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ESSENTIAL UNITS OF STUDYUnit 1:
Motion, Force + Work
Unit 2:
Energy Transformations
Unit 3:
Waves
Unit 4:
Properties of Matter
Unit 5:
Behaviors+ Characteristics of Matter
Unit 6:
Chemical Changes in Matter
Unit 7:
Solutions Chemistry
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CONTENT TOPICS★Motion
Position
Displacement
Time
Speed
Acceleration

dt and st graphs
Investigate Cart/Car Motion
Deceleration
Balanced & Unbalanced Forces
Newton's Laws
Force and Machines
KE PE
Law of Conservation of Energy

★Heat Transfer

Renewable and non-renewable energy trasformations

+/- Energy sources and impacts on society and environment
DSA 1 (Click HERE for dates)★Electrical Forces

Magnets and Electrical Forces

Series and Parallel Circuits, conductors

★Waves: reflection, refraction and absorption
Chemical Properties

★Physical and Chemical Props of element and compounds
color
density
viscocity
buoyancy
BP
FP
conductivity
reactivity

State Changes: arrangement of matter and energy
DSA 2 (Click HERE for dates)Solids, Liquids and Gases

★Periodic Table, Behavior, Bonding, Classification
Chemical changes and valence electrons

★Law of Conservation of Mass

Exo- and Endothermic Reactions

Environmental and Economic End-Products of Chemical Reactions
Water as a solvent

★Solubility
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READINESS TEKS★4A 4CD, 5B5D
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SUPPORTING TEKS4BEF, 5A 5HI, 7E★4G
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PROCESS TEKS2CD, 3F1C, 3BCDE1B, 3E3E3ADF3E3E
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Suggested Argument-Driven Inquiry Labs
(Physical Science Book)
ADI Lab 7: mass and Free Fall: How does mass affect the amount of time it takes for an object to fall to the ground?

ADI Lab 8: Force and Motion: How do changes in pulling forces affect the motion of an object?

ADI Lab 9: Mass and Motion: How do changes in the mass of an object affect its motion?
ADI Lab 15: Thermal Energy and Specific Heat: Which material has the greatest specific heat? ADI Lab 10: Magnetic Force: How is the strength of an electromagnet affected by the number of turns of wire in a coil?

ADI Lab 11: Design Challenge: Which electromagnet design is best for picking up 50 paper clips?

ADI Lab 16: Electrical Energy and Lightbulbs: How does the arrangement of lightbulbs that are connected to a battery affect the brightness of a single bulb in that curcuit?

ADI Lab 19: Wave Properties: How do frequency, amplitude, and wavelength of a transverse wave affect its energy?

ADI Lab 20: Reflection and Refraction: How can you predict where a ray of light will go when it comes in contact with differnet types of transparent materials?

ADI Lab 22: Design Challenge: How should eyeglasses be shaped to correct for nearsightedness and farsightedness?
ADI Lab 2: Chemical and Phyiscal Changes: What set of Rules should we use to distiguish between chemical and physical changes in matter?

ADI Lab 3: Physical Properties of Matter: What are the identities of the unknown substances?
N/AADI Lab 4: Conservation of Mass: How does the total mass of the substances formed as a result of a chemial change compare with the total massof the origianl substances?
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