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Here is a look at some of the things we will be covering
this year!
Teachers: Chris
Boesiger and Renee Axtell
Year: 2008-2009
Course: Science
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Classifying Living Things (Unit C) |
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CHAPTER 1 - All Kinds of Living Things
VOCABULARY: organisms, vertebra, vertebrates,
invertebrates, exoskeleton, fish, gills, amphibian,
reptiles, birds, mammals, molts, nonseed plants,
seed plants, mosses, liverworts, ferns, horsetails,
conifers, monocot, and dicot |
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CHAPTER 2 - The Survival of Living Things
VOCABULARY: environment, savanna, adaptations,
behaviors, instinctive behaviors, learned behaviors,
and extinct |
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Classify organisms into the five different kingdoms. |
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Compare and contrast vertebrates and invertebrates. |
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Compare and contrast nonseed and seed plants. |
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Describe medicinal uses of plants. |
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Name the basic needs of all living things. |
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Describe how the physical characteristics of animals
help them survive. |
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Compare and contrast instinctive and learned
behaviors. |
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Predict the outcome of living things if their needs
are not met. |
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Electricity and Magnetism Unit D |
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Chapter 1 What are Magnets?
VOCABULARY: magnet, magnetism, north pole, south
pole, lines of force, magnetic field, lodestone,
compass
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Chapter 2 Electrical Energy
VOCABULARY: electric charges, static electricity,
electric discharge, electric current, electric
circuit, switch, conductors, insulators, filament,
series circuit, parallel circuit, fuse, circuit
breaker |
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Discover how magnets attract certain materials, such
as iron and steel; and how they have north and south
poles
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Discover how magnets have magnetic fields that exert
forces in all directions around the magnet |
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Discover how electricity consists of an electric
charge on the surface of an object |
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Compare and contrast electric current and stactic
electricity |
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Discover how current electricity is the flow of
negative charges through a conductor in a closed
circuit |
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Compare and contrast a series circuit form a
parallel circuit |
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Discover that generators, electric cells, and solar
cells produce electric current and can be changed
into useful froms of energy
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Weather and Climate (Unit E) |
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CHAPTER 1 - The Air Around Us
VOCABULARY: air, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide,
water vapor, atmosphere, troposphere, weather,
greenhouse effect, and wind |
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CHAPTER 2 - Observing Weather
VOCABULARY: barometer, air pressure, high-pressure
areas, low-pressure areas, wind vane, windsock,
anemometer, water cycle, evaporates, condenses,
cloud, fog, precipiation, rain gauge, humidity, and
relative humidity |
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CHAPTER 3 - Weather Patterns
VOCABULARY: weather satellites, cumulus clouds,
stratus clouds, cirrus clouds, weather forecaster,
air mass, front, cold front, warm front,
thunderstorm, flash floods, hurricanes, and tornado |
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CHAPTER 4 - Seasons and Climate
VOCABULARY: axis, equator, Northern Hemisphere,
Southern Hemisphere, climate, tropical climate,
temperate climate, polar climate, and ice ages |
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Define air and what it is composed of. |
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Explain how air is vital to life. |
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Identify the different layers of our atmosphere. |
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Explain the Greenhouse Effect. |
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Explain what a barometer measures. |
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Describe the effect that air pressure and water
vapor have on weather. |
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Compare a windsock to a wind vane. |
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Describe how wind is measured. |
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Describe the uses of wind energy. |
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Explore the different stages of the water cycle. |
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Identify the three main types of clouds. |
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Classify clouds by the type of weather they produce. |
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Identify weather map symbols. |
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Describe how weather maps help predict weather. |
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Investigate the causes of a thunderstorm. |
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Make a weather safety plan for all types of severe
weather. |
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Compare and contrast hurricanes and tornadoes. |
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Explore the causes of seasons and surface
temperatures. |
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Describe the three main types of climate. |
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Identify three influences on a region's climate. |
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Investigate three ways scientists learn about
Earth's past climate changes. |
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