Unit 1 (Energy Conversions)
Unit Question: Why does Ergstown keep having blackouts?
Chapter 1 Question: What happened to the electrical system the night of the Ergstown blackout?
Chapter 2 Question: What makes the devices in Ergstown output energy or fail to output energy?
Chapter 3 Question: Where does the electrical energy for the devices in Ergstown come from?
Chapter 4 Question: How does energy get to the devices all over Ergstown?
Unit 2 (Vision and Light)
Unit Question: Why is an increase in light affecting the health of Tokay geckos in a Phillippine rain forest?
Chapter 1 Question: How does a Tokay gecko get information about its environment?
Chapter 2 Question: How does light allow a Tokay gecko to see its prey?
Chapter 3 Question: How does a Tokay gecko know that it is looking at its prey?
Chapter 4 Question: How could more light at night make it hard for a Tokay gecko to see its prey?
Chapter 5 Question: How do our senses help us understand our environment?
Unit 3 (Earth's Features)
Unit Question:
Chapter 1 Question: How did the fossil get inside the rocky outcrop?
Chapter 2 Question: What was the environment of Desert Rocks National Park like in the past?
Chapter 3 Question: What is the order of the past environments of Desert Rocks National Park?
Chapter 4 Question: Why did more rock layers get exposed in Desert Canyon than Keller’s Canyon?
Unit 4 (Waves, Energy, and Information)
Unit Question:
Chapter 1 Question: How does a mother dolphin communicate with her calf across a distance?
Chapter 2 Question: How does sound energy travel through water from a mother dolphin to her calf?
Chapter 3 Question: How does a dolphin calf know which call is his mother’s call?
Chapter 4 Question: How can humans use patterns to communicate?