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2 | Science Investigations | |||||||||||||
3 | 40 Weeks: No HS Credit | |||||||||||||
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6 | Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | ||||||||||||
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8 | PS3-6: Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred by electric currents | PS4-3: Qualitatively support that digital signals are more reliably encoded than analog | ||||||||||||
9 | PS2-3: Question the data of the factors affecting strength of electric and magnetic factors | ESS3-2: Analyze natural hazards and forecasting technologies i.e., severe weather, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis | ||||||||||||
10 | PS4-1: Describing waves, qualitatively and quantitatively (frequency, amplitude, and wavelength) | ESS2-3: Analyze/interpret data on fossils, rocks, continents, sea floor & evidence of the past (continental drift, plate tectonics). Constructive and destructive forces. | ||||||||||||
11 | ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem | ESS3-1: Construct explanations on uneven distributions of minerals, energy, and groundwater in past and current geologic processes | ||||||||||||
12 | ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions by using a sytematic process | ETS1-4: Develop a model to generate data for testing and modifying to achieve an optimal design | ||||||||||||
13 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | ||||||||||||
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15 | ESS2-1: Model: Cycling of materials, rock cycle, erosion/weathering/deposition, mineral formation | LS4-2: Anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between past/modern organisms | ||||||||||||
16 | ESS2-2: Explain how processes change Earth's surface-plate motions, landslides, movement of water, glaciers | LS1-4: Animal behaviors and plant structures impact successful reproduction (ex: flower color, herding behavior, vocalization, etc.) | ||||||||||||
17 | ESS1-4: Explain how geologic timescale is used to organize Earth's history -rocks/fossils, mountain & ocean formations | LS3-2: Asexual vs sexual genetic variation | ||||||||||||
18 | LS4-1: Patterns in the fossil record; change in life forms over Earth's history | LS4-5: Human technologies that influence desired traits in organisms | ||||||||||||
19 | ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests to identify the best characteristics from solutions to combine into a better solution | |||||||||||||
20 | Collaborators | |||||||||||||
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22 | Salamone/Ozimek/O'Sullivan | |||||||||||||