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SPI/Description / Learning Goals / Vocabulary / ResourcesUnit: Scientific Inquiry / First 9-Weeks
Embedded Inquiry
SPI 0807.Inq.1 --- Design a simple experimental procedure with an identified control and appropriate variables.
SPI 0807.Inq.2 --- Select tools and procedures needed to conduct a moderately complex experiment.
SPI 0807.Inq.3 --- Interpret and translate data in a table, graph, or diagram.
SPI 0807.Inq.4 --- Draw a conclusion that establishes a cause and effect relationship supported by evidence.
SPI 0807.Inq.5 --- Identify a faulty interpretation of data that is due to bias or experimental error.
Embedded Technology and Engineering
SPI 0807.T/E.1 --- Identify the tools and procedures needed to test the design features of a prototype.
SPI 0807.T/E.2 --- Evaluate a protocol to determine if the engineering design process was successfully applied.
SPI 0807.T/E.3 --- Distinguish between the intended benefits and the unintended consequences of a new technology.
SPI 0807.T/E.4 --- Differentiate between adaptive and assistive engineered products (e.g. food, biofuels, medicines, integrated pest management).
*** Students need to review this Unit at the beginning of the school year and then embed the SPI’s in other Units during the school year. / -- Describe three methods of an
investigation.
-- Identify benefits of Science in the
world around you.
-- Describe jobs that use Science.
-- Identify the steps used in Scientific
methods.
-- Formulate testable Hypothesis.
-- Explain how Scientific Methods
are used to answer questions and
solve problems.
-- Describe how Models are used to
represent the natural world.
-- Identify three types of Scientific
Models.
-- Describe Theories and Laws.
-- Explain how Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics are
related.
-- Identify ways that Technology
responds to Social, Political, and
Economic Needs.
-- Explain the Engineering Design
Process for developing New
Technologies.
-- Describe Technology in terms of
its Intended Benefits and
Unintended Consequences.
-- Identify tools used to collect and
analyze data.
-- Explain importance of Metric
System.
-- Identify the appropriate units to
use for particular measurements
-- Identify safety symbols. / Primary Vocabulary:
-- Adaptive Bioengineering
-- Assistive Bioengineering
-- Bias
-- Bioengineering
-- Control Variable
-- Dependent Variable
-- Hypothesis
-- Independent Variable
-- Prototype
-- Scientific Law
-- Scientific Method
-- Scientific Theory
-- Variable
Secondary Vocabulary:
-- Data
-- Engineering
-- Gradulated Cylinder
-- Meter stick
-- Model
-- Observation
-- Science
-- Spring Scale
-- Stopwatch
-- Technology
-- Thermometer
-- Triple-Beam Balance / -- Book Resources (pg. 2 – 43)
-- Measurements
-- Measurement Interactive
-- Create Graph
-- Scientific Method Activity
-- Engineering Design Process
-- Experimental Controls and Variables
-- How Science Works Powerpoints
Essential Question: How does the Scientific Method and Engineering Design Process improve your quality of life?
Essential Question: What tools are used to conduct a proper Scientific Investigation?
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SPI/Description / Learning Goals / Vocabulary / ResourcesUnit: Matter / First 9-Weeks
Matter
SPI 0807.9.1 --- Recognize that all Matter consists of Atoms.
SPI 0807.9.2 --- Identify the common outcome of all Chemical Changes.
SPI 0807.9.6 --- Compare the particle arrangement and type of particle motion associated with different States of Matter.
SPI 0807.9.8 --- Interpret the results of an investigation to determine whether a Physical or Chemical Change has occurred.
**** Remember **** The Inquiry and Technology/Engineering Standards are Embedded into your Curriculum all Year. / -- Describe the two properties of all
Matter.
-- Identify the units used to measure
Volume and Mass.
-- Compare Mass and Weight.
-- Explain the relationship between
Mass and Inertia.
-- Identify examples of Physical
Properties of Matter.
-- Describe how Density is used to
identify substances.
-- Identify examples of Physical
Changes.
-- Explain what happens to Matter
during a Physical Change.
-- Identify examples of Chemical
Properties of Matter.
-- Explain what happens during a
Chemical Change.
-- Distinguish between Physical and
Chemical Changes.
-- Describe the properties shared by
particles of all Matter.
-- DescribeFour States of Matter.
-- Explain the differences between
the States of Matter.
-- Describe several factors that
affect how Gases behave.
-- Predict how a change in Pressure
or Temperature will affect the
Volume of a Gas.
-- Describe how energy is involved in
changes of State of Matter.
-- Explain what happens in Melting,
Freezing, Evaporation, Condensation,
and Sublimation. / Primary Vocabulary:
-- Chemical Change
-- Density
-- Endothermic Reaction
-- Exothermic Reaction
-- Gas
-- Gravitation (Gravity)
-- Liquid
-- Matter
-- Physical Change
-- Solid
Secondary Vocabulary:
-- Beaker
-- Boyle’s Law
-- Charles Law
-- Condensation
-- Deposition
-- Evaporation
-- Freezing
-- Graduated Cylinder
-- Mass
-- Melting
-- Meniscus
-- Plasma
-- Pressure
-- Sublimation
-- Volume
-- Weight / -- Book Resources (pg. 180 – 229)
-- Chemistry Resources
-- Matter Lesson Plan
-- Solid, Liquid, and Gas Animated Comparison
-- What is Density? Lesson Plan
-- Density: Sink and Float for Solids (Lesson Plan)
-- Density: Sink and Float for Liquids (Lesson Plan)
-- Principles of Chemistry
-- Chemistry Interactive Simulations
-- Reading a Triple Beam Balance
-- Structure and Properties of Matter (Reading Comprehension)
-- Density Simulation
-- How to Calculate Density of Solid
-- How to Calculate Density of Liquid
-- Density Column Inquiry Challenge
-- Volume and Density Lesson Plans
-- 9 Layer Density Tower
-- Chemical Change versus Physical Change
-- Changes of State -- Melting (Lesson Plan)
-- Gas Lesson Plan
-- Solid, Liquid, Gas Demostration
-- States of Matter Simulation
-- Temperature Changes Everything
-- States of Matter
Essential Question: How does the structure of Matter influence its Physical and Chemical Properties?
Essential Question: Describe how Water (H2O) can be found in all Four States of Matter?
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SPI/Description / Learning Goals / Vocabulary / ResourcesUnit: Atom / First 9-Weeks
Atom
SPI 0807.9.1 --- Recognize that all matter consists of atoms.
SPI 0807.9.6 --- Compare the particle arrangement and type of particle motion associated with different States of Matter.
**** Remember **** The Inquiry and Technology/Engineering Standards are Embedded into your Curriculum all Year. / -- Describe the most important
experiments that led to the
current Atomic Theory.
-- Compare the different theories of
the Atom.
-- Recognize that the idea of the
Atom is dated all the way back to
440 BCE.
-- Explain how new technology has
changed the theory of the Atom
over time.
-- Describe the size of an Atom.
-- Identify the different parts of an
Atom.
-- Describe the relationship between
Atomic Number and the number
of Protons and Neutrons.
-- Identify the different charges
found inside an Atom.
-- Explain what the number of
Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons
tells you about the properties of
an Atom.
-- State how Isotopes are different
than the Element on the Periodic
Table.
-- Explain how to calculate the
Atomic Mass of an Element.
-- Describe the different Forces that
holds an Atom together.
-- Explain that the job of the Proton
is Identification.
-- Explain that the job of the
Neutron is to determine its
Radioactivity.
-- Explain that the job of the
Electron is Bonding. / Primary Vocabulary:
-- Atom
-- Atomic Mass
-- Atomic Number
-- Electron
-- Element
-- Neutron
-- Proton
Secondary Vocabulary:
-- Anode
-- Carbon Dating
-- Cathode
-- Cathode Rays
-- Electrodes
-- Electron Cloud
-- Half-Life
-- Isotope
-- Nucleus
-- Radioactive Decay
-- Transmutation / -- Book Resources (pg. 258 – 277)
-- Chemistry Resources
-- Everything is made of Atoms
-- Web Elements Periodic Table
-- Hunting the Elements Video
Essential Question: What does the number of Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons tell you about an unidentified Element?
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SPI/Description / Learning Goals / Vocabulary / ResourcesUnit: Periodic Table / First 9-Weeks
Periodic Table
SPI 0807.9.1 --- Recognize that all Matter consists of Atoms.
SPI 0807.9.3 --- Classify common substances as Elements or Compounds based on their symbols or formulas.
SPI 0807.9.9 --- Use the Periodic Table to determine the properties of an Element.
**** Remember **** The Inquiry and Technology/Engineering Standards are Embedded into your Curriculum all Year. / -- Describe how Dmitri Mendeleev
arranged the known Elements on
the first version of the Periodic
Table.
-- Explain how Henry Moseley
arranged the modern Periodic
Table.
-- Compare Metals, Nonmetals, and
Metalloids based on their
properties and location on the
Periodic Table.
-- Identify the difference between
Group and Period.
-- Explain why Elements in a group
often have similar properties.
-- Explain the properties of the
Alkali Metal Group, Alkaline Earth
Metal Group, Halogen Group, and
the Noble Gases Group.
-- Identify the location of Transition
and Representative Elements.
-- Compare Actinide and Lanthanide
Metals.
-- Identify that Bromine and
Mercury are the only Liquid
Elements at room temperature.
-- Recognize that Alkali Metal Group
arethe most reactive Metal Group
and Halogen Group is the most
reactive Nonmetal Group. / Primary Vocabulary:
-- Atom
-- Atomic Number
-- Atomic Mass
-- Electron
-- Element
-- Metal
-- Metalloid
-- Neutron
-- Nonmetal
-- Periodic Table
Secondary Vocabulary:
-- Actinides
-- Alkali Metal
-- Alkaline Earth Metal
-- Ductile
-- Group
-- Halogens
-- Lanthanides
-- Luster
-- Malleable
-- Noble Gases
-- Period
-- Representative
-- Semiconductor
-- Transition / -- Book Resources (pg. 282 – 303)
-- Chemistry Resources
-- Periodic Table Lesson Plan
-- Characteristics of Elements
-- Adopt an Element
-- Interactive Periodic Table
-- Periodic Table Game
-- Periodic Table and Element Information
-- History of Periodic Table
-- Universal Periodic Table Activity
-- Determine Mystery Elements by their Properties
-- Periodic Videos
-- Meet the Elements Video
-- Periodic Table: Ferocious Elements
Essential Question: In what ways have Element individual properties determined their order on the Periodic Table?
Essential Question: Are certain Element properties more important than others in determining their location on the Periodic Table?
Essential Question: How do you determine the identity of an unknown Element?
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SPI/Description / Learning Goals / Vocabulary / ResourcesUnit: Element, Compound, and Mixture / Second 9-Weeks
Element, Compound, and Mixture SPI 0807.9.1 --- Recognize that all Matter consists of Atoms.
SPI 0807.9.2 --- Identify the common outcome of all Chemical Changes.
SPI 0807.9.3 --- Classify common substances as Elements or Compounds based on their symbols or formulas.
SPI 0807.9.4 --- Differentiate between a Mixture and a Compound.
SPI 0807.9.5 --- Describe the chemical makeup of the atmosphere.
SPI 0807.9.9 --- Use the Periodic Table to determine the properties of an Element.
**** Remember **** The Inquiry and Technology/Engineering Standards are Embedded into your Curriculum all Year. / -- Describe Pure Substances.
-- Describe the characteristics of
Elements and list examples.
-- Explain how Elements can be
identified.
-- Classify Elements according to
their properties.
-- Explain how Elements make up
Compounds.
-- Describe the properties of
Compounds.
-- Explain how a Compound can be
broken down into its Elements.
-- Give examples of common
Compounds.
-- Describe the properties of
Mixtures.
-- Describe several methods of
separating the parts of a Mixture.
-- Analyze a Solution in terms of its
Solute and Solvent.
-- Explain how concentration affects
a Solution.
-- Describe the particles in a
Suspension.
-- Explain how a Colloid differs from
a Solution and a Suspension / Primary Vocabulary:
-- Compound
-- Chemical Change
-- Element
-- Metal
-- Metalloid
-- Nonmetal
-- Physical Change
Secondary Vocabulary:
-- Alloys
-- Centrifuge
-- Colloids
-- Distillation
-- Ductile
-- Luster
-- Malleable
-- Mixture
-- Oxygen
-- Pure Substance
-- Nitrogen
-- Solubility
-- Solute
-- Solution
-- Solvent
-- Suspension / -- Book Resources (pg. 232 – 253)
-- Chemistry Resources
-- Gases in Atmosphere
-- Molecules and Compounds
-- Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
-- Separating Mixtures
-- Elements and Compounds Video
-- Mixtures Videos
-- Differentiate between Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
-- Solutions and Mixtures
-- Alloys
Essential Question: Why would Industries rather recycle Aluminum than mine new Aluminum from the ground? (The answer has nothing to do with the environment.) HINT: In your answer, tell me the process of making Aluminum Cans.
Essential Question: How are Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures Alike? How do they differ? (Pure Substance needs to be in answer)
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SPI/Description / Learning Goals / Vocabulary / ResourcesUnit: Chemical Bonding / Second 9-Weeks
Chemical Bonding
SPI 0807.9.1 --- Recognize that all Matter consists of Atoms.
SPI 0807.9.2 --- Identify the common outcome of all Chemical Changes.
SPI 0807.9.3 --- Classify common substances as Elements or Compounds based on their symbols or formulas.
SPI 0807.9.4 --- Differentiate between a Mixture and a Compound.
SPI 0807.9.5 --- Describe the chemical makeup of the atmosphere.
SPI 0807.9.9 --- Use the Periodic Table to determine the properties of an Element.
**** Remember **** The Inquiry and Technology/Engineering Standards are Embedded into your Curriculum all Year. / -- Describe Chemical Bonding.
-- Identify the location of Valence
Electrons around each Atom.
-- Use the Periodic Table to
determine the number of Valence
Electrons in an Atom.
-- Predict whether an Atom is likely
to form Bonds.
-- Explain how Ionic Bonds Form.
(Metals and Nonmetals)
-- Describe how Positive Ions form.
-- Describe how Negative Ions form.
-- Explain why Ionic Compounds are
Neutral.
-- List examples of Compounds that
form by Ionic Compounds.
-- Explain how Covalent Bonds form.
(Nonmetal and Nonmetal)
-- List examples of Compounds that
form by Covalent Bonds.
-- Describe how molecules form.
-- Recognize the difference between
Compounds that form by Single
and Double Bonds.
-- Explain how Metallic bonds form.
(Metal and Metal)
-- Describe the properties of Metals. / Primary Vocabulary:
-- Atomic Number
-- Chemical Change
-- Compound
-- Electron
-- Element
Secondary Vocabulary:
-- Chemical Bond
-- Covalent Bond
-- Diatomic Bond
-- Electron Cloud
-- Electron Dot Diagram
-- Energy Level
-- Ion
-- Ionic Bond
-- Metallic Bond
-- Valence Electrons / -- Book Resources (pg. 308 – 327)
-- Chemistry Resources
-- Compounds (Chemical Bonding)
-- Interactive Periodic Table
-- Bond with a Classmate
Essential Question: Explain why Oxygen is a fairly reactive Element while Neon is not.
Essential Question: Explain why Beryllium loses Electrons when forming Ionic Bonds, while Sulfur gains Electrons?
Essential Question: How do you determine if a Compound is formed by Ionic Bonds or Covalent Bonds?
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SPI/Description / Learning Goals / Vocabulary / ResourcesUnit: Chemical Reactions / Second 9-Weeks
Chemical Reactions
SPI 0807.9.1 --- Recognize that all Matter consists of Atoms.
SPI 0807.9.2 --- Identify the common outcome of all Chemical Changes.
SPI 0807.9.3 --- Classify common substances as Elements or Compounds based on their symbols or formulas.
SPI 0807.9.4 --- Differentiate between a Mixture and a Compound.
SPI 0807.9.7 --- Apply an equation to determine the Density of an object based on its Mass and Weight.
SPI 0807.9.8 --- Interpret the results of an investigation to determine whether a Physical or Chemical Change has occurred.
SPI 0807.9.9 --- Use the Periodic Table to determine the properties of an Element.
SPI 0807.9.10 --- Identify the Reactant and Products of a Chemical Reaction.
SPI 0807.9.11 --- Recognizes that in a Chemical Reaction the Mass of the Reactants is equal to the Mass of the Products (Law of Conservation of Mass)
**** Remember **** The Inquiry and Technology/Engineering Standards are Embedded into your Curriculum all Year. / -- Describe how Chemical Reactions
produce new substances that have
different Chemical and Physical
Properties.
-- Identify the signs that indicate a
Chemical Reaction might be
taking place.
-- Explain what happens to Chemical
Bonds during a Chemical Reaction.
-- Interpret simple Chemical
Formulas.
-- Balance simple Chemical
Equations.
-- Explain how a balanced Chemical
Equation shows the Law of
Conservation of Mass.
-- Describe the four types of
Chemical Reactions.
-- Classify a Chemical Equation as
one o the four types of Chemical
Reactions. / Primary Vocabulary:
-- Chemical Change
-- Chemical Equation
-- Chemical Reaction
-- Compound
-- Element
-- Endothermic Reaction
-- Exothermic Reaction
-- Law of Conservation of
Mass
-- Physical Change
-- Product
-- Reactant
Secondary Vocabulary:
-- Activation Energy
-- Catalyst
-- Chemical Formula
-- Coefficient
-- Decomposition Reaction
-- Double Displacement
Reaction
-- Inhibitor
-- Prefix
-- Reaction Rate
-- Single Displacement
Reaction
-- Subscript
-- Synthesis Reaction / -- Book Resources (pg. 332 – 357)
-- Chemistry Resources
-- What is a Chemical Reaction?
-- Controlling Products in Chemical Reactions
-- Chemical Reaction (Lesson Plan)
-- Balancing Equations Interactive 1
-- Balancing Equations Interactive 2
-- Types of Chemical Reactions
-- Naming Ionic Compounds 1
-- Naming Ionic Compounds 2
-- Physical and Chemical Changes 1
-- Physical and Chemical Changes 2
-- Limestone Carbon Dioxide Test
-- Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
-- Chemical Reaction Activities
-- Chemical Reaction Interactive
-- Milk and Glue Activity
-- Conservation of Mass in Chemical Reaction
Essential Question: How does a Physical and Chemical Change affect the properties and structure of an object?
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SPI/Description / Learning Goals / Vocabulary / ResourcesUnit: Classification / Third 9-Weeks
Biodiversity
SPI 0807.5.1 --- Use a simple Classification Key to identify an unknown organism.
**** Remember **** The Inquiry and Technology/Engineering Standards are Embedded into your Curriculum all Year. / -- Explain why and how organisms
are classified.
-- List the eight levels of
Classification.
-- Explain where Scientific Names
come from.
-- Describe how Dichotomous Keys
help in identifying organisms.
-- Explain the history of Classifying
organisms.
-- Explain the differences between
Prokayotic and Eukaryotic
organisms.
-- Describe the three Domains.
-- Identify the 6 Kingdoms.
-- Describe the four Kingdoms in the
Domain Eukarya.
-- Differentiate the Bacteria
Domains of Archaea and Bacteria. / Primary Vocabulary:
-- Biodiversity
-- Class
-- Classification
-- Dichotomous Key
-- Domain
-- Family
-- Genus
-- Kingdom
-- Order
-- Phylum
-- Species
Secondary Vocabulary:
-- Animalia
-- Archaeabacteria
-- Autotrophic
-- Binomial Nomenclature
-- Branching Diagram
-- Decomposer
-- DomainArchaea
-- Domain Bacteria
-- DomainEukarya
-- Eubacteria
-- Fungi
-- Heterotrophic
-- Plantae
-- Protista
-- Taxonomy / -- Book Resources (pg. 46 – 63)
-- Life Science Resources
-- Classification
-- Dichotomous Key Fish
-- Animal Classification
-- Kingdoms of Life
-- Topics in Biodiversity
-- What is Biological Classification?
-- Dichotomous Key (Household Stuff)
-- Classification Interactive Sites
-- Shark Dichotomous Key
- What is the key to Classification?
-- The Animal Kingdom
-- Antarctica -- Blubber Glove
-- Biodiversity Breakdown
Essential Question: How has the Classification System of naming unknown organisms changed over time?