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Content Outline
for Teaching
Table of Contents
To the Teacher
Chapter 1 The Nature of Science
Section 1 What Is Science................................1
Section 2 Science in Action ............................2
Section 3 Models in Science............................3
Section 3 Evaluating Scientific Explanation ..4
Chapter 2 Measurement
Section 1 Description and Measurement ......5
Section 2 SI Units ............................................6
Section 3 Drawings, Tables, and Graphs ........7
Chapter 3 Matter and Its Changes
Section 1 Physical Properties and Changes....8
Section 2 Chemical Properties and Changes ..9
Chapter 4 Atoms, Elements, and the
Periodic Table
Section 1 Structure of Matter ......................10
Section 2 The Simplest Matter......................11
Section 3 Compounds and Mixtures............13
Chapter 5 Motion, Forces, and
Simple Machines
Section 1 Motion ..........................................14
Section 2 Newton’s Laws of Motion ............15
Section 3 Work and Simple Machines..........16
Chapter 6 Energy
Section 1 Energy Changes ............................17
Section 2 Temperature ..................................18
Section 3 Chemical Energy ..........................19
Chapter 7 Electricity and Magnetism
Section 1 Electric Charge and Forces ..........20
Section 2 Electric Current ............................21
Section 3 Magnetism ....................................22
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Chapter 8 Waves
Section 1 What Are Waves? ..........................23
Section 2 Wave Properties ............................24
Section 3 Wave Behavior ..............................25
Chapter 9 Rocks and Minerals
Section 1 Minerals—Earth’s Jewels ..............26
Section 2 Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks ..27
Section 3 Metamorphic Rock and the
Rock Cycle ....................................28
Chapter 10 Forces Shaping Earth
Section 1 Earth’s Moving Plates....................29
Section 2 Uplift of Earth’s Crust ..................30
Chapter 11 Weathering and Erosion
Section 1 Weathering and Soil Formation ....31
Section 2 Erosion of Earth’s Surface ............32
Chapter 12 Atmosphere in Motion
Section 1 The Atmosphere ............................34
Section 2 Earth’s Weather..............................36
Section 3 Air Masses and Fronts ..................38
Chapter 13 Oceans
Section 1 Ocean Water ..................................39
Section 2 Ocean Currents and Climate........40
Section 3 Waves..............................................41
Section 4 Life in the Oceans..........................42
Chapter 14 Exploring Space
Section 1 Radiation from Space....................43
Section 2 Early Space Missions ....................44
Section 3 Current and Future
Space Missions ..............................45
Chapter 15 The Solar System and Beyond
Section 1 Earth’s Place in Space....................47
Section 2 The Solar System ..........................48
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