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Science 6

Course Description

Homework, classwork, test dates, and scores are available on Aeries.
 
Here is a broad overview of the topics we are to cover.

180 days= 22.5 days or 4.5 weeks per chapter

1. Nature of Science- 4 wks
1.1. Nature of Science
1.2. Basic and Applied Science
1.3. Scientific Ways of Thinking
1.4. Scientific Explanations and Interpretations
1.5. Science and Engineering Practices
1.6. Development of Hypotheses
1.7. Testing Hypotheses
1.8. Scientific Induction
1.9. Correlation and Causation
1.10. Observations and Experiments
1.11. Scientific Measuring Devices
1.12. Accuracy and Precision
1.13. Scientific Graphing
1.14. Scientific Theory
1.15. Development of Theories
1.16. Scientific Law
1.17. Scientific Modeling
1.18. Scientific Models
1.19. Scientific Community
1.20. Safety in the Life Sciences
1.21. Safety in Science
1.22. Ethics in Science

2. Heat and Energy- 5 wks
2.1. Energy

2.2. Forms of Energy
2.3. Average Kinetic Energy
2.4. Kinetic Theory of Matter
2.5. Changes of State
2.6. Heat
2.7. Temperature
2.8. Heat Conduction
2.9. Thermal Conductors and Insulators
2.10. Specific Heat
2.11. Convection
2.12. Density
2.13. Thermal Radiation
2.14. Light

3. Weather- 5 wks
3.1. Solar Energy on Earth
3.2. Distribution of Water on Earth
3.3. Water Distribution

3.4. Processes of the Water Cycle
3.5. Clouds
3.6. Precipitation
3.7. Importance of the Atmosphere
3.8. Composition of the Atmosphere
3.9. Pressure and Density of the Atmosphere
3.10. Air Pressure and Altitude
3.11. Electromagnetic Energy in the Atmosphere
3.12. Temperature and Heat in the Atmosphere
3.13. Collecting Weather Data
3.14. Air Masses
3.15. Weather Fronts
3.16. Weather Maps
3.17. Predicting Weather
3.18. Seasons

4. Climate- 5 wks
4.1. Weather versus Climate
4.2. Climate Change in Earth History
4.3. Short-Term Climate Change
4.4. Long-Term Climate Change
4.5. Effect of Latitude on Climate
4.6. Coriolis Effect
4.7. How Ocean Currents Moderate Climate
4.8. Deep Ocean Currents
4.9. Effect of Continental Position on Climate
4.10. Global Warming
4.11. Causes and Effects of Global Warming
4.12. Air Quality
4.13. Types of Air Pollution
4.14. Carbon Cycle and Climate
4.15. Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health
4.16. Effects of Air Pollution on the Environment
4.17. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Pollution
4.18. Reducing Ozone Destruction

5. Cells- 4 wks
5.1. Characteristics of Life
5.2. Viruses
5.3. Cell Biology
5.4. Microscopes
5.5. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
5.6. Plant Cell Structures
5.7. Cell Membrane
5.8. Cell Transport
5.9. Passive Transport
5.10. Diffusion
5.11. Active Transport
5.12. Cell Nucleus
5.13. Organelles
5.14. Cell Cycle
5.15. Cell Division

Organs & Body Systems- 5 wks
6.1. Organization of the Human Body
6.2. Smooth, Skeletal, and Cardiac Muscles
6.3. Muscles, Bones, and Movement

6.4. Muscles and Exercise
6.5. Cardiovascular System
6.6. Heart
6.7. Blood Vessels
6.8. Components of Blood
6.9. Respiration
6.10. Respiratory System Organs
6.11. Processes of Breathing
6.12. Human Digestive System
6.13. Digestive System Organs
6.14. Food and Nutrients
6.15. Excretion
6.16. Urinary System
6.17. Kidneys
6.18. Diabetes

7. Reproduction & Genetics- 4 wks
7.1.Mitosis and Cytokinesis
7.2. Meiosis
7.3. Mitosis vs. Meiosis
7.4. Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction
7.5. Mendel's Pea Plants
7.6. Mendel's Laws and Genetics
7.7. Non-Mendelian Inheritance
7.8. Sex-linked Inheritance
7.9. Plant Reproduction and Life Cycle
7.10. Vascular Seedless Plants
7.11. Nonvascular Plants
7.12. Reproduction in Seedless Plants
7.13. Gymnosperms
7.14. Seeds and Seed Dispersal
7.15. Angiosperms
7.16. Tropisms
7.17. Reproductive Behavior of Animals
7.18. Bird Reproduction
7.19. Mammal Reproduction

8. Sensory Responses- 4 wks
8.1. Nervous System
8.2. Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses
8.3. Central Nervous System
8.4. Peripheral Nervous System
8.5. Touch
8.6. Taste and Smell
8.7. Hearing and Balance
8.8. Human Vision
8.9. How the Eye Works

 

 

Posts

11/13 - 11/17

Quiz Friday- Water Cycle, Atmosphere, Clouds
 
11/13
Relative Humidity
Dew Point
 
11/14 (Substitute)
Atmosphere
 
11/15
Clouds
 
11/16
Review for Quiz
Quizlet Live
 
11/17
Quiz- Water Cycle, Atmosphere, Clouds

11/6 - 11/10

11/6
 Water Cycle
 
11/7
Water Cycle Brochure (due Monday)
With a sheet of printer paper in the landscape perspective, fold the paper in half (vertical seam) to form a brochure.
On the front page
- Title
-Your name and period
-A picture that says water cycle to you.
Inside, double page
-draw a picture or pictures that depict the 7 parts of the water cycle*.
-label and color
Back page
-list vocabulary words and definitions
Must be colored and labeled.
 
*Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Transportation
Percolation
Respiration
Transpiration
(Perspiration)
 
11/8
 Humidity
Relative Humidity
Dew Point
 
11/9
Minute Earth How Clouds Form
 
Canary Islands Cloud Vid (coolest cloud video)
 
11/10
No School "Veterans Day"
Honor those that sacrifice for our freedom.
 

10/30 - 11/3

10/30
Finish Turbine & Generator Lab
 
10/31
Halloween Science
 
11/1
Notebook Check
Energy Review
 
11/2
Review for Test
 
11/3
Heat & Energy Test (Part 2)
 

Notice the two heat exchangers. The condensing heat exchanger outside the refrigerator (heat from the compressed fluid flows into the air in the room) and the evaporating heat exchanger inside the refrigerator (the heat in the refrigerator flows into the cold gas).
 

10/16 - 10/20

Heat & Energy Test on Wed 10/25
 
10/16
Changes of State
The States of Matter
-Gas, molecules free from each other, high kinetic energy.
-Liquid, molecules slide past, mid kinetic energy.
-Solid, molecules stuck together, low kinetic energy.
 
State Transitions
Gas to Liquid = Condensation, gas must lose energy.
Liquid to Gas = Evaporation, liquid must use energy.
Liquid to Solid = Freeze, liquid must lose energy.
Solid to Liquid = Melting, solid must use energy.
Gas to Solid = Deposition, gas must lose lots of energy.
Solid to Gas = Sublimation, solid must use lots of energy.
 
10/17
State Change Lab
Evaporative Cooling, does evaporative cooling work well enough to cool a building?
 
10/18
State Change Lab
Group Reports
Control (experiment)- A control is a sample that remains the same throughout the experiment. The variable is not changed. The control gives you a bar to compare with.
 
10/19
Refrigeration
"Cooling Tech"
Evaporative Cooling
-Clay pots sweat cooling the contents
-Swamp Coolers, Use less energy than AC, more maintenance
AC (Refrigeration)
-Heat Exchanger = Tubes and fins that conduct heat
-Compressor = Squeezes the gas into a liquid
- Expansion Valve = Allows the liquid to expand into a gas
 
10/20
Kinetic vs Potential Energy

10/9 - 10/13

10/9
Go Over Test (retake Tuesday in room 612 during lunch)
Finish Mr. Wizard Heat discussion
 
10/10
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Infrared
Ultraviolet
 
10/11
Temperature Activity
 
10/12
Heat Lab
Thermal Conductor
Thermal Insulator
 
10/13
Conclude Heat Lab

10/4 Quiz Vocabulary

We have covered a lot of vocabulary in the last week and a half. The next unit will require you to use these words, so we will have a quiz on Wednesday. You should know the following vocabulary. I have created a word set on Quizlet to help get you ready for the Quiz.
 
Graduated Cylinder
Spring Scale
Newton
Thermometer
-Fahrenheit
-Celcius
-Kelvin
Temperature
SI Units
Meter
Area
Volume
Mass
Weight
Model
-Physical
-Mathematical
-Computer
Theory
Law
Meniscus
Hydrophilic
Hydrophobic
Density
Displacement

10/2 - 10/6

10/2
New Seats (Length Puzzle)
Finish Graduated Cylinder and Volume
Mass- SI unit is the kilogram (kg)
Density=m/v
Displacement used to find the volume of an irregular shaped object.
 
10/3
Density Lab
 
10/4
Quiz, Vocabulary (see Quizlet)
 
10/5
Energy- movement of objects, atoms, change of chemicals
SI unit of energy= Joule (J)
Energy does Work
Work (J) = force (N) x distance (m)
Forms of Energy
-Mechanical
-Chemical
-Electrical
-Electromagnetic
-Thermal
-Sound
-Nuclear
 
10/6
Energy Lab

9/25 - 9/29

9/25-29 Notes
Graduated Cylinder
Spring Scale
Thermometer
-Fahrenheit
-Celcius
-Kelvin
Temperature
SI Units
Meter
Area
Volume
Mass
Model
-Physical
-Mathematical
-Computer
Theory
Law
Meniscus
Hydrophilic
Hydrophobic
 
 
9/25
Ruler Rules (the knows)
1. Know your units. (metric- mm, cm, m, etc.)
2. Know your zero. (if ruler zero is not clear, start at 10)
3. Know what you are measuring. (measure from point to point, not from the side or at an angle)
 
Ruler practice
 
9/26 (Substitute)
Read (Holt Earth Science Text) pages 44-55 and take notes
 
Include keywords and concepts (on whiteboard) in your notes
Answer Review Questions pg 49 Q# 1-9 
Answer Review Questions pg 55 Q# 1-10 (due 9/28)
 
9/27
Review reading and check pg 49 answers
 
9/28
Check pg 55 answers
Introduce Volume lab
 
9/29
Volume Lab

Study Guide for 9/22 Test

First Test (9/22) Study Guide

Think Like a Scientist

(For each of the following, state why it is important for a scientist and give an example.)

 

Curiosity

Skepticism

Openness to New Ideas

Imagination and Creativity

Intellectual Honesty

Ethical Responsibility

 

Experimenting

Predicting what and stating why is what makes a hypothesis more than a guess.

 

Graphing

(You should be able to choose the appropriate type of graph for a set of data and create that graph with all the required parts.)

 

Graphs and Data Tables

Data Tables- Organize Data

Graphs- Help you visualize the data

-Bar Graph, for comparison

-Line Graph, for change over time

-Pie Chart, for showing parts of a whole

 

Graph Parts

-Title

-Label axis

-Label units

-Include key?

 

Safety (know the safety rules discussed so far)

 

Lab Safety

-Never mix food/ drink and lab materials (do not eat or drink lab materials, unless that is part of the lab)

 

-Water Safety

--Water Stays on the Trays

--Water on the Ground, Stand Around (Guard the Water)

 

Linear measurements

History of the Meter.

Originally 1/10,000,000 of the distance from the equator to the pole.

 

Metric Conversion

You should be able to convert from one metric unit to the other (12mm =  __________ km)

 

 (See KHDUDCM image above)

Caliper

(You should know how to use the caliper and will be asked to measure object on the test)

 

Calipers can make 4 different measurements.

-Outside Diameter

-Inside Diameter

-Off-set

-Depth

The zero on the moving jaw indicates the measurement.

"Mind the Gab" measure with the main part of the jaws, not the upper where the gap will through off your measurements.

SAFETY- watch the metal depth probe. When extended it is hard to see and could cause an injury. Never leave the probe extended.

 

Rate of Change

Interpret line graph.

-Straight sloped line shows constant rate of change

-Curved downward line shows increased rate of change

Curved toward horizontal shows a decreased rate of change. 

 

9/18- 9/22

9/18
Introduction to using the Caliper.
Calipers can make 4 different measurements.
-Outside Diameter
-Inside Diameter
-Off-set
-Depth
The zero on the moving jaw indicates the measurement.
"Mind the Gab" measure with main part of the jaws, not the upper where the gap will through off your measurements.
SAFETY- watch the metal depth probe. When extended it is hard to see and could cause an injury. Never leave the probe extended.
Caliper Practice
 
9/19
Caliper Lab
 
9/20
Caliper Lab Conclusion
 
9/21
Review for Test
 
9/22
Test over Material Covered So Far!

9/11- 9/15

9/11
Write coin hypothesis, start experiment.
Based on the information you gathered in the Penny Lab
how many drops of water will fit on a nickel and/or dime.
-A hypothesis predicts what will happen and explains why you think that.
(You must state what and why)
 
9/12
Complete Coin Experiment Start Lab Report
Lab Report Format
-Title, your name
-What are you trying to find out and what is your hypothesis.
-How are you going to conduct the experiment (You can skip this step this time).
-What are the results (graph the data, describe the results).
-Conclusion
--What was the purpose of the experiment
--What was your hyposhesis
--How did you test that hypothesis
--What was the rtesults
--Did the results support your hypothesis
--Now what
---design a better experiment to get more accurate results
---develop a new hypothesis
 
9/13
Work on lab report
 
9/14
Introduction Metric system
Metric Conversion KHDUDCM
(See Metric Conversion Post)
 
9/15
Minimum Day
Linear measurements
History of the Meter.
Originally 1/10,000,000 of the distance from the equator to the pole.

9/5- 9/8 Notes

The following information was covered in class and should be in your notebook.
 
Think Like a Scientist
(For each of the following state why it is important for a scientist and give an example.)
 
Curiosity
Skepticism
Openness to New Ideas
Imagination and Creativity
Intellectual Honesty
Ethical Responsibility
 
Graphs and Data Tables
Data Tables- Organize Data
Graphs- Help you visualize the data
-Bar Graph, for comparison
-Line Graph, for change over time
-Pie Chart, for showing parts of a whole
 
Graph Parts
-Title
-Label axis
-Label units
-Include key?
 
Lab Safety
-Never mix food/ drink and lab materials (do not eat or drink lab materials, unless that is part of the lab)
 
-Water Safety
--Water Stays on the Trays
--Water on the Ground, Stand Around (Guard the Water)