Science

Science Topics:

Unit 1- Energy Conversions 

• Chapter 1: What happened to the electrical system the night of the Ergstown blackout?

• Chapter 2: What makes the devices in Ergstown output energy or fail to output energy?

• Chapter 3: Where does the electrical energy for the devices in Ergstown come from?

• Chapter 4: How does energy get to the devices all over Ergstown?

Unit 2- Vision & Light

• Chapter 1: How does a Tokay gecko get information about its environment?

• Chapter 2: How does light allow a Tokay gecko to see its prey?

• Chapter 3: How does a Tokay gecko know that it is looking at its prey?

• Chapter 4: How could more light at night make it hard for a Tokay gecko to see its prey?

• Chapter 5: How do our senses help us understand our environment?

Unit 3-Earth’s Features: Student Investigation Notebook 

• Chapter 1: How did the fossil get inside the rocky outcrop?

• Chapter 2: What was the environment of Desert Rocks National Park in the past?

• Chapter 3: What is the order of the past environments of Desert Rocks National Park?

• Chapter 4: Why did more rock layers get exposed in Desert Rocks Canyon than in Keller’s Canyon?

Unit 4-Waves, Energy, & Information: Student Investigation Notebook 

• Chapter 1: How does a mother dolphin communicate with her calf across a distance?

• Chapter 2: How does sound energy travel through the water from a mother dolphin to her calf?

• Chapter 3: How does a dolphin calf know which call is his mother’s call?

• Chapter 4: How can humans use patterns to communicate?