Outline of Course

Unit 1: Safety and Measurement 

• Goal 1: I can explain the main lab safety rules. 

  • Worksheets: 

    • Safety Contract

    • Accidents Happen 

    • Lab Safety Analysis

    • Safety Video-

  • Labs: None

  • Assessments: Safety Quiz 

• Goal 2: I can measure using metric units.

  • Worksheets:

    • Metric Case Studies Annotation and CER 

    • Density Math 

  • Labs: 

    • Density PhET

    • Approximation Lab 

    • Rainbow Density Argument-Driven Inquiry Lab

  • Assessments: Measurements Quiz 

Unit 2: Properties of Matter

• Goal 1:  I can analyze chemical and physical changes.

  • Worksheets:

    • Properties of Matter Vocab 

    • Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes

  • Labs:

    • Chemical vs Physical Changes Lab 

  • Assessment: Chem/Phys Changes Quiz

• Goal 2: I can describe components of the atom.

  • Worksheets: 

    • Atomic Model

    • Element Flipbook

  • Labs: 

    • Build an Atom PhET (virtual)

  • Assessment: part of unit assessment 

• Goal 3: I can read and interpret the periodic table.

  • Worksheets:

    • Coloring the Periodic Table 

    • Periodic Table Packet 1

    • Atomic Composition Practice 2

  • Labs: None

  • Assessment: Part of unit assessment

• Unit Notes: Properties of Matter Notes/Coloring the Periodic Table Presentation 

• Unit Assessment 

Unit 3: Bonding

• Goal 1: I can identify covalent and ionic bonds.

  • Worksheets

    • Bonding Inquiry Activity 

  • Labs:

    • Ionic and Covalent Virtual Lab

  • Assessment: 

• Goal 2: I can draw Lewis dot diagrams.

  • Worksheets: 

    • Lewis Structures of Atoms

    • Valence Electrons and Lewis Dot Structures

    • Chemical Bonds and Lewis Structures WS

    • Ionic Bonding WS

    • Chemical Bonding WS

    • Lewis Dot Structure WS

  • Labs: 

  • Assessment: 

    • Ionic Bonding Quiz

• Unit Vocab: Bonding Vocab

• Unit Notes: Intro to Chemical Bonding Notes,  Lewis Dot Structure Notes, Ionic Bonds Notes

• Unit Assessment

Unit 4: Chemical Reactions

Goal 1: I can identify types of chemical reactions

Goal 2: I can balance chemical equations

Goal 3: I can predict the products of chemical reactions. 

Unit 5: Solubility and Rates of Reaction

• Goal 1: I can explain how solubility affects the rate of reaction. 

  • Worksheets:

    • Elephant Toothpaste Demo

  • Labs: 

    • Effect of Concentration on Rates of Reaction ADI:

  • Assessment

• Goal 2: I can explain solubility and analyze solubility curves

  • Worksheets: 

    • Solubility and Concentrations in Everyday Life

    • Understanding the Solubility Curve (done as a class)

    • Solubility Curve Worksheet

    • More Solubility Curve Practice Worksheet

    • Solubility Curve Practice Problems WS

  • Labs: None

  • Assessment: Solubility Curve Quiz

• Unit Vocab: Solubility and Concentration Vocab

• Unit Notes: Solubility and Concentration Notes 

• Unit Assessment

Unit 6: Temperature and Rates of Reaction 

• Goal 1: I can describe how temperature affects the rate of reaction.

  • Worksheets: 

    • Glowstick Demo

  • Labs: 

    • Boiling Water ADI

    • Particle Movement PhET 

    • Food Dye Lab 

    • Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz 

  • Assessment: 

• Goal 2: I can identify and explain endothermic and exothermic processes. 

  • Worksheets:

    • Endo/Exo Worksheet

  • Labs: 

    • Endo or Exo Lab 

    • Calorimetry Lab 

  • Assessment: Endo and Exo Quiz

• Unit Vocab: Intro to Thermochemistry 

• Unit Notes: Thermochemistry Notes

• Unit Assessment

Unit 7: Conservation of Energy

• Goal 1: I can describe different types of energy. 

  • Worksheet: 

    • Energy WS

  • Lab: 

    • Energy Virtual Lab

  • Assessment: 

• Goal 2: I can describe energy transfer. 

  • Worksheet: 

    • Heat Transfer Webquest

    • Specific Heat Math

  • Lab: 

    • Energy Transfer PhET

    • Heat of Fusion of Ice 

  • Assessment: Specific Heat Quiz

• Goal 3: I can create and interpret heating and cooling curves. 

  • Worksheet: 

    • Heating and Cooling Curve Packet

  • Lab: 

    • Heating Curve Lab (either remote or virtual)

    • States of Matter Virtual Lab

  • Assessment: 

• Unit Vocab: Conservation of Energy Vocab 

• Unit Notes: 

• Unit Assessment 

  • Traditional but mostly with free response 

Unit 8: 1-D Kinematics

• Goal 1: I can explain the differences between displacement and distance and solve for both.

  • Worksheets:

    • Describing Motion Verbally with Distance and Displacement

    • Intro to Position, Distance, and Displacement

  • Labs

    • Google Maps Activity

  • Assessments: Distance vs Displacement Quiz

• Goal 2: I can explain the differences between velocity and speed and solve for both

  • Worksheets

    • Velocity and Speed WS 1

    • Speed and Velocity WS 2

  • Labs: Run Walk Jump Lab

  • Assessments: Velocity vs Speed Quiz

• Goal 1 and 2 Combined: Graphing

  • Worksheets: 

    • PT and VT Peardeck 

    • VT Intro (through CK12)

    • PT Intro (through CK12)

    • PT and VT Graph WS

  • Labs: 

    • Moving Man

    • Finding Slope Lab

  • Assessment: Graphing Quiz

• Goal 3: I can explain acceleration and calculate it. 

  • Worksheets:

    • Acceleration WS 1 (9 questions)

    • Acceleration WS 2 (9 questions)

    • Acceleration Conceptual WS 

  • Labs: 

    • Accelerating Airplanes

  • Assessments: Acceleration Quiz

• Goal 4: I can solve for various components of free fall

  • Worksheets

    • Free Fall WS 1

    • Free Fall WS 2

  • Labs

    • Free Fall Lab

  • Assessments: Free Fall Quiz

• Unit Wrap Up

  • Review Guide

  • Unit Assessment 

Unit 9: Dynamics

• Goal 1: I can describe and explain Newton’s Three Laws. 

  • Worksheets

    • Newton’s Laws Webquest

    • Newton’s 2nd Law Math

  • Labs: 

    • Newton’s Three Laws Lab

    • Forces PhET

  • Assessments: Newton’s Three Laws Quiz

• Goal 2: I can create a free-body diagram.

  • Worksheets

    • Recognizing Forces

    • Drawing FBD Peardeck

    • Online FBD Draw (Physics Classroom)

    • Drawing FBD WS 1

    • Drawing FBD WS 2

    • Getting Ready to Solve FBD WS 

  • Labs

  • Assessments: Drawing FBD Quiz

• Goal 3: I can solve free body diagram problems when it becomes a one-dimensional horizontal problem.

  • Worksheets

    • Solving Forces with FBD WS 1

    • Solving Forces with FBD WS 2

    • Solving Forces with FBD WS 3

  • Labs

  • Assessments: Solving FBD Quiz 

• Unit Wrap Up: 

  • Egg Drop Project (Part 1 and Part 2)

  • Dynamics Review Guide

  • Dynamics Test

Unit 10: Mechanical Waves

• Goal 1: I can explain the different types of mechanical waves

  • Worksheets: 

    • Mech Waves Webquest

    • Mech Wave Notes

  • Labs

    • Waves on a String PhET

    • Slinky Lab

  • Assessments: (no quiz, part of unit assessment)

• Goal 2: I can calculate components of mechanical waves

  • Worksheets: 

    • Mech Wave Math 1

    • Mech Wave Math 2

• Unit Wrap Up

  • Mech Wave Review Guide

  • Mech Wave Test

  • Sound Waves Project

Unit 11: EM Waves

• Goal 1: I can explain light wave properties 

  • Worksheets

    • EM Research 

    • Properties of Light Notes

    • Properties of Light WS

  • Labs

    • Ripple Tank Virtual Lab

    • Bending Light PhET

    • Mirror Lab

  • Assessment

    • Properties of Light Quiz

• Goal 2: I can calculate elements of electromagnetic waves

  • Worksheets

    • Unit Conversions/Sci Notation

    • EM Wave Math WS 1

    • EM Wave Math WS 2

  • Labs

  • Assessment

    • EM Wave Math Quiz

• Unit Wrap Up

  • Light Review Guide

  • Light Waves Test