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Science Curriculum Map Grades K – 12 - Abbotsford Christian School

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Planning for Assessment (Teaching Strategies), Assessment Indicators (Assessment Activities) and resources are listed in course overviews<br />

Grade Essential Questions/Unit Questions Content / Enduring Understandings Learning Outcomes: By the end of grade level, the students will: Special Events:<br />

Field Trips, Service Projects, Speakers,<br />

Culminating Activities, etc.<br />

Physics<br />

11<br />

Overall:<br />

How do Physicists view the world<br />

How should we view the world Where is the<br />

connection to meaning<br />

What is the difference between naming<br />

something (describing it) and knowing it<br />

Kinematics:<br />

How are position, velocity, and acceleration<br />

related<br />

Dynamics:<br />

What is the connection between forces and<br />

motion<br />

Universal Gravity:<br />

What creates force between objects that do<br />

not touch<br />

Energy:<br />

What is energy and how does it relate to<br />

forces and motion<br />

Momentum:<br />

What other properties (other than forces and<br />

energy) control how objects interact (collide)<br />

Light:<br />

What is the nature and properties of light<br />

Measurement and Graphing<br />

Error and uncertainty<br />

Representing data graphically<br />

Kinematics<br />

Displacement, velocity, and acceleration in 1-D<br />

Graph and compare dist vs. t, vel vs. t, and accel vs. t<br />

Average vs instantaneous velocity and speed<br />

Projectile motion<br />

Dynamics<br />

Newton’s Law<br />

Friction<br />

Circular motions<br />

Universal gravitation<br />

Elastic forces<br />

Energy<br />

Work, potential energy, kinetic energy<br />

Conservation of energy<br />

Power and efficiency<br />

Momentum – elastic and in-elastic collisions<br />

Thermal energy<br />

Light and Optics<br />

Properties of waves and light<br />

Reflection, refraction, diffraction, dispersion<br />

Doppler effect and polarization<br />

Special Relativity<br />

Reference frames<br />

Influences on time, length, and mass<br />

Skills, Methods, and Nature of Physics<br />

A1 describe the nature of physics<br />

A2 apply the skills and methods of physics<br />

Wave Motion and Geometrical Optics<br />

B1 analyse the behaviour of light and other waves under various conditions, with<br />

reference to the properties of waves and using the universal wave equation<br />

B2 use ray diagrams to analyse situations in which light reflects from plane and curved<br />

mirrors<br />

B3 analyse situations in which light is refracted<br />

Kinematics<br />

C1 apply knowledge of relationships between time, displacement, distance, velocity, and<br />

speed to situations involving objects in one dimension<br />

C2 apply knowledge of the relationships between time, velocity, displacement, and<br />

acceleration to situations involving objects in one dimension<br />

Forces<br />

D1 solve problems involving the force of gravity<br />

D2 analyse situations involving the force due to friction<br />

D3 apply Hooke’s law to the deformation of materials<br />

Newton’s Laws<br />

E1 solve problems that involve application of Newton’s laws of motion in one dimension<br />

Momentum<br />

F1 apply the concept of momentum in one dimension<br />

Energy<br />

G1 perform calculations involving work, force, and displacement<br />

G2 solve problems involving different forms of energy<br />

G3 analyse the relationship between work and energy, with reference to the law of<br />

conservation of energy<br />

G4 solve problems involving power and efficiency<br />

Special Relativity<br />

H1 explain the fundamental principles of special relativity<br />

Labs<br />

Special Relativity:<br />

What did Einstein "discover"<br />

What properties do light and God share<br />

Nuclear Fission and Fusion<br />

I1 analyse nuclear processes

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