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Middle School Middle School Comprehensive Science III

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Suggested Prerequisites

N/A

Description

In this course, students build on concepts introduced in the first and second courses of the series, including the disciplines of life science, physical science, and earth-space science. In addition, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts are integrated throughout the course. Students learn about properties of matter, physical and chemical changes, atoms and the periodic table of elements, photosynthesis and cellular respiration, the universe, and the solar system. Hands-on and virtual laboratory investigations are included throughout the course to provide students opportunities for exploration through scientific inquiry, research, measurement, problem solving, and experimental procedures. By the end of the course, students will be practicing, experimenting, thinking, and talking like a scientist!

Module One: Matter

  • Examples and Nonexamples of science
  • Pseudoscientific Ideas
  • Steps of the Scientific Method
  • Units of Measurements
  • Weight Versus Mass
  • Volume and Density
  • Physical Properties of Matter

Module Two: Changes in Matter

  • States of Matter
  • Physical and Chemical Changes
  • Conservation of Mass
  • Thermal Energy and Chemical Change
  • Scientific Models

Module Three: Elements and Compounds

  • Atomic Theory
  • The Periodic Table
  • Valence Electrons
  • Compounds
  • Acids, Bases, and Salts
  • Mixtures and Pure Substances
  • Advanced Predicting Severe Weather

Module Four: Cycles and Conservation

  • Science and Society
  • Photosynthesis
  • Cellular Respiration
  • The Carbon Cycle
  • Scientific Modeling

Module Five: The Universe

  • Space and the Universe
  • Galaxies
  • Stars
  • Solar Properties
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Space Weather
  • Space Technology

Module Six: Our Solar System

  • Gravity
  • Our Solar System
  • Properties of Planets
  • Seasons
  • Tides
  • Eclipses
  • Moon Phases

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