Physical Science
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Nov |
Dec |
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March |
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June |
Themes
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Matter and Energy in Ecosystems: How do matter and energy flow through ecosystems?
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Matter and Energy in Ecosystems: Continued |
Matter and Energy in Ecosystems: Continued |
Energy Transfer and Transformation: What is the role of energy in the world? Electricity and Magnetism |
Energy Transfer and Transformation: Continued |
Energy Transfer and Transformation: Continued |
Forces and Motion: What makes objects move the way they do? |
Forces and Motion: Continued |
Forces and Motion: Continued |
Summative Course Synthesis and Analysis |
Topics
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Ecosystems: Composed of all the populations that are living in a certain space and the physical factors with which they interact. |
Populations: Within ecosystems are affected by biotic factors, such as other populations and abiotic factors, such as soil and water supply. |
Populations: In ecosystems, can be categorized as producers, consumers and decomposers of organic matter. |
Energy and Work: Energy provides the ability to do work and can exist in many forms.
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Work: the process of making objects move through the application of force. |
Energy: Can be stored in many forms and be transformed into the energy of motion. |
Inertia: an subjects inertia causes it to continue moving the way it is moving unless it is acted upon by a force to change its motion. |
Motion of an object can be described by its position, direction of motion and speed. |
Unbalanced Force: Unbalanced force acting on an object changes its speed and/or direction of motion. |
Objects moving in circles must experience force acting toward the center. |
Standards
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C4 Describe how abiotic factors, such as temperature, water and sunlight, affect the ability of plants to create their own food through photosynthesis. |
C5 Explain how populations are affected by predator-prey relationships. |
C6 Describe common food webs in different Connecticut ecosystems. |
C12 Explain the relationship among force, distance and work, and use the relationship (W=FxD) to calculate work done in lifting heavy objects. |
C13 Explain how simple machines, such as inclined planes, pulleys and levers are used to create mechanical advantage. |
C14 Describe how different types of stored (potential) energy can be used to make objects move. |
C22 Calculate the average speed of a moving object and illustrate the motion of objects in graphs of distance over time. |
C23 Describe the qualitative relationships among force, mass and changes in motion. |
C23 Describe the qualitative relationships among force, mass and changes in motion |
C24 Describe the forces acting on an object moving in a circular path. |
Major Skills
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Course Synthesis and Summative Work |
Coached Projects, Labs and Seminars
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A World in a Bottle |
Change in a Tiny Community |
Experimental Design Biomes in Miniatrue |
The Versorium
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Construct a dimmer switch Hash Light Design |
Electrical Motor Construction |
Stopping on a dime |
Forced to Accelerate Science Fair |
Sink and Spill See-Saw Science Angling for Science |
Roller Coaster Development and Design |
Textbook Chapters |
Ch.2: Ecosystems and Biomes |
Ch.1:Populations and Communities |
Ch.1:Populations and Communities |
Chapter 5: Energy Chapter 3: Using Electricity and Magnetism |
Chapter 4: Work and Machines |
Chapter 6: Thermal Energy and Heat |
Chapter 1: Motion |
Chapter 2: Forces |
Chapter 1: Motion Chapter 2: Forces |
Summative Course Synthesis and Analysis |
