The following "Characteristics of Science" will be taught in lessons throughout the year:
- discuss the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and exhibit these traits in efforts to understand how the world works
- demonstrate knowledge of scientific processes and inquiry methods
- apply computation and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and following scientific explanations
- use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating objects in scientific activities utilizing safe laboratory procedures
- use the concepts of system, model, change, and scale when exploring scientific and technological matters
- communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly
- question scientific claims and arguments effectively
Unit 7: Ecosystems Part 1- Test: 4/3/16
Part 2- Test: 5/6/16
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- identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community
- construct a food chain/food web and explain the flow of energy beginning with sunlight and including producers, consumers and decomposers
- predict how changes in the environment affect a community of organisms within an ecosystem
- predict the effect on a population if some of the plants or animals in the community are scarce or too plentiful
- identify external features of organisms that allow them to grow, survive or reproduce better than organisms that do not have these features (camouflage, use of hibernation, protection methods)
- identify factors that may have led to the extinction of some organisms
*Unit 6: Motion, Force, & Simple Machines- Test 3/9/16
I can…
- identify the nature of work
- identify and demonstrate forces such as push and pull
- observe how force and friction affect speed and motion using different sized objects
- explain what happens to the speed or direction of an object when a greater force than the original force is applied
- demonstrate the effect of gravitational force on the motion of an object
- identify and compare simple machines (lever, pulley, wedge, inclined plane, screw, wheel and axle) and their uses
- understand and explain the following vocabulary terms:
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*Unit 5: Sound - Test Friday, 2/5/16
Sound "I Can" Statements
I can…
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- demonstrate how sound is produced and how it can be varied by changing the rate of vibration
- define sound as a form of energy
- recognize the conditions that cause pitch to vary
- relate attributes of waves (wavelength, frequency) to sound (pitch, intensity)
- illustrate how sound travels in a solid, liquid and gas
- define and give examples of these vocabulary words: amplitude, sound wave, frequency, pitch, volume, wavelength
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*Unit 4 Light -Test is on Friday, 1/15/16
I Can...
- explain what light is and how it travels
- investigate the reflection of light using a mirror and a light source
- explain the difference between reflecting and refracting
- describe the difference between the visible spectrum & invisible spectrum and give an example of each
- explain what can happen to light when it hits objects
- list the three primary colors that make up white light
- describe what happens to light when you look at it through a prism
- diagram and explain what happens when light travels through a concave lens
- diagram and explain what happens when light travels through a convex lens
- identify materials that are opaque, transparent, and translucent
- demonstrate how light can be transmitted, absorbed, scattered, reflected, refracted and/or separated into a visible spectrum
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Unit 3: Solar System and Beyond (Test will be in 2 parts)
Part 1 : Planets, Sun, Stars, Comets, Meteors, Asteroids Test Wed. 11/11/15
Part 2: Phases of the moon and seasons
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I can…
- compare and contrast the earth and other planets in our solar system
- illustrate the relative size and order from the sun of the planets in the solar system
- compare and contrast the physical attributes (number, size, color, patterns) of stars in the night sky
- compare the similarities and differences of planets to the stars in appearance, position and number in the night sky
- explain why the pattern of stars in a constellation stays the same but a planet can be seen in different locations at different times
- explain how technology is used to observe the universe (telescopes, sensors)
- model the position and motion of the earth in the solar system
- explain the day/night cycle using a model
- explain and illustrate the sequence of the phases of the moon
- demonstrate how it is the earth's tilt and orbit around the sun rather than the earth's distance from the sun that causes seasonal changes
- explain how hemispheres and other characteristics of the earth's surface cause seasonal and climate variations
Unit 2: Weather and Clouds- Test: Friday, 10/9/15
I can….
- identify six instruments scientists use to measure weather and tell what each one measures
- define the following: air pressure, air mass, weather, climate, front, high pressure, low pressure, stationary front, occluded front, cold front, warm front, humidity, temperature
- explain the difference between climate and weather, and identify Earth’s climate zones
- explain what causes wind
- list and explain the four properties of air that scientists measure to determine weather
- explain 4 primary cloud types, draw them, and describe weather
- read and understand a symbols on a weather map
- use observations and records of weather conditions to predict weather patterns throughout the year
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Unit 1: Water Cycle and Clouds- Test Date: Wed, 9/9/15
I can...
- demonstrate how water changes states from solid (ice) to liquid to gas (water vapor, steam) and changes from gas to liquid to solid
- identify the freezing point of water, the temperature at which liquid water becomes a solid (32 degrees F, 0 degrees C) and identify the boiling point of water, the temperature at which liquid water becomes a gas (212 degrees F, 100 degrees C)
- identify cloud types and formation and how clouds relate to the water cycle
- demonstrate and explain the water cycle and the role of evaporation, precipitation and condensation
- investigate different forms of precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail) and sky conditions (clouds, fog) (GPS)
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