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Course description

This is a foundational laboratory-based science course for students starting high school. This foundational content knowledge; however; is not sufficient for today?s world. Students need to learn how real science is done and understand how science changes and adapts. This course will achieve these ideas by focusing on three major goals: use an inquiry-based approach to help students understand how the world works; develop a scientific toolkit to evaluate the world around them; integrate and apply the content of this course with modes of thought common to all scientific disciplines in an enriched cross-disciplinary classroom environment.

Core course objectives include: students engaging in the Science and Engineering practices such as observation and measurement; development of research questions; experimental design; data collection and analysis; problem-solving (including reading for specific information); and written and oral communication in a scientific context.

In addition; it is a survey course highlighting the most influential concepts of the past 400 years of scientific endeavor. Examples from fundamental concepts chemistry; earth and physics will be used as a substrate for the development of these ideas.

Quarter 1

Physical Science Concepts

1. †Understanding Newton's Laws of Motion††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.P3U1.6
2. †1D Motion††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.P3U1.6; SEP 4
3. 2D Motion (Projectile & Circular)††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ††††††††††††† HS+Phy.P3U1.3
4. Conservation of Momentum†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ††††††††††††† HS+Phy.P3U1.4

Science Toolkit (Practices and mindsets developed over course

1. Describing Relationships & Evaluating Data††††††††††††††††††††††† SEP 4; SEP 6
2. Evaluating Claims & Testing††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† SEP 8

Labs (approximately 90-120 min/week)

• Hooke's Law lab
• Buggy Lab (w/Logger Pro)
• Moving Man (PhET)
• Projectile Lab (PhET)
• Minecraft Roller Coaster
• Collision Lab (w/Logger pro)
• Balance Bracelet Lab

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Quarter 2

Physical Science

5. †Applying Newton's Laws (Engineering)†††††††††††††††† HS.P3U2.7 HS+Phy.P3U2.5
6. Conservation of Energy†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.P4U1.8 HS+Phy.P4U2.7
7. Atomic Energy & Reactions††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.P1U1.1; HS.P1U1.2;HS.P1U1.3
8. Energy Use & Transfer††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.P4U3.9

Science Toolkit

3. †Research Basics†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† SEP 1 & SEP 7
4. Evaluating types of evidence†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† SEP 1 & SEP 8

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Labs (approximately 90-120 min/week)

• 3D Modeling Lab
• Energy Transfer Demo Lab
• Atomic Energy Models
• Alternative Energy Lab Report (Integrated)

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Quarter 3

Physical Science

9. Electric Force & Electric Fields†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.P2U1.5; HS+Phy.P3U1.2
10. Basics of Electricity†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.P2U1.5; HS.P1U1.2; HS+Phy.P4U1.8
11. Magnetic Fields††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.P2U1.5
12. Circuits†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS+Phy.P4U1.8; HS+Phy.P2U1.1

Science Toolkit

5. †Designing & Conducting Experiments†††††††††††††††††† SEP 3
6. Producing & Analyzing Data†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† SEP 4†

Labs (approximately 90-120 min/week)

• Static Electricity lab
• Energy Use Lab
• Magnet Strength Lab
• Build a Circuit (w/ Computer Science)

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Quarter 4

Physical Science

13. †Waves-Applications in Technology††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.P4.U1.10
14. Gravitational Forces††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.P4.U1.10
15. Origin of the Universe†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.E2U1.15; Plus HS+E.E2U1.12
16. Planetary Motion & Gravity†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† HS.E2U1.16; HS+E.E2U1.14

Science Toolkit

7. †Recognizing Bias & Fallacies††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† SEP 5; SEP 7
8. Understanding Uncertainty††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† SEP 5

Labs (approximately 90-120 min/week)

• Wi-Fi lab
• Pendulum Lab
• Freefall Lab
• EM Spectrum Lab
• Charting Kepler's Laws Lab
• Debunking Claims Lab

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Approved

Approved competency code

• LINT
• Integrated science

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Online / Virtual