| Laboratory |
Skills Addressed |
Topics Addressed |
Sections in Text |
| Week 1 |
Organizing an Investigation and Control of Variables |
Principles of Balancing |
PM 1, 2 |
| Week 2 |
Calibrating Scales, Metric units and Uncertainty in
Measurement |
Definition of Mass |
PM 3-4 |
| Week 3 |
Operational Definitions |
Definition of Area and Volume |
PM 5-6 |
| Week 4 |
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Distinguishing between Mass and Volume, Conservation Laws |
PM 7-8 |
| Week 5 |
Proportional Reasoning |
Density |
PM 9-11 |
| Week 6 |
Understanding Graphs and Interpreting Algebraic Expressions |
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PM 13, 14 |
| Week 7 |
Solving Word Problems and Reasoning by Analogy |
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PM 14-16 |
| Week 8 |
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Introduction to electricity |
EC 1-2 |
| Week 9 |
Scientific Model Building |
A model for electric current |
EC 2-3 |
| Week 10 |
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More complex circuits |
EC 3-4 |
| Week 11 |
Connecting Graphs to the Real World |
Introduction to Solutions Solids in Water |
PM 17-18 |
| Week 12 |
Practice with Algebraic Expressions, proportional reasoning
and analogies |
Concentration of Solutions |
PM 19, 20, and 22 |
| Week 13 |
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Temperature |
HT 1, 2 |
| Week 14 |
Distinguishing between related concepts |
Heat, Heat Transfer, and Specific Heat |
HT 3-4 |
| Week 15 |
Proportional Reasoning with Heat and Temperature |
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HT 5-6 |