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Curriculum Mapping
Subject Area
Week Content
10
Science
Course Name
Biology/Physical Science Review
Date
June 5, 2006
Standards Addressed—not all
Skills/Benchmarks
Essential Questions
Assessments
standards are addressed completely in
this course
Physical Science II. Physical Science
1. The student will identify What are all material items in
Understanding Booklets
A. Structure of matter
protons, neutrons and
world composed of?
Labs
The student will understand the nature electrons as the major
What are the parts of an Atom? Test
of matter including its forms,
components of the atom, their What are the characteristics of
properties and interactions.
mass relative to one another, protons, neutrons, and electrons?
their arrangement and their What are the differences between
B. Chemical Reactions
charge.
a solid, liquid, and gas?
The student will describe chemical
2. The student will be able to How can the periodic table be
reactions and the factors that
explain the relationship of an used?
influence them.
element’s position on the
What are some characteristics of
periodic table to its atomic
compounds?
C. Energy Transformations
number and atomic mass.
How are compounds formed?
The student will understand energy 1. The student will describe How do you write a chemical
forms, transformations and transfers. chemical reactions using
formula?
words and symbolic
What is a reaction?
D. Motion
equations.
What are products and reactants?
The student will understand the nature 1. The student will use
What is energy?
of force and motion.
Newton’s three laws of
How are speed and velocity
motion to qualitatively and different?
quantitatively describe the
What are the differences between
interaction of objects.
potential and kinetic energy?
2. The student will describe What are Newton’s laws and
the effect of friction and
how do they apply to the world
gravity on the motion of an we live in?
object.
2. The student will
differentiate between kinetic
and potential energy and
identify situations where
kinetic energy is converted
into potential energy and vice
versa.
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Earth Science
III. Earth and Space Science
A Earth Structure and Processes
The student will understand that the
interactions of the atmosphere,
biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere
and space have resulted in ongoing
change of the Earth system over
geologic time.
The student will investigate the
impact humans have on the
environment.
The student will understand
the meaning of the terms
related to Earth’s structure,
cycles and our solar system.
B. The Water Cycle, Weather and
Climate
The student will explain the causes
and effects of the Earth’s atmospheric
and hydrologic processes.
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Life Science
C. The Universe
The student will relate the formation
and components of our solar system to
the conditions necessary for life.
The student will use astronomical data
to reveal the structure, scale, and
changes in the stars, galaxies and
universe over time.
IV. Life Science
A. Cells
The student will comprehend that all The student will understand
living things are composed of cells, the meaning of the terms
and that the life processes in a cell are related to living things,
based on molecular interactions.
ecology, and heredity.
D. Heredity
The student will explain how
inherited characteristics are encoded
by genes.
How are latitude and longitude Understanding Booklets
used to locate places on the
Labs
earth?
Test
What is the shape of the earth?
Which ocean is the largest?
What causes day and night, and
the seasons on the earth?
What are the layers of the earth?
How are mountains formed?
How does water effect our earth?
How wind patterns effect our
weather?
What are our solar systems
planets and what are they alike or
different?
What are main features all cells Understanding Booklets
share?
Labs
How are plant and animal cells Test
different?
How do food chains and food
webs work?
What are a few of the human
impacts on the ecosystems?
Where are the genes of all living
things found?