1st Quarter Weekly Scope & Sequence

2000-2001 Parent Letter

1st Quarter Coursework Guide

 

 Emphasized Standard(s)
(themes & concepts)

Chapter Coverage

  Parent Guides

 Web Resource

  7-31 to 8-4

Investigation and Experimentation

(nature of science)

Lab & Science Safety:

Week 1

Download or read "What is Science?"@ <http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/PR/science.html >

or read the handout passed out during the first class meeting

 8-7 to 8-11

 Investigation & Experimentation

(doing science)

  * Pages 824-825

 Week 2

  Reading assignment & answer questions. "Scientific Investigation" @ <http://www.wmich.edu/bios150/investigation.html>

or use class handout.

 8-14 to 8-18

 Investigation & Experimentation

(problem solving)

*Pages 830-831, 828-829, 446-451

 Week 3

 

 8-21 to 8-25

 Investigation & Experimentation

(metric measurement)

 

 Week 4

 The Metric Sport lesson plan @ <http://205.146.39.13/success/lessons/Lesson2/Lesson2c/MMAa3_L.HTM >

Metric System and Unit Conversion @ <http://edie.cprost.sfu.ca/~rhlogan/metric.html#end>

 8-28 to 9-1

 Investigation & Experimentation Unit II Properties of Matter & Energy // Definition of Matter

 

 Week 5

 Review of Mass, Volume and Density

<http://www.educata.com/MathMol/modules/water/density_intro.html>

9-4 to 9-8

 Unit II Properties of Matter & Energy // Measuring Mass

  *Pages 50-53,
40-41,
743-744,
826-827

  Week 6

   Review of Mass, Volume and Density

<http://www.educata.com/MathMol/modules/water/density_intro.html>

9-11 to 9-15

 Unit II Properties of Matter & Energy // Measuring Volume, Measuring Density

*Pages 428-435,
453-457,
458-462,

  Week 7

  Review of Mass, Volume and Density

<http://www.educata.com/MathMol/modules/water/density_intro.html>

 9-18 to 9-22

Unit II Properties of Matter & Energy // Measuring Volume, Measuring Density

*Pages 826-827,

   Week 8

Review of Mass, Volume and Density
http://www.educata.com/MathMol/modules/water/density_intro.html
PS- Scientific Drawing Guidelines
 
http://www.avstc.org/SciMat/ Sci_Dra_Guid.html

 9-25 to 9-29

Unit II Properties of Matter & Energy // Changes in Matter

*Pages 468-472,
486-494, 160-162, 163-172

   Week 9

 

* F on PS [Focus on Physical Science]

Yellow Rope

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