MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DISTRICT PACING GUIDE
YEAR-AT-A-GLANCE
COURSE CODE: 200207001
M/J COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE 2
1ST Nine Weeks
UNIT 1: NATURE OF SCIENCE
I.
The Practice of Science in Heat
(SC.7.N.1.1; SC.7.N.1.2; SC.7.N.1.4)
A. Scientific Processes
B. Reliability
2nd Nine Weeks
UNIT 4: EARTH’S STRUCTURE
VI.
UNIT 2: ENERGY
II.
III.
Heat Energy (SC.7.P.11.1;
SC.7.P.11.4; SC.7.N.1.1; SC.7.N.1.2)
A. Heat and Temperature
B. Change of State
C. Heat Flow
Conservation of Energy and Energy
Transformations (SC.7.P.11.2;
SC.7.P.11.3; SC.7.N.1.1;
LAFS.68.RST.4.10)
A. Forms of Energy
B. Energy Transformations
C. Law of Conservation of Energy
UNIT 3: WAVES
IV.
V.
Electromagnetic Spectrum
(SC.7.P.10.1; SC.7.N.1.3; SC.7.N.1.4;
MAFS.6.SP.2.5a, b and c,
LAFS.68.RST.1.3)
A. Properties of Waves
B. The Sun’s Energy as Radiation:
Electromagnetic Spectrum
C. Relationship between
Wavelength and Frequency
Properties of Waves (SC.7.P.10.2;
SC.7.P.10.3; SC.7.N.1.3; SC.7.N.1.4;
LAFS.68.RST.2.4, MAFS.6.SP.2.5d)
A. Light Properties
B. Wave Speed in Different
Materials
VII.
Layers of Earth (SC.7.E.6.1;
SC.7.N.3.2, MAFS.6.SP.2.5b)
A. Crust and Lithosphere
B. Mantle
C. Core
D. Comparing Layers of the
Earth
Plate Tectonics (SC.7.E.6.4;
SC.7.E.6.5; SC.7.E.6.7; SC.7.N.3.2;
SC.7.N.2.1; LAFS.68.WHST.1.2)
A. Continental Drift
B. Describing Tectonic Plate
Movement
C. Explaining Plate Movement
through Heat Flow
UNIT 5: ROCK CYCLE and AGE OF THE
EARTH
VIII. Rock Cycle and Processes that
Shape Earth’s Surface (SC.7.E.6.2;
SC.7.E.6.6; LAFS.68.RST.3.7)
A. Rock Cycle
B. Review of Landforms and
Apply to Florida
C. How Humans Impact the
Earth
IX.
Age of Earth/ Geological Time
(SC.7.E.6.4; SC.7.E.6.3,
LAFS.6.8.WHST.1.2,
LAFS.68.WHST.3.9)
A. Measuring the Age of the
Earth
B. Evidence of Changes to Earth
Division of Academics – Department of Science
Year-At-A-Glance 2015-2016
3rd Nine Weeks
UNIT 6: EVOLUTION
X.
XI.
Evidence of Species Change
(SC.7.L.15.1; SC.7.L.15.2; SC.7.L.15.3;
SC.7.N.3.1)
A. Evidence of Scientific Theory of
Evolution
B. Adaptations
C. Extinction
Natural Selection (SC.7.L.15.2;
SC.7.L.15.3)
A. Conditions for Natural Selection
B. Natural Selection
UNIT 7: ECOLOGY
XII.
XIII.
Relationships in Ecosystems
(SC.7.L.17.2; SC.7.L.17.1; SC.7.L.17.3)
A. Relationships
B. Food Web
C. Limiting Factors
Human Impact on Earth (SC.7.E.6.6;
SC.7.N.1.2; MAFS.6.SP.2.5c and d)
A. Resources
B. Biodiversity
C. Pollution
D. Human Impact of the
Everglades
4th Nine Weeks
UNIT 8 GENETICS
XIV. DNA, Chromosomes, and Heredity (SC.7.L.16.1,
SC.7.L.16.3)
A. Review Cell Structure
B. DNA
C. Reproduction
XV.
Genetic Traits and Heredity (SC.7.L.16.2),
LAFS.68.RST.2.4)
A. Mendelian Genetics
B. Genotype/Phenotype
C. Genetic Probabilities
XVI. Biotechnology (SC.7.L.16.4; SC.7.N.1.5; SC.7.N.1.7)
A. Cloning
B. Genetic Engineering
C. Artificial Selection
D. Impact on Society
UNIT 9: HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
XVII. Health and Disease Prevention (HE.7.C.1.1;
HE.C.1.2; HE.C.1.8; HE.7.B.3.1; HE.7.B.3.6)
A. Reproductive Health
B. Stress Management
C. Heredity
D. Communicable Disease and Infection
E. Healthy Decisions
F. Healthy Goals
XVIII. Human Growth and Development (HE.7.C.1.7;
HE.C.1.8; HE.P.1.2; HE.7.P.1.3; HE.7.B.3.6)
A. Body Systems
B. Mental
C. Dating
D. HIV/AIDS
E. Abstinence
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