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Topic: Unit #1 Approaches to Science
Included Standards: SC.912.N.1.1; SC.912.N.1.2; SC.912.N.1.3; SC.912.N.1.4; SC.912.N.1.6; SC.912.N.1.7; SC.912.N.2.1;
SC.912.N.2.2; SC.912.N.2.3; SC.912.N.2.4; SC.912.N.3.1; SC.912.N.3.2; SC.912.N.3.3; SC.912.N.3.4; SC.912.N.3.5
Subject: Physical Science
Score 4.0
In addition to Score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught.
 Design a scientific investigation to answer a question and communicate their findings using the appropriate
visual representation.
Score 3.0
The student will understand that scientific knowledge is durable and robust but
open to change, and be able to relate how these changes have developed over
time with new scientific discoveries and new technological advances.
Performs complex skills:
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Define a scientific problem or question and test it through the scientific method.
Compare and contrast scientific laws and theories and create models for examples of each.
Convert between metric and standard units and different metric units.
Gather empirical data and present it with the appropriate significant figures using the appropriate
visual representation.
No major errors or omissions regarding the score 3.0 content.
Quarter One Unit #1
August 2013
Score 2.0
The Student:
Recognizes or recalls specific terminology:
Inference, Observation, Precision, Accuracy, Law, Theory, Independent Variable, Dependent
Variable, Control, Hypothesis, Data, Replicates, Conclusion, Line Graph, Bar Graph, Scatter Plat
Graph, Variation, Primary Source, Secondary Source, SI Units, Standard Units, Exponent, Meter,
Liter Gram, Measurement
Performs Basic Skills:
 Distinguish between science and pseudoscience and between observations and inferences given
examples.
 Identify controlled, independent and dependent variables in an experiment.
 Define scientific laws and theories and give examples.
 Give examples of metric units, significant figures, scientific notation and tools and methods that
should be used to gather data.
No major errors or omissions regarding the score 2.0 content.
Score 1.0
With help, I understand some of 2.0 and 3.0.
Score 0.0
Even with help, I am unable to understand.
Quarter One Unit #1
August 2013
Topic: Environment and Technology
Included Standards: SC.912.L.16.10; SC.912.L.17.15; SC.912.L.17.16; SC.912.L.17.20; SC.912.L.17.19; SC.912.N.4.1;
SC.912.N.4.2
Subject: Physical Science
Score 4.0 In addition to Score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught.
 Weigh the merits of alternative strategies for solving a specific societal problem by comparing a number of
different costs and benefits, such as human, economic, and environmental.
Score 3.0 The student will understand how technology relates to social, biological,
environmental and political impact, and be able to develop an argument for creating
change in human lifestyles to positively impact the environment.
Performs complex skills:
 Predict the impact of individuals on environmental systems and examine how human lifestyles affect
sustainability.
 Weigh the merits of alternative strategies for solving a specific societal problem by comparing a number of
different costs and benefits, such as human, economic, and environmental impact.
Score 2.0
No major errors or omissions regarding the score 3.0 content.
The Student:
Recognizes or recalls specific terminology:
biotechnology, pollution, ecosystem, renewable resources, non-renewable resources, hydropower,
solar energy, biomass, nuclear energy, genetic cloning, genetically modified food.
Performs Basic Skills:
 Describe how different natural resources are produced and how their rates of use and renewal limit
availability.
 Discuss the effects of the environment of technology on environmental quality.
 Discuss positive and negative impact on environment of biotechnology.
 Identify and give examples of how humans and technology effect the environment.
Score 1.0
Score 0.0
No major errors or omissions regarding the score 2.0 content.
With help, I understand some of 2.0 and 3.0.
Even with help, I am unable to understand.
Quarter One Unit #1
August 2013
Topic: Atomic Theory and the Periodic Table
Included Standards: SC.912.P.8.4; SC.912.P.8.5; SC.912.P.8.7; SC.912.L.18.12
Subject: Physical Science
Score 4.0 In addition to Score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught.
 Evaluate everyday household items and decipher the ingredients to determine the properties of the chemicals.
Score 3.0 The student will understand and be able to correlate chemical properties, reactivity, physical
properties, and the number of valence shell electrons with an element’s periodic table location.
Performs complex skills:
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Score 2.0
Compare and contrast the three subatomic particles in respect to mass, electrical charge, and atomic location.
Classify everyday items and justify the classification based on the trends of the periodic table.
Compare and contrast ionic, covalent, and hydrogen bonds to the properties of the molecules they hold
together.
Write, balance and interpret molecular formulas.
No major errors or omissions regarding the score 3.0 content.
The Student:
Recognizes or recalls specific terminology:
Atom, proton, neutron, electron, atomic number, periodic table, valence electron, ion, anion, cation, mass
number, ionic bond, covalent bond, hydrogen bond
Performs Basic Skills:
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Score 1.0
Score 0.0
Describe the development of the atomic theory through experimentation and depict the structure of an atom.
Identify patterns and trends of the periodic table to the properties of each atom (i.e. electron numbers).
Explain how molecules can be changed by the addition or subtraction of other molecules.
Identify ionic, covalent and hydrogen bonds given examples.
No major errors or omissions regarding the score 2.0 content.
With help, I understand some of 2.0 and 3.0.
Even with help, I am unable to understand.
Quarter One Unit #1
August 2013