Physical+Science

Study Of Matter I can classify matter based upon observable characteristics (physical and chemical). I will be able to defend their classifications using the characteristics. I can classify matter into the divisions of elements, compounds and mixtures. I can compare and contrast the difference between elements and compounds.
 * 1) Explain the differences between Solids, Liquids, Gases on a particle level. Illustrate each phase of matter with a particle diagram showing the arrangement and movement of particles.
 * 1) Compare and contrast heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures.
 * 2) Name an example of a heterogenous mixture and defend your choice with a detailed description of the characteristics of the example.
 * 3) Categorize the following substances as compounds or mixtures... justify each of your categorizations.
 * 1) Provide an example of a an element and a compound and defend your choice with a detailed description of the characteristics of the example.
 * 2) Categorize the following substances as elements or compounds... justify each of your categorizations.

I will be able to draw a representation of an atom's structure using Bohr and Lewis Dot structures. I can describe how an atom will react based upon its atomic structure. (valence electrons) I will describe how neutrons affect the mass and stqability of the nucleus. I will analyze the patterns that develop when the atoms are placed in order of increasing atomic number. I will describe how the atomic mass does not affect the patterns of the atomic chart in any way.
 * 1) Demonstrate the similarities between Bohr and Lewis Dot structures with an example of each and a written description.

Students can draw models of ionic and covalent bonds. Students can use 3D chemical models to show how bonds are arranged in molecules and rearranged in chemical reactions. Students can defend the law of conservation of mass with example experiments, the balancing of chemical equations and conservation of mass mathematical equations. Students can perform mathematical equations that demonstrate nuclear decay. Students can describe the reason for nuclear decay. Students can describe the processes of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.

Forces, Motion, and Energy

I can describe the motion of an object based on the observer’s frame of reference. I can analyze motion in terms of position, speed, velocity, acceleration and time

I can describe how an unbalanced force acts on an object. I can analyze the interaction of forces between two objects. I can describe how the rate at which motion changes is proportional to applied force. I can describe how the rate at which motion changes is inversely proportional to the mass.

I can describe the three ways that waves interact with medium: reflection, absorbed, and superposed. I can analyze the way that waves will bend when encountering a new medium.

I can describe how waves interact with each other. I can describe how waves depend on the relative motion of the source and the observer.

The Universe

· Students can compare and contrast the characteristics of stars that are of different size, temperature, and age. · Students can describe how all elements were originally formed by nuclear reactions that occur in stars. · Students can describe how stars transform matter into energy in nuclear reactions. · Students can create a time line of a star’s life, describing a star’s formation and destruction. · Students can describe how gravitational attraction caused the creation of both stars and galaxies. · Students can describe how scientists estimate the age of the universe based on the measured expansion of the universe, or the red shift.