Course Outline:
The following Reporting Standards (in BOLD type) will be covered in this course (subject to change)
Matter and Its Interactions:
Understand a substance has physical (density, boiling point and solubility) and chemical (reactivity, pH) properties. Understands mixtures can be separated into their original substances based on their physical properties.
Understand the differences between physical and chemical changes. Understand that matter is neither created nor destroyed.
Understand the structure of an atom in terms of neutrons, protons and electrons.
Atmosphere and Weather:
Understand the role of the greenhouse effect on the global climate.
Understand the interaction between the factors that affect a weather system
Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer:
Understand how waves act and interact. Understand that the behavior of waves is caused by reflection, refraction, and absorption. Understand how reflection and absorption produces color.
Understand the properties and uses of different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Understand the concept of wave intensity (energy delivered/area). Understand the properties of different types of radiation.
Earth’s Place in the Universe:
Understand the role of gravity in forming and maintaining galaxies, stars, and the solar system. Understand the life cycle of a star.
Understand the evidence for the age, origin, and process of formation of the universe as currently understood by science. Understands the tools and technology used by astronomers to gather information about the universe. (Resources: Chapter 15, 30, 31 and 32, electronic resources as assigned)
Understand the sun’s gravity holds the Earth and other planets in their orbits, just as each planet’s gravity keeps its moons in orbit. Understand how mass relates to gravity.
Understand our location within the galaxy and that other galaxies exist with their own components. Understand how and why light years describe distances in the universe.