Introduction to Science

Read chapter 1 of the Science Spectrum book, pages XVIII-29.

Labs and Activities:

            Collecting and Interpreting Data            Graphing Activity         

            How Do You Measure In Metrics?            Pendulum Project

1.       List and explain procedures for a safe lab and classroom.

2.       Know the two branches of science and three branches of the natural sciences.

3.       Define scientific facts, scientific theory and scientific law.

4.       Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative descriptions.

5.       Know the skills of a good scientist and the steps of the scientific method.

6.       Define and graph independent variables, dependent variables and a control.

7.       Know and convert the SI units and prefixes.

8.       Know, calculate and convert numbers using scientific notation.

9.       Know how to calculate and solve problems using proper significant figures.

10.   Distinguish between accuracy and precision in making measurements.

11.   Define and calculate volume, mass, weight, density and percent error.

Introduction to Matter

Read chapter 2 of the Science Spectrum book, pages 34-63.

Labs and Activities:

            Phase Changes of Water   Wicked Chemistry

            Heat vs. Temperature                 Density of Earth Materials

12.   Define chemistry, matter, atom, element, compound and mixture.

13.   List the states of matter.

14.   Distinguish between physical and chemical changes.

15.   Distinguish between pure substances, homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.

16.   Compare miscible and immiscible mixtures.

17.   Understand what chemical formulas represent.

18.   Describe, on a molecular level, the changes that occur as a solid is heated to a gas.

19.   Define evaporation, condensation, sublimation, boiling point and melting point.

20.   Explain the difference between heat and temperature.

21.   Explain the kinetic theory.

22.   Explain the laws of conservation of energy and mass.

Atoms, the Periodic Table, and Chemical Reactions

Read chapters 3, 4, 5 & 6: Spectrum book, pages 68-94, 115-122, 148-179 & 199-206.

Labs and Activities:

            Atomic Jungle               Balancing Act                          May I Cut In?            

Mystery Powders            Hydrolysis of Water                  4^th of July

23.   Describe the history of the model of the atom.

24.   Describe the present nuclear model on an atom.

25. Name and calculate the number of each particle of an atom.

26.   Draw and correctly label models, for any element on the Periodic Table.

27.   Explain ionic vs. covalent atomic bonds.

28.   Use the Periodic Table of Elements to predict an atom’s structure and its reactivity.

Atoms to Minerals

Read Chapter 3 of the Earth Science book by Heath, pages 28-41.

Labs and Activities:

            Crystals and Crystal Systems

29.   Define a mineral and give 5 characteristics minerals must have.

30.   Describe how minerals form.

31.   List and describe the six crystalline systems.

How to Know the  Minerals

Read Chapter 4 of the Earth Science book by Heath, pages 46-61.

Labs and Activities:

            Identification of Minerals

32. Define color, luster, crystal shape, streak, cleavage & hardness.

33. Explain how to perform the following tests; streak, hardness, acid, and magnetic.

34. Explain how we use the results of the tests to identify minerals.

35. List characteristics of micas, calcite, feldspars, quartz & silicates.

36. Use specific gravity to distinguish metals from nonmetals.

The Chemical Basis of Life

 Read Chapter 4 of the Chemical Basis of Life Packet, pages 1-19

Labs and Activities:

            Chemistry of Carbohydrates 4-2            Chemistry Fats and Proteins 4-3

37.   List important properties of water, including its molecular structure.

38.   Distinguish between mixtures, solutions and suspensions.

39.   Describe the structure and properties of acids, bases and the pH scale.

40.   List the four most abundant elements in most living things.

41.   Describe the structure and function of four organic molecules in most living things.

Motion and Forces

 Read Chapter 8 of the Spectrum book, pages 250-274

Labs and Activities:

            Rolling Ball Lab                                    Egg Drop Project

 42. Calculate speed and velocity and know the formula.

43. Distinguish between speed and velocity.

44. Define and calculate momentum using the formula.

45. Define and calculate acceleration using the formula.

46. Define force, balanced forces and unbalanced forces.

47. Define friction, air resistance and gravity.

48. List, define and explain Newton’s Three Laws of Motion.

49. Define freefall, terminal velocity and weight.

Energy and Work

 Read Chapter 9 of the Spectrum book (omit section 9.2), pages 282-290 & 297-314

Labs and Activities:

            How High Does the Ball Bounce?

50. Define and calculate work using the formula.

51. Define and calculate power using the formula.

52. Define and calculate Gravitational Potential Energy using the formula.

53. Define and calculate Kinetic Energy using the formula.

54. List forms of energy other that Potential and Kinetic.

55. Explain energy transformations in a system.  (ex: in a roller coaster)

56. Explain the Law of Conservation of Mass and Law of Conservation of Energy.

Rocks and the Rock Cycle

Read Chapter 5 of the Earth Science book by Heath, pages 62-76.

Labs and Activities:

            Igneous Rock Lab                      Sedimentary Rock Lab

            Metamorphic Rock Lab

57. How are igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks formed?

58. How are igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks grouped?

59. Give examples for each group:

            *igneous rocks= felsic & mafic; coarse, fine and no crystals

            *sedimentary= clastic(3), organic(2) and chemical(2)

            *metamorhpic= foliated(3) and nonfoliated(2)

60. Explain the rock cycle.

Chapter 13: Plate Tectonics

Read Chapter 13 of the Earth Science book by Heath, pages 230-247

Labs and Activities:

            Patterns of Magnetic polarity             Plate Boundaries

            Plate Tectonics Essays #1- #3

 61. Define and explain the following boundaries:

                                                *Diverging

                                                *Sliding

                                                *Converging  (subducting & collision)

62. Define and locate lithosphere and asthenosphere.

63. Give and explanation for plate movements including the terms heating, cooling,

convection currents and density.

64. Define and give evidence for continental drift.

65. Tie in the Earth's magnetic field, volcanoes, earthquakes to plate tectonics.

Chapter 14 & 15: Volcanism, Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

Read Chapter 14 (Topics 1-6), pages 252-256 & Chapter 15 (Topics 1-4), pages 270-273

Labs and Activities:

            Volcanic Rocks Activity             Plate Tectonic Essays #4 & #5

 66.  Compare and contrast the composition, color and formation of             mafic and felsic rocks.

67.  Define and explain what causes earthquakes.

68.  Compare and contrast the motion, speed and medium of S, P and L waves.

69.  Define earthquake focus.

70.  Define epicenter.

71.  Explain the elastic-rebound theory.

72.  Where were the largest earthquakes in the U.S.?

73.  How does the medium the earthquake travels in relate to the damage it may cause?

Chapter 32: The Rock Record

Read Chapter 32 of the Earth Science book by Heath, pages 596-609

Lab and Activities:

            Rock Correlation                    Interpreting Geologic History

74.  Define relative and absolute time.

75.  List and explain 3 laws for finding relative time.

76.  List and explain 3 methods for telling absolute time.

77.  List and explain 3 ways fossils are preserved in rocks.

78.  Define and give examples of index fossils and key beds.

79.  Explain how fossils are used as evidence for evolution.

Chapter 33 & 34: Archean Through Cenozoic Eras

Read Chapter 33 of the Earth Science book by Heath, pages 614-623

Read Chapter 34 of the Earth Science book by Heath, pages 628-639

Labs and Activities:

            Geologic Timeline

 80.  Compare and contrast the age, life, geology and climate of the

            following Eras, periods and epochs.

                        Archean Era

                        Proterozoic Era

                        Paleozoic Era (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian,

                                                Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian)

                        Mesozoic Era (Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous)

                        Cenozoic Era (Tertiary, Quarternary, Pleistocene epoch)

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