CURRICULUM | SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY | ENGINEERING | MATH
“Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of, who do the things no one can imagine.” - Alan Turing
CURRICULUM
“SOMETIMES IT IS THE PEOPLE NO ONE CAN IMAGINE ANYTHING OF WHO DO THE THINGS NO ONE CAN IMAGINE.” - ALAN TURING
DEVELOPED BY: ANDREA BISHOP-DELAROSA, LUKE MANION, KAIA REENOCK, BRYLEE TERESKA, GRACE SPATIG, JACOB ORRICO, JIAMING WANG, FALLON INGRAM, MATTHEW INGRAM, HEMANI PATEL, BRENNAN MCKEOWN, MADELYN PHAM, MONICA BRUNO, ALINA KESHODKAR, AND KURT AMEN.
SECTION 1
Introduction to Scientific Method and Lab Safety
Day 1 - Lab Safety, Team Building, Groups, Notebooks
Day 2 - Scientific Method - Potassium Chlorate and Sugar
Purpose
Hypothesis
Materials
Procedure
Results
Analysis
Conclusion
Day 3 - What is going on with the Dogs in the neighborhood?
Day 4 - Introduction to PJAS, Lab Safety + Scientific Method Review
Day 5 - Sci Method and Lab Safety Quiz
SECTION 2
Introduction to Matter
Section 1 Describing Matter
Section 2 Measuring Matter
Section 3 Changes in Matter
Section 4 Energy and Matter
Section 5 Review
Day 1: Drawings Review
Day 2: Station Labs Review
Day 3: Kahoot Review
Day 4: Introduction to Matter Test
SECTION 3
States of Matter
Section 1 States of Matter
Section 2 Changes in Matter
Day 4: Drawings Review and Kahoot
Day 5: States of Matter Quiz
Section 3 Gas Behavior
Atoms and the Periodic Table
Section 1 Intro to Atoms
Day 1: Structure of Atom: Nucleus, Protons, Neutrons, Electrons, Orbitals/Shells
Day 2: History of the Atom: Dalton, Thomson, Nagaoka, Rutherford, Bohr, Chadwick, Modern
Day 3: Atoms and Elements: Atomic Number, Isotopes, Mass Number, Model
Day 4: Atomic Structure Drawings Review, Atomic Structure Animated Interactives
Day 5: Atom Structure Assessment
Section 2 Organizing the Elements
Day 1: Periodic Table Creation: Atomic Mass, Mendeleev, Periodic Table, Chemical Symbol, Groups/Families, Periods
Day 2: Periodic Table Battleship
Section 3 Metals
Day 1: Metal, Malleable, Ductile, Conductivity, Reactivity, Corrosion. STEEL WOOL VINEGAR LAB
Day 2: Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Transition Metals, Lanthanides, Alloy, Actinides, Synthetic Elements, Particle Accelerator
Section 4 Non-Metals and Metalloids
Day 1: Nonmetals, Physical/Chemical Properties, Families with samples and Sharing Electrons, Halogens, Noble Gases, Hydrogen
Day 2: Metalloids, Semiconductors, Metals VS Nonmetals VS Metalloids
Day 3: Periodic Table Station Labs Review
Day 4: Periodic Table Drawings Review + Kahoot
Day 5: Periodic Table Assessment
ENRICHMENT SECTION 4
Exploring Materials
Section 1 Polymers and Composites
Day 1: Polymer, Monomer, Plastics, Composite::::: INTRO TO ELEMENT SALES PROJECT
Section 2-3 Metals and Alloys/Ceramics and Glass
Day 1: Alloy, Ceramics, Glass, Optical Fibers
Section 4 Radioactive Elements
Day 1: Nuclear Reaction, Radioactive Decay, Radioactivity, Alpha Particle, Beta Particle, Gamma Radiation
Day 2: Nuclear Uses, Tracers, Radioactive Dating, Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Power
Day 3: Review for Assessment: Station Labs
Day 4: Review for Assessment: Kahoot
Day 5: Test on Exploring Materials
SECTION 5
Book Sequence: Chemical Interactions
Atoms and Bonding
Section 1-2: Atoms and Bonding/Periodic Table
Day 1: Refresher on Atoms and Periodic Table
Day 2: Chemical Bonds and Valence Electrons
Day 3: Behaviors of Families and Groups in Bonding
Section 3 Ionic Bonding
Day 1: Ions, Polyatomic Ions, Ionic Bond, Ionic Compound
Day 2: Chemical Formula, Subscript, Properties of Ionic Compounds
Day 3: Counting Atoms in Formulas
Section 4 Covalent Bonds
Day 1: Covalent Bond, Molecule, Double Bond, Triple Bond, Molecular Compound, Polar Bond, Nonpolar Bond
Day 2: Station Labs on Ionic and Covalent Bonding, Counting Atoms
Day 3: Review with Atomic Model Sets
Day 4: Review with Drawings and Kahoot
Day 5: Bonding Assessment
SECTION 6
Chemical Reactions
Section 1 Observing Chemical Change
Day 1: Refresher - Chemistry, Physical Property, Chemical Property, Physical Change, Chemical Change
Day 2: Chemical Reaction, Precipitate, Endothermic Reaction, Exothermic Reaction
Section 2 Describing Chemical Reactions
Day 1: Chemical Equation, Reactants, Products, Conservation of Mass, Open System, Closed System, Coefficient BAKING SODA VINEGAR
Day 2: Synthesis, Decomposition, Replacement Reactions, ELEPHANT’S TOOTHPASTE
Day 3: Chemical Reactions in Engines: COMBUSTION
Day 4: Review Stations Labs
Day 5: Review Drawings + Kahoot
Day 6: Chemical Reactions Assessment
ACIDS, BASES, SOLUTIONS AND A FASHION SHOW
SECTION 7
Acids, Bases, and Solutions
Sections 1-3
Day 1: Periodic Table Fashion Show Assignment - Description with Due Date:::::: ELEMENT PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
Day 2: DRAWING FREE FIRE Understanding Solutions, Solvent, Solute, Solution, Colloid, Suspension::::::::ELEMENT PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
Day 3: DRAWING FREE FIRE Concentrated Solution, Dilute, Solubility, Saturated Solution, Unsaturated Solution, Supersaturated Solution:::::::::::ELEMENT PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
Day 4: Acids vs. Bases Lab - LAB ASSESSMENT:::::::ELEMENT PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
Day 5: Periodic Table Fashion PREP All Day
Day 6: Periodic Table Fashion PREP All Day
Day 7: PERIODIC TABLE FASHION SHOW - AUDITORIUM
MOTION, FORCES, AND ENERGY
SECTION 8
Earth UNIT possibility
Book: Motion, Forces and Energy
Motion
Section 1 Describing Motion
Day 1: Motion, Reference Point, International System of Units, Meter
Day 2: Speed, Speed Equation, Average Speed, Instantaneous Speed
Day 3: Velocity, Slope, Slope Equation
Section 3 Acceleration
Day 1: Acceleration, Increase Speed, Decrease Speed, Changing Direction, Acceleration Equation
Day 2: Graphing Acceleration, Speed Vs. Time Graph, Distance Vs. Time Graph
Forces
Section 1 The Nature of Force
Day 1: Force, Newton, Net Force, Unbalanced Forces, Balanced Forces
Section 2 Friction and Gravity
Day 1: Friction, Static Friction, Sliding Friction, Rolling Friction, Fluid Friction
Day 2: Gravity, Mass, Weight, Free Fall, Air Resistance, Terminal Velocity, Projectile
Day 3: Review of Forces and Friction, Kahoot,
Day 4: Quiz on Forces and Friction
Newton’s First and Second Laws
Day 1: Newton’s First Law, Inertia, Newton’s Second Law, Acceleration
Day 2: Newton’s Third Law, Momentum, Momentum Equation, Law of Conservation of Momentum Collision Scenarios
Day 3: Newton’s Laws Station Labs
Day 4: Newton Review Drawings + Kahoot
Day 5: Newton Laws Test
FORCES IN FLUIDS
SECTION 9
Forces in Fluids
Section 1 Pressure
Day 1: Pressure, Pressure Equation, Pascal, Fluid
Day 2: Variations in Fluid Pressure, Barometer
Section 2 Floating and Sinking
Day 1: Buoyant Force, Archimede’s Principle, Density, Density Equation,
Day 2: Submarines, Building Lab
Section 3 Pascal’s Principle
Day 1: Pascal’s Principle, Hydraulic Systems, Hydraulic Brakes, Bicycle
Section 4 Bernoulli’s Principle
Day 1: Bernoulli’s Principle, Lift, Flight, Helicopters and Planes
Day 2: Stations Lab for Forces and Fluids
Day 3: Review of Forces and Fluids: Drawings + Kahoot
Day 4: Test on Forces and Fluids
WORK AND MACHINES
SECTION 10
Work and Machines
Section 1 What is Work?
Day 1: Work, Work Equation, Joule, Power, Power Equation
Section 2 How Machines Do Work?
Day 1: Machine, Input Force, Output Force, Input Work, Output Work
Day 2: Mechanical Advantage + Equation, Efficiency + Equation
Section 3 Simple Machines
Day 1: Inclined Plane, Wedge, Screw, Lever, Fulcrum, Wheel and Axle, Pulley, Compound Machine.
Day 2: Simple Machines Station Labs
Day 3: Simple Machines Project TinkerCAD
Day 4: Simple Machines Project TinkerCAD
ENERGY
SECTION 11
Energy
Section 1 What is Energy?
Day 1: What is Energy?
Day 2: Kinetic Energy, Kinetic Energy Equation
Day 3: Potential Energy, Potential Energy Equation, Gravitational Potential Energy, Elastic Potential Energy
Day 4: Kinetic and Potential Energy Practice.
Day 5: Kinetic or Potential? Working through the basics.
Section 2: Energy Transformations and Conservation
Day 1: Energy Transformation, Law of Conservation of Energy
Day 2: Energy Scenarios Lab: Analysis Lab, Turbine, Light, Solar Panel, Buzzer
Day 3: Energy and How Things Work Lab: Random Object Day: TV, Microwave, Phone
Day 4: Sound Energy Audio Engineering
Day 5: Joshua Fluck Expert Audio Engineer. MARCH 5
Day 6: Light Energy
Day 7: Electrical Energy
Day 8: Magnetic Energy
Day 9: Energy and Fossil Fuels
Day 10: Energy and Humans
Day 11: Energy Review: Station Labs
Day 12: Energy Review: Kahoot + Drawings
Day 13: Energy Test
ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS
BY KAIA REENOCK
Electronics by Kaia Reenock
Intro to Electronics
Section 1 - Basic Electrical Knowledge
Day 1 -review past knowledge, circuits, electrical energy, batteries, vocab
Day 2 - Electricity Lesson 1 (light bulb), kahoot
Day 3 - Review game
Section 2 - Wires and magnets
Day 1 - wires, magnets, and currents lessons
Day 2 - Electricity Lesson 2 (Light using magnetism), kahoot
Day 3 - Magnets and Electricity
Day 4 - Electromagnets
Day 5 - Electricity Lesson 3 (make your own electromagnet), kahoot
Day 6- Review game, practice quiz
Day 7 - quick review, Sections 1 and 2 quiz
Section 3 - Energy flow
Day 1 - review energy lessons (electrical, chemical)
Day 2 - Electricity Lesson 4 (lemon light), kahoot
Day 3 - review
Day 4 - electronic parts (breadboards, capacitors, etc.)
Day 5 - Electricity Lesson 5 (make some noise), kahoot
Section 4 - Test
Day 1 - extra help, review
Day 2 - final review game
Day 3 - quick review, Intro to Electronics unit test
ENGINEERING
BY LUKE MANION, JACOB ORRICO, AND JIAMING WANG
Engineering by Luke Manion, Jacob Orrico, and Jiaming Wang
Intro to Engineering
Section 1 - Basic Engineering Principles
Day 1 - Engineering, Design, Design Challenge, Design Constraint, Design Decision, Design Feature
Day 2 - Design Requirements, Design Test, Material, Model, Prototype, Sketch, Tool Trade-Off
Section 2 - When Forces Act on Objects
Day 1 - Stationary, Translation (sliding), Rotation, Fracture, Deflection, Deformation, Racking
Day 2 - Tension, Compression, Shear, Bending, Torsion, Fatigue
Day 3 - Stress vs Strain
Section 3 - Categories of Materials and Material Properties
Day 1 - Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites, Semiconductors, Biomaterials
Day 2 - Hardness, Tensile Strength, Conductivity, Density, Optical Properties
Day 3 - Sections 3-5 Kahoot Review
Section 4 - Vectors and Scalers
Vectors *Work in Progress*
Section 5 - Bridge Design
Day 1 - Distribution, Abutment, Arch Bridge, Architect, Beam Bridge
Day 2 - Cable-Stayed Bridge, Cantilever, Civil Engineer, Continuous Span Beam Bridge
Day 3 - Deck, Force, Load, Movable Bridge, Rigid, Span
Day 4 - Stiff, Suspension Bridge, Tension, Torsion, Truss, Pressure
Section 6 - Review
Day 1 - Sections 1-8 Drawings Review
Day 2 - Station Labs Review
Day 3 - Bridge Building Competition
Day 4 - Introduction to Engineering Test