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9-12 Science Competencies

Science

Major Concept

S.CH.01.02, S.PS.01.02, S.ES.01.02, S.LS.01.02, S.PH.01.02

Competencies

Students will select and use appropriate technologies to gather, process, and analyze data and report information related to an investigation.

Knowledge/Content (Skills)

Students will make observations and measurements using senses, tools, and technology.

Students will present results using mathematical relationships.

Science

Major Concept

S.CH.01.01, S.ES.01.01, S.LS.01.01, S.PH.01.01, S.PS.01.01

Competencies

Students will read with confidence to find and answer and communicate results


Students will be able to draw conclusions Students will be able to make inferences Students will be able to deduce meaning Students will be able to share results appropriately

Science

Major Concept

S.CH.01.03, S.PS.01.03, S.ES.01.03, S.LS.01.03, S.PH.01.03, S.PS.01.03

Competencies

Students will ask questions and formulate a testable hypothesis to guide exploration.


Students will write a testable question Students will design a logical method of investigation

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Science

Major Concept

S.PS.01.04, S.CH.01.04, S.ES.01.04, S.LS.01.04, S.PH.01.04

Competencies

Students will interpret and evaluate data in order to formulate conclusions


Students will formulate an explanation by collecting and analyzing evidence

Science

Major Concept


Competencies

Students will use inquiry processes to experience science


Students will formulate a testable question Students will design an experiment Students will demonstrate appropriate procedures Students will make plausible claims based on the collected

evidence

Science

Major Concept

S.ES.01.06, S.PS.01.06, S.CH.01.06

Competencies

Students will know that hypotheses are widely used in science for:

A. choosing what data to pay attention to B. choosing what additional data to seek C. guiding the interpretation of data


Students will understand that questions they ask will determine which evidence to pay attention to

Students will summarize the data and form a logical argument

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about cause and effect relationships

Science

Major Concept

S.CH.01.07, S.LS.01.07, S.PH.01.07, S.PS.01.07

Competencies

Students will design and conduct scientific investigations.


Students will develop an experimental design where they A. clarify the question B. identify variables C. conduct experiments D. communicate results to peers

Science

Major Concept

S.ES.01.08, S.LS.01.08, S.PH.01.08, S.PS.01.08,

Competencies

Students will know that conceptual principles and knowledge guide scientific inquiries.


Students will understand that investigations must be supported by scientifically accepted concepts

Science

Major Concept


Competencies

Students will know that scientists conduct investigations for a variety of reasons.


Students will know that scientists conduct investigations to test new ideas.

Students will know that scientists conduct investigations to

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support or refute current scientific understanding.

Science

Major Concept

S.PS.01.10, S.CH.01.10

Competencies

Students will know the results of scientific inquiry (new knowledge and methods) emerge from different types of investigations


Students will understand that scientific understanding is ever changing as a results of continuous testing and analysis of evidence

Students will understand that the above results in the revision of current scientific understanding

Science

Major Concept

S.CH.01.11

Competencies

Students will solve problems using dimensional analysis


Students will demonstrate the ability to convert units of measure and apply ratios in real-world situations.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.02.01

Competencies

Students will analyze the structure of a dynamic earth

Knowledge/Content Students will understand that earth is in a state of continual

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(Skills) change. Students will understand that the earth undergoes changes in

both energy and form

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.02.02

Competencies

Students will know the major external and internal sources of energy on Earth


Students will understand that heat originates from both internal and external sources

Students will understand that the transfer of heat changes the dynamics of the earth

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.02.03

Competencies

Students will know that weather and climate involve the transfer of energy in and out of the atmosphere


Students will understand that weather and climate involve the transfer of energy in and out of the atmosphere by means of:

A. convection B. conduction C. radiation

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.02.04

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Competencies

Students will know the processes involved in the rock cycle


Students will understand the process of rock formation by comparing the chemical and physical properties of various types of rock

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.02.05

Competencies

Students will understand the concept of plate tectonics


Students will understand that energy transfer drive the movement of the plates that comprise the earth’s mantle resulting in varied landforms

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.02.06

Competencies

Students will know characteristics of our Sun and its position in the universe


Students will understand that the sun is a medium-sized star at the center of our solar system that provides the earth with needed energy

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.02.07

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Competencies

Students will explain the interaction between the earth’s major forces


Students will understand that the interactions among the earth, the ocean, the atmosphere, and organisms have resulted in an evolution of the earth system

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.02.08

Competencies

Students will know theories about the age and origin of the universe and the solar system


Students will understand that one theory about the origin of the universe is the “Big Bang Theory” and that this also explains galaxy and star formation

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.02.01

Competencies

Explains how an atom is affected when energy is absorbed or emitted by atoms.


Students will understand that some atoms release energy when nuclei split and also that atoms gain energy when electrons change positions.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.02.01

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Competencies

Students will understand the laws of planetary motion


Students will understand that the orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the sun

Students will understand that distant planets from the sun have longer orbital periods

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.03.01

Competencies

Students will know how life is adapted to conditions on Earth


Students will understand that the Earth has unique features that support life.

Students will know that the existence of one-celled organisms caused changes in the composition of the earth’s atmosphere, which did not originally contain oxygen

Students will understand that this change fostered the development of other life-forms

Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.03.01

Competencies

Knows ways in which genes may be altered and combined to create genetic variation within a species.


Students will also understand that genes are altered both naturally and purposefully creating changes that impact an organisms characteristics.

Students will understand that mutations occur spontaneously at low rates and that some of these changes affect organisms and others do not.

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Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.03.02

Competencies

Knows that the genetic information stored in DNA provides instructions for protein synthesis in cells.


Students will understand that genes within the DNA provide instructions for making proteins and other essential cellular products.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.03.03

Competencies

Examine the interdependency of cells to acquire a general picture of the function of cells and their specialized parts.


Students will understand that the structure of cells underlie their functions.

Many specialized organelles such as the nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes, chloroplasts, golgi apparatus, and the smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum perform specific tasks.

Groups of similar cells benefit from cooperating. Communication between cells coordinates their diverse

activities.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.03.03a

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Competencies

Knows that the energy for life is derived primarily from the sun and that plants capture this energy by absorbing light and using it to form strong (covalent) chemical bonds between the atoms of carbon-containing (organic) molecules.


Students will understand that the chemical elements that make up the molecules of living things pass through food webs and are combined and recombined in different ways.

Students will also understand that at each link in a food web, some energy is stored in newly made structures but much is dissipated into the environment as heat.

Continual input of energy from sunlight keeps the process going.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.03.04

Competencies

Knows ways information is collected, classified, stored and analyzed to make sense of biochemical and biological information (ex. Molecular genetics and genomics).


Students will understand that organisms are classified based on similarities in development and DNA sequences which reflect their evolutionary relationships.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.03.01

Competencies

Students will understand that enzymes are catalyst in chemical reactions in living things

Knowledge/Content

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(Skills) Students will understand that degradation and synthesis within the cell are made possible by protein catalysts called “enzymes”

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.03.02

Competencies

Understands that food webs and food chains demonstrate laws of energy conservation.


Students will understand that as matter and energy flows through different levels of organization o living systems - cells, organs, organisms, communities - and between living systems and the physical environment, chemical elements are recombined in different ways.

Each recombination results in storage and dissipation of energy in the environment as heat

Matter and energy are conserved in each change.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.03.03

Competencies

Understands that photosynthesis and respiration are examples of chemical reactions, (i.e., the breakdown of ATP to ADP), that take place in living organisms.


Students will understand that the energy for life primarily derives from the sun.

Plants capture energy by absorbing light and using it to form strong (covalent) chemical bonds between the atoms of carbon-containing (organic) molecules.

Students will understand that these bonds contain energy. Energy is released when the bonds of food molecules are

broken and new compounds with lower energy bonds are formed.

Cells usually store this energy temporarily in phosphate bonds

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of a small high-energy compound called ATP.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.04.01

Competencies

Students will know that through the rock cycle the total amount of material stays the same as its form changes


Students will understand that the earth is s system with essentially a fixed amount of each chemical element

Students will understand that each element moves among reservoirs in the earth, ocean and atmosphere as part of geochemical cycles

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.04.02

Competencies

Students will know that evidence exists that suggests the universe is expanding


The student will understand that according to the Big Bang theory , the universe began in a hot dense state and has been expanding ever since

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.04.03

Competencies

Students will know the common characteristics of stars in the universe

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Students will understand that stars differ from each other in size, temperature & age but they appear to be made up of the same elements found on Earth

Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.04.01

Competencies

Knows that the complexity and organization of organisms accommodates the need for obtaining, transforming, transporting, releasing, and eliminating the matter and energy used to sustain the organism.


Students will understand that cellular respiration breaks down complex molecules to provide energy.

The food molecules break down, are catalyzed by enzymes and are synthesized into new molecules.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.04.01

Competencies

Students will understand how elements are arranged in the periodic table


Students will understand that the arrangement of the elements on the periodic table depends on the number and energy of the electros in the outermost level of each element

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.04.02

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Competencies

Students will know that the physical and chemical properties of a compound are determined by its molecular structure


The student will understand that the transfer or sharing of electrons between atoms of 2 or more elements determines the properties of the chemical compound

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.04.03

Competencies

Students will classify matter as elements, compounds, and mixtures


The student will be able to use the properties of a substance to determine if that substance is an element, compound, or mixture

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.04.04

Competencies

Students will know that he number of electrons in an atom determines whether the atom is electrically neutral or an ion (structure of matter)


The student will understand that atoms interact with one another by transferring or sharing outer shell electrons

The student will understand that the above arrangements of electrons determine the properties of the element

Course Name

Major Concept

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S.CH.04.05

Competencies

Students will understand the relationship between neutrons and isotopes

Students will understand how neutrons and isotopes affect the mass and stability of the nucleus


The student will understand that an element can have atoms which differ in the number of neutrons

Students will know that the above atoms will differ in mass and be called isotopes

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.04.06

Competencies

Students will know that atoms interact with one another by transferring or sharing electrons that are the furthest from the nucleus


The student will know how to write electron configuration and Lewis Dot Diagrams to model electron probability

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.04.08

Competencies

Students will compare and contrast solids, liquids, and gases in their changes of state


The students will understand the difference in solids, liquids, and gases due to distance and angles between the molecules or atoms

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Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.04.09

Competencies

Students will know the structure of an atom Students will understand the relationship between the

subatomic particles


The student will understand that each atom ahs a positively charged nucleus, containing protons and neutrons, that is surrounded by electrons

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.04.10

Competencies

Students will discuss the laws of Conservation (Mass and Energy)


The student will understand that energy can be transferred by collision in chemical and nuclear reactions but can never be destroyed

Science

Major Concept

S.CH.04.11

Competencies

Students will write and balance chemical equations


Students will understand that energy and atoms can be transferred in chemical reactions but can never be destroyed

Course Name

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Major Concept

S.CH.04.12

Competencies

Students will identify the types of reactions and energy changes


The student will understand that energy is required when substances interact to form new substances

The student will understand that elements composing a substance combine in new ways and the new combinations have very different properties than the original elements

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.04.13

Competencies

Students will know that chemical reactions can take place at vastly different rates and reaction rates depend on a variety of factors


The student will understand that the rate of a reaction depends on the shape, orientation, and frequency of collisions that molecules undergo.

Students will understand that other conditions like temperature and concentration also can affect the rate

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.04.14

Competencies

Students will now how to write and name chemical formulas using oxidation numbers


Students will understand that an atoms electron configuration

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determines its oxidation number Students will write chemical formulas and understand that the

sum of the oxidation numbers must equal zero Students will know that when naming chemical compounds

the oxidation number determines the form of the word

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.04.15

Competencies

Students will know that atoms bond with one another by transferring or sharing electrons that are furthest from the nucleus (ionic, covalent, metallic)


The student will understand that the transfer or sharing of valence electrons determines the chemical properties of the element or compound

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.01

Competencies

Students will know that structure of an atom and the relationship between the subatomic particle


The student will understand that the atom is made of subatomic particle.

The students will know that each particle has measureable properties such as mass and electrical charge

Students will know that the electrical force between the particles holds the atom together

Course Name

Major Concept

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S.PS.04.02

Competencies

Students will understand the relationship between neutrons and isotopes and how it affects the mass and stability of the nucleus (i.e., radioactive decay, radioactive dating, and radiation)


The student will understand that the atom’s nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons

The student will understand that isotopes occur when an element has atoms that have different number of neutrons within the nucleus

The student will understand that the stability of the atom is dependent on the strength of the nuclear forces that hold it together

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.03

Competencies

Students will understand, write, and balance chemical equations


The student will understand that chemical reactions occur all around us

Students will understand that other chemical reactions can be represented by balanced equations that show how matter is conserved

Students will understand that the total number of atoms stays the same no matter how the same atoms are rearranged

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.04

Students will know that a large number of important reactions

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Competencies involve the transfer or sharing of electrons


The students will understand that atoms interact by sharing or transferring the electrons that are furthest from the nucleus

Students will understand that the above outer electrons govern the chemical reactions that occur between the atoms

Students will know that covalent bonding occurs when atoms share electrons

Students will know that ionic bonding when atoms transfer electrons

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.05

Competencies

Students will divide matter into different categories by their individual properties


The student will understand that solids, liquids, and gases differ in the arrangement of the atoms or molecules

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.06a

Competencies

Knows that energy tends to move spontaneously from hotter to colder objects by conduction, convection, or radiation.


As energy spreads out, the total amount of energy stays the same.

Whenever the amount of energy diminishes in one place, the amount in other places increases by the same amount.

Course Name

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Major Concept

S.PS.04.06b

Competencies

Knows any ordered state tends to become less ordered over time.


The student will understand that the total energy in the universe is constant.

Energy can be transferred, but cannot be destroyed. As these transfers occur, the matter involved becomes steadily

less ordered. Energy spreads out, but the total amount of energy stays the

same.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.07a

Competencies

Students will understand the kinetic molecular theory


The student will understand that thermal energy in a system is associated with the disordered motions of its atoms and molecules

Students will know that energy is considered to be either kinetic, which is energy of motion, or potential, which is energy due to relative position

Students will know that kinetic energy can be converted to potential energy and vice versa

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.07b

Knows that the higher the temperature, the greater the atomic

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Competenciesor molecular motion.


The student will understand that chemical reactions may release or consume energy.

As thermal energy is added to a reaction, the molecules of the substance have greater molecular motion.

As energy is consumed in a reaction, the molecules have less molecular motion.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.08

Competencies

Students will know that fission is the splitting of a large nucleus into smaller pieces.

Students will know that fusion is the joining of two nuclei at extremely high temperature and pressure


Students will understand that nuclear reactions convert small amount of mass into energy

Students will know that fission is the splitting of atoms Students will know that fusion is the joining of atoms at high

pressure and high temperature and is responsible for the energy of the sun and stars

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.09

Competencies

Students will know that gravity is a universal force that each mass exerts on any other mass (motion and forces).


The student will understand that the strength of the gravitation force is proportional to the masses and that the strength of the gravitational force weakens rapidly as the masses become

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farther apart.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.10

Competencies

Students will know that materials have different states and can be changed by heating or cooling


The student will understand that when energy is added temperature increasing and when energy is removed an object cools in temperature

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.11

Competencies

Students will compare and contrast the structures and properties of the states of matter


The student will understand that solids, liquids, and gases differ in the arrangement of the atoms or molecules

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.12

Competencies

Students will understand how elements are arranged in the periodic table, and how this arrangement shows repeating patterns among elements with similar properties


The student will understand that the repeating patterns are a

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consequence of the outer most electrons of each family Students will understand that the relative energy of an element

corresponds to the number of outer most electrons

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.13

Competencies

Students will explain that atoms may be bonded together into molecules or crystalline solids, and compounds are formed from chemical bonds between two or more different kinds of atoms


The student will understand that chemical elements that make up molecules of substances are combined in different ways

Students will understand that the configuration of atoms in a molecule determines the molecules properties

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.14

Competencies

Students will know that the number of electrons in an atom determine whether the atom is electrically neutral or an ion


The student will understand that the electrons are negatively charged

A. A neutral atom has equal numbers of protons and electrons B. An ion has more electrons than protons

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.15

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Competencies

Students will know and applies how force and change in momentum are related.


The student will understand that when one object exerts a force on another object the forces that each object exerts on each other are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.

The student will understand that momentum is determined by the mass and velocity of an object.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.16a

Competencies

Students will illustrate that objects change their motion only when a net force is applied.


The student will understand that an object stays at rest until a force acts on it.

Motion is the result of unbalanced forces. Whenever one thing exerts a force on another, an equal

amount of force is exerted back on it.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.16b

Competencies

Students will calculate the change in motion using F=ma.


The student will understand that motion can be calculated by multiplying mass and the amount of acceleration.

Course Name

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Major Concept

S.PS.04.17

Competencies

Knows that different kinds of materials respond differently to electric forces.


The student will understand that some materials are able to conduct electricity and that other substances that prohibit the flow of electricity are called insulators.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.18

Competencies

Describes, explains and quantifies that energy appears in different forms, and can be changed from one form to another according to the conservation of energy.


The student will understand that the total energy in the universe is constant.

Energy is transferred in many ways, but cannot be destroyed.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.19

Competencies

Students will know that an object's motion can be described, calculated, and represented graphically according to its change in position, direction of motion, and speed.


The student will understand that motion can be represented by a number of mathematical models such as graphs, motion maps or vectors.

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Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.20

Competencies

Students will know that most chemical reactions involve the transfer of energy


The student will understand that chemical reactions may release or consume energy

Students will understand that exothermic reactions release energy and endothermic reactions consume energy

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PS.04.21

Competencies

Understands that the properties of molecular structures help design new materials for special purposes.


The student will understand that at low temperatures some materials become superconductors and offer no resistance to the flow of electrons.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.01

Competencies

Students will understand motion and movement.

Knowledge/Content The student will understand that an object may travel at the

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(Skills) same speed, accelerate, or change direction.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.02

Competencies

Understands how forces affect motion (gravity, push/pull, friction).


The student will understand that objects change their motion only when a net force is applied. The changes may be due to gravity, friction or pushing or pulling.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.03

Competencies

Understands the Universal Law of Gravitation.


The student will understand that the strength of the gravitational force between two objects is directly proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the objects.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.04

Competencies

Recognizes that electrical forces are directly proportional to the charge and inversely proportional to the square of the

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distance between them.


The student will understand that the strength of the force between charged objects is directly proportional to the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the charges.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.05

Competencies

Understands the conservation of momentum.


The student will understand that the momentum of an object is related to its mass and velocity.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.06

Competencies

Understand and applies Newton's Laws of Motion.


The student will understand the relationship between force, mass and acceleration, action and reaction and inertia.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.07

Recognizes that all energy is either potential energy or kinetic

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Competencies energy and it can be transferred between the two.


The student will understand that all energy can be considered to be either kinetic, which is energy of motion, or potential, which depends on relative position.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.08

Competencies

Understands the properties of electromagnetic waves.


The student will understand that electromagnetic waves result when a charged object is accelerated or decelerated.

Students will know that electromagnetic waves vary in wavelength, frequency and energy.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.09

Competencies

Understands properties and behaviors of waves.


The student will apply the characteristics of waves (frequency, period, amplitude, phase, wavelength, speed) and explain how waves interact with each other and their environment.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.10

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Competencies

Knows the range of the electromagnetic spectrum.


The student will understand that electromagnetic waves include radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, X-rays, and gamma rays.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.11

Competencies

Understands the relationship between electric and magnetic fields.


The student will understand that moving electric charges produce magnetic fields and moving magnets produce electric forces.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.12

Competencies

Students will understand the properties of sound waves


The student will apply the characteristics of waves to sound waves and understand how sound waves can transfer energy when they interact with matter

Course Name

Major Concept

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S.PH.04.13

Competencies

Students will understand the Doppler Effect


The student will understand that that observed wavelength of a wave depends on the relative motion of the source and the observer

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.14

Competencies

Students will know the laws governing the reflection and refraction of light


The student will explain how images are formed from light rays and investigate the concepts and real-world applications of reflection and refraction

Course Name

Major Concept

S.PH.04.15

Competencies

Knows that magnetic forces are very closely related to electric forces and can be thought of as different aspects of a single electromagnetic force.

Students will know that the interplay of these forces is the basis for electric motors, generators, radio, television, and many other modern technologies (forces).


The student will understand the effects of moving electric charges or moving magnets on the function of electric motors and generators.

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Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.05.01

Competencies

Students will know the scientific evidence that supports the theories of beginning


Students will understand that scientists had to collect and share evidence in order to change perceptions about commonly held beliefs about the origin and structure of our universe

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.05.02

Competencies

Students will know that the theory of the center of the universe has changed


Students will understand that new ideas are often met with criticism because they often challenge mainstream, well-established ideas

Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.05.01

Competencies

Students will understand and explain how organisms change over time in terms of biological evolution and genetics

Knowledge/Content Students will understand the evidence for evolution as

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(Skills) explained by the fossil record and the genetic code

Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.05.02

Competencies

Knows that inheritable characteristics largely determine what capabilities an organism will have and how likely it is to survive and reproduce.


Students will understand that organisms that survive in an environment have genetic traits that are specifically suited for that environment.

If a species cannot adapt to an environment they will go extinct.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.05.03

Competencies

Knows features of human inheritance.


Students will understand the basic features of human inheritance such as: humans have 22 pairs of chromosomes plus two sex chromosomes; humans have two copies of each chromosome, human sex cells (sperm and egg) transmit genetic information through the processes of meiotic cell division and fertilization.

Meiotic cell division allows for genetic variability while mitotic cell division allows for continuity.

Course Name

Major Concept

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S.LS.05.04

Competencies

Explains that all organisms are composed of cells which are the fundamental units of life.


Students will understand that all organisms are comprised of cells which are the fundamental units of life.

Those cells are specialized and in multi-cellular organisms they are organized into tissues, organs, and systems.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.05.01

Competencies

Students will summarize the development and use of the Periodic Table


The student will apply the principles of repeating patterns of chemical and physical properties to the repeating pattern of outermost electrons found in energy and modern versions of the periodic table

Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.05.02

Competencies

Students will describe how the modern atomic theory has evolved


The student will explain how the model of the atom has changed as technology has allowed more information about the particles within the atom and the electrical forces holding the atom together

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Course Name

Major Concept

S.CH.05.03

Competencies

Students will know the definitions and characteristics of organic compounds and functional groups


Students will know that carbon atoms can bond to one another in chains, rings, and branching networks that form a variety of structures , including synthetic polymers, oils, and large molecules essential to life.

Students will know that complex chemical reactions involving carbon-based molecules take place constantly in every cell in our body

Science

Major Concept

S.PS.05.01

Competencies

Students will know that in science, the testing, revising, and occasional discarding of theories, new and old, never ends


Students will understand that scientists evaluate existing theories to determine if new data supports or refutes the original theory.

Students will understand that the ongoing review process leads to better understanding of how things work, but do not lead to absolute truth

Students will understand that new technologies make it possible for scientists to advance scientific research

Course Name

Major Concept

S.ES.06.01

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Competencies

Students will know that human behavior can modify earth processes and systems


Students will understand that human beings are part of the earth’s ecosystems

Students will understand that human activities can deliberately or inadvertently alter the equilibrium in ecosystems

Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.06.01

Competencies

Knows ways in which humans can modify ecosystems and cause irreversible effects.


Students will understand that humans modify ecosystems through direct harvesting, pollution, atmospheric changes, and other factors that threaten global stability.

If not addressed, these may cause irreversible effects on ecosystems.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.06.02

Competencies

Understands and explains the characteristics of living things, the diversity of life, and how living things interact with each other and with their environment.


Students will understand that organisms exhibit behavioral responses to both external and internal stimuli.

They may cooperate and compete in ecosystems & have the capacity to produce populations of infinite size, however; resources and environments are finite.

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Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.06.03

Competencies

Understands that multicellular animals have nervous systems that generate behavior and these systems are formed by specialized cells called nerves that rapidly conduct signals.


Students will understand that nervous systems are formed from specialized cells that conduct signals rapidly through nerves and that nerve cells communicate with each other by secreting specific excitatory and inhibitory molecules.

Course Name

Major Concept

S.LS.06.04

Competencies

Understands that sensory organs are specialized cells that detect light, sound, and specific chemicals to monitor the world around them.


Students will understand that animals and plants live in unpredictable environments and must use their senses to reach and be flexible to changing surrounding in order to survive.

Students will understand that sensory organs monitor the environment and provide a continual source of sensory input to respond to.

Science

Major Concept

S.CH.06.01, S.PH.06.01, S.PS.06.01,

Competencies

Students will know that people continue inventing new ways of:

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A. doing things B. solving problems C. and getting work done


Students will understand that as technology changes new solutions to problems ensue

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