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Beginning of First Semester

Week 1: 9/6-9/9

Introduction to the class, including grading policy.
What is science? The importance of measurement.
Showing precision in your measurements - significant figures.
Review - week 1

Week 2: 9/12-9/16

Precision versus accuracy.
Metric unit conversions.
Non-metric unit conversions.
Review - week 2

Week 3: 9/19-9/23

Basic scientific vocabulary: fact, hypothesis, theory. The scientific "method."
Basic physical properties: length, area, volume, mass, weight and density.
Percent error and percent difference.
Review - week 3

Week 4: 9/26-9/30

Energy, temperature and power.
Conservation of Energy & the Entropy Law.
Physical vs. chemical changes.
Review - week 4

Week 5: 10/3-10/7

Characteristics of a good graph.
Phases of matter & phase change graphs.
Equations and proportions.
Mixtures vs. compounds.
Heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures. Solutions, solvents and solutes.
Methods for separating mixtures.
HEATING CURVE QUESTIONS
Review - week 5

Week 6: 10/10-10/14

Intro to the atom. Protons, neutrons and electrons.
Compounds & elements; molecules & atoms.
Isotopes & ions.
Intro to the periodic table.
Mass number, atomic number and atomic mass.
Review - week 6

Week 7: 10/17-10/21

The 4 forces, inside the atom.
Where are the electrons? Probabilities.
Electron clouds, energy levels, and orbitals.
Periods and groups.
Atomic shapes. Electron configurations.
Review - week 7

Week 8: 10/24-10/28

Quarks and other fundamental particles.
History of atomic theory.
Democritus (hah!), Dalton, Mendeleev, Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr.
Review - week 8

Week 9: 10/31-11/4

Metals, non-metals, semiconductors.
Trends in the periodic table: size, reactivity.
Valence electrons.
Charges on ions.
Review - week 9

Beginning of Second Quarter

Week 10: 11/7-11/11

Electron dot diagrams.
Predicting and naming atomic formulas.
Review - week 10

Week 11: 11/14-11/18

Diatomic elements.
Balancing equations.
Polyatomic ions.
Four types of chemical reactions.
Review - week 11

Thanksgiving Break(11/21-11/25)

Week 12: 11/28-12/2

Molecular dot diagrams (Lewis structures).
Ionic, covalent and metallic bonds.
Review - week 12

Week 13: 12/5-12/9

Endothermic and exothermic reactions.
Review - week 13

Week 14: 12/12-12/16

The Collision Model.
Concentration, temperature, surface area and catalysts.
Acids and bases.
Review - week 14

Winter Break (12/19/2011-1/2/2012)

Week 15: 1/3-1/6

Radiation vs. radioactivity. Cause of radioactivity.
Half-life and decay curves.
Alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. Neutron emission.
Review - week 15

Week 16: 1/9-1/13

Transmutation. Decay equations. Decay series.
E = mc².
Review - week 16

Week 17: 1/16-1/20

Fission and fusion.
Some uses of nuclear technology: bombs, power plants, medicine.
Benefits and dangers of nuclear technology.
Review - week 17

Week 18: 1/23-1/27

FINAL EXAMS

Beginning of Second Semester

Week 19: 1/30-2/3

Intro to astronomy. Astronomy vs. astrology.
Astronomical sizes.
Cosmology. Big Bang theories.
Possible fates of the universe.
Review - week 19

Week 20: 2/3-2/10

Possible fates of the universe.
Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagrams. The life-cycle of stars.
Neutron stars and black holes.
Tour of our solar system: inner & outer planets.
Review - week 20

Week 21: 2/13-2/16

Relative time vs. absolute time.
Earth's timeline.
Radiometric dating. How can we know it works?
Calculating half-lives from D/P.
Uses and limitations of Carbon-14 dating.
Review - week 21

President's Day Break

Week 22: 2/21-2/24

A cross-section of Earth.
Review - week 22

Week 23: 2/27-3/2

Al Wegener & Continental Drift.
Wave vocabulary: amplitude, period, frequency, wavelength.
Transverse and longitudinal waves.
The wave equation.
Review - week 23

Week 24: 3/5-3/9

Earthquakes.
Using waves to see inside Earth.
P-waves, S-waves and surface waves. Finding earthquake epicenters.
Earthquake magnitude scales & destruction scales.
Review - week 24

Week 25: 3/12-3/16

Volcanoes: Why are some runny and others explosive?
Plate Tectonics.
Sea-floor spreading.
Ridges and trenches. Types of plate boundaries.
Review - week 25

Week 26: 3/19-3/23

Mantle hot spots. How the plates move: mantle convection & gravity.
Review - week 26

Week 27: 3/26-3/28

Michigan geology.
Review - week 27

Spring Break (4/2-4/6)

Beginning of Fourth Quarter

Week 28: 4/9-4/13

Finish our study of geology.
Glaciers. Groundwater.
Intro to Physics.
Electric charge, electric field, electric force, field lines.
Review - week 28

Week 29: 4/16-4/20

The 4 main electrical words: charge, current, resistance and voltage.
How can high voltage be harmless?
Combining current, resistance & voltage: Ohm's Law.Adding resistors.
Series and parallel circuits.
Calculating I, V and R.
Review - week 29

Week 30: 4/23-4/27

More labwork with circuits.
Finding current and voltage for individual resistors.
Power in circuits.
Review - week 30

Week 31: 4/30-5/4

Static electricity.
Three ways to transfer charge.
Lightning.
Review - week 31

Week 32: 5/7-5/11

Magnetic field.
Permanent magnets & electromagnets.
Motors & generators.
Waves revisited.
Review - week 32

Week 33: 5/14-5/18

Two models of light: wave and particle.
The electromagnetic spectrum.
Colors.
Review - week 33

Week 34: 5/21-5/25

Color mixing.
Reflection and refraction.
Review - week 34

Week 35: 5/25-6/1

What is sound?
The decibel scale.
Wave interference. Doppler Effect.
Review - week 35

Week 36: 6/4-6/7

Finishing our study of sound.
Review - week 36

Week 37: 6/11-6/14

FINAL EXAMS