1st
Semester: Chemistry
I.
Introduction to Science
A.
Observations and Inferences
B.
Types of variables
C.
Hypotheses
D.
Experiment Design
E.
Pseudoscience
II.
Physical Properties
A.
Density (and others)
B.
Separating mixtures based on physical properties
C.
States of Matter
D.
Phase Changes
E. Solubility
F.
Gas Laws
E.
Plastics Investigation
III.
Periodic Table & Atoms
A.
Atom structure
B.
Organization, patterns & trends
IV.
Chemical Properties
A.
Chemical Bonding (ionic and covalent)
B.
Reactivity & Chemical Reactions
C.
Acids & Bases
D. Radioactivity
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2nd
Semester: Physics
I.
Mechanics
A.
Velocity & Acceleration
B.
Newton's Laws
C.
Potential and Kinetic Energy
G.
Conservation of Energy
H.
Egg Drop Project
II.
Work, Power, and Simple Machines
A.
Work
B.
Power
C.
Simple Machines
III.
Flight (forces and paper airplane olympics)
IV.
Waves
A.
Vocabulary & Parts
B.
Interference
C. Electromagnetic Spectrum (Light Investigation)
V.
Sound and Light
A.
Color
B.
Behaviors of Light (refraction, reflection, diffraction)
C.
Optical Illusions
D.
Sound (resonance, etc.)
VI.
Astronomy (culminating unit to tie together chemistry and
physics)
A. Big Bang Theory & Galaxies
B.
Stars
C. Orbits & Kepler
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