Subject Area: Science

NCA Science Scope and Sequence: update January 2009

Subject Area: Science

1. General Science

1. Scientific Method

1. Define problem

1. Research

1. Hypothesis

1. Experiment

1. Conclusion

1. Measurement

1. Using the metric system

1. Volume

1. Weight

1. Mass

1. Density

1. Temperature

1. Laboratory Safety and Procedures

1. Life Science

1. Science and the Bible

1. What the Bible teaches about creation

1. Creationist Views

1. How evolution supposedly took place

1. Is there a record of evolution

1. Classifying Living Things

1. Reasons for classifying

1. Seven levels of classification

1. Scientific names

1. Problems with classification

1. Cells

1. Basic unit

1. Cell Theory

1. Cell Structure

1. Order among cells

1. Cellular Respiration

1. Genes

1. Mitosis and asexual reproduction

1. Meiosis and sexual reproduction

1. Modern Genetics

1. Heredity

1. Genetics

1. Microbiology

1. Kingdom Monera

1. Kingdom Protista

1. Kingdom Fungi

1. Botany

1. What are plants?

1. Photosynthesis

1. Plant families

1. Poisonous plants

1. Trees

1. Nonvascular plants (mosses, liverworts…)

1. Vascular plants

1. Plant anatomy

1. Plant functions

1. Plant resources

1. Plant reproduction

1. Zoology

1. What makes an animal

1. Warm blooded or cold blooded

1. Invertebrates

1. Porifera (ex. Sponges)

1. Cnidaria (ex. Jellyfish, anemone…)

1. Mollusks (bivalves, cephalopods, gastropods)

1. Echinoderms (ex. Starfish, sand dollars…)

1. Nematodes (round worms)

1. Annelids (segmented worms)

1. Platyhelminthes (flatworms)

1. Arthropods

1. Vertebrates – Phylum Chordata

1. Comparing body systems

1. Sexual reproduction in animals

1. Animal Behavior

1. Human Anatomy & Physiology

1. Digestive system

1. Respiratory system

1. Circulatory system

1. Excretory system

1. Nervous system

1. Endocrine system

1. Muscular system

1. Skeletal system

1. Integumentary system (includes skin)

1. Reproductive system

1. Christian Perspective on Human Relationships

1. Nutrition

1. Keeping Healthy

1. Ecology

1. The Ecosystem

1. Relationships between organisms

1. Natural resources

1. Earth Science

1. Astronomy

1. The earth’s motions

1. Stars

1. Sun

1. Planets

1. Other celestial bodies

1. Exploration of space

1. The Atmosphere

1. Meteorology

1. Water of the atmosphere

1. Movement in the atmosphere

1. Weather predictions

1. Violent Storms

1. The lithosphere

1. Science, Faith, and reason

1. Introduction to geology

1. Minerals and ores

1. Rocks and fossils

1. Mountains and high hills

1. Earthquakes

1. Volcanoes

1. Heated ground water

1. Physical Weathering

1. Chemical Weathering

1. Erosion

1. The Hydrosphere

1. Oceans and seas

1. Glaciers

1. Groundwater systems

1. Chemistry

1. Structure of Matter

1. Atoms

1. Molecules

1. Elements

1. Compounds

1. Kinetic theory of matter

1. Physical states of matter

1. Solids

1. Liquids

1. Gases

1. Plasma

1. Phase change in Matter

1. Heat exchange

1. Measuring energy in phase change

1. Thermal expansion

1. Vaporization

1. Freezing process

1. Solutions

1. Dissolving process

1. Types of solutions

1. Rate of solutions

1. Solvent selectivity

1. Measures of Concentration

1. Colligative properties

1. colloids

1. Water

1. Water molecule

1. Reaction of water - electrolysis

1. Water in compounds

1. Acids, bases, and salts

1. Definitions
   (Lewis, Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lewry)

1. Observable properties of acids and bases

1. Equilibrium

1. Neutralization

1. Atomic Model

1. Development of atomic model

1. Energy levels of subatomic particles

1. Nuclear atoms

1. Electron

1. Proton

1. Neutron

1. Nucleus

1. Isotopes

1. Electron Dot structure

1. Nuclear Reactions

1. Radioactivity

1. Radioactive decay

1. Fission

1. Fusion

1. Cosmic rays

1. Nuclear symbols and equations

1. Uses of nuclear energy

1. Classification of matter

1. Chemical and physical properties

1. Pure substances and mixtures

1. Elements and their symbols

1. Compounds and their formulas

1. Heterogeneous and homogenous mixtures

1. Classification of elements

1. Periodic Table of the elements

1. Family or groups

1. Periods or series

1. Trends in the Periodic Table

1. Atomic and Ionic radii

1. Ionization energy

1. Alkali metals

1. Alkaline earth metals

1. Transition metals

1. Post transition metals

1. Metalloids

1. Carbon

1. Halogens

1. Noble gases

1. Chemical bonds

1. How and why atoms bond

1. Quantum model and bonding

1. Ionic bonds

1. Covalent bonding

1. Metallic bonding

1. Describing Chemical composition

1. Oxidation numbers

1. Nomenclature: naming compounds

1. The Mole

1. Reactions

1. Chemical formulas

1. Chemical equations

1. Types of reactions

1. Describing chemical reactions

1. Stoichiometry

1. Chemical equilibrium

1. Theories of chemical equilibrium

1. Applications of equilibrium chemistry

1. Oxidations - Reduction

1. Redox reactions

1. Electrochemical reactions

1. Physical Science

1. Motion

1. Kinematics (description)

1. Straight-line motion

1. Vectors

1. Curved motion

1. Dynamics – causes

1. Force

1. Newton’s laws of motion

1. Orbital motion

1. Application

1. Work and energy

1. Conservation laws

1. Momentum – velocity, acceleration

1. Periodic motion

1. Gravity

1. Tension

1. Friction

1. Machines

1. Levers

1. Wheels & Axles

1. Pulleys

1. Inclined Planes

1. Screws

1. Wedges

1. Kinetics

1. Energy diagrams

1. Rates of reactions

1. Mechanisms

1. Collision theory

1. Rate laws

1. Heat

1. Thermal energy

1. Transferring thermal energy

1. Heat transfer mechanisms

1. Applying thermal energy

1. Thermodynamics

1. Electricity and Magnetism

1. Fluids

1. Electric charges

1. Electric fields

1. Electrodynamics

1. Current

1. Direct current circuits

1. Series & Parallel Circuits

1. Magnetism

1. Electromagnetism

1. Electronics

1. Optics

1. Light as energy

1. Geometric optics

1. Reflection

1. Refraction

1. wave optics

1. spectrum -color

1. illumination

1. dispersion of light

1. Sound

1. Nature of sound

1. Making sound

1. Receiving sound

1. Pitch

1. Harmonics

1. Echo

1. Preserving Sound

1. Modern physics

1. Relativity

1. Quantum physics

1. Nuclear physics