SEMESTER 1 – PHYSICS

Quarter 1

Week 1

Correlation

STEM/Measurement

PS.1 - FORCE AND MOTION (UNIT 1)

Week 2-5

1.1 Describe force and motion concepts (distance, displacement, position, time, force, motion, speed, velocity) in order to explain the relationship between them. (H.P.2A-1)

Understand the difference between velocity and speed

1.2 Use the velocity/speed formula (v = d/t) (H.P.2A.2)

1.3 Describe acceleration, velocity, and time (H.P.2A.1)

1.4 Use acceleration formula (v_f-v_i/t) (H.P.2A.3)

Week 6-7

1.5 Represent the relationship between distance-time, speed-time, and acceleration-time through graphing (H.P.2A.4; H.P.2A.5)

1.6 Understand acceleration due to gravity, free-fall, and terminal velocity (H.P.2A.5; H.P.2A.6)

Week 8-9

1.7 Explain Newton’s Three Laws of Motion (H.P.2B)

1.8 Understand and explain force formulas relating to mass and weight (F = ma / F_w = ma_g) (H.P.2B.1; H.P.2B.2)

1.9 Describe the relationship between mass, density, gravity, and distance (H.P.2B.3; H.P.2B.4)

Quarter 2

PS.2 - ENERGY (UNIT 2)

Week 1-4

2.1 Describe Potential and Kinetic Energy. Explain factors that determine transitions between them. (H.P.3B.1; H.P.3B.2)

2.2 Explain the Law of Conservation of Energy (H.P.3B.1)

2.3 Explain work and use the formula (W = Fd) to solve problems (H.P.3A.1; H.P.3A.2)

2.4 Explain power and use the formula (P = w/t) to solve problems (H.P.3A.4)

PS.3 - MAGNETISM AND ELECTRICITY (UNIT 3)

Week 5-6

3.1 Describe electricity, static electric charge, and how to acquire it. (H.P.3E)

3.2 Explain Ohm’s Law and use the formula (V = IR) (H.P.3E.1)

3.3 Compare alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) in terms of direction of current flow and how electric charge affects electromagnets, simple motors, and generators (H.P.3E.5)

3.4 Understand circuits and draw representations of circuit diagrams (H.P.3E.2)

PS.4 - WAVES (UNIT 4)

Week 7-8

4.1 Types of waves, nature of waves, properties and characteristics of waves (H.P.3F)

4.2 Use formulas to solve problems (v = fƛ / v = d/t) (H.P.3F.4)

4.3 Electromagnetic Spectrum and Light (H.P.3F.5)

4.4 Sound and their effects (H.P.3D)

SEMESTER 2 - CHEMISTRY

Quarter 3

Week 1

Lab Safety

PS.5 - CLASSIFICATION OF MATTER (UNIT 5)

Weeks 2-3

5.1 Matter (Subatomic particles, atoms and molecules, pure substances and mixtures) (H.C.2A)

Week 4-5

5.2 States of Matter and Phase Changes (H.C.4)

Weeks 6-7

5.3 Chemical/Physical Properties and Changes of Matter (H.C.4A.1)

PS.6 - PERIODIC TABLE (UNIT 6)

Week 8

6.1 History and Organization of the Periodic Table (H.C.2A.2)

Weeks 9-10

6.2 Atomic number, mass number, atomic mass (H.P.3G.1)

Quarter 4

Week 1

6.3 Energy levels (Bohr Models) and Valence Electrons (Lewis Dot Structures)

Week 2-3

6.4 Bonding (H.C.3A.3; H.C.3A.4)

Week 4

6.5 Isotopes and Ions (H.C.6A.1)

PS.7 - REACTIONS (UNIT 7)

Week 5

7.1 Types of Reaction (H.C.3A.4)

Week 6

7.2 Balancing Equations (H.C.6A.4)

Week 7

7.3 Acids and Bases (H.C.5A.4)

Week 8

7.4 Nuclear Reactions (H.C.2B.3; H.C.2B.4)

Week 9

Exams