| Unit Title |
CORE SCIENCE CONTENT |
Estimated # Of 40 to 50 Minute Class Periods |
| A. |
Biomedical Engineering | NGSS |
bioengineering, engineering design process, prototypes, prosthesis, technology |
~15-20 40 to 50 minute class periods
|
| B. |
Body Systems | NGSS |
body system structures and functions, system interactions, medicines and body systems, human health, clinical trials, matter and energy, nutrients, stimuli, digestion (systems include: circulatory, digestive, nervous, and respiratory) |
~20 40 to 50 minute class periods
|
| C. |
Earth’s Resources | NGSS |
renewable resources, minerals, energy & groundwater resource distribution, human population growth, geological processes, resource consumption, geologic time, rock strata, fossil evidence |
~20-30 40 to 50 minute class periods
|
| D. |
Ecology | NGSS |
ecosystems, food webs, biotic and abiotic interactions, energy and matter, disruptions in ecosystems, invasive species |
~35 40-50 Minute Class Periods
|
| E. |
Evolution | NGSS |
evolution by natural selection, speciation, extinction, humans and evolution, embryology, genes evolution, geologic time scale, fossils, evolutionary tree, genetic engineering, artificial selection |
~25-30 40 to 50 minute class periods
|
| F. |
From Cells To Organisms | NGSS |
multicellular organism levels of organization, animal cell structure and function, plant cell structure and function, cell theory, germ theory of disease, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, matter and energy |
~25-30 40 to 50 minute class periods
|
| G. |
Land, Water, And Human Interactions | NGSS |
topography, erosion, deposition, landforms, human impact of building, nutrient pollution, water cycle, weathering |
~25-30 40 to 50 minute class periods
|
| H. |
Reproduction | NGSS |
heredity, genes, sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction, genetic diversity, inheritance of traits, mutations, reproductive success, genetic disorders, nature vs nurture, pollination, animal behavior, DNA |
~15-20 40 to 50 minute class periods
|
| I. |
Waves | NGSS |
types of waves, wave properties, electromagnetic radiation, applications of waves, comparison of analog and digital transmission and storage capabilities |
~25 40 to 50 minute class periods
|
| J. |
Weather and Climate | NGSS |
weather, weather forecasts, climate, solar energy, wind, Coriolis effect, water, ocean and wind currents, global climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases |
~30-35 40 to 50 minute class periods
|
| K. |
Geological Processes | NGSS |
Earth’s history, earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, mountain building, continental drift, natural resources |
~25-35 40 to 50 minute class periods
|
| L. |
Solar System and Beyond | NGSS |
Earth, moon, moon phases, seasons, axial tilt, Solar system, planetary motion, gravity |
~25 40 to 50 minute class periods (5 weeks)
|
| M. |
Energy | NGSS |
Energy transfer and transformations, types of energy (kinetic, potential, thermal, light), energy efficiency, conservation of energy |
~30 - 40 to 50 minute class periods (5 weeks)
|
| N. |
Force and Motion | NGSS |
Newton’s Laws, inertia, force, mass, acceleration, speed, friction, experimental design, automobile safety |
25 - 30 40 to 50 minute class periods (5 - 6 weeks)
|
| O. |
The Chemistry of Materials | NGSS |
Physical and chemical properties of substances, elements and compounds, chemical reactions, chemistry of materials, states of matter, particle movement, thermal and kinetic energy |
~30 40 to 50 minute class periods (6 weeks)
|
| P. |
Chemical Reactions | NGSS |
Chemical reactions, conservation of atoms and conservation of mass, exothermic and endothermic reactions, design of a product |
25-30 40 to 50 minute class periods (5-6 weeks)
|
| Q. |
Fields and Interactions | NGSS |
electrical, magnetic, and gravitational fields and forces |
~25 40 to 50 minute class periods (5 weeks)
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