S07 Essential Skills
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Science Essential Skills for Level 7
First Quarter:
Students will:
Measuring Matter:
- Identify metric prefixes;
- Use conversion of measurements units in Lab situations;
- Use tools for linear measurement when appropriate;
- Explain relationship and difference between mass and weight;
- Use tools that are appropriate for measurement of mass and weight;
- Define Volume and introduce math process for calculating volume;
- Define Density and introduce math process for calculating density.
Second Quarter:
Students will:
The Nature of Force:
- Introduce and define Force;
- Compare and contrast between unbalanced and balanced forces;
- Introduce and differentiate between Newton’s three laws.
Forces in Fluid:
- Define pressure and relationship to force and area;
- Introduce math process for calculating pressure;
- Recognize various forces and fluids;
- Introduce Bernoulli’s principle;
- Application of Bernoulli’s principle.
Friction and Gravity:
- Introduce and define friction and relationship to motion;
- Relationship between friction and surface area;
- Define gravity.
Describing and Measuring Motion:
- Introduce and define speed and acceleration;
- Set up graphs of speed and acceleration.
Third Quarter:
Students will:
The Nature of Energy:
- Define energy;
- Explain difference between Kinetic and Potential energy;
- Illustrate difference between Kinetic and Potential energy;
- Identify different forms of Kinetic and Potential energy;
- Demonstrate conversion of Kinetic to Potential and Potential to Kinetic;
- Introduce math process for calculating Kinetic and Potential energy.
Work and Power:
- Define work and introduce math process for calculating work;
- Define power and introduce math process for calculating power;
- Explain relationship and difference between work and power;
- Apply math process for calculating work and power in lab situation.
Mechanical advantage and efficiency:
- Define machine;
- Define mechanical advantage and introduce math process for calculating mechanical advantage;
- Define efficiency and introduce math process for calculating efficiency.
Simple Machines:
- Identify and differentiate between simple machines;
- Apply math process for calculating mechanical advantage and efficiency for simple machines.
Fourth Quarter:
Students will:
Inside the Atom
- Identify parts of the Atom
Organizing the elements
- Introduce and identify major components of the periodic table
Metals
- Define metal
- Identify families of metals and position on periodic table
Nonmetals and Metalloids
- Define metal and metalloid
- Identify families of nonmetals and metalloids and position on periodic table
- Differentiate between nonmetals, metals and metalloids
- Compare and contrast nonmetals, metals and metalloids
Observing chemical reactions
- Recognize when chemical reactions have occurred
- Differentiate between physical and chemical changes
Chemical equations
- Introduce concept of chemical equations and relationship to reactions
- Introduce balancing of equations and application to conservation of mass
