Teaching Schedule
1st Block |
Planning |
2nd Block |
Physical Science |
3rd Block |
Physical Science |
4th Block |
Physical Science |
Course Overview
The Physical Science curriculum is designed to continue the investigation of the physical sciences begun in earlier grades. This course is laboratory-based science class in which students will study the principals of chemistry and physics that include matter, energy, structure of atoms, chemical reactions, forces, and motion. |
Student Competency Goals
1. The student will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry.
2. The student will construct an understanding of forces and motion.
3. The student will analyze energy and its conservation.
4. The student will construct an understanding of electricity and magnetism.
5. The student will build an understanding of the structure and properties of matter.
6.The student will build an understanding of regularities in chemistry.
1. The student will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry.
2. The student will construct an understanding of forces and motion.
3. The student will analyze energy and its conservation.
4. The student will construct an understanding of electricity and magnetism.
5. The student will build an understanding of the structure and properties of matter.
6.The student will build an understanding of regularities in chemistry.
Plans of Study
Unit 1 - Matter: Types, Properties, Structure and Change (PSc. 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3)
Unit 2 - Atomic Structure, the Bohr Model, Dot Diagrams, and The Periodic Table (PSc. 2.1.4 and 2.2.1)
Unit 3 - Types of Chemical Bonds, Chemical Formulas, and Names (PSc. 2.2.2 and 2.2.3)
Unit 4 - Balancing Chemical Equations and Reaction Types (PSc. 2.2.4 and 2.2.5)
Unit 5 - Characteristics and Interactions of Acids and Bases (PSc. 2.2.6)
Unit 6 - Nuclear Reactions and Radioactive Decay (PSc. 2.3.1 and 2.3.2)
Unit 7 - Frame of Reference, Distance, Displacement, Speed, Velocity, Acceleration and Momentum (PSc. 1.1.1 and 1.1.2)
Unit 8 - Newton’s Three Laws of Motion, Gravitation Force, Frictional Force (PSc. 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3)
Unit 9 - Thermal Energy and Its Transfer, Law of Conservation of Energy, Work, Power and Simple Machines (PSc. 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4)
Unit 10 - Interactions and Relationships Among Wave Frequency, Wave Period, Wave Velocity and Wavelength (PSc. 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4)
Unit 11 - Static and Current Electricity, Series and Parallel Circuits and Ohm’s Law, Resistance (PSc. 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3)