Overview Physical objects are part of an interactive system mediated by forces, which are governed by Newton’s laws. This unit teaches students to recognize different types of forces, their effects on ...
Performance tasks Other-worldly sports – Students create a poster illustrating how their favorite sport might look on a planet of their choosing, explaining how differences in gravity and atmosphere could affect ...
Big Ideas It is a big concept for students to comprehend, that we live on a dynamic Earth that is continually changing. What is even harder for them to grasp is ...
Performance Tasks Students will be able to design an organism that could live in Pt Reyes, both today and what adaptations it would need in order to live there in one ...
Introduction This unit will explore the big idea of chemical changes and interactions. The overall approach of the unit will be inquiry-based. The students will utilize their previous studies of atoms ...
Performance Tasks Closed Chemistry- Design and build a closed structure in which a chemical reaction can occur. You will present your demonstration to the class providing evidence for conservation of mass. ...
The purpose of this lesson is to start a dialog on the importance of adaptations to a species and individuals survival. In the end students will understand how animals use ...
Students will use their knowledge gained of both the habitats, and types of adaptations that animals use to survive in their environments. They will create a fictitious animal that will ...
Students will use the information they have learned about the evidence scientists use to prove the theory of evolution in a real life look at an authentic question about ...
Given lab equipment, students will be able to measure force required to pull baby shoes and identify factors that make pulling easier or harder. Relationship to big idea Everything physical in the ...
