Physical Science 1A
Course
Description:
This course is designed to help students
master physical science concepts that are based upon required standards and objectives. In physical science the
basics of science are first covered from the scientific method,
science and technology, classification of matter, physical and
chemical changes, properties of matter, and the pH system, through the
gas laws and Bernoulli's Principle.
Each interactive lesson has self-check
activities built into each topic; quizzes are provided at the
end of each lesson, and comprehensive tests are found at the end
of each module. The course framework is designed so that
students need not necessarily start at the beginning; rather
they easily may be placed within the course at their knowledge
level. Class.com's standards-based lesson quizzes and
comprehensive module exams can be used in assessing skill mastery
for individual students.
Scientific inquiry, along with reading and
writing, are incorporated throughout the course as students
participate in discussions, complete inquiry labs and
assignments, and explore scientifically significant websites. In
addition, "Real World Connections" "Highlights in Science" and
activities are integrated throughout the course to help students
apply their knowledge learned to real life situations and across
all curriculums.
Course
Contents:
The physical
science concepts covered in this course will allow students to:
- Identify the SI base units for
length, mass, and time.
- Use dimensional analysis to convert
SI units.
- Use dimensional analysis to convert
non-SI units to SI units.
- Explain the difference among mass,
weight, and density.
- Calculate the weight of an object
based on its mass.
- Calculate density, mass, or volume
using the density formula.
- Apply simple mathematic relationships
to determine a missing quantity in a mathematic expression,
given the two remaining terms.
- Calculate the area of rectangles,
circles, and triangles.
- Calculate the volume of regular and
irregular objects.
- Determine the length of items using
metric measurements.
- List and describe the main steps in
the scientific method.
- Determine the variables in a
scientific investigation.
- Explain the differences between a
hypothesis, theory, and law.
- Explain and demonstrate that
scientific knowledge is based on evidence that allows
scientists to make accurate predictions.
- Design and conduct a scientific
experiment.
- Analyze and make predictions based
upon collected data.
- Develop oral and written
presentations based upon conducted experiments utilizing
graphs, maps, tables, and the appropriate technology.
- Form conclusions and new questions
based on conducted experiments.
- Explain and discuss why ethics are
important in scientific research.
- Recognize that scientific knowledge
and explanations have changed over time, almost always
building on earlier knowledge.
- Describe advances and issues that
have had important, lasting effects on science and society.
- Use historical examples to explain
how new ideas (such as the atom) are limited by the context
in which they are conceived and are often initially rejected
by the scientific establishment.
- Discuss historical examples of ways
that scientific inquiry is driven by the desire to
understand the natural world and how technology is driven by
the need to meet human needs and solve human problems.
- Explain and discuss how scientific
inquiry is driven by the desire to understand the natural
world.
- Compare and contrast the different
career choices in the sciences.
- Give examples of careers in each of
the following areas: Biology, Earth Science, Chemistry, and
Physics.
- Explain why science is not only found
in the scientific field but is present in many other areas
of life.
- Explain what goes into a new
invention/discovery and how it gets to consumer shelves.
- Give examples of the major
advancements in medicine, including the discovery of
penicillin and the fight against HIV.
- Discuss the major events that caused
the United States to refocus education on science and
technology and form NASA.
- Define and give an example of the
difference between bloodletting and phlebotomy.
- Describe the effects of NASA on the
public's perception of certain products, including TangŪ.
- List the capabilities and the
applications of Aerogel.
- Verbalize why ethics is such an
integral part of the invention/discovery aspect of science.
- Compare and contrast the advantages
and disadvantages of inventions.
- Discuss the reasons behind
regulations and the ethical issues associated with each new
discovery.
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