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Science Foundations Sem 2

Unit 1: The Universe

Lesson 1.1: Where Are We?

Activity 1.1.1: Study - Where Are

We? (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the Earth our solar system the

stars and the universe.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 1.1.2: Checkup - Where

Are We? (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 1.1.3: Quiz - Where Are

We? Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.

Duration: 20 min Scoring: 20 Points Earned: _____

Lesson 1.2: Understanding

Scale

Activity 1.2.1: Study -

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Understanding Scale (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about scale how to compare distances in

space and how to make a scale model of the

solar system.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 1.2.2: Checkup -

Understanding Scale (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 1.2.3: Quiz -

Understanding Scale Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 1.3: Converting

Between Units

Activity 1.3.1: Study - Converting

Between Units (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how to use conversion factors and tables

to convert between different units of

measurement.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 1.3.2: Practice -

Converting Between Units




(Documents: Practice Assignment) Practice problem-solving skills related to

concepts in the lesson.

Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 40 Points Earned: In Progress

Activity 1.3.3: Quiz - Converting

Between Units Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 1.4: The Universe

Wrap-Up

Activity 1.4.1: Review - Unit

Review Prepare for the unit test by reviewing key

concepts and skills.

Duration: 30 min

Activity 1.4.2: Test (CST) -

Computer-Scored Unit Test Take a computer-scored test to assess what

you have learned in this unit.


Activity 1.4.3: Test (TST) -

Teacher-Scored Unit Test


Lesson 1.5: Diagnostic


Activity 1.5.1: Diag - Diagnostic Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a

study plan based on your responses.

Duration: 30 min Scoring: 25 Points Earned: _____ (optional)

Unit 2: Our Planet

Lesson 2.1: The Earth Moon

and Sun System

Activity 2.1.1: Study - The Earth

Moon and Sun System (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about what causes night and day the

seasons the phases of the moon and tides.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 2.1.2: Checkup - The Earth

Moon and Sun System (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 2.1.3: Quiz - The Earth

Moon and Sun System Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 2.2: Using Geometry

in Science



Activity 2.2.1: Study - Using

Geometry in Science (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how to use geometry to describe the

shape and movement of planets and their

orbits.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 2.2.2: Checkup - Using

Geometry in Science (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 2.2.3: Quiz - Using

Geometry in Science Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 2.3: Identifying

Patterns

Activity 2.3.1: Study - Identifying

Patterns (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how to find patterns identify trends and

make predictions from data sets.

Duration: 45 min


Identifying Patterns




(Documents: Practice Assignment) Practice problem-solving skills related to


Duration: 1 hr Scoring: 40 Points Earned: _____

Activity 2.3.3: Quiz - Identifying

Patterns Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 2.4: Our Planet Wrap-

Up




Duration: 30 min






Teacher-Scored Unit Test Take a teacher-scored test to assess what you

have learned in this unit.







Unit 3: Earth's Structure

Lesson 3.1: Earth's Interior

and Surface

Activity 3.1.1: Study - Earth's

Interior and Surface (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about Earth's structure plate tectonics

and why volcanoes and earthquakes occur.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 3.1.2: Checkup - Earth's

Interior and Surface (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 3.1.3: Quiz - Earth's

Interior and Surface Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 3.2: Recognizing



Change over Time

Activity 3.2.1: Study - Recognizing

Change over Time (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how rocks can show the way the Earth

has changed over time.

Duration: 45 min


Recognizing Change over Time (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 3.2.3: Quiz - Recognizing

Change over Time Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 3.3: Identifying

Questions for Further

Investigation


Questions for Further Investigation (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how the results of an investigation can

often lead to more testable questions.

Duration: 45 min





Identifying Questions for Further

Investigation (Documents: Practice Assignment)

Practice problem-solving skills related to




Questions for Further Investigation Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 3.4: Earth's Structure

Wrap-Up




Duration: 30 min






Teacher-Scored Unit Test


Take a teacher-scored test to assess what you have learned in this unit.






Unit 4: Earth's Cycles

Lesson 4.1: The Movement of

Materials Between Earth's

Spheres

Activity 4.1.1: Study - The

Movement of Materials Between

Earth's Spheres (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how the water cycle and rock cycle cause

Earth's surface to change.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 4.1.2: Checkup - The


Earth's Spheres (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min



Activity 4.1.3: Quiz - The


Earth's Spheres Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 4.2: Using Word Roots

to Understand Scientific

Words

Activity 4.2.1: Study - Using Word

Roots to Understand Scientific

Words (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn what cognates are and how to use them

to understand scientific words.

Duration: 45 min


Word Roots to Understand Scientific

Words (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 4.2.3: Quiz - Using Word

Roots to Understand Scientific

Words Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.




Lesson 4.3: Following the

Engineering Design Process

Activity 4.3.1: Study - Following

the Engineering Design Process (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how to use the steps of the engineering

design process.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 4.3.2: Practice - Following

the Engineering Design Process (Documents: Practice Assignment)




Activity 4.3.3: Quiz - Following the

Engineering Design Process Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 4.4: Earth's Cycles

Wrap-Up






Duration: 30 min













Unit 5: The Atmosphere Lesson 5.1: Weather and

Climate

Activity 5.1.1: Study - Weather and

Climate (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about Earth's atmosphere weather and

climate.


Duration: 45 min

Activity 5.1.2: Checkup - Weather

and Climate (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 5.1.3: Quiz - Weather and

Climate Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 5.2: Reading Maps

Activity 5.2.1: Study - Reading

Maps (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about features on different types of

maps and how to interpret a weather map.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 5.2.2: Checkup - Reading

Maps (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 5.2.3: Quiz - Reading Maps Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.





Lesson 5.3: Identifying Bias


Bias (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about bias in science and analyze bias on

different sides of the global warming

controversy.

Duration: 45 min


Identifying Bias (Documents: Practice Assignment)





Bias Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 5.4: The Atmosphere

Wrap-Up




Duration: 30 min















Unit 6: Living Systems

Lesson 6.1: The Organization

and Regulation of Organisms

Activity 6.1.1: Study - The

Organization and Regulation of

Organisms (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the characteristics shared by all

living things.

Duration: 45 min




Organisms (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 6.1.3: Quiz - The


Organisms Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 6.2: Relating

Structure to Function

Activity 6.2.1: Study - Relating

Structure to Function (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the organization of living things and relate the structure and function of organs.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 6.2.2: Checkup - Relating

Structure to Function (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 6.2.3: Quiz - Relating

Structure to Function Take a quiz to assess your understanding of




the material.


Lesson 6.3: Doing Ethical

Experiments

Activity 6.3.1: Study - Doing Ethical

Experiments (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how ethics should be applied to scientific

research and how organisms maintain

homeostasis.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 6.3.2: Practice - Doing

Ethical Experiments (Documents: Practice Assignment)




Activity 6.3.3: Quiz - Doing Ethical

Experiments Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 6.4: Living Systems

Wrap-Up






Duration: 30 min













Unit 7: Heredity and

Genetics Lesson 7.1: Introduction to

Genes and Gene Technology

Activity 7.1.1: Study - Introduction

to Genes and Gene Technology (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the inheritance of genes the

structure and function of DNA and

advancements in gene technology.

Duration: 45 min


Introduction to Genes and Gene

Technology (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 7.1.3: Quiz - Introduction

to Genes and Gene Technology Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 7.2: Using Statistics

in Science


Statistics in Science (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how statistics and probability are used in

science and determine the probability of

inheriting traits.

Duration: 45 min





Statistics in Science (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min


Statistics in Science Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 7.3: Replicating

Experiments

Activity 7.3.1: Study - Replicating

Experiments (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn the importance of replicating scientific

experiments.

Duration: 45 min


Replicating Experiments (Documents: Practice Assignment)




Activity 7.3.3: Quiz - Replicating

Experiments Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.





Lesson 7.4: Heredity and

Genetics Wrap-Up




Duration: 30 min










Activity 7.5.1: Diag - Diagnostic Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a study plan based on your responses.


Unit 8: Evolution

Lesson 8.1: The History of

Life on Earth

Activity 8.1.1: Study - The History

of Life on Earth (Documents: Study Sheet)

Duration: 45 min


History of Life on Earth (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 8.1.3: Quiz - The History of

Life on Earth Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 8.2: Identifying Signal

Words


Signal Words (Documents: Study Sheet)

Duration: 45 min


Identifying Signal Words (Documents: Checkup)





Duration: 20 min


Signal Words Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 8.3: Understanding

Laws Theories and

Hypotheses


Understanding Laws Theories and

Hypotheses (Documents: Study Sheet)

Duration: 45 min



Hypotheses (Documents: Practice Assignment)






Hypotheses Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.




Lesson 8.4: Evolution Wrap-

Up




Duration: 30 min










Activity 8.5.1: Diag - Diagnostic Take a diagnostic unit test that will generate a study plan based on your responses.


Unit 9: Interdependence of

Life Lesson 9.1: Ecosystems

Activity 9.1.1: Study - Ecosystems (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how energy and matter flow through an

ecosystem and what factors can limit a

population's size.

Duration: 45 min


Ecosystems (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 9.1.3: Quiz - Ecosystems Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 9.2: Studying Systems

Activity 9.2.1: Study - Studying

Systems (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how scientists analyze systems and how

to identify the parts of an ecosystem.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 9.2.2: Checkup - Studying

Systems




(Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 9.2.3: Quiz - Studying

Systems Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 9.3: Communicating

about Science


Communicating about Science (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about the importance of communication

in the scientific process.

Duration: 45 min


Communicating about Science (Documents: Practice Assignment)





Communicating about Science Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.





Lesson 9.4: Interdependence

of Life Wrap-Up




Duration: 30 min













Unit 10: Humans and the

Earth

Lesson 10.1: Earth's

Resources

Activity 10.1.1: Study - Earth's

Resources (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn about renewable and nonrenewable

resources and how humans can limit their

impact on them.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 10.1.2: Checkup - Earth's

Resources (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 10.1.3: Quiz - Earth's

Resources Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 10.2: Using the

Internet for Research

Activity 10.2.1: Study - Using the

Internet for Research (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn strategies for locating information on the

Internet and how to judge the reliability of a

website.




Duration: 45 min


the Internet for Research (Documents: Checkup)

Duration: 20 min

Activity 10.2.3: Quiz - Using the

Internet for Research Take a quiz to assess your understanding of

the material.


Lesson 10.3: Using Science to

Make Choices


Science to Make Choices (Documents: Study Sheet)

Learn how to use science to make choices

between different technologies.

Duration: 45 min

Activity 10.3.2: Practice - Using

Science to Make Choices (Documents: Practice Assignment)





Science to Make Choices




Take a quiz to assess your understanding of the material.


Lesson 10.4: Humans and the

Earth Wrap-Up




Duration: 30 min













Appendix B: Additional Activities

B.1: Extra Credit

Scoring: 15 Points Earned: _____