NCA Science Scope and Sequence: update January 2009
Subject Area: Science
/ / K / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12- General Science
- Scientific Method
- Define problem
- Research
- Hypothesis
- Experiment
- Conclusion
- Measurement
- Using the metric system
- Volume
- Weight
- Mass
- Density
- Temperature
- Laboratory Safety and Procedures
- Life Science
- Science and the Bible
- What the Bible teaches about creation
- Creationist Views
- How evolution supposedly took place
- Is there a record of evolution
- Classifying Living Things
- Reasons for classifying
- Seven levels of classification
- Scientific names
- Problems with classification
- Cells
- Basic unit
- Cell Theory
- Cell Structure
- Order among cells
- Cellular Respiration
- Genes
- Mitosis and asexual reproduction
- Meiosis and sexual reproduction
- Modern Genetics
- Heredity
- Genetics
- Microbiology
- Kingdom Monera
General characteristics / / /
Phylum Firmicutes / /
Phylum Cyanophyta / /
Phylum Schizomycophyta / /
Diseases and Disorders / / /
Defense against Infectious diseases / / /
Viruses / / /
- Kingdom Protista
General characteristics / / /
Phylum Sarcodina /
Phylum Ciliphora /
Phylum Mastigophora /
Phylum Sporozoa /
Algae / / /
Plankton / /
- Kingdom Fungi
General characteristics / / /
Phylum Eucmycophyta / /
Phylum Myxomycophyta / /
- Botany
- What are plants?
- Photosynthesis
- Plant families
- Poisonous plants
- Trees
- Nonvascular plants (mosses, liverworts…)
- Vascular plants
Ferns / / / /
Angiosperms (flowering plants) / / / /
Gymnosperms (nonseed – conifers…) / / / /
- Plant anatomy
leafs / / / / / /
roots / / / / / /
stems / / / / / /
flowers / / / / / /
fruit / / / / /
seed / / / / / /
- Plant functions
- Plant resources
- Plant reproduction
germination / / / /
asexual reproduction / / /
sexual reproduction / / /
- Zoology
- What makes an animal
- Warm blooded or cold blooded
- Invertebrates
- Porifera (ex. Sponges)
- Cnidaria (ex. Jellyfish, anemone…)
- Mollusks (bivalves, cephalopods, gastropods)
- Echinoderms (ex. Starfish, sand dollars…)
- Nematodes (round worms)
- Annelids (segmented worms)
- Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
- Arthropods
Insects / / / /
arachnids / / / /
crustaceans / / / /
centipedes & millipedes / / /
- Vertebrates – Phylum Chordata
Amphibians / / / / /
Birds / / / / /
Fish / / / / /
Mammals / / / / / /
Reptiles / / / /
- Comparing body systems
- Sexual reproduction in animals
fertilization (internal & external) / / /
metamorphosis / / / /
- Animal Behavior
observing behavior / /
innate / /
learned / /
intelligent / /
- Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Digestive system
- Respiratory system
- Circulatory system
heart / / / /
blood vessels / / / /
blood / / /
- Excretory system
- Nervous system
sense organs / / / / /
central nervous system / / /
- Endocrine system
- Muscular system
- Skeletal system
bones / / / / /
teeth / / / /
- Integumentary system (includes skin)
- Reproductive system
- Christian Perspective on Human Relationships
Control of life – Abortion, Euthanasia / /
Sexual Purity / /
- Nutrition
- Keeping Healthy
- Ecology
- The Ecosystem
physical environment / / /
biotic community / /
rhythms / /
- Relationships between organisms
energy exchange / /
same species / /
different species / /
- Natural resources
living things / / / /
man’s role / / /
pollution / / / /
- Earth Science
- Astronomy
- The earth’s motions
Does the earth move? / / / /
Evidence the earth moves / / / /
Seasons / / / / /
- Stars
tools for studying the stars / /
mapping the stars / /
describing the stars / / /
- Sun
general description / / /
structure / /
solar energy / /
- Planets
characteristics / / /
classifying / / /
origin /
- Other celestial bodies
asteroids / / /
minor planets / / /
comets / / /
meteors / / /
- Exploration of space
rocketry / /
unmanned programs / /
manned programs / /
- The Atmosphere
- Meteorology
structure of the atmosphere / / /
energy in the atmosphere / /
conditions in the atmosphere / /
- Water of the atmosphere
water entering the atmosphere / /
water in the atmosphere / /
water leaving the atmosphere / /
- Movement in the atmosphere
air masses / / /
wind / / /
storm / / /
clouds / / /
- Weather predictions
gathering weather information / / / /
reporting weather information / / / /
analyzing weather information / / /
forecasting the weather / /
- Violent Storms
- The lithosphere
- Science, Faith, and reason
Bible-derived framework /
science and faith /
science and reason /
- Introduction to geology
designs of the earth / /
The earth’s structure / /
The earth’s history / /
- Minerals and ores
components of minerals / /
identifying minerals / /
minerals in nature / /
metals / /
gems / /
- Rocks and fossils
sedimentary / / /
igneous / / /
metamorphic / / /
- Mountains and high hills
describing mountains /
types of mountains /
- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
- Heated ground water
- Physical Weathering
- Chemical Weathering
- Erosion
- The Hydrosphere
- Oceans and seas
composition of sea water / / /
ocean motions / /
topography of the sea floor / /
living things / / /
- Glaciers
description /
movement / /
The ice age /
- Groundwater systems
underground reservoir /
dissolving power /
- Chemistry
- Structure of Matter
- Atoms
- Molecules
- Elements
know the elements / / / / /
symbols of the elements / / / / /
atoms of the elements / / / / /
- Compounds
molecules of compounds / / /
composition of compounds / / /
formulas of compounds / /
- Kinetic theory of matter
- Physical states of matter
- Solids
basic properties / / / / / /
crystalline and amorphous solids /
sublimation /
melting & freezing points / /
- Liquids
basic properties / / /
distillation /
evaporation / / /
effects of intermolecular attractions /
specific heats /
dissolving power / /
- Gases
basic properties / / / /
gas laws / /
pressure/volume/temperature / / / /
- Plasma
- Phase change in Matter
- Heat exchange
- Measuring energy in phase change
- Thermal expansion
- Vaporization
- Freezing process
- Solutions
- Dissolving process
- Types of solutions
- Rate of solutions
- Solvent selectivity
- Measures of Concentration
- Colligative properties
- colloids
- Water
- Water molecule
- Reaction of water - electrolysis
- Water in compounds
- Acids, bases, and salts
- Definitions
(Lewis, Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lewry)
- Observable properties of acids and bases
- Equilibrium
The PH scale / /
PH and POH calculations /
describing acid-base strengths / /
Amprhiprotic & Polyprotic acids /
- Neutralization
Salts / /
Acid base titrations /
Buffers /
- Atomic Model
- Development of atomic model
- Energy levels of subatomic particles
- Nuclear atoms
atomic mass / / /
atomic numbers / / / /
mass numbers / / / /
nuclear radiation / / / /
nuclear decay / /
- Electron
- Proton
- Neutron
- Nucleus
- Isotopes
- Electron Dot structure
- Nuclear Reactions
- Radioactivity
- Radioactive decay
- Fission
- Fusion
- Cosmic rays
- Nuclear symbols and equations
- Uses of nuclear energy
- Classification of matter
- Chemical and physical properties
- Pure substances and mixtures
- Elements and their symbols
- Compounds and their formulas
- Heterogeneous and homogenous mixtures
- Classification of elements
- Periodic Table of the elements
- Family or groups
- Periods or series
- Trends in the Periodic Table
- Atomic and Ionic radii
- Ionization energy
- Alkali metals
- Alkaline earth metals
- Transition metals
- Post transition metals
- Metalloids
- Carbon
- Halogens
- Noble gases
- Chemical bonds
- How and why atoms bond
- Quantum model and bonding
- Ionic bonds
- Covalent bonding
- Metallic bonding
- Describing Chemical composition
- Oxidation numbers
- Nomenclature: naming compounds
- The Mole
- Reactions
- Chemical formulas
- Chemical equations
- Types of reactions
composition reactions /
decomposition reactions /
single replacement reactions /
double replacement reactions /
exothermic & endothermic reactions /
- Describing chemical reactions
- Stoichiometry
- Chemical equilibrium
- Theories of chemical equilibrium
- Applications of equilibrium chemistry
- Oxidations - Reduction
- Redox reactions
- Electrochemical reactions
- Physical Science
- Motion
- Kinematics (description)
- Straight-line motion
- Vectors
- Curved motion
- Dynamics – causes
- Force
- Newton’s laws of motion
- Orbital motion
- Application
- Work and energy
- Conservation laws
- Momentum – velocity, acceleration
- Periodic motion
- Gravity
- Tension
- Friction
- Machines
- Levers
- Wheels & Axles
- Pulleys
- Inclined Planes
- Screws
- Wedges
- Kinetics
- Energy diagrams
- Rates of reactions
- Mechanisms
- Collision theory
- Rate laws
- Heat
- Thermal energy
- Transferring thermal energy
- Heat transfer mechanisms
steam engines /
gasoline engines /
diesel engines /
gas turbines /
jet engines /
rockets /
- Applying thermal energy
- Thermodynamics
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Fluids
- Electric charges
- Electric fields
- Electrodynamics
- Current
- Direct current circuits
- Series & Parallel Circuits
- Magnetism
- Electromagnetism
- Electronics
- Optics
- Light as energy
- Geometric optics
- Reflection
- Refraction
- wave optics
- spectrum -color
- illumination
- dispersion of light
- Sound
- Nature of sound
- Making sound
- Receiving sound
- Pitch
- Harmonics
- Echo
- Preserving Sound
- Modern physics
- Relativity
- Quantum physics
- Nuclear physics