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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The goal of this course is to provide students with the opportunity to study and explore different scientific process.  Students will recognize their connection and to the environment and become motivated to participate in making educated decisions in our society as scientifically literate citizens.  The Next Generation Sunshine State Standards will be implemented throughout this course and the Miami-Dade School District Pacing Guide for science will be followed.   ​

​UNIT 1: ENERGY

1. Heat and the Practice of Science 
   1. Heat Transfer in Scientific Investigations
   2. Adding & Removing Heat using the Scientific Process
2. Heat Energy
   1. Heat and Temperature
   2. Change of State
   3. Heat Flow

1. Conservation of Energy and Energy Transformations 
   1. Forms of Energy
   2. Energy Transformations
   3. Law of Conservation of Energy

​UNIT 2: WAVES

1. Electromagnetic Spectrum 
   1. Properties of Waves
   2. The Sun’s Energy as Radiation: Electromagnetic Spectrum
   3. Relationship between Wavelength and Frequency

 

1. Properties of Waves 
   1. Light Properties
   2. Wave Speed in Different Materials

​UNIT 3: EARTH’S STRUCTURE

1. Layers of Earth 

1. Crust and Lithosphere
2. Mantle
3. Core
4. Comparing Layers of the Earth

 

1. Plate Tectonics

1. Continental Drift
2. Describing Tectonic Plate Movement
3. Explaining Plate Movement through Heat Flow

​UNIT 4: ROCK CYCLE and AGE  OF THE EARTH
 

1. Rock Cycle and Processes that Shape Earth’s Surface

1. Rock Cycle
2. Review of Landforms and Apply to Florida
3. How Humans Impact the Earth

 

1. Age of Earth/ Geological Time

1. Measuring the Age of the Earth
2. Evidence of Changes to Earth

​UNIT 5: EVOLUTION
 

1. Evidence of Species Change

1. Evidence of Scientific Theory of Evolution
2. Adaptations
3. Extinction

 

1. Natural Selection 
   1. Conditions for Natural Selection
   2. Natural Selection

UNIT 6: ECOLOGY
 

1. Relationships in Ecosystems 

1. Relationships
2. Food Web
3. Limiting Factors

 

1. Human Impact on Earth 

1. Resources
2. Biodiversity
3. Pollution
4. Human Impact of the Everglades

​UNIT 7 GENETICS
 

1. DNA, Chromosomes, and Heredity 
   1. Review Cell Structure
   2. DNA
   3. Reproduction

 

1. Genetic Traits and Heredity

1. Mendelian Genetics
2. Genotype/Phenotype
3. Genetic Probabilities

 

1. Biotechnology 

1. Cloning
2. Genetic Engineering
3. Artificial Selection
4. Impact on Society

​UNIT 8: HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
 

1. Health and Disease Prevention

1. Reproductive Health
2. Stress Management
3. Heredity
4. Communicable Disease and Infection
5. Healthy Decisions
6. Healthy Goals

 

1. Human Growth and Development
   1. Body Systems
   2. Mental
   3. Dating
   4. HIV/AIDS
   5. Abstinence