Collaboration

SC.912.CS-CC.1: Communication and collaboration

SC.912.CS-CC.1.1: Evaluate modes of communication and collaboration.

Electromagnetic Induction

SC.912.CS-CC.1.5: Communicate and publish key ideas and details to a variety of audiences using digital tools and media-rich resources.

Electromagnetic Induction

SC.912.CS-CS: Computer Science - Communication Systems and Computing

SC.912.CS-CS.1: Modeling and simulations

SC.912.CS-CS.1.1: Analyze data and identify real-world patterns through modeling and simulation.

Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Plate Tectonics
Tides - Metric

SC.912.CS-CS.1.2: Formulate, refine, and test scientific hypotheses using models and simulations.

Boyle's Law and Charles's Law
Programmable Rover
Tides - Metric

SC.912.CS-CS.1.3: Explain how data analysis is used to enhance the understanding of complex natural and human systems.

Digestive System

SC.912.CS-CS.1.5: Represent and understand natural phenomena using modeling and simulation.

Plate Tectonics

SC.912.CS-CS.2: Problem solving and Algorithms

SC.912.CS-CS.2.1: Explain intractable problems and understand that problems exists that are computationally unsolvable (e.g., classic intractable problems include the Towers of Hanoi and the Traveling Salesman Problem -TSP).

Estimating Population Size

SC.912.CS-CS.6: Human – Computer interactions and Artificial Intelligence

SC.912.CS-CS.6.4: Explain the notion of intelligent behavior through computer modeling and robotics.

Equilibrium and Concentration

SC.912.CS-CS.6.7: Describe major applications of artificial intelligence and robotics, including, but not limited to, the medical, space, and automotive fields.

Trebuchet

SC.912.CS-CP: Computer Science - Computer Practices and Programming

SC.912.CS-CP.1: Data analysis

SC.912.CS-CP.1.2: Perform advanced searches to locate information and/or design a data-collection approach to gather original data (e.g., qualitative interviews, surveys, prototypes, and simulations).

Real-Time Histogram

SC.912.CS-CP.1.3: Analyze and manipulate data collected by a variety of data collection techniques to support a hypothesis.

Temperature and Sex Determination - Metric

SC.912.CS-CP.1.4: Collect real-time data from sources such as simulations, scientific and robotic sensors, and device emulators, using this data to formulate strategies or algorithms to solve advanced problems.

Equilibrium and Concentration

SC.912.CS-PC: Computer Science - Personal, Community, Global, and Ethical Impact

SC.912.CS-PC.2: The impact of computing resources on local and global society

SC.912.CS-PC.2.11: Construct writings and/or communications using developmentally appropriate terminology.

Electromagnetic Induction

SC.912.E: Earth and Space

SC.912.E.5: Earth in Space and Time

SC.912.E.5.1: Cite evidence used to develop and verify the scientific theory of the Big Bang (also known as the Big Bang Theory) of the origin of the universe.

Big Bang Theory - Hubble's Law

SC.912.E.5.3: Describe and predict how the initial mass of a star determines its evolution.

H-R Diagram

SC.912.E.5.6: Develop logical connections through physical principles, including Kepler's and Newton's Laws about the relationships and the effects of Earth, Moon, and Sun on each other.

Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws

SC.912.E.5.8: Connect the concepts of radiation and the electromagnetic spectrum to the use of historical and newly-developed observational tools.

Herschel Experiment - Metric
Star Spectra

SC.912.E.6: Earth Structures

SC.912.E.6.1: Describe and differentiate the layers of Earth and the interactions among them.

Plate Tectonics

SC.912.E.6.2: Connect surface features to surface processes that are responsible for their formation.

Weathering

SC.912.E.6.3: Analyze the scientific theory of plate tectonics and identify related major processes and features as a result of moving plates.

Plate Tectonics

SC.912.E.7: Earth Systems and Patterns

SC.912.E.7.1: Analyze the movement of matter and energy through the different biogeochemical cycles, including water and carbon.

Carbon Cycle
Cell Energy Cycle
Food Chain

SC.912.E.7.2: Analyze the causes of the various kinds of surface and deep water motion within the oceans and their impacts on the transfer of energy between the poles and the equator.

Tides - Metric

SC.912.E.7.3: Differentiate and describe the various interactions among Earth systems, including: atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.

Coastal Winds and Clouds - Metric

SC.912.E.7.4: Summarize the conditions that contribute to the climate of a geographic area, including the relationships to lakes and oceans.

Coastal Winds and Clouds - Metric

SC.912.E.7.6: Relate the formation of severe weather to the various physical factors.

Hurricane Motion - Metric

SC.912.E.7.7: Identify, analyze, and relate the internal (Earth system) and external (astronomical) conditions that contribute to global climate change.

Greenhouse Effect - Metric

SC.912.L: Life Science

SC.912.L.14: Organization and Development of Living Organisms

SC.912.L.14.2: Relate structure to function for the components of plant and animal cells. Explain the role of cell membranes as a highly selective barrier (passive and active transport).

Cell Structure
Osmosis
RNA and Protein Synthesis
Osmosis

SC.912.L.14.3: Compare and contrast the general structures of plant and animal cells. Compare and contrast the general structures of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

Cell Structure
Cell Types

SC.912.L.14.34: Describe the composition and physiology of blood, including that of the plasma and the formed elements.

Circulatory System

SC.912.L.14.36: Describe the factors affecting blood flow through the cardiovascular system.

Circulatory System

SC.912.L.14.38: Describe normal heart sounds and what they mean.

Circulatory System

SC.912.L.14.46: Describe the physiology of the digestive system, including mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, absorption and the neural and hormonal mechanisms of control.

Digestive System

SC.912.L.14.50: Describe the structure of vertebrate sensory organs. Relate structure to function in vertebrate sensory systems.

Senses

SC.912.L.14.53: Discuss basic classification and characteristics of plants. Identify bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and angiosperms.

Dichotomous Keys

SC.912.L.15: Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms

SC.912.L.15.1: Explain how the scientific theory of evolution is supported by the fossil record, comparative anatomy, comparative embryology, biogeography, molecular biology, and observed evolutionary change.

Cladograms
Embryo Development
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
Evolution

SC.912.L.15.4: Describe how and why organisms are hierarchically classified and based on evolutionary relationships.

Cladograms
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis

SC.912.L.15.5: Explain the reasons for changes in how organisms are classified.

Human Evolution - Skull Analysis

SC.912.L.15.6: Discuss distinguishing characteristics of the domains and kingdoms of living organisms.

Dichotomous Keys

SC.912.L.15.10: Identify basic trends in hominid evolution from early ancestors six million years ago to modern humans, including brain size, jaw size, language, and manufacture of tools.

Human Evolution - Skull Analysis

SC.912.L.15.11: Discuss specific fossil hominids and what they show about human evolution.

Human Evolution - Skull Analysis

SC.912.L.15.12: List the conditions for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in a population and why these conditions are not likely to appear in nature. Use the Hardy-Weinberg equation to predict genotypes in a population from observed phenotypes.

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Microevolution

SC.912.L.15.13: Describe the conditions required for natural selection, including: overproduction of offspring, inherited variation, and the struggle to survive, which result in differential reproductive success.

Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Microevolution
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
Evolution

SC.912.L.15.14: Discuss mechanisms of evolutionary change other than natural selection such as genetic drift and gene flow.

Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution

SC.912.L.15.15: Describe how mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation.

Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Microevolution
Evolution

SC.912.L.16: Heredity and Reproduction

SC.912.L.16.1: Use Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment to analyze patterns of inheritance.

Chicken Genetics
Microevolution
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)

SC.912.L.16.2: Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles.

Chicken Genetics
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Microevolution
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Meowsis

SC.912.L.16.4: Explain how mutations in the DNA sequence may or may not result in phenotypic change. Explain how mutations in gametes may result in phenotypic changes in offspring.

Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Meowsis

SC.912.L.16.5: Explain the basic processes of transcription and translation, and how they result in the expression of genes.

RNA and Protein Synthesis
Protein Synthesis

SC.912.L.16.6: Discuss the mechanisms for regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes at transcription and translation level.

RNA and Protein Synthesis
Protein Synthesis

SC.912.L.16.7: Describe how viruses and bacteria transfer genetic material between cells and the role of this process in biotechnology.

Virus Lytic Cycle

SC.912.L.16.10: Evaluate the impact of biotechnology on the individual, society and the environment, including medical and ethical issues.

GMOs and the Environment
Genetic Engineering
Human Karyotyping

SC.912.L.16.11: Discuss the technologies associated with forensic medicine and DNA identification, including restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis.

DNA Analysis
DNA Profiling

SC.912.L.16.14: Describe the cell cycle, including the process of mitosis. Explain the role of mitosis in the formation of new cells and its importance in maintaining chromosome number during asexual reproduction.

Cell Division

SC.912.L.16.16: Describe the process of meiosis, including independent assortment and crossing over. Explain how reduction division results in the formation of haploid gametes or spores.

Meiosis
Meowsis

SC.912.L.16.17: Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis and relate to the processes of sexual and asexual reproduction and their consequences for genetic variation.

Meiosis
Meowsis

SC.912.L.17: Interdependence

SC.912.L.17.3: Discuss how various oceanic and freshwater processes, such as currents, tides, and waves, affect the abundance of aquatic organisms.

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

SC.912.L.17.4: Describe changes in ecosystems resulting from seasonal variations, climate change and succession.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors

SC.912.L.17.5: Analyze how population size is determined by births, deaths, immigration, emigration, and limiting factors (biotic and abiotic) that determine carrying capacity.

Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season

SC.912.L.17.7: Characterize the biotic and abiotic components that define freshwater systems, marine systems and terrestrial systems.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Pond Ecosystem

SC.912.L.17.8: Recognize the consequences of the losses of biodiversity due to catastrophic events, climate changes, human activity, and the introduction of invasive, non-native species.

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

SC.912.L.17.9: Use a food web to identify and distinguish producers, consumers, and decomposers. Explain the pathway of energy transfer through trophic levels and the reduction of available energy at successive trophic levels.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Ecosystems

SC.912.L.17.10: Diagram and explain the biogeochemical cycles of an ecosystem, including water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle.

Carbon Cycle
Cell Energy Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle

SC.912.L.17.12: Discuss the political, social, and environmental consequences of sustainable use of land.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors

SC.912.L.17.13: Discuss the need for adequate monitoring of environmental parameters when making policy decisions.

Nitrogen Cycle

SC.912.L.17.14: Assess the need for adequate waste management strategies.

Nitrogen Cycle

SC.912.L.17.16: Discuss the large-scale environmental impacts resulting from human activity, including waste spills, oil spills, runoff, greenhouse gases, ozone depletion, and surface and groundwater pollution.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Greenhouse Effect - Metric
Pond Ecosystem
Nitrogen Cycle
Photosynthesis

SC.912.L.17.20: Predict the impact of individuals on environmental systems and examine how human lifestyles affect sustainability.

Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors

SC.912.L.18: Matter and Energy Transformations

SC.912.L.18.1: Describe the basic molecular structures and primary functions of the four major categories of biological macromolecules.

Dehydration Synthesis
Identifying Nutrients

SC.912.L.18.2: Describe the important structural characteristics of monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides and explain the functions of carbohydrates in living things.

Dehydration Synthesis
Identifying Nutrients

SC.912.L.18.3: Describe the structures of fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, and steroids. Explain the functions of lipids in living organisms. Identify some reactions that fatty acids undergo. Relate the structure and function of cell membranes.

Identifying Nutrients

SC.912.L.18.4: Describe the structures of proteins and amino acids. Explain the functions of proteins in living organisms. Identify some reactions that amino acids undergo. Relate the structure and function of enzymes.

RNA and Protein Synthesis
Enzymes
Enzymes

SC.912.L.18.7: Identify the reactants, products, and basic functions of photosynthesis.

Cell Energy Cycle
Cell Structure
Photosynthesis Lab
Photosynthesis

SC.912.L.18.8: Identify the reactants, products, and basic functions of aerobic and anaerobic cellular respiration.

Cell Energy Cycle
Cell Respiration

SC.912.L.18.9: Explain the interrelated nature of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Cell Energy Cycle
Cell Respiration
Photosynthesis

SC.912.L.18.10: Connect the role of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to energy transfers within a cell.

Cell Respiration
Photosynthesis

SC.912.L.18.11: Explain the role of enzymes as catalysts that lower the activation energy of biochemical reactions. Identify factors, such as pH and temperature, and their effect on enzyme activity.

Enzymes
Enzymes

SC.912.N: Nature of Science

SC.912.N.1: The Practice of Science

SC.912.N.1.1: Define a problem based on a specific body of knowledge, for example: biology, chemistry, physics, and earth/space science, and do the following:

SC.912.N.1.1.1: Pose questions about the natural world,

Real-Time Histogram
Sight vs. Sound Reactions

SC.912.N.1.1.2: Conduct systematic observations,

Advanced Circuits
Archimedes' Principle
Atwood Machine
Balancing Chemical Equations
Basic Prism
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Boyle's Law and Charles's Law
Calorimetry Lab
Cell Division
Cell Structure
Center of Mass
Charge Launcher
Chicken Genetics
Circulatory System
Colligative Properties
Collision Theory
Coulomb Force (Static)
DNA Analysis
Dehydration Synthesis
Determining a Spring Constant
Diffusion
Distance-Time Graphs - Metric
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs - Metric
Doppler Shift Advanced
Earthquakes 1 - Recording Station
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Food Chain
Free-Fall Laboratory
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Gravitational Force
Greenhouse Effect - Metric
Herschel Experiment - Metric
Household Energy Usage
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
Human Karyotyping
Inclined Plane - Rolling Objects
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Limiting Reactants
Longitudinal Waves
Magnetic Induction
Melting Points
Moment of Inertia
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Nuclear Decay
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Osmosis
Paramecium Homeostasis
Pendulum Clock
Period of Mass on a Spring
Period of a Pendulum
Phase Changes
Photoelectric Effect
Photosynthesis Lab
Pith Ball Lab
Plate Tectonics
Pond Ecosystem
Porosity
Pulley Lab
RNA and Protein Synthesis
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
Real-Time Histogram
Roller Coaster Physics
Seasons Around the World
Simple Harmonic Motion
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
Star Spectra
Temperature and Particle Motion
Tides - Metric
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Uniform Circular Motion
Vectors
Virus Lytic Cycle
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
Nitrogen Cycle

SC.912.N.1.1.5: Plan investigations,

Period of a Pendulum
Real-Time Histogram
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
Homeostasis
Nitrogen Cycle

SC.912.N.1.1.6: Use tools to gather, analyze, and interpret data (this includes the use of measurement in metric and other systems, and also the generation and interpretation of graphical representations of data, including data tables and graphs),

Advanced Circuits
Archimedes' Principle
Balancing Chemical Equations
Basic Prism
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Boyle's Law and Charles's Law
Calorimetry Lab
Cell Division
Center of Mass
Charge Launcher
Chicken Genetics
Circuits
Circulatory System
Coastal Winds and Clouds - Metric
Colligative Properties
Collision Theory
Coulomb Force (Static)
DNA Analysis
Determining a Spring Constant
Diffusion
Distance-Time Graphs - Metric
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs - Metric
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Earthquakes 1 - Recording Station
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Feel the Heat
Food Chain
Free-Fall Laboratory
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Graphing Skills
Gravitational Force
Greenhouse Effect - Metric
H-R Diagram
Half-life
Herschel Experiment - Metric
Household Energy Usage
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
Human Karyotyping
Identifying Nutrients
Inclined Plane - Rolling Objects
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Limiting Reactants
Longitudinal Waves
Magnetic Induction
Melting Points
Moment of Inertia
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Nuclear Decay
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Osmosis
Paramecium Homeostasis
Pendulum Clock
Period of Mass on a Spring
Period of a Pendulum
Phase Changes
Phased Array
Photoelectric Effect
Photosynthesis Lab
Pith Ball Lab
Plate Tectonics
Pond Ecosystem
Pulley Lab
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
Real-Time Histogram
Relative Humidity
Roller Coaster Physics
Seasons Around the World
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
Simple Harmonic Motion
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
Star Spectra
Temperature and Particle Motion
Tides - Metric
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Triple Beam Balance
Uniform Circular Motion
Vectors
Virus Lytic Cycle
pH Analysis
Homeostasis
Nitrogen Cycle

SC.912.N.1.1.7: Pose answers, explanations, or descriptions of events,

Advanced Circuits
Archimedes' Principle
Atwood Machine
Balancing Chemical Equations
Basic Prism
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Boyle's Law and Charles's Law
Calorimetry Lab
Cell Energy Cycle
Charge Launcher
Chemical Equations
Chicken Genetics
Circuits
Circulatory System
Colligative Properties
Collision Theory
Coulomb Force (Static)
Dehydration Synthesis
Determining a Spring Constant
Diffusion
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Food Chain
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Gravitational Force
Greenhouse Effect - Metric
Half-life
Herschel Experiment - Metric
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
Human Karyotyping
Inclined Plane - Rolling Objects
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Limiting Reactants
Longitudinal Waves
Magnetic Induction
Melting Points
Moment of Inertia
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Nuclear Decay
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Osmosis
Paramecium Homeostasis
Pendulum Clock
Period of Mass on a Spring
Period of a Pendulum
Phase Changes
Phased Array
Photoelectric Effect
Photosynthesis Lab
Pith Ball Lab
Pond Ecosystem
Porosity
Pulley Lab
RNA and Protein Synthesis
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
Real-Time Histogram
Roller Coaster Physics
Seasons Around the World
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
Star Spectra
Temperature and Particle Motion
Tides - Metric
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Uniform Circular Motion
Virus Lytic Cycle
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
Homeostasis
Nitrogen Cycle

SC.912.N.1.1.8: Generate explanations that explicate or describe natural phenomena (inferences),

Basic Prism
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Diffusion
Gravitational Force
Greenhouse Effect - Metric
Longitudinal Waves
Magnetic Induction
Nuclear Decay
Period of a Pendulum
Photoelectric Effect
Photosynthesis Lab
Real-Time Histogram
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
Sticky Molecules
Uniform Circular Motion
Homeostasis
Nitrogen Cycle

SC.912.N.1.1.9: Use appropriate evidence and reasoning to justify these explanations to others,

Advanced Circuits
Balancing Chemical Equations
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Carbon Cycle
Diffusion
Electromagnetic Induction
Gravitational Force
Inclined Plane - Rolling Objects
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Limiting Reactants
Magnetic Induction
Melting Points
Nuclear Decay
Period of Mass on a Spring
Period of a Pendulum
Real-Time Histogram
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
Uniform Circular Motion
Homeostasis
Nitrogen Cycle
Osmosis

SC.912.N.1.1.10: Communicate results of scientific investigations, and

Advanced Circuits
Atwood Machine
Balancing Chemical Equations
Basic Prism
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Cell Division
Colligative Properties
Collision Theory
Coulomb Force (Static)
Diffusion
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs - Metric
Doppler Shift Advanced
Food Chain
Free-Fall Laboratory
Golf Range
Gravitational Force
Half-life
Inclined Plane - Rolling Objects
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Limiting Reactants
Longitudinal Waves
Magnetic Induction
Melting Points
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Nuclear Decay
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Osmosis
Pendulum Clock
Period of Mass on a Spring
Period of a Pendulum
Phase Changes
Photosynthesis Lab
Pith Ball Lab
Plate Tectonics
Programmable Rover
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
Real-Time Histogram
Roller Coaster Physics
Seasons Around the World
Seed Germination
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
Star Spectra
Sticky Molecules
Uniform Circular Motion
Vectors
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
Homeostasis
Nitrogen Cycle

SC.912.N.1.2: Describe and explain what characterizes science and its methods.

Homeostasis

SC.912.N.1.3: Recognize that the strength or usefulness of a scientific claim is evaluated through scientific argumentation, which depends on critical and logical thinking, and the active consideration of alternative scientific explanations to explain the data presented.

Melting Points

SC.912.N.1.6: Describe how scientific inferences are drawn from scientific observations and provide examples from the content being studied.

Homeostasis
Nitrogen Cycle

SC.912.N.1.7: Recognize the role of creativity in constructing scientific questions, methods and explanations.

Nitrogen Cycle

SC.912.N.2: The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge

SC.912.N.2.2: Identify which questions can be answered through science and which questions are outside the boundaries of scientific investigation, such as questions addressed by other ways of knowing, such as art, philosophy, and religion.

Diffusion
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Pendulum Clock

SC.912.N.2.4: Explain that scientific knowledge is both durable and robust and open to change. Scientific knowledge can change because it is often examined and re-examined by new investigations and scientific argumentation. Because of these frequent examinations, scientific knowledge becomes stronger, leading to its durability.

Diffusion
Pendulum Clock
Osmosis

SC.912.N.3: The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models

SC.912.N.3.1: Explain that a scientific theory is the culmination of many scientific investigations drawing together all the current evidence concerning a substantial range of phenomena; thus, a scientific theory represents the most powerful explanation scientists have to offer.

Osmosis

SC.912.N.3.5: Describe the function of models in science, and identify the wide range of models used in science.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Determining a Spring Constant
Equilibrium and Concentration
Ocean Mapping
Programmable Rover
Osmosis

SC.912.P: Physical Science

SC.912.P.8: Matter

SC.912.P.8.1: Differentiate among the four states of matter.

Phase Changes

SC.912.P.8.2: Differentiate between physical and chemical properties and physical and chemical changes of matter.

Chemical Changes

SC.912.P.8.3: Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also known as atomic theory) by describing changes in the atomic model over time and why those changes were necessitated by experimental evidence.

Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction

SC.912.P.8.4: Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also known as atomic theory) by describing the structure of atoms in terms of protons, neutrons and electrons, and differentiate among these particles in terms of their mass, electrical charges and locations within the atom.

Element Builder
Isotopes

SC.912.P.8.5: Relate properties of atoms and their position in the periodic table to the arrangement of their electrons.

Electron Configuration

SC.912.P.8.6: Distinguish between bonding forces holding compounds together and other attractive forces, including hydrogen bonding and van der Waals forces.

Ionic Bonds
Polarity and Intermolecular Forces
Sticky Molecules
Electrons and Chemical Reactions

SC.912.P.8.7: Interpret formula representations of molecules and compounds in terms of composition and structure.

Chemical Equations

SC.912.P.8.8: Characterize types of chemical reactions, for example: redox, acid-base, synthesis, and single and double replacement reactions.

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations
Dehydration Synthesis
Equilibrium and Concentration
Electrons and Chemical Reactions

SC.912.P.8.9: Apply the mole concept and the law of conservation of mass to calculate quantities of chemicals participating in reactions.

Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equations
Moles
Stoichiometry

SC.912.P.8.11: Relate acidity and basicity to hydronium and hydroxyl ion concentration and pH.

Titration
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator

SC.912.P.8.12: Describe the properties of the carbon atom that make the diversity of carbon compounds possible.

Dehydration Synthesis

SC.912.P.10: Energy

SC.912.P.10.1: Differentiate among the various forms of energy and recognize that they can be transformed from one form to others.

Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Potential Energy on Shelves
Roller Coaster Physics

SC.912.P.10.2: Explore the Law of Conservation of Energy by differentiating among open, closed, and isolated systems and explain that the total energy in an isolated system is a conserved quantity.

Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
Trebuchet

SC.912.P.10.3: Compare and contrast work and power qualitatively and quantitatively.

Pulley Lab

SC.912.P.10.4: Describe heat as the energy transferred by convection, conduction, and radiation, and explain the connection of heat to change in temperature or states of matter.

Calorimetry Lab
Phase Changes

SC.912.P.10.5: Relate temperature to the average molecular kinetic energy.

Phase Changes
Temperature and Particle Motion

SC.912.P.10.6: Create and interpret potential energy diagrams, for example: chemical reactions, orbits around a central body, motion of a pendulum.

Energy of a Pendulum
Roller Coaster Physics

SC.912.P.10.7: Distinguish between endothermic and exothermic chemical processes.

Chemical Changes
Feel the Heat

SC.912.P.10.9: Describe the quantization of energy at the atomic level.

Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Element Builder

SC.912.P.10.10: Compare the magnitude and range of the four fundamental forces (gravitational, electromagnetic, weak nuclear, strong nuclear).

Free-Fall Laboratory
Pith Ball Lab

SC.912.P.10.11: Explain and compare nuclear reactions (radioactive decay, fission and fusion), the energy changes associated with them and their associated safety issues.

Half-life
Isotopes
Nuclear Decay
Nuclear Reactions

SC.912.P.10.12: Differentiate between chemical and nuclear reactions.

Nuclear Reactions

SC.912.P.10.13: Relate the configuration of static charges to the electric field, electric force, electric potential, and electric potential energy.

Charge Launcher
Pith Ball Lab

SC.912.P.10.14: Differentiate among conductors, semiconductors, and insulators.

Circuit Builder

SC.912.P.10.15: Investigate and explain the relationships among current, voltage, resistance, and power.

Advanced Circuits
Circuits
Household Energy Usage

SC.912.P.10.16: Explain the relationship between moving charges and magnetic fields, as well as changing magnetic fields and electric fields, and their application to modern technologies.

Coulomb Force (Static)
Electromagnetic Induction
Magnetic Induction

SC.912.P.10.18: Explore the theory of electromagnetism by comparing and contrasting the different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of wavelength, frequency, and energy, and relate them to phenomena and applications.

Herschel Experiment - Metric

SC.912.P.10.19: Explain that all objects emit and absorb electromagnetic radiation and distinguish between objects that are blackbody radiators and those that are not.

Herschel Experiment - Metric

SC.912.P.10.20: Describe the measurable properties of waves and explain the relationships among them and how these properties change when the wave moves from one medium to another.

Longitudinal Waves
Refraction
Sound Beats and Sine Waves

SC.912.P.10.21: Qualitatively describe the shift in frequency in sound or electromagnetic waves due to the relative motion of a source or a receiver.

Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Sound Beats and Sine Waves

SC.912.P.10.22: Construct ray diagrams and use thin lens and mirror equations to locate the images formed by lenses and mirrors.

Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)

SC.912.P.12: Motion

SC.912.P.12.1: Distinguish between scalar and vector quantities and assess which should be used to describe an event.

Vectors

SC.912.P.12.2: Analyze the motion of an object in terms of its position, velocity, and acceleration (with respect to a frame of reference) as functions of time.

Crumple Zones
Distance-Time Graphs - Metric
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs - Metric
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Free-Fall Laboratory
Golf Range
Inclined Plane - Rolling Objects
Moment of Inertia
Period of Mass on a Spring
Period of a Pendulum
Vectors

SC.912.P.12.3: Interpret and apply Newton's three laws of motion.

Atwood Machine
Crumple Zones
Fan Cart Physics

SC.912.P.12.4: Describe how the gravitational force between two objects depends on their masses and the distance between them.

Gravitational Force
Pith Ball Lab

SC.912.P.12.5: Apply the law of conservation of linear momentum to interactions, such as collisions between objects.

2D Collisions
Air Track
Crumple Zones

SC.912.P.12.10: Interpret the behavior of ideal gases in terms of kinetic molecular theory.

Boyle's Law and Charles's Law
Ideal Gas Law
Temperature and Particle Motion

SC.912.P.12.11: Describe phase transitions in terms of kinetic molecular theory.

Phase Changes

SC.912.P.12.12: Explain how various factors, such as concentration, temperature, and presence of a catalyst affect the rate of a chemical reaction.

Collision Theory

Correlation last revised: 2/22/2023

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