Content Map For Science
Content Strand: Forces, Matter, & Energy
Physical Science
SC-PS-1
Apply knowledge of the scientific method of investigation to explore force, matter, and
energy. (Design a real world experiment and carry it through from hypothesis to formal
presentation using current technologies, i.e. computer internet, laser disc, etc.) Include:
A. Scientific method
B. Lab Safety
C. Measurement
SC-PS-2
Use the understanding that all matter is composed of molecules, atoms and ions.
A. Classify matter into elements, compounds, and mixtures (heterogeneous and
homogeneous).
SC-PS-3
Apply the kinetic theory to explain the nature of matter.
A. Describe the characteristics of the four stages of matter.
B. Identify polarity as a characteristic of water and its influences on behavior.
C. Predict and identify the relationships between pressure, volume and temperature on
gases.
SC-PS-4
Describe matter using physical and chemical properties.
A. Determine mass, weight, volume, density, solubility, and conductivity and phase
change and temperature of a variety of samples.
B. Identify a property as physical or chemical.
C. Differentiate in a laboratory situation, a change as chemical or physical and provide
appropriate evidence to justify classification.
D. Describe energy changes that accompany chemical reactions.
SC-PS-5
Use atomic theory and the periodic table to predict characteristics of matter including
chemical bonding.
A. Describe atomic structure.
B. Identify periodic properties, similarity of behavior families.
C. Identify metals and nonmetals.
D. Name compounds and writing formulas.
E. Balance and classify types of chemical reactions.
F. Predict combining properties of metals and nonmetals.
G. Identify compounds as ionic or covalent.
H. Distinguish chemical reactions as endothermic or exothermic.
SC-PS-6
Identify and name simple organic compounds and their uses in everyday life.
SC-PS-7
Compare acids and bases and their interactions with other substances.
A. The characteristics of acids and bases.
B. Use pH to distinguish common acids, bases, and neutralization reactions.
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Physical Science
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SC-PS-8 Analyze the relationships between force, energy and work.
A. Identify gravity as a type of force.
B. Describe motion as being caused by unbalanced forces acting on an object.
C. Compute speed, velocity, and acceleration in an experimental setting.
D. Calculate work and power in an experimental setting.
E. Identify six simple machines and calculate the mechanical advantage of each.
F. Identify several compounds machines used in the home and workplace.
G. Calculate the efficiency of a machine.
SC-PS-9
Compare and contrast different forms of energy and their uses.
A. Identify and describe energy conversions in everyday life.
B. Identify static electricity as a build up of charge.
B. Identify and build parallel and series circuits.
C. Describe types of currents.
D. Compute electrical power, energy, and resistance.
E. Identify the properties of the three types of radioactive decay.
F. List the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power.
G. Build a chemical battery and identify its components.
H. Distinguish between conduction, radiation, and convection as a means of heat transfer.
I. Illustrate the interactions of electricity and magnetism.
SC-PS-10 Demonstrate an understanding of waves as a means of energy transfer.
A. Classify electromagnetic waves and sound waves as compressional or transverse.
B. Compare and contrast the various types of radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum.
C. Explain how color is related to light.
D. Develop and explain rules for light interaction with lenses, mirrors, prisms through
experimentation.
E. Describe in simple terms the operation of a laser and its impact on society.
F. Determine the relationship between the pitch, wavelength, and frequency of sound.
G. Experience the Doppler effect.
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Content Strand: Life Processes
Biology - Honors Biology - AP Biology
SC-BIO-1 Apply knowledge of biology to everyday living.
SC-BIO-2 Conduct a real world experiment and carry it through from hypothesis to formal
presentation using current technology including:
A. scientific method
B. lab safety
C. measurement
D. lab report
SC-BIO-3 Analyze and examine various ecosystems and the human impact on the biosphere by
investigation of the organization of life, flow of energy, and the role of individual
organisms as related to the following topics:
A. population and natural resources
B. matter, energy, and organization in living systems
C. biochemistry
D. photosynthesis and respiration
E. importance of ecosystems in the world
F. major biomes and inhabitants (i.e., geography, food web, climate impact, human
influence)
SC-BIO-4 Identify the functions/structures of cells (i.e., prokaryotic, eukaryotic, plant and animal).
A. compare cell types (animal/plant; prokaryotic/eukaryotic; unicellular/multicellular).
B. describe cellular organization.
C. describe transport of materials (passive and active transport, and homeostasis).
SC-BIO-5 Describe and apply concepts of organic variation and the evidence that supports them
including:
A. evolution
B. natural selection
C. genetic patterns
D. heredity (including genetic mutations)
E. DNA and RNA structures
F. transcription, translation, and protein synthesis
G. mitosis & meiosis
SC-BIO-6 Recognize the taxonomic categories (i.e., kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus
and species) and use a dichotomous key.
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Content Strand: Life Processes
Biology - Honors Biology - AP Biology
Biology continued:
SC-BIO-7 Compare and contrast various organisms from at least five different kingdoms using the
following categories: reproduction, exchange of gases, movement, circulation, digestion,
nervous, skeletal, integumentary, symmetry, embryonic development, and special
adaptations. Compare each example from the Kingdom Animalia to human body system
structure and function.
A. Viruses
B. Monerans.
C. Protista:
1. Animal-like
2. Plant-like
3. Fungus-like
D. Fungi:
1. Zygomycotes
2. Ascomycotes
E. Plantae
1. Angiosperm/Gymnosperm
a. Monocot/Dicot
2. Alternation of generations
a. Mosses
b. Ferns
F. Animalia
1. Invertebrates
a. Cnidarian
b. Porifera
c. Platyhelminthes
d. Mollusks
e. Annelida
f. Nematoda
g. Arthropods
h. Echinoderms
2. Vertebrates
a. Amphibians
b. Fishes
c. Reptiles
d. Birds
e. Mammals
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Content Strand: Forces, Matter, and Energy
Chemistry, Chemistry - Honors, AP Chemistry
SC-CH-1
Apply knowledge of the scientific method of investigation to explore matter and energy.
A. Scientific method
B. Laboratory Safety
C. Process of collecting information
1. Measurement
2. Laboratory techniques including current technology
SC-CH-2
Explain how descriptive chemistry is used in everyday living including characteristics of
commonly encountered compounds and elements.
A. Uses of chemical substances in real world situations.
B. Current issues involving chemical substances
C. Environmental issues
D. Organic chemistry: introduction to general concepts
1. Functional Groups +
SC-CH-3
Compare and contrast the different forms of energy, their use, and impact on society.
A. Forms of energy
B. Energy changes in the chemical reactions - endothermic and exothermic
C. Nuclear chemistry, radioactivity, nuclear reactions and half life*
SC-CH-4
Understand that all matter is composed of atoms, molecules, and ions.
A. Classification of matter, including saturated and unsaturated solutions and colloidal
suspensions
B. Periodic properties; similarity of behavior of families, electronegativity, atomic radii
and how can it change; ionization energy, metallic character
C. Metals and nonmetals
D. Atomic structure
E. Quantum mechanics - electron configurations
E. Molecular structure - Lewis structures, molecular shapes; (VSEPR Theory)*
1. Resonance structures +
2. Hybridization +
SC-CH-5
Understand and describe acids, bases and salts.
A. pH
B. Neutralization
C. Bronsted - Lowry
D. Conjugate acids - bases
E. Hydrolysis of salts
F. Strong and weak electrolytes
G. Lewis definition +
H. PH, pOH, Ka, Kb calculations +
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Content Strand: Forces, Matter, and Energy
Chemistry, Chemistry - Honors, AP Chemistry
SC-CH-6
Understand and describe changes of matter.
A. Physical changes
B. Chemical changes
1. Evidence of...
2. Chemical formulas
3. Classifying, predicting products, balancing chemical equations.
4. Moles and Stoichiometry
SC-CH-7
Understand and describe chemical bonding.
A. General guidelines
Nonmetal + Nonmetal = Covalent
Metal+ Nonmetal = Ionic
B. Characteristics of ionic and covalent compounds.
C. Electrochemistry including redox reactions and electrochemical cells.*+
SC-CH-8
Conduct further investigation of the nature of matter.
A. Kinetic theory;
1. States of matter and how it relates to Kinetic Theory
2. Describe how temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles.
3. Energy changes in phase changes/heat calculations
a. Specific heat capacity
b. Heats of fusion and vaporization
B. Intermolecular forces of attraction
1. Polarity
2. Hydrogen bonding * +
3. London forces * +
4. Gases with reference to pressure, volume and temperature
5. Combined gas law
6. Ideal gas law
C. Kinetics - rates of reaction * +
SC-CH-9
Understand and describe equilibrium.* +
A. Reversible reactions
B. LeChatlelier’s Principle
*Covered in Honors Chemistry, optional for Chemistry I.
+Covered in AP.
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Content Strand:
Science, Technology, and Society
SC-STS-1
Apply the scientific method to investigate the relationship between science, technology,
and society.
A. Impact on human activities
B. Impact on economy
C. Impact on the environment
SC-STS-2
Design and conduct a full scientific investigation.
A. Collect data
B. Interpret data
C. Graphically display data
D. Present and discuss data
SC-STS-3
Develop oral and written strategies designed to solve both current and future issues.
SC-STS-4
Incorporate available technologies into the inquiry/problem solving process.
SC-STS-5
Utilize knowledge of the structure of matter to interpret consequences of radioactivity.
SC-STS-6
Assesses the influence of human activities on the environment.
SC-STS-7
Analyze the impact of current and future technological advances on human activities.
A. Electromagnetic and Sound Waves
B. Space – technology, superstitions, history, governmental regulation, current,
research, and societal expectations
C. Microchip – technology, uses, and research
D. Nuclear Energy – technology, superstitions, history, current research.
SC-STS-8
Describe various methods of acquiring resources and the effect that they have on society
and the environment as it relates to the depletion of resources, natural habitat, and
pollution production.
A. How it relates to the depletion of natural resources.
B. The effect on the natural habitat.
C. Pollution production.
D. Assesses the influence of human activities on the environment.
E. Analyzes major needs by industrialized technological societies.
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Content Strand:
Science, Technology, and Society
SC-STS-9
Relate genetic concepts to current and future technologies.
A. Medical and health technologies.
1. Genetic testing, engineering, and cloning.
2. Artificial skin, synthetic blood, and bionics.
3. Disease
SC-STS-10
Demonstrate an understanding of abiotic and biotic factors that impact living systems.
SC-STS-11
Assess the change of systems through time and the impact on ecosystem.
A. Geographical features – weathering and erosio
B. Climate
C. Human populations and polulations of other organisms
D. Form and function of individual organisms.
SC-STS-12
Describe the cycling of nutrients and pollutants in nature and assess the impact of this
cycling on the food webs in communities.
A. Analyze the ecosystem structure in terms of the Law of Conservation of meter and
laws of Thermodynamics.
SC-STS-13
Critique the role of government in the development of policies and legislations affecting
scientific research, new and existing technologies, and discoveries on the local national
and global levels.
SC-STS-14
Critique the role of government in the development of policies and legislations affecting
scientific research, new and existing technologies, and discoveries on the local national
and global levels.
SC-STS-15
Analyzes natural factors that tend to promote stability in ecosystems.
A. Defines and models negative feedback.
B. Defines limiting factor by interpreting the effects of specific examples.
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Content Strand: Life Processes
Anatomy
SC-ANT-1 Uses science process skills in laboratory or field investigations, including observation,
classification, communication, metric measurement, prediction, inference, collecting, and
analyzing data.
A. Designs and constructs a scientific experiment that identifies the problem,
distinguishes, manipulates, collects and analyzes, and communicates data, and makes
valid inferences and conclusions.
B. Evaluates procedures, data and conclusions to determine the scientific validity of
research.
SC-ANT-2 Uses traditional reference materials to explore background and historical information
regarding a scientific concept.
SC-ANT-3 Learns and uses on a regular basis standard safety practices for a laboratory on field
investigations.
A. Learns and uses safety procedures specific to an investigation of research activity.
SC-ANT-4 Analyze the organization of the human body. Describe the processes involved in cellular
metabolism. Define homeostasis and explain mechanisms of homeostatic maintenance.
A. Cellular metabolism and biochemistry review
B. Body regions and anatomical terminology
C. Organization of the human organism
D. Histology: tissue types
E. Homeostasis
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Anatomy
SC-ANT-5 Explain how various body systems coordinate to provide support and movement.
A. Integumentary system
(1) structure and function
(2) glands and accessory organs
(3) diseases and disorders
B. Muscular system
(1) location and identification of superficial muscles
(2) muscle cell and fiber structure
(3) physiology of contraction and relaxation
(4) structure and function of the three types of muscular tissue
(5) diseases and disorders
C. Skeletal system
(1) macroscopic and microscopic structure of long bone
(2) formation of endochondral and intramembranous bone and bone remodeling
(3) bone location and identification
(4) function and location of red and yellow marrow
(5) types of joints and function of each
(6) male and female skeleton comparisons
(7) diseases and disorders
SC-ANT-6 Understand the roles of the nervous and endocrine systems in maintaining homeostasis
through the integration and coordination of all body systems.
A. Nervous system
(1) divisions and parts of each (CNS-PNS)
(2) nervous physiology including impulse conduction
(3) senses and sense receptors
(4) diseases and disorders
B. Endocrine system
(1) steroid vs. nonsteroid hormones
(2) location, function, and products of glands
(3) negative feedback
(4) diseases and disorders
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Content Strand: Life Processes
Anatomy
SC-ANT-7 Examine the significance of various body systems to the processing and transporting of
wastes, gases, fluids, and required nutrients.
A. Cellular metabolism overview
B. Digestive system
(1) structure and function of alimentary canal and accessory organs
(2) metabolism/nutrition
(3) diseases and disorders
C. Respiratory system
(1) structure and function of respiratory organs, membranes, and cavities
(2) physiology and mechanics of respiration
(3) lung capacities and volumes
(4) diseases and disorders
D. Lymphatic system and immunity
(1) primary and secondary immune responses
(2) diseases and disorders
E. Urinary/excretory system
(1) structure and function of related organs
(2) production of urine/feces
(3) diseases and disorders
F. Circulatory system/blood
(1) components of blood and types of blood cells
(2) hematopoiesis
(3) location and identification of major veins and arteries
(4) anatomy and physiology of circulation
(5) structure and function of heart
(6) blood pressure and heart rate
(7) diseases and disorders
SC-ANT-8 Recognize the role of human reproduction. Describe the components of the reproductive
system and the role of each.
A. Male and female anatomy
B. Gamete formation and genetic overview
C. Fetal development and growth
D. Hormonal balance and control
E. Human genetic disorders
F. STD’s
G. Other diseases and disorders
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Content Strand: Forces, Matter, and Energy
Physics
SC-P-1
Use the scientific method to make qualitative and quantitative observations. Interpret data
using appropriate tools, trigonometry and complete dimensional analysis in all areas of
physics.
SC-P-2
Describe Newton’s Laws of Motion and Gravitation and how they affect everyday life.
A. Distinguish between vector and scaler quantities.
B. Identify the causes of motion and calculate force vectors relating to equilibrats,
resultants, friction, and torque.
SC-P-3
Compare and contrast the various forms of motion, velocity and acceleration. Use each in
an experimental setting to demonstrate understanding.
A. Linear motion
B. Circular motion
C. Projectile motion
D. Simple Harmonic motion
E. Wave motion
1. Light defraction, reflection, and refraction
2. Sound relection, rarefaction
F. Momentum
SC-P-4
Investigate properties of matter using fluid mechanics and materials science
A. Solids
B. Liquids
C. Gases
SC-P-5
Compare and contrast the various forms of energy. Investigate each and calculate work.
A. Mechanical Energy
B. Heat Energy - Thermodynamics
C. Radiant Energy
D. Electromagnetic
E. Electricity Energy
1. Static Electricity
2.Current Electricity
F. Nuclear Energy
G. Simple Machines
H. Magnetism
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Content Strand: Forces, Matter, and Energy
Principles of Technology
SC-PT-1
Force
A. Applied to fluid systems
B. Applied to mechanical systems
C. Applied to electrical systems
D. Applied to thermal systems
SC-PT-2
Work
A. Applied to fluid systems
B. Applied to mechanical systems
C. Applied to electrical systems
SC-PT-3
Rate
A. Applied to fluid systems
B. Applied to mechanical systems
C. Applied to electrical systems
D. Applied to thermal systems
SC-PT-4
Resistance
A. Applied to fluid systems
B. Applied to mechanical systems
C. Applied to electrical systems
D. Applied to thermal systems
SC-PT-5
Energy
A. Applied to fluid systems
B. Applied to mechanical systems
C. Applied to electrical systems
D. Applied to thermal systems
SC-PT-6
Power
A. Applied to fluid systems
B. Applied to mechanical systems
C. Applied to electrical systems
D. Applied to thermal systems
SC-PT-7
Force Transformers
A. Applied to fluid systems
B. Applied to mechanical systems
C. Applied to electrical systems
D. Applied to thermal systems
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