Cumulative Progress Indicators

Major Outcome

Students will be able to:

Materials/Strategies

Assessments

5.6.12.A1-8

• define “Physical Science”.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 1

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• define “matter”.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 2

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• describe the states of matter and identify physical and chemical properties of matter.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 2

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• define the four states of matter.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 2

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• conduct an activity to determine a change of state as a physical change.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 2

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• compare physical and chemical properties.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 2

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• define elements and give symbols for common elements.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 3 and 4

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• interpret the arrangement of elements in the periodic table of elements.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 3 and 4

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• explain how the Periodic Table of Elements evolved and how it relates atomic structure to the physical and chemical properties of the elements.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 3 and 4

• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/eoc_physci.htm

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• explain that over 100 different atoms, corresponding to over 100 different elements, have been identified and can be grouped according to similar properties.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 3 and 4

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• Understand that elements can be organized, based upon chemical and physical properties, into the periodic table.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 4

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• describe, given a periodic table of the elements, a specific element’s chemical and physical properties.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 4

• Interactive Periodic Table – http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/gese/periodic.htm

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• list the different families of elements and locate them on the periodic chart.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 4

• http://www.chemicool.com

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• distinguish among metals, nonmetals and metalloids.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 4

• Laboratory Challenge 35 – How can you tell the difference between a metal and a nonmetal?

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• list properties of nonmetals.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 4

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• list properties of the noble gas family.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 4

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• conduct an activity based on density.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 4

• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/eoc_physci.htm

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• explain the basic parts of an atom.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 3

• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/eoc_physci.htm

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• know that atoms consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons, and that the arrangement of the electrons determines the chemical behavior of each element.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 3

• http://www.chemtutor.com/struct.htm

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• relate atomic number to the number of protons in the nucleus and the electrons in the orbit.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 3

• http://www.internet4clasrooms.com/eoc_physci.htm

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• know that the nucleus consists of protons and neutrons, and that each atom of a given element has the same number of protons, but that the number of neutrons may vary.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 3

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• know that the atomic number is the basis of the arrangement in the present form of the periodic table. For example, elements can be grouped as metals, nonmetals, and noble gases.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 3

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• know that the properties of the elements depend on the structure of the atom and vary with the atomic number in a systematic way.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 3 and 4

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• know that the mass of an atom is concentrated almost entirely in the nucleus.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 3

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• know that isotopes are forms of an element with differing numbers of neutrons that give the isotopes different mass.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 3

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• interpret the atomic mass and isotopes relationship.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 3

• http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/isotopes/index.html

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• describe the electron clouds and energy levels in the atomic structure.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 3

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• know that atoms may transfer electrons to another atom or they may share electrons to form a compound.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 5

• http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/animations/chang_7e_esp/bom1s2_11.swf

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• understand that elements form compounds to gain stability.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 5

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• name the common compounds after learning how the elements combine.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 5

• Laboratory Challenge 37 – What are the differences between elements, compounds and mixtures?

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• know that all matter is made up of atoms that may join together to form molecules, and that the state of matter is determined by the arrangement and motion of the atoms of molecules.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 5

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• define “mixture”.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 5 and 6

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• conduct an activity to show the separation of a mixture.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 6

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• identify characteristic properties of matter, and use one or more of those properties to separate mixture of substances.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 6

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• show how substances can react with each other to form new substances having characteristic properties different from those of the original substances.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 6

• Lab: A Compound from Two Elements

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• understand that in a neutral atom, the total number of electrons is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 3 and 6

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• know that the arrangement of the electrons of an atom determines the chemical behavior of an atom.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 3 and 6

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• explain how atoms can form bonds to other atoms by transferring or sharing electrons.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 6

• Web Quest: Chemical Bonding

  • http://www.nths.newtrier.k12.il.us/academics/faculty/gressel/mendelevwebquest/default.htm

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• understand that chemical symbols and formulas can be used to symbolically represent how atoms combine to form compounds and molecules.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 5 and 6

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• Define, recognize and write compounds.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 5

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• Write formulas for compounds using oxidation numbers.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 5

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• explain how atoms are rearranged when substances react, but that the total number of atoms and the total mass o the newly formed substances remains the same as that of the original substance.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 6

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• know that chemical equations symbolically represent chemical reactions.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 5 and 6

• http://www.internet4classroosm.com/eoc_physci.htm

• See Assessment attached.

5.6.12.A1-8

• describe the conservation of matter and energy in chemical reaction.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 6

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• compare and contrast force and resistance.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• differentiate between weight and mass.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• define gravity as a property to all matter.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• know that gravity is a universal force of attraction between masses that depends on the masses and the distance between them.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• Web Quest: Gravitational Force

  • http://www2.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/gravity.html

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• investigate how the force of friction acts to retard motion.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• know that potential energy is energy that is stores. Potential energy depends on the position or condition of the object.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• know that kinetic energy is the energy of an object due to its motion. Te faster an object moves, the more kinetic energy it has.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• Kinetic Energy and Work

  • http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph9614.html

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• describe the various forms of energy, including heat, light, sound, chemical, nuclear, mechanical, and electrical energy, and that energy can be transformed from one form to another.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 8

• Potential and Kinetic Energy

  • http://www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=22115511$743622105522$818133991111

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• explain that all energy is either kinetic or potential and that the total energy of the universe is constant.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 8 and 9

• Web Quest: Energy

  • http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• describe the relationship among power, work, watt, and joule.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 8

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• compare and contrast speed, velocity, and average speed.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• Linear Motion: Speed, Velocity and Acceleration

  • http://www.iit.edu?/~smile/phma9923.htm

• Sports in Physics: Measuring Velocity in a Mini Olympics

  • http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph9206.html

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• compare acceleration and deceleration.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• Amusement Park Physics

  • http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/

  • http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• show that when more than one force acts on an object at the same time, the forces can reinforce or cancel each other, producing a net force that will change the speed or direction of the object.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• describe Newton’s three laws and give examples of each.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/eoc_physci.htm

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• prove that whenever one object exerts a force on another, an equal amount of force is exerted back on the first object.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• relate Newton’s Laws of motion to gravity, projectiles and curves, and momentum.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• state the first law (Law of Inertia) – an object remains at rest or in uniform motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. The motion of an object will remain unchanged unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• explain how a moving object that is not being subjected to a net force will move in a straight line at a steady speed.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• state the second law (F=ma) – An unbalanced force acting on an object causes an acceleration that is directly proportional to the force and in the direction of the force. The acceleration will vary directly with the magnitude of the force and inversely with the mass of the object.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• explain the mathematical relationship between the mass of an object, the unbalanced force exerted on it, and the resulting acceleration.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• determine relative force, mass or acceleration of a particular object given experimental data that illustrates the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• state the third law – If one body exerts a force on a second body, then the second body exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• describe the forces acting in an action-reaction pair.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 7

• Web Quest: Motion

  • http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/motion/

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• describe how machines can make work easier by changing the size, direction or speed of a force.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 8

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• list the six simple machines and give examples of each.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 8

• Web Quest: http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Machines/Machines.htm

• http://www.internet4classroosm.com/eoc_physci.htm

• http://www.fi.edu/qa97/sportlight3/spotlight3.html

• Have students bring machines in from home; classify.

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• compute the mechanical advantage of each type of simple machine.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 8

• Web Quests –

• Honey, I’ve Shrunk – http://hs.n-polk.k12.ia.us/departments/media/motion.html

• http://outreach.rice.edu/~dgabby/science/simp_mach/

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.A1-4

• compute efficiency to work output and work input.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 8

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• describe the characteristics of heat energy.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 8 and 9

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• differentiate between temperature and heat.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 9

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• explain how heat flows through materials or across space from warmer objects to cooler ones until both objects are at the same temperature.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 9

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• Differentiate among conduction, convection and radiation.

• See Assessment attached.

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• explain how insulation controls heat transfer.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 9

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• define characteristics of a wave: length, amplitude, frequency and speed.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• Web Quest: Waves

  • http://www2.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/waves.html

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• show how vibrations in materials can generate waves which can transfer energy from one place to another.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• show how light is reflected, refracted or absorbed when it interacts with matter and how colors appear as a result of this interaction.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/eoc_physci.htm

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• define the “Doppler Effect”.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• explain how sound waves are formed.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• How Sound Travels:

  • http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph9110.html

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• explain the relationship of sound, volume, amplitude, pitch and frequency.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• explain the relationship of sound to acoustics.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• define electromagnetic spectrum and photons.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• know that the Sun radiates almost every kind of wave energy. Solar electromagnetic radiations include the visible light spectrum as well as x-rays, ultraviolet rays, and infrared rays.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• describe the action of a prism.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• list the spectrum colors by order of wavelength.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• describe the reflective properties of mirrors.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• compare the properties of real and virtual images.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• diagram and contrast the reflecting and refracting telescopes.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• describe the differences between a microscope and a telescope.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• Microscopes and Telescopes:

  • http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph8818.html

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• compare properties of convex and concave lenses.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• describe how lenses correct vision defects.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 10

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• explain how electromagnetic waves are generated, and identify the components of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 11

• Web Quest: How Far Does Light Go?

  • http://kic.berkeley.edu/KIF/web/ht.html

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• know that electromagnetic waves are distinguished from each other by their wavelengths, i.e., the distance between the crests (peaks) of successive waves.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 11

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• know that electrically charged bodies can attract or repel each other with a force that depends on the size and nature of the charges and the distance between them.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 11

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• know that opposite charge attract; like charge repel.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 12

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• understand that if two objects have an excess of electrons (and therefore have negative charges) they will repel each other. However, if one object has an excess of electrons and the other objects has a deficit, they will attract each other.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapters 11 and 12

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• understand that static electricity describes electrical charges at rest, (i.e., no net transfer of charge in any given direction). Static changes are most evident in dry environments.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 11

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• know that a neutral object is one which has an equal number of positive and negative charges.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 11

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• understand that an electric current occurs when a quantity of charge moves through a particular point of a conductor in a given period of time.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 11

• Conductors and Insulators:

  • http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph9019.html

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• compare and contrast alternating and direct current.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 11

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• compare parallel and series circuits.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 11

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• define “volt”.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 11

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• compare and contrast ammeter and voltmeter.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 11

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• state Ohm’s Law.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 11

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• describe the concepts of electricity and the relationship of electricity and magnetism.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 12

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• describe the laws of magnets.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 12

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• understand that electricity and magnetism are two aspects of a single electromagnetic force.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 12

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• understand that when a charge moves through a particular point of a conductor, a magnetic field is produced.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 12

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• know that moving electric charges produce magnetic forces and moving magnets produce electric forces.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 12

• See Assessment attached.

5.7.12.B1-4

• understand that electrical potential energy, like gravitational potential energy, is changed when work is done on an electric charge n moving it from one point to another in an electric field to produce an electro-magnetic wave.

• Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science – Chapter 12

• See Assessment attached.