Science+Teaching+Objectives

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 * =Science topic= || **Grade** || **Qtr** ||
 * **EARTH SCIENCE (ES)** ||  ||   ||
 * **Weather (ES:W)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Explain how heat, moisture, and air movement determine weather and how to measure each. || 6 || 4 ||
 * * 2. Understand that the Sun's energy drives the water cycle and that the water cycle is a continuous process of recycling water on the Earth. || 6;7 || 4;1 ||
 * * 3. Explain wind flow from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas. || 6 || 4 ||
 * * 4. Analyze how temperature, pressure, and the Coriolis effect cause wind and water currents. || 6 || 4 ||
 * * 5. Describe how global atmospheric movement influences local weather and be able to interpret a weather map and predict the weather. || 6 || 4 ||
 * * 6. Examine how geographic features affect climates and explain the uneven heating of the Earth by the sun. || 6 || 4 ||
 * * 7. Know the composition and structure of the Earth's atmosphere. || 6 || 4 ||
 * * 8. Investigate how the greenhouse effect leads to global warming. || 6 || 4 ||
 * * 9. Explain standard safety procedures used regarding various natural disasters (tornadoes/storms/ lightning). || 6 || 4 ||
 * * 10.Explain how the tilt of the Earth determines seasons and length of day. || 6 || 4 ||
 * **Space (ES:S)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Understand how the force of gravity keeps the planets and other bodies in orbit. || 8 || 4 ||
 * * 2. State Newton's Law of Gravitation. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 3. Explain orbital motion of objects in the solar system; know the features of the sun and each of the solar system’s planets and space bodies. || 8 || 4 ||
 * * 4. Understand that stars give off light and produce energy by nuclear fusion; explain the H-R diagram, red-blue shift, and parallax in the stars. || 8 || 4 ||
 * * 5. Realize that light years and astronomical units are used to measure distance in space. || 8 || 4 ||
 * * 6. Understand how humans use technology to explore space. || 8 || 4 ||
 * * 7. Know which characteristics of a planet support life as we know it. || 8 || 4 ||
 * * 8. Know that billions of galaxies exist in the universe; identify several constellations. || 8 || 4 ||
 * * 9. Explain the Big Bang Theory and the life cycle of the stars. || 8 || 4 ||
 * **Changes in the Earth (ES:CE)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Know that successive layers of sedimentary rock are affected by folding, breaking, and uplifting of layers. || 6
 * **Changes in the Earth (ES:CE)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Know that successive layers of sedimentary rock are affected by folding, breaking, and uplifting of layers. || 6
 * * 2. Know that landforms are created through constructive (volcanoes and earthquakes) and destructive forces (erosion and weathering). || 6 || 3 ||
 * * 3. Know that the Earth's crust is divided into plates that move in response to mantle movement of convection currents. || 6
 * * 4. Know how features on the Earth’s surface are constantly changing. || 6 || 3 ||
 * * 5. Explain the Theory of Plate Tectonics. || 6 || 3 ||
 * **Earth’s Structure/Composition (ES:ESC)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Know the components of soil and other factors that influence soil texture, fertility, and resistance to erosion. || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 2. Communicate that the Earth is comprised of layers including a core, mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. || 6 || 3 ||
 * * 3. Identify the characteristics of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks and know the formation process of each. || 6 || 4 ||
 * * 4. Know the interrelationships involved in the processes of the rock cycle. || 6 || 4 ||
 * * 5. Know that the fossils contained in the successive layers of rock can be used to confirm the age, history, and changing life forms of the Earth. || 8 || 3 ||
 * * 6. List and explain the properties of minerals. || 6 || 4 ||
 * **Earth’s Water (ES:EW)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Know the life zones of the oceans and the features of the ocean. || 8 || 2 ||
 * * 2. Understand the conditions of and problems in the oceans today. || 8 || 2 ||
 * * 3. Explain the causes and effects of the ocean tides and ocean currents. || 8 || 4 ||
 * * 4. Know the difference and concerns for freshwater bodies. || 8 || 3 ||
 * =Science topic= || **Grade** || **Qtr** ||
 * **PHYSICAL SCIENCE (PS)** ||  ||   ||
 * **Sound and Light (PS:SL)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Demonstrate that light travels in straight lines unless reflected or refracted. || 7 || 1 ||
 * * 2. Identify visible light as one component of the electromagnetic spectrum; white light is composed of all the colors of the rainbow. || 7 || 1 ||
 * * 3. Demonstrate that light interacts with matter by transmission, absorption, reflection, and refraction. || 7 || 1 ||
 * * 4. Demonstrate that light can be reflected with mirrors or refracted with lenses; concave and convex lenses can change the path of light. || 7 || 1 ||
 * * 5. Explain how the Sun is the major source of energy for the Earth; light is a form of energy. || 8 || 4 ||
 * * 6. Demonstrate that light is essential for vision. || 7 || 1 ||
 * * 7. Demonstrate how things that absorb light often transmit heat. || 7 || 1 ||
 * * 8. Identify and explain that photosynthesis is the process of using light to make food by plants. || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 9. Observe and demonstrate that sound is affected by the matter through which it travels. || 7 || 1 ||
 * * 10. Describe how sound is a form of energy that travels in waves and is caused by vibrations. || 7 || 1 ||
 * * 11. Explain that sound waves have wavelength, frequency, and amplitude; frequency affects pitch. || 7 || 1 ||
 * * 12. Waves carry energy and have various properties. || 7 || 1 ||
 * * 13. Demonstrate how the ear is a receptor for sound. || 7 || 4 ||
 * * 14. Know the 7 kinds of radiant energy of the electromagnetic spectrum and their common uses, if any. || 7 || 1 ||
 * **Matter (PS:M)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Know the major ideas of atomic theory and molecular theory. || 6 || 2 ||
 * * 2. Know the history and development of the present atomic model. || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 3. Model how all matter is composed of atoms, consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons. || 6 || 2 ||
 * * 4. Describe physical and chemical interactions among molecules, compounds, and other substances; substances can form solutions. || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 5. Develop an understanding of the physical and chemical properties of matter, including density, surface tension, and acids/bases. || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 6. Realize that particles of matter are in constant motion, and when heated, the motion of the molecules increases and they move farther apart to cause the differences in solids, liquids and gases (the Kinetic Theory of Matter). || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 7. Understand the flow of electrons in bonding and ion formation. || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 8. Understand how each element is represented on the Periodic Table; know some chemical symbols of common elements. || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 9. Know the organization of the Periodic Table. || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 10. Know the materials that contain equal numbers of positive and negative charges are electrically neutral. || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 11. Realize that any change in the balance of charges produces ions and an electric force proportional to the charge. || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 12. Know that electromagnetic forces exist within and between atoms. || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 13. Understand the kinds of radioactivity and its effect on the atomic nucleus. || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 14. Know and use the Law of Conservation of Mass in chemistry. || 8 || 1 ||
 * **Forces, Motion, and Energy (PS:FME)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Investigate the motion of objects and explain motion in terms of speed, velocity, acceleration, momentum, friction, and Newton's Laws of Motion and their application to real-life situations. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 2. Identify the Law of Conservation of Energy. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 3. Explain how gravitational force is applied. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 4. Explain that nuclear forces are stronger than electromagnetic forces, which are stronger than gravitational forces. || 8 || 1 ||
 * * 5. Demonstrate how the 6 simple machines and complex machines can be used to do work more efficiently. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 6. Identify how devices have been designed to convert energy from one form to another; explain that energy is the ability to do work; identify the many different types of energy. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 7. Give a basic explanation of the gas laws, Archimedes Principle, and Bernoulli's Principle and recognize their real-life applications. || 7;8 || 1;1 ||
 * * 8. Describe and investigate the properties of light, heat, gravity, magnetic fields, electrical fields and sound waves and their interactions with common objects. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 9. Infer that as energy transformations occur, some energy escapes as heat, sound, or light; identify heat conductors and insulators and know how heat can move. || 6 || 2 ||
 * * 10. Explain differences between kinetic and potential energies and give examples of each. || 6 || 2 ||
 * * 11. Being made aware of decisions about the future of energy resources. || 7 || 1 ||
 * **Electricity and Magnetism (PS:EM)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Know that electricity produces positive and negative charges: like charges repel, opposites attract; explain that electric currents can produce magnetic forces and magnets can produce electric currents. || 6 || 2 ||
 * * 2. Explain the relationship between magnetic forces and electric forces. || 6 || 2 ||
 * * 3. Identify the role of electromagnetic forces in electric motors, generators, radio, television, and other technologies. || 6 || 2 ||
 * * 4. Observe that different materials act as insulators and conductors of electric current; discover that electricity travels in simple circuits or is static. || 6 || 2 ||
 * * 5. Explain safety rules regarding the use of current electricity. || 6 || 2 ||
 * =Science topic= || **Grade** || **Qtr** ||
 * **LIFE SCIENCE (LS)** ||  ||   ||
 * **Animals (LS:A)** ||  ||   ||
 * **Classification of animals (LS:A:CL)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Identify different taxonomic groups of the Animal Kingdom (invertebrates and vertebrates). || 7 || 3 ||
 * **Life Cycles of animals (LS:A:LC)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Know that sexual reproduction results in the continuation of the species; asexual reproduction is now possible in some species. || 7 || 3 ||
 * * 2. Describe the basic life processes that all animals carry out. || 7 || 3 ||
 * **Characteristics of animals (LS:A:CH)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Know that animals have a variety of body structures with specific functions for survival. || 7 || 3 ||
 * **Plants (LS:P)** ||  ||   ||
 * **Classification of plants (LS:P:CL)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Compare and contrast monocots and dicots. || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 2. Identify various plant tissues and explain their function (xylem and phloem). || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 3. Describe how plants are producers. || 7 || 2 ||
 * **Life Cycles of plants (LS:P:LC)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Discover that plants carry on basic life processes with various organs (stems, roots, leaves, flowers). || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 2. Understand that sexual and asexual reproduction are necessary for the continuation of the plant species. || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 3. Explain the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle and the nitrogen cycle in nature. || 7 || 2 ||
 * **Characteristics of plants (LS:P:CH)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Describe the chemical process of photosynthesis in which plants create their own food; contrast photosynthesis with respiration. || 7 || 2 ||
 * **Adaptations of plants (LS:P:AD)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Know that plants have a variety of body structures with specific functions for survival. || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 2. Explain plant responses to environmental stimuli (tropisms). || 7 || 2 ||
 * =Science topic= || **Grade** || **Qtr** ||
 * **Environment (LS:E)** ||  ||   ||
 * **Habitats (LS:E:H)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Understand that through the process of succession, communities change over time. || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 2. Describe the eight land biomes and the water biomes in terms of their distinct biotic and abiotic characteristics. || 7 || 1 ||
 * * 3. Know how energy is moved through food chains/food webs; explain the terms carnivore, prey, herbivore, omnivore, and predator. || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 4. Know that plants, animals, and their physical surroundings are interdependent and interact to form an ecosystem. || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 5. Understand how human activities have produced air, land and water pollution. || 7 || 2 ||
 * **Adaptations (LS:E:AD)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Recognize how things evolve. || 8 || 3 ||
 * * 2. Know the process of natural selection. || 8 || 3 ||
 * * 3. Know the history of the Theory of Evolution. || 8 || 3 ||
 * * 4. Recognize how some living organisms become endangered or extinct. || 7 || 1 ||
 * **Human Body (LS:HB)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Explain that a human being has interactive systems (skeletal, muscular, blood and lymphatic circulatory, digestive, respiratory, excretory, nervous, endocrine, and immune). || 7 || 3,4 ||
 * * 2. Know that humans carry on basic life processes. || 7 || 3,4 ||
 * * 3. Describe how disease is caused by internal and external factors. || 7 || 3,4 ||
 * * 4. Understand homeostasis. || 7 || 3 ||
 * * 5. Understand good nutrition and its effect on the human body. || 7 || 3 ||
 * * 6. Describe the stages of development of a growing embryo and fetus. || - || - ||
 * * 7. Know the dangers of improper OTC drug use and illegal drug use. || 7 || 4 ||
 * =Science topic= || **Grade** || **Qtr** ||
 * **Cells, Heredity and Classification (LS:CHC)** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Realize that both heredity and the environment contribute to the development of living things. || 6 || 2 ||
 * * 2. Know that organisms are classified based on similarities that reflect their evolutionary relationships and by their DNA. || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 3. Identify the levels of organization in living things: cells, tissues, organs, systems, and organisms. || 7 || 3 ||
 * * 4. Know the structure and function of the different parts of a cell. || 6 || 3 ||
 * * 5. Describe how chromosomes are contained in both egg and sperm and carry instructions for the new individual. || - || - ||
 * * 6. Know how to use a dichotomous key. || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 7. Model how an inherited trait is determined by one or more genes using a Punnett Square. || 6 || 2 ||
 * * 8. Know the chemical and structural properties of DNA and its role in specifying the characteristics of an organism. || 6 || 3 ||
 * * 9. Know the characteristics of the three domains of life and the 6 kingdoms of life. || 7 || 2 ||
 * * 10. Use the Cell Theory to explain our present understanding of the cell. || 6 || 3 ||
 * * 11. Explain the process of mitosis. || 6 || 3 ||
 * * 12. Explain the cellular processes and uses of diffusion, osmosis, and respiration. || 6 || 3 ||
 * * 13. Understand how viruses cause diseases. || 7 || 2 ||
 * **Scientific Inquiry** ** (SI) ** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 2. Design and safely conduct a controlled experiment using the Scientific Method. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 3. Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, interpret, and present data. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 4. Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions and raise questions for further research. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 5. Communicate scientific procedures and explanations, as well as the importance and implications of experimental results to peers, teachers, and other adults. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 6. Use inferences to help decide possible results of investigations and use observations to check inferences. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 7. Use accepted scientific knowledge, models, and theories to explain results and to raise further questions. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 8. Use the metric system for all scientific measurements. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 4. Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions and raise questions for further research. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 5. Communicate scientific procedures and explanations, as well as the importance and implications of experimental results to peers, teachers, and other adults. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 6. Use inferences to help decide possible results of investigations and use observations to check inferences. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 7. Use accepted scientific knowledge, models, and theories to explain results and to raise further questions. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 8. Use the metric system for all scientific measurements. || 6,7,8 || All ||

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 * =Science topic= || **Grade** || **Qtr** ||
 * **Science and Technology** ** (ST) ** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Identify the needs and values of society that influence the direction of technological development. || 6
 * * 2. Realize that technology cannot solve all human problems or meet all human needs. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 3. Understand that the frontiers in technological development provide many career opportunities. || 6,7,8 || 1 ||
 * * 4. Utilize technological tools in the study of science (as computers and calculators) and laboratory equipment (as microscopes, telescopes, meter sticks, etc.). || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 5. Discover that many different people in varied cultures have made significant contributions to the advancement of technology. || 6,7,8 || 4 ||
 * * 6. Use a variety of resources to explore scientific discoveries. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 7. Illustrate the impact that science and technology have had on society. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 8. Show evidence of how science and technology are interdependent. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 9. Design/develop a process to create a product or solution to a problem. || 8 || 2 ||


 * **History and Nature of Science** ** (HNS) ** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Describe how scientific knowledge and concepts have changed over time in the various fields as new evidence is found. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 2. Recognize the major changes that occurred in the sciences and identify the people, cultures, and conditions that led to these developments. || 6,7,8 || 4 ||
 * 3. Explain how the general rules of science apply to the development and use of evidence in science investigations, model making, and applications. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 4. Understand that safety is the most important aspect of lab work and follow the safety rules. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 5. Make and use graphs and data tables to analyze data. || 6,7,8 || All ||
 * * 6. Develop science process skills (observation, organization of data, comparison, making predictions, etc.). || 6,7,8 || All ||


 * =Science topic= || **Grade** || **Qtr** ||
 * **Catholic Social Teachings** ** (CST) ** ||  ||   ||
 * * 1. Analyze social issues based on whether human dignity is valued or harmed. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 2. Participate in service projects and identify these with the Christian community. || (in Religion) || -- ||
 * * 3. Articulate basic human rights and responsibilities. || 6 || 1 ||
 * * 4. Share self and material things for the good of others. || (in Religion) || -- ||
 * * 5. Realize that many different people of varied cultures have made contributions that benefit both science and society. || 6,7,8 || 4 ||
 * * 6. Display an awareness of responsibility to others around the world. || 6 || 4 ||
 * * 7. Discover that every individual shares stewardship of the Earth, directly affecting the quality of life. || 6 || 1 ||