HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
PS4.A: Wave Properties PS4.B: Electromagnetic Radiation PS4.C: Information Technologies and Instrumentation Students who demonstrate understanding can: HS-PS4-1. Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the Earth.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment…
HS-PS3 Energy
PS3.A: Definitions of Energy PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer PS3.C: Relationship Between Energy and Forces PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life Students who demonstrate understanding can: HS-PS3-1. Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. [Clarification Statement:…
HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
PS2.A: Forces and Motion PS2.B: Types of Interactions PS2.C: Stability and Instability in Physical Systems Students who demonstrate understanding can: HS-PS2-1. Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for…
HS-PS1 Matter and its Interactions
Disciplinary Core Topics PS1.A: Structures and Properties of Matter PS1.B: Chemical Reactions PS1.C: Nuclear Processes Students who demonstrate understanding can: HS-PS1-1. Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms. [Clarification Statement: Examples of properties that could be predicted from patterns could include reactivity of metals, types of bonds formed, numbers of…
Class: 16 | Genetics
MAIN THEME: DNA is underlying information storage and is the hereditary unit of life on Earth. Conceptualize genetic diversity & its relationship to DNA, RNA & proteins Examine genetic and species diversity Recognize gene variability through alleles Define heterozygous, homozygous & epigenetics and their influence on genotype & phenotype Predict inherited genotypes and phenotypes with virus models Epigenetics Listening homework: http://www.radiolab.org/story/251885-you-are-what-your-grandpa-eats/ Virus models and hereditary dominance/recessive worksheet