Physics Applications: Planning Guide
Quarter 1 - Scientific Inquiry and the Atom
1st Quarter Indicators: PAa.1 – PAa.9 , PAb.1 and PAb.4
Science Skills: Science Safety
(Pg 660- 661)
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
Chapter 1: Science Skills
Inquiry Activity: How Do Scientist
Use Their Observations? (Pg 1)
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
1.1: What is Science?
(Pgs 2-6)
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the
precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis
(including independent and dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis.
1.2: Using a Scientific Approach
(Pgs 7-11
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information. (Pre-requisite concept for:)
PAa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis
(including independent and dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
(Pre-requisite concept for:)
PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis. (Pre-requisite concept for:)
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Concepts in Action: Forensic
Science
(Pg 12-13)
1.3: Measurement
(Pgs 14-20)
Math Skills: Using Scientific
Notation
(Pg 15)
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the
precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis
(including independent and dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the
precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the
precision and accuracy of each particular instrument. (Pre-requisite concept for:)
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
(Pre-requisite concept for:)
Quick Lab: Comparing Precision
(Pg 18)
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the
precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
How it Works: Thermometer (Pg 21)
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1.4: Presenting Scientific Data
(Pgs 22-25)
Data Analysis: Faster than
Speeding Data (Pg 24)
Consumer Lab: Determining The
Thickness of Aluminum Foil
(Pgs 26-27)
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
Chapter 1: Study Guide
(Pg 28)
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PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the
precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
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Chapter 1: Assessment
(Pgs 29-30)
Chapter 1: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 31)
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the
precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis
(including independent and dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
Chapter 2: Properties of Matter
Inquiry Activity: What Properties
could you use to Describe
Materials?
(Pgs 36-37)
2.1: Classifying Matter
(Pgs. 38-44)
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity). (Pre-requisite concept for:)
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles.
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity). (Pre-requisite concept for:)
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles.
Data Analysis: Do the Contents of Two
Cans of Mixed Nuts Meet FDA
Requirements
(Pg 42)
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2.2: Physical Properties
(Pgs. 45-51)
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity). (Pre-requisite concept for:)
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles.
How it Works: Making a Sculpture
(Pg 49)
Concepts in Action: Getting a Fresh Start
(Pg 52-53)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
2.3: Chemical Properties
(Pgs 54-58)
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity).
Quick Lab: Identifying a Chemical
Change (Pg 56)
Issues in Science: What Should Be Done
with Arsenic-Treated Wood (Pg 59)
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Forensic Lab: Using Properties to
Identity Materials
(Pgs 60-61)
Chapter 2: Study Guide
(Pg 62)
Chapter 2: Assessment
(Pgs 63-64)
Chapter 2: Standardized Test Prep
(Pg 65)
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology. PAb.l: Compare the
subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass, location, and charge,
and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity, mass, volume, and
reactivity). Pre-requisite concept for:
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity).
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles.
Chapter 3: States of Matter
Inquiry Activity: How Easy Is It to
Compress Air and Water?
(Pg 67)
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles.
Chapter 3.1: Solids, Liquids,
Gases
(Pgs 68-74)
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles.
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one to
the other.
Data Analysis: Why was Mercury
Used in Thermometers?
(Pg 71)
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
Chapter 3.2: The Gas Laws (Pgs 75-81)
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Quick Lab: Observing the Effects
of Temperature on Gas Pressure
(Pg 79)
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles.
Math Skills: The Combined Gas Law
(Pg 80)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
Concepts in Action: Riding on Air
(Pgs 82-83)
Chapter 3.3: Phase Changes
(Pgs 84-91)
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles.
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PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles.
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How It Works: Custom Tailored Ice (Pg
87)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
Quick Lab: Observing Phase
Changes
(Pg 90)
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
Exploration Lab: Investigating
Changes in Temperature During
Heating of Solids
(Pgs 92-93)
Chapter 3: Study Guide
(Pg 94)
Chapter 3: Assessment
(Pgs 95-96)
Chapter 3: Standardized Test Prep
(Pg 97)
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the
precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis.
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect the
precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis.
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of matter—solid, liquid, gas, and plasma—in terms of
the arrangement and movement of particles.
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one to
the other.
Chapter 4: Atom Structure
Inquiry Activity: How Can you Study
objects That Are Not Visible? (Pg 99)
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4.1: Studying Atoms
(Pgs. 100-105)
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity).
Quick Lab: Investigating Charged
Objects
(Pg 102)
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity).
Concepts in Action: Small-Scale
Construction (Pgs 106-107)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
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4.2: Structure of an Atom
(Pgs 108-112)
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity).
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes. Pre-requisite
concept for:
Problem-Solving Activity: Designing PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
an Atomic Exhibit
mass, volume, and reactivity).
(Pg 109)
How it Works: Scanning Tunneling
Microscope (Pg. 111)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
4.3: Modern Atomic Theory
(Pgs 113-118)
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity).
Science and History: Models of the
Atom
(Pgs 114-115)
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity).
Quick Lab: Comparing Excited States
(Pg 117)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
Forensic Lab: Using Flame Tests
(Pg 119)
Chapter 4: Study Guide
(Pg 120)
Chapter 4: Assessment
(Pgs 121-122)
Chapter 4: Standardized Test Prep
(Pg 123)
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity).
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes.
Chapter 5: The Periodic Table
Inquiry Activity: How Much Data Do You
Need To Identify a Pattern? Pg 125)
5.1: Organizing the Elements(Pgs 126129)
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Quick Lab: Making a Model of a Periodic
Table (Pg 128)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
5.2: Modern Periodic Table
(Pgs. 130-138)
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity).
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes. Pre-requisite
concept for:
Quick Lab: Defining a Metal
(Pg 135)
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity).
How it Works: Making Glass (Pg 137)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
5.3: Representative Groups (Pgs139145)
Concepts in Action: Elemental Friends
and Foes (Pgs. 146-149)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
Exploration Lab: Predicting the
Density of an Element
(Pgs 150-151)
Chapter 5: Study Guide
(Pg152)
Chapter 5: Assessment
(Pgs 153-154)
Chapter 5: Standardized Test Prep
(Pg 155)
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PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass,
location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity,
mass, volume, and reactivity).
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes.
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2nd Quarter Indicators: PAb.2, PAb.3, and PAc.1 - PAc.11
Chapter 10 Nuclear Chemistry
Inquiry Activity: What Happens When an
Atom Decays? (Pg 261)
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Math Skills: Balancing Nuclear
Equations
(Pg 295)
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes.
PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount of
energy). Pre-requisite concept for:
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes.
PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount of
energy). Pre-requisite concept for:
10.2: Rates of Nuclear Decay(Pgs 298301)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
Quick Lab: Modeling Half-Life (Pg 300)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
Issues in Science: Should Radon Testing
in Schools be Mandatory? (Pg 302)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
10.3: Artificial Transmutation(Pgs 303305)
Quick Lab: Modeling Transmutation
(Pg 304)
Concepts in Action: Nuclear Medicine
(Pgs 306-307)
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10.4: Fission and Fusion
(Pgs 308-315)
PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount of
energy).
Science in History: Nuclear
Chemistry (Pgs 312-313)
PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount of
energy).
How It Works: Nuclear Power
Station (Pg 314)
PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount of
energy).
10.1: Radioactivity
(Pgs 292-297)
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Exploration Lab: Modeling a Chain
Reaction (Pgs 316-317)
Chapter 10: Study Guide
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
(Pg 318)
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes.
PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount of
energy).
Chapter 10: Assessment
(Pgs 319-320)
Chapter 10: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 321)
Chapter 11: Motion
Inquiry Activity: How Does a Ramp
Affect a Rolling Marble
(Pg 327)
11.1: Distance and Displacement
(Pgs 328-331)
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAc.1: Explain the relationship among distance, time, direction, and the velocity of an object.
Quick Lab: Comparing Distance and
Displacement (Pg 330)
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11.2: Speed and Velocity
(Pgs 332-337)
PAc.1: Explain the relationship among distance, time, direction, and the velocity of an object.
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.
PAc.6: Represent the linear motion of objects on distance-time graphs.
Math Skills: Calculating Average
Speed
(Pg 333)
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.
PAc.1: Explain the relationship among distance, time, direction, and the velocity of an object.
How It Works: Measuring Distance and
Speed (Pg 335)
Concepts in Action: Navigation at Sea
(Pgs 338-339)
Concepts in Action: Modern Navigation
(Pgs 340-341)
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11.3: Acceleration
(Pgs. 342-348)
PAc.3: Explain how changes in velocity and time affect the acceleration of an object.
PAc.4: Use the formula a = (vf-vi)/t to determine the acceleration of an object.
PAc.5: Explain how acceleration due to gravity affects the velocity of an object as it falls.
Math Skills: Calculating
Acceleration
(Pg 346)
PAc.4: Use the formula a = (vf-vi)/t to determine the acceleration of an object.
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Exploration Lab: Investigating the
Velocity of a Sinking Marble
(Pg 349)
Chapter 11: Study Guide
(Pg 350)
Chapter 11: Assessment
(Pgs 351-352)
Chapter 11: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 353)
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.
PAc.3: Explain how changes in velocity and time affect the acceleration of an object.
PAc.5: Explain how acceleration due to gravity affects the velocity of an object as it falls.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately when
conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAc.1: Explain the relationship among distance, time, direction, and the velocity of an object.
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.
PAc.3: Explain how changes in velocity and time affect the acceleration of an object.
PAc.4: Use the formula a = (vf-vi)/t to determine the acceleration of an object.
PAc.5: Explain how acceleration due to gravity affects the velocity of an object as it falls.
PAc.6: Represent the linear motion of objects on distance-time graphs.
Chapter 12: Forces in Motion
Inquiry Activity: What Starts an
Object Moving
(Pg 355)
12.1: Forces
(Pgs. 356-362)
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces. Pre-requisite concept for:
Quick Lab: Observing the Effects of
Friction (Pg 360)
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12.2: Newton’s First and Second
Laws of Motion
(Pgs 363-369)
Quick Lab: Investigating Inertia
(Pg 365)
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.
PAc.8: Use the formula F = ma to solve problems related to force.
PAc.9: Explain the relationship between mass and weight by using the formula Fw = mag .
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.
How It Works: Crash-Test Dummies
(Pg 366)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
Math Skills: Newton’s Second Law
(Pg 367)
PAc.8: Use the formula F = ma to solve problems related to force.
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Concepts in Action: Terminal
Speed
(Pgs 370-371)
12.3: Newton’s Third Law of
Motion and Momentum
(Pgs 372-377)
PAc.5: Explain how acceleration due to gravity affects the velocity of an object as it falls.
PAc.9: Explain the relationship between mass and weight by using the formula Fw = mag .
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.
Science in History: Amusement Parks
(Pgs 374-375)
Data Analysis: Momentum (Pg 377)
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Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
12.4: Universal Forces
(Pgs. 378-382)
PAc.10: Explain how the gravitational force between two objects is affected by the mass of each object
and the distance between them.
Quick Lab: Investigating Force and
Distance (Pg 380)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
Exploration Lab: Investigating a
Balloon Jet
(Pg 383)
Chapter 12: Study Guide
(Pg 384)
Chapter 12: Assessments
(Pgs 385-386)
Chapter 12: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 387)
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.
PAc.5: Explain how acceleration due to gravity affects the velocity of an object as it falls.
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.
PAc.8: Use the formula F = ma to solve problems related to force.
PAc.9: Explain the relationship between mass and weight by using the formula Fw = mag .
PAc.10: Explain how the gravitational force between two objects is affected by the mass of each object
and the distance between them.
Quarter 3 – Energy & Waves
3rd Quarter Indicators: PAd.1 – PAd.4 and PAe.1 - PAe.7
Chapter 14: Work, Power, Machines
14.1: Work and Power
(Pgs 412-416)
Last Revised: September 23rd, 2014
PAd.3: Explain work in terms of the relationship among the force applied to an object, the displacement
of the object, and the energy transferred to the object.
PAd.4: Use the formula W = Fd to solve problems related to work done on an object.
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Chapter 14: Study Guide
(Pg 440)
Chapter 14: Assessment
(Pgs 441-442)
Chapter 14: Standardized Test
Prep (Pg 443)
PAd.3: Explain work in terms of the relationship among the force applied to an object, the displacement
of the object, and the energy transferred to the object.
PAd.4: Use the formula W = Fd to solve problems related to work done on an object.
Chapter 15: Energy
Inquiry Activity: How Can Energy
Change Form?
(Pg 445)
PAd.1: Explain how the law of conservation of energy applies to the transformation of various forms of
energy (including mechanical energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, light energy, sound energy,
and thermal energy).
15.1: Energy and Its Forms
(Pgs. 446-452)
PAd.1: Explain how the law of conservation of energy applies to the transformation of various forms of
energy (including mechanical energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, light energy, sound energy,
and thermal energy).
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one to
the other.
Math Skills: Calculating Kinetic
Energy
(Pg 448)
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one to
the other. Extension of:
Quick Lab: Investigating Elastic and
Potential Energy (Pg 450)
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15.2: Energy Conversation and
Conservation
(Pgs 453-459)
Quick Lab: Exploring Energy
Conversation
(Pg 454)
Math Skills: Conservation of
Mechanical Energy
(Pg 458)
Last Revised: September 23rd, 2014
PAd.1: Explain how the law of conservation of energy applies to the transformation of various forms of
energy (including mechanical energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, light energy, sound energy,
and thermal energy).
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one to
the other.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAd.1: Explain how the law of conservation of energy applies to the transformation of various forms of
energy (including mechanical energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, light energy, sound energy,
and thermal energy).
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one to
the other.
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one to
the other. Extension of:
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Concepts in Action: Roller
Coasters
(Pgs. 460-461)
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one to
the other.
15.3: Energy Resources (Pgs 462-466)
Data Analysis: World Energy Use
(Pg 463)
How It Works: Wind Turbine (Pg 465)
Application Lab: Investigating a Spring
Clip
(Pg 467)
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Chapter 15: Study Guide
(Pg 468)
Chapter 15: Assessment
(Pgs 469-470)
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology. PAd.1: Explain how
the law of conservation of energy applies to the transformation of various forms of energy (including
mechanical energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, light energy, sound energy, and thermal
energy).
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one to
the other.
Chapter 15: Standardized Test
Prep (Pg. 471)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
Chapter 17: Mechanical Waves and Sound
Inquiry Activity: How Does a
Disturbance Produce Waves?
(Pg 499)
PAe.l: Illustrate ways that the energy of waves transfer by interaction with matter (including transverse
and longitudinal/compressional waves).
17.1: Mechanical Waves
(Pgs 500-503)
PAe.l: Illustrate ways that the energy of waves transfer by interaction with matter (including transverse
and longitudinal/compressional waves).
PAe.2: Compare the nature and properties of transverse and longitudinal/compressional mechanical
waves.
Quick Lab: Observing Waves in a
Medium (Pg 502)
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17.2: Properties of Mechanical
Waves
(Pgs 504-507)
PAe.l: Illustrate ways that the energy of waves transfer by interaction with matter (including transverse
and longitudinal/compressional waves).
PAe.3: Summarize characteristics of waves (including displacement, frequency, period, amplitude,
wavelength, and velocity as well as the relationship-among these characteristics).
PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f 𝝀 and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.
Quick Lab: Comparing Frequency
and Waves Speed
(Pg 505)
PAe.3: Summarize characteristics of waves (including displacement, frequency, period, amplitude,
wavelength, and velocity as well as the relationship-among these characteristics).
PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f 𝝀 and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.
Last Revised: September 23rd, 2014
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Math Skills: Speed of Mechanical
Waves
(Pg 506)
17.3: Behavior of Waves
(Pgs 508-512)
PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f 𝝀 and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.
PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves.
Issues in Science: Are Regulations
Needed to Protect Whales from Noise
Pollution? (Pg 513)
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17.4: Sound and Hearing
(Pgs 514-521)
PAe.3: Summarize characteristics of waves (including displacement, frequency, period, amplitude,
wavelength, and velocity as well as the relationship-among these characteristics).
PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves.
PAe.7: Explain the Doppler Effect conceptually in terms of the frequency of the waves and the pitch of
the sound.
Science and History: Sound Recording
(Pgs 518-519)
How It Works: The Piano (Pgs 520-521)
Concepts in Action: Now Hear This
(Pgs 522-523)
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Exploration Lab: Investigating
Sound Waves
(Pgs 524-525)
PAe.3: Summarize characteristics of waves (including displacement, frequency, period, amplitude,
wavelength, and velocity as well as the relationship-among these characteristics).
Chapter 17: Study Guide
(Pg 526)
Chapter 17: Assessment
(Pgs 527-528)
Chapter 17: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 529)
PAe.l: Illustrate ways that the energy of waves transfer by interaction with matter (including transverse
and longitudinal/compressional waves).
PAe.2: Compare the nature and properties of transverse and longitudinal/compressional mechanical
waves.
PAe.3: Summarize characteristics of waves (including displacement, frequency, period, amplitude,
wavelength, and velocity as well as the relationship-among these characteristics).
PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f 𝝀 and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.
PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves. \
PAe.7: Explain the Doppler Effect conceptually in terms of the frequency of the waves and the pitch of
the sound.
Chapter 18: Electromagnetic Spectrum
Inquiry Activity: How Do Color Filters
Work? (Pg 531)
Last Revised: September 23rd, 2014
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18.1: Electromagnetic Waves
(Pgs 532-538)
Math Skills: Calculating Waves
Speed
(Pg 535)
18.2: The Electromagnetic
Spectrum
(Pgs 539-545)
PAe.5: Summarize the characteristics of the electromagnetic spectrum (including range of wavelengths,
frequency, energy, and propagation without a medium).
PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f 𝝀 and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.
PAe.5: Summarize the characteristics of the electromagnetic spectrum (including range of wavelengths,
frequency, energy, and propagation without a medium).
Data Analysis: How Long Does an
Antenna Need to Be? (Pg 542)
Quick Lab: Evaluating Sunscreen
(Pg 544)
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18.3: Behavior of Light
(Pgs 546-549)
18.4: Color
(Pgs 550-553)
PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves.
Concepts in Action: New Light Old Art
(Pgs 554-555)
Concepts in Action: Looking Beneath the
Paint Surface (Pgs 556-557)
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18.5: Sources of Light (Pgs 558-562)
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Quick Lab: Comparing Fluorescent and
Incandescent Light (Pg 559)
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How It Works: Gas Laser (Pgs 560-561)
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Exploration Lab: Mixing Colored Lights
(Pg 563)
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Chapter 18: Study Guide
(Pg 564)
Chapter 18: Assessment
(Pgs 565-566)
Chapter 18: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 567)
PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f 𝝀 and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.
PAe.5: Summarize the characteristics of the electromagnetic spectrum (including range of wavelengths,
frequency, energy, and propagation without a medium).
PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves.
Last Revised: September 23rd, 2014
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PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves.
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Quarter 4 – Electricity and Magnetism
4th Quarter Indicators: PAf.1 – PAf.6
Chapter 20: Electricity
Inquiry Activity: How Can You
Reverse the Battery Direction in a
Flashlight?
(Pg 599)
20.1: Electric Charge and Static
Electricity
(Pgs 600-603)
20.2:Electric Current and Ohm’s
Law
(Pgs 604-607)
Quick Lab: Modeling Resistance in
a Wire
(Pg 606)
PAf.2: Explain how objects can acquire a static electric charge through friction, induction, and
conduction.
PAf.2: Explain how objects can acquire a static electric charge through friction, induction, and
conduction.
PAf.3: Explain the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in Ohm’s law.
PAf.4: Use the formula V = IR to solve problems related to electric circuits.
PAf.3: Explain the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in Ohm’s law.
Issues in Science: Which Technology
Should Be Used to Power Electric Cars?
(Pg 608)
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
20.3: Electric Circuits
(Pgs 609-613)
PAf.5: Represent an electric circuit by drawing a circuit diagram that includes the symbols for a resistor,
switch, and voltage source.
PAf.6: Compare the functioning of simple series and parallel electrical circuits.
Math Skills: Calculating Electric Power
(Pg 611)
Quick Lab: Modeling a Fuse Materials
(Pg 612)
Concepts in Action: Getting Personal with
Computers (Pgs 614-615)
Concepts in Action: Using Computers
(Pgs 616-617)
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20.4: Electronic Devices (Pgs 618-622)
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Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
How It Works: Digital Camera (Pg 620)
Last Revised: September 23rd, 2014
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Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards
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Forensic Lab: Evaluating Electrical
Safety
(Pg 623)
Chapter 20: Study Guide
(Pg 624)
Chapter 20: Assessment
(Pgs 625-626)
Chapter 20: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 627)
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAf.3: Explain the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in Ohm’s law.
PAf.4: Use the formula V = IR to solve problems related to electric circuits.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAf.2: Explain how objects can acquire a static electric charge through friction, induction, and
conduction.
PAf.3: Explain the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in Ohm’s law.
PAf.4: Use the formula V = IR to solve problems related to electric circuits.
PAf.5: Represent an electric circuit by drawing a circuit diagram that includes the symbols for a resistor,
switch, and voltage source.
PAf.6: Compare the functioning of simple series and parallel electrical circuits.
Chapter 21: Magnetism
Inquiry Activity: How Magnets
Interact With One Another?
(Pg 629)
21.1: Magnets and Magnetic
Fields
(Pgs 630-633)
Quick Lab: Observing Magnetic
Field Lines
(Pg 632)
How it Works: Anti-Theft Security
Devices
(Pg 634)
21.2: Electromagnetism
(Pgs 635-639)
Quick Lab: Making an
Electromagnet
(Pg 637)
Concepts in Action: Peeking Inside
the Body
(Pgs 640-641)
Last Revised: September 23rd, 2014
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
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21.3: Electrical Energy
Generation and Transmission
(Pgs 642-647)
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
Problem Solving Activity: Transmitting
Electricity To a New School (Pg 646)
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Application Lab: Investigating an
Electric Generator
(Pgs 648-649)
Chapter 21: Study Guide
(Pg 650)
Chapter 21: Assessment
(Pgs 651-652)
Standardized Test Prep
(Pg 653)
Last Revised: September 23rd, 2014
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
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