Physics Applications: Planning Guide

Quarter 1 - Scientific Inquiry and the Atom

1st Quarter Indicators: PAa.1 PAa.9 , PAb.1 and PAb.4
Science Skills: Science Safety
(Pg 660- 661)

PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.

Chapter 1: Science Skills

Inquiry Activity: How Do Scientist
Use Their Observations? (Pg 1)

PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.

1.1: What is Science?

(Pgs 2-6)

PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect
the precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis
(including independent and dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis.

1.2: Using a Scientific Approach

(Pgs 7-11

PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information. (Pre-requisite concept for:)
PAa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis
(including independent and dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
(Pre-requisite concept for:)

PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis. (Pre-requisite concept for:)

Concepts in Action: Forensic

Science
(Pg 12-13)

PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect
the precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.

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1.3: Measurement
(Pgs 14-20)
Math Skills: Using Scientific
Notation
(Pg 15)

PAa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis
(including independent and dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect
the precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect
the precision and accuracy of each particular instrument. (Pre-requisite concept for:)
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
(Pre-requisite concept for:)

Quick Lab: Comparing Precision

(Pg 18)

PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect
the precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.

How it Works: Thermometer (Pg 21)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

1.4: Presenting Scientific Data

(Pgs 22-25)
Data Analysis: Faster than
Speeding Data (Pg 24)
Consumer Lab: Determining The
Thickness of Aluminum Foil
(Pgs 26-27)

PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.

Chapter 1: Study Guide

(Pg 28)

Chapter 1: Assessment
(Pgs 29-30)
Chapter 1: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 31)

PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect
the precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect
the precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.4: Design a scientific investigation with appropriate methods of control to test a hypothesis
(including independent and dependent variables), and evaluate the designs of sample investigations.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.

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Chapter 2: Properties of Matter
Inquiry Activity: What Properties
could you use to Describe
Materials?
(Pgs 36-37)
2.1: Classifying Matter
(Pgs. 38-44)

PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity). (Pre-requisite concept for:)
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms
of the arrangement and movement of particles.
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity). (Pre-requisite concept for:)
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms
of the arrangement and movement of particles.

Data Analysis: Do the Contents of Two

Cans of Mixed Nuts Meet FDA
Requirements
(Pg 42)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

2.2: Physical Properties

(Pgs. 45-51)

PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity). (Pre-requisite concept for:)
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms
of the arrangement and movement of particles.

How it Works: Making a Sculpture

(Pg 49)
Concepts in Action: Getting a Fresh Start
(Pg 52-53)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

2.3: Chemical Properties

(Pgs 54-58)

PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).

Quick Lab: Identifying a Chemical

Change (Pg 56)
Issues in Science: What Should Be Done
with Arsenic-Treated Wood (Pg 59)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Forensic Lab: Using Properties to

Identity Materials
(Pgs 60-61)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology. PAb.l: Compare
the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to mass, location, and
charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom (including identity, mass,
volume, and reactivity). Pre-requisite concept for:
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms
of the arrangement and movement of particles.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom

Chapter 2: Study Guide

(Pg 62)
Chapter 2: Assessment
(Pgs 63-64)
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Chapter 2: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 65)

(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).

PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms

Chapter 3: States of Matter

Inquiry Activity: How Easy Is It to
Compress Air and Water?
(Pg 67)
Chapter 3.1: Solids, Liquids,
Gases
(Pgs 68-74)
Data Analysis: Why was Mercury
Used in Thermometers?
(Pg 71)

PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms
of the arrangement and movement of particles.
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms
of the arrangement and movement of particles.
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one
to the other.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.

Chapter 3.2: The Gas Laws (Pgs 75-81)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Quick Lab: Observing the Effects

of Temperature on Gas Pressure
(Pg 79)

PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms
of the arrangement and movement of particles.

Math Skills: The Combined Gas Law

(Pg 80)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Concepts in Action: Riding on Air

(Pgs 82-83)
Chapter 3.3: Phase Changes
(Pgs 84-91)

PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms
of the arrangement and movement of particles.

How It Works: Custom Tailored Ice (Pg

87)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Quick Lab: Observing Phase

Changes
(Pg 90)

PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.

Exploration Lab: Investigating

Changes in Temperature During
Heating of Solids
(Pgs 92-93)

PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect
the precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis.
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms
of the arrangement and movement of particles

PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms
of the arrangement and movement of particles.

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Chapter 3: Study Guide
(Pg 94)
Chapter 3: Assessment
(Pgs 95-96)
Chapter 3: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 97)

PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.3: Use scientific instruments to record measurement data in appropriate metric units that reflect
the precision and accuracy of each particular instrument.
PAa.6: Evaluate the results of a controlled scientific investigation in terms of whether they refute or
verify the hypothesis.
PAb.4: Compare the properties of the four states of mattersolid, liquid, gas, and plasmain terms
of the arrangement and movement of particles.
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one
to the other.

Chapter 4: Atom Structure

Inquiry Activity: How Can you Study
objects That Are Not Visible? (Pg 99)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

4.1: Studying Atoms

(Pgs. 100-105)

PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).

Quick Lab: Investigating Charged

Objects
(Pg 102)

PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).

Concepts in Action: Small-Scale

Construction (Pgs 106-107)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

4.2: Structure of an Atom

(Pgs 108-112)

PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes. Pre-requisite
concept for:

Problem-Solving Activity:
Designing an Atomic Exhibit
(Pg 109)

PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).

How it Works: Scanning Tunneling

Microscope (Pg. 111)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Science and History: Models of

the Atom
(Pgs 114-115)

PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).

Quick Lab: Comparing Excited States

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

4.3: Modern Atomic Theory

(Pgs 113-118)

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(Pg 117)

Forensic Lab: Using Flame Tests

(Pg 119)
Chapter 4: Study Guide
(Pg 120)
Chapter 4: Assessment
(Pgs 121-122)
Chapter 4: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 123)

PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes.

Chapter 5: The Periodic Table

Inquiry Activity: How Much Data Do You
Need To Identify a Pattern? Pg 125)
5.1: Organizing the Elements(Pgs 126129)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Quick Lab: Making a Model of a Periodic

Table (Pg 128)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

5.2: Modern Periodic Table

(Pgs. 130-138)

PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes. Pre-requisite

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

concept for:

Quick Lab: Defining a Metal

(Pg 135)

PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).

How it Works: Making Glass (Pg 137)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

5.3: Representative Groups

(Pgs139-145)
Concepts in Action: Elemental
Friends and Foes (Pgs. 146-149)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

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Exploration Lab: Predicting the
Density of an Element
(Pgs 150-151)

Chapter 5: Study Guide

(Pg152)
Chapter 5: Assessment
(Pgs 153-154)
Chapter 5: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 155)

PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAb.l: Compare the subatomic particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) of an atom with regard to
mass, location, and charge, and explain how these particles affect the properties of an atom
(including identity, mass, volume, and reactivity).
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes.

Quarter 2 Forces and Motion

2nd Quarter Indicators: PAb.2, PAb.3, and PAc.1 - PAc.11
Chapter 10 Nuclear Chemistry
Inquiry Activity: What Happens When an
Atom Decays? (Pg 261)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Math Skills: Balancing Nuclear

Equations
(Pg 295)

PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes.
PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount
of energy). Pre-requisite concept for:
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes.
PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount
of energy). Pre-requisite concept for:

10.2: Rates of Nuclear Decay(Pgs 298301)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Quick Lab: Modeling Half-Life (Pg 300)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Issues in Science: Should Radon Testing

in Schools be Mandatory? (Pg 302)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

10.1: Radioactivity
(Pgs 292-297)

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10.3: Artificial Transmutation(Pgs 303305)
Quick Lab: Modeling Transmutation
(Pg 304)
Concepts in Action: Nuclear Medicine
(Pgs 306-307)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

10.4: Fission and Fusion

(Pgs 308-315)

PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount
of energy).

Science in History: Nuclear

Chemistry (Pgs 312-313)

PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount
of energy).

How It Works: Nuclear Power

Station (Pg 314)

PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount
of energy).

Exploration Lab: Modeling a

Chain Reaction (Pgs 316-317)
Chapter 10: Study Guide

PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.

(Pg 318)

Chapter 10: Assessment

(Pgs 319-320)

Chapter 10: Standardized Test

Prep

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAb.2: Illustrate the fact that the atoms of elements exist as stable or unstable isotopes.
PAb.3: Compare fission and fusion (including the basic processes and the fact that both fission and
fusion convert a fraction of the mass of interacting particles into energy and release a great amount
of energy).

(Pg 321)

Chapter 11: Motion

Inquiry Activity: How Does a Ramp
Affect a Rolling Marble
(Pg 327)
11.1: Distance and Displacement
(Pgs 328-331)

PAa.l: Generate hypotheses on the basis of credible, accurate, and relevant sources of scientific
information.
PAc.1: Explain the relationship among distance, time, direction, and the velocity of an object.

Quick Lab: Comparing Distance and

Displacement (Pg 330)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

11.2: Speed and Velocity

(Pgs 332-337)

PAc.1: Explain the relationship among distance, time, direction, and the velocity of an object.
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.
PAc.6: Represent the linear motion of objects on distance-time graphs.
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.

Math Skills: Calculating Average

Speed

PAc.1: Explain the relationship among distance, time, direction, and the velocity of an object.

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(Pg 333)
How It Works: Measuring Distance and
Speed (Pg 335)
Concepts in Action: Navigation at Sea
(Pgs 338-339)
Concepts in Action: Modern Navigation
(Pgs 340-341)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

11.3: Acceleration
(Pgs. 342-348)

PAc.3: Explain how changes in velocity and time affect the acceleration of an object.
PAc.4: Use the formula a = (vf-vi)/t to determine the acceleration of an object.
PAc.5: Explain how acceleration due to gravity affects the velocity of an object as it falls.

Math Skills: Calculating

Acceleration
(Pg 346)

PAc.4: Use the formula a = (vf-vi)/t to determine the acceleration of an object.

Exploration Lab: Investigating the

Velocity of a Sinking Marble
(Pg 349)
Chapter 11: Study Guide
(Pg 350)
Chapter 11: Assessment
(Pgs 351-352)
Chapter 11: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 353)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.
PAc.3: Explain how changes in velocity and time affect the acceleration of an object.
PAc.5: Explain how acceleration due to gravity affects the velocity of an object as it falls.
PAa.2: Use appropriate laboratory apparatuses, technology, and techniques safely and accurately
when conducting a scientific investigation.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAc.1: Explain the relationship among distance, time, direction, and the velocity of an object.
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.
PAc.3: Explain how changes in velocity and time affect the acceleration of an object.
PAc.4: Use the formula a = (vf-vi)/t to determine the acceleration of an object.
PAc.5: Explain how acceleration due to gravity affects the velocity of an object as it falls.
PAc.6: Represent the linear motion of objects on distance-time graphs.

Chapter 12: Forces in Motion

Inquiry Activity: What Starts an
Object Moving
(Pg 355)
12.1: Forces
(Pgs. 356-362)
Quick Lab: Observing the Effects of
Friction (Pg 360)

PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces. Pre-requisite concept for:

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

12.2: Newtons First and Second PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.
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Quick Lab: Investigating Inertia
(Pg 365)

PAc.8: Use the formula F = ma to solve problems related to force.

PAc.9: Explain the relationship between mass and weight by using the formula Fw = mag .
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.

How It Works: Crash-Test Dummies

(Pg 366)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

(Pgs 363-369)

Math Skills: Newtons Second

Law
(Pg 367)
Concepts in Action: Terminal
Speed
(Pgs 370-371)
12.3: Newtons Third Law of
Motion and Momentum
(Pgs 372-377)

PAc.8: Use the formula F = ma to solve problems related to force.

PAc.5: Explain how acceleration due to gravity affects the velocity of an object as it falls.
PAc.9: Explain the relationship between mass and weight by using the formula Fw = mag .
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.

Science in History: Amusement Parks

(Pgs 374-375)
Data Analysis: Momentum (Pg 377)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

12.4: Universal Forces

(Pgs. 378-382)

PAc.10: Explain how the gravitational force between two objects is affected by the mass of each
object and the distance between them.

Quick Lab: Investigating Force and

Distance (Pg 380)

Does Not Support DoDEA Physics Application Standards

Exploration Lab: Investigating a

Balloon Jet
(Pg 383)
Chapter 12: Study Guide
(Pg 384)
Chapter 12: Assessments
(Pgs 385-386)
Chapter 12: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 387)

PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAc.2: Use the formula v = d/t to solve problems related to average speed or velocity.
PAc.5: Explain how acceleration due to gravity affects the velocity of an object as it falls.
PAc.7: Explain the motion of objects based on Newton's three laws of motion: inertia; the relationship
among force, mass, and acceleration; and action and reaction forces.
PAc.8: Use the formula F = ma to solve problems related to force.
PAc.9: Explain the relationship between mass and weight by using the formula Fw = mag .
PAc.10: Explain how the gravitational force between two objects is affected by the mass of each
object and the distance between them.

Quarter 3 Energy & Waves

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3rd Quarter Indicators: PAd.1 PAd.4 and PAe.1 - PAe.7
Chapter 14: Work, Power, Machines
14.1: Work and Power
(Pgs 412-416)

PAd.3: Explain work in terms of the relationship among the force applied to an object, the
displacement of the object, and the energy transferred to the object.
PAd.4: Use the formula W = Fd to solve problems related to work done on an object.

Chapter 14: Study Guide

(Pg 440)
Chapter 14: Assessment
(Pgs 441-442)
Chapter 14: Standardized Test
Prep (Pg 443)

PAd.3: Explain work in terms of the relationship among the force applied to an object, the
displacement of the object, and the energy transferred to the object.
PAd.4: Use the formula W = Fd to solve problems related to work done on an object.

Chapter 15: Energy

Inquiry Activity: How Can Energy
Change Form?
(Pg 445)

PAd.1: Explain how the law of conservation of energy applies to the transformation of various forms
of energy (including mechanical energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, light energy, sound
energy, and thermal energy).

15.1: Energy and Its Forms

(Pgs. 446-452)

PAd.1: Explain how the law of conservation of energy applies to the transformation of various forms
of energy (including mechanical energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, light energy, sound
energy, and thermal energy).
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one
to the other.

Math Skills: Calculating Kinetic

Energy
(Pg 448)

PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one
to the other. Extension of:

Quick Lab: Investigating Elastic and

Potential Energy (Pg 450)

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15.2: Energy Conversation and

Conservation
(Pgs 453-459)

Quick Lab: Exploring Energy

Conversation
(Pg 454)

PAd.1: Explain how the law of conservation of energy applies to the transformation of various forms
of energy (including mechanical energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, light energy, sound
energy, and thermal energy).
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one
to the other.
PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology.
PAd.1: Explain how the law of conservation of energy applies to the transformation of various forms
of energy (including mechanical energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, light energy, sound
energy, and thermal energy).
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one
to the other.

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Math Skills: Conservation of
Mechanical Energy
(Pg 458)
Concepts in Action: Roller
Coasters
(Pgs. 460-461)

PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one
to the other. Extension of:
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one
to the other.

15.3: Energy Resources (Pgs 462-466)

Data Analysis: World Energy Use
(Pg 463)
How It Works: Wind Turbine (Pg 465)
Application Lab: Investigating a Spring
Clip
(Pg 467)

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Chapter 15: Study Guide

(Pg 468)
Chapter 15: Assessment
(Pgs 469-470)

PAa.5: Organize and interpret the data from a controlled scientific investigation by using mathematics
(including formulas and dimensional analysis), graphs, models, and/or technology. PAd.1: Explain
how the law of conservation of energy applies to the transformation of various forms of energy
(including mechanical energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, light energy, sound energy, and
thermal energy).
PAd.2: Explain the factors that determine potential and kinetic energy and the transformation of one
to the other.

Chapter 15: Standardized Test

Prep (Pg. 471)

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Chapter 17: Mechanical Waves and Sound

Inquiry Activity: How Does a
Disturbance Produce Waves?
(Pg 499)

PAe.l: Illustrate ways that the energy of waves transfer by interaction with matter (including
transverse and longitudinal/compressional waves).

17.1: Mechanical Waves

(Pgs 500-503)

PAe.l: Illustrate ways that the energy of waves transfer by interaction with matter (including
transverse and longitudinal/compressional waves).
PAe.2: Compare the nature and properties of transverse and longitudinal/compressional mechanical
waves.

Quick Lab: Observing Waves in a

Medium (Pg 502)

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17.2: Properties of Mechanical

Waves
(Pgs 504-507)

PAe.l: Illustrate ways that the energy of waves transfer by interaction with matter (including
transverse and longitudinal/compressional waves).
PAe.3: Summarize characteristics of waves (including displacement, frequency, period, amplitude,
wavelength, and velocity as well as the relationship-among these characteristics).
PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.

Quick Lab: Comparing Frequency PAe.3: Summarize characteristics of waves (including displacement, frequency, period, amplitude,
wavelength, and velocity as well as the relationship-among these characteristics).
and Waves Speed
PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.
(Pg 505)
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Math Skills: Speed of Mechanical
Waves
(Pg 506)
17.3: Behavior of Waves
(Pgs 508-512)

PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.
PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves.

Issues in Science: Are Regulations

Needed to Protect Whales from Noise
Pollution? (Pg 513)

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17.4: Sound and Hearing

(Pgs 514-521)

PAe.3: Summarize characteristics of waves (including displacement, frequency, period, amplitude,

wavelength, and velocity as well as the relationship-among these characteristics).
PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves.
PAe.7: Explain the Doppler Effect conceptually in terms of the frequency of the waves and the pitch
of the sound.

Science and History: Sound Recording

(Pgs 518-519)
How It Works: The Piano (Pgs 520-521)
Concepts in Action: Now Hear This
(Pgs 522-523)

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Exploration Lab: Investigating

Sound Waves
(Pgs 524-525)

PAe.3: Summarize characteristics of waves (including displacement, frequency, period, amplitude,

wavelength, and velocity as well as the relationship-among these characteristics).

Chapter 17: Study Guide

(Pg 526)
Chapter 17: Assessment
(Pgs 527-528)
Chapter 17: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 529)

PAe.l: Illustrate ways that the energy of waves transfer by interaction with matter (including
transverse and longitudinal/compressional waves).
PAe.2: Compare the nature and properties of transverse and longitudinal/compressional mechanical
waves.
PAe.3: Summarize characteristics of waves (including displacement, frequency, period, amplitude,
wavelength, and velocity as well as the relationship-among these characteristics).
PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.
PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves. \
PAe.7: Explain the Doppler Effect conceptually in terms of the frequency of the waves and the pitch
of the sound.

Chapter 18: Electromagnetic Spectrum

Inquiry Activity: How Do Color Filters
Work? (Pg 531)

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18.1: Electromagnetic Waves

(Pgs 532-538)

PAe.5: Summarize the characteristics of the electromagnetic spectrum (including range of

wavelengths, frequency, energy, and propagation without a medium).

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Math Skills: Calculating Waves
Speed
(Pg 535)
18.2: The Electromagnetic
Spectrum
(Pgs 539-545)

PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.
PAe.5: Summarize the characteristics of the electromagnetic spectrum (including range of
wavelengths, frequency, energy, and propagation without a medium).

Data Analysis: How Long Does an

Antenna Need to Be? (Pg 542)
Quick Lab: Evaluating Sunscreen
(Pg 544)

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18.3: Behavior of Light

(Pgs 546-549)
18.4: Color
(Pgs 550-553)

PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves.

Concepts in Action: New Light Old Art

(Pgs 554-555)
Concepts in Action: Looking Beneath the
Paint Surface (Pgs 556-557)

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18.5: Sources of Light (Pgs 558-562)

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Quick Lab: Comparing Fluorescent and

Incandescent Light (Pg 559)

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How It Works: Gas Laser (Pgs 560-561)

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Exploration Lab: Mixing Colored Lights

(Pg 563)

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Chapter 18: Study Guide

(Pg 564)
Chapter 18: Assessment
(Pgs 565-566)
Chapter 18: Standardized Test
Prep
(Pg 567)

PAe.4: Use the formulas v = f and v = d/t to solve problems related to the velocity of waves.
PAe.5: Summarize the characteristics of the electromagnetic spectrum (including range of
wavelengths, frequency, energy, and propagation without a medium).
PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves.

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PAe.6: Summarize reflection and interference of both sound and light waves and the refraction and
diffraction of light waves.

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Quarter 4 Electricity and Magnetism

4th Quarter Indicators: PAf.1 PAf.6
Chapter 20: Electricity
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Inquiry Activity: How Can You
Reverse the Battery Direction in
a Flashlight?
(Pg 599)
20.1: Electric Charge and Static
Electricity
(Pgs 600-603)
20.2:Electric Current and Ohms
Law
(Pgs 604-607)
Quick Lab: Modeling Resistance
in a Wire
(Pg 606)

PAf.2: Explain how objects can acquire a static electric charge through friction, induction, and
conduction.
PAf.2: Explain how objects can acquire a static electric charge through friction, induction, and
conduction.
PAf.3: Explain the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in Ohms law.
PAf.4: Use the formula V = IR to solve problems related to electric circuits.
PAf.3: Explain the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in Ohms law.

Issues in Science: Which Technology

Should Be Used to Power Electric
Cars? (Pg 608)

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20.3: Electric Circuits

(Pgs 609-613)

PAf.5: Represent an electric circuit by drawing a circuit diagram that includes the symbols for a
resistor, switch, and voltage source.
PAf.6: Compare the functioning of simple series and parallel electrical circuits.

Math Skills: Calculating Electric Power

(Pg 611)
Quick Lab: Modeling a Fuse Materials
(Pg 612)
Concepts in Action: Getting Personal
with Computers (Pgs 614-615)
Concepts in Action: Using Computers
(Pgs 616-617)
20.4: Electronic Devices (Pgs 618-622)
How It Works: Digital Camera (Pg 620)

Forensic Lab: Evaluating

Electrical Safety
(Pg 623)

Chapter 20: Study Guide

(Pg 624)
Chapter 20: Assessment
(Pgs 625-626)
Chapter 20: Standardized Test

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PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAf.3: Explain the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in Ohms law.
PAf.4: Use the formula V = IR to solve problems related to electric circuits.
PAa.9: Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
PAf.2: Explain how objects can acquire a static electric charge through friction, induction, and
conduction.
PAf.3: Explain the relationships among voltage, resistance, and current in Ohms law.
PAf.4: Use the formula V = IR to solve problems related to electric circuits.

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Prep
(Pg 627)

PAf.5: Represent an electric circuit by drawing a circuit diagram that includes the symbols for a
resistor, switch, and voltage source.

Chapter 21: Magnetism

Inquiry Activity: How Magnets
Interact With One Another?
(Pg 629)
21.1: Magnets and Magnetic
Fields
(Pgs 630-633)
Quick Lab: Observing Magnetic
Field Lines
(Pg 632)
How it Works: Anti-Theft Security
Devices
(Pg 634)
21.2: Electromagnetism
(Pgs 635-639)
Quick Lab: Making an
Electromagnet
(Pg 637)
Concepts in Action: Peeking
Inside the Body
(Pgs 640-641)
21.3: Electrical Energy
Generation and Transmission
(Pgs 642-647)
Problem Solving Activity: Transmitting
Electricity To a New School (Pg 646)

Application Lab: Investigating an

Electric Generator
(Pgs 648-649)
Chapter 21: Study Guide
(Pg 650)

PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.

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PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.
PAf.1: Explain the relationship of magnetism to the movement of electric charges in electromagnets,
simple motors, and generators.

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Chapter 21: Assessment
(Pgs 651-652)
Standardized Test Prep
(Pg 653)

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