User:Vtaylor/Science book

FCAT - Science - Volusia Curriculum maps


 * explore learning path idea - series of links to OERs that learner follow, progressively expanding network of topics (based on connectivism model)


 * learner-centered resources - This is not teacher's guide. The resources listed are intended for direct learner access. List of teaching materials are elsewhere.

Science (from Latin: scientia meaning "knowledge")
 * a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
 * An older and closely related meaning still in use today is that of Aristotle, for whom scientific knowledge was a body of reliable knowledge that can be logically and rationally explained

?? ref Come fly with me/Grades 7,8,9 - eg 44

== The Practice of Science ==

How does inquiry lead to the acquisition of new scientific knowledge? What methods do scientists use to solve problems? What does science study?


 * What is Science? overview
 * Science Process * 35,37,44
 * Experimental Design

== Earth Space Science==

What is the relationship between Earth, Sun, Moon, and the stars? How are models used to understand the solar system? What are the different types of stars and how are they unique? What are solar properties?


 * Earth - little know facts * 55
 * Scale of the Universe * 65
 * Stars
 * The Sun - flares * 28,45,46,47
 * Objects in the Solar System * 18,19,20,66
 * Role of Gravity * 18,20,29,38,51
 * Models of the Solar System * 50,59,63


 * Relationships between the Sun, Moon and Earth
 * Electromagnetic Spectrum * 47

Learn more...


 * Earth Science textbook

== Physical Science==

What are the physical properties of matter and how does it affect behavior? What is the Law of Conservation of Mass? How does matter change? What is the difference between a physical and chemical change?


 * Properties of Matter - overview
 * Changes in Matter
 * Atomic Theory - atoms
 * Applying the Periodic Table * 54
 * Mixtures & Solutions - solutions

== Life Science==

How is matter cycled in a living system? How do living systems obey the Law of Conservation of Mass? How to living systems obey the Law of Conservation of Energy?


 * Laws of Conservation of Mass and Energy * 21,33,51
 * Photosynthesis
 * Cellular Respiration
 * Carbon Cycle
 * Experimental Design
 * Bridge to Biology


 * Energy Transformation & Scientific Laws
 * Forces
 * Law of Gravity
 * Motion of Objects - wing * 60,61,65
 * Changes in Motion

== Primary science== from Sixth Grade outline - additional topics
 * Landforms
 * Changing Earth’s Surface - animation
 * Earth’s Atmosphere
 * Sun’s Energy & Heat Transfer
 * Water Cycle Effects on Weather & Climate
 * Global Patterns

from Third Grade outline - introductory
 * Weather - air pressure; ecipitation; clouds; humidity; fronts; forecasting * 57,58
 * Vertebrates - features of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals
 * Ecosystems - climate zones; tundra, forests, desert, grasslands, freshwater, and marine ecosystems
 * Matter - phase changes; volume; mass; atoms; physical and chemical changes
 * Human Body - the musculoskeletal system; the skin
 * Energy - forms of energy; transfer of energy; conductors and insulators; renewable and nonrenewable energy resources
 * Light - light as energy; the spectrum; how the eye works
 * Astronomy - phases of the moon; eclipses; the solar system; stars and constellations; the Milky Way

== Resources==


 * Public Library of Science - open access journals on a broad range of sciences from the nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource


 * Science Learning Network


 * Physics open college textbooks

== About...==

Sugar Labs Replacing Textbooks project open educational resources collection and presentation.

To gain acceptance, resources provided as textbook replacements must address the same criteria as the published textbook they are replacing. All topics in the curriculum must be represented. All the materials need to meet or exceed the quality and authority of textbooks as well as map to federal and state standards as appropriate [eg. Volusia Curriculum maps - Science]


 * Key terminology - vocabulary is a critical component for understanding and is presented for each new topic


 * suggested web resources for topics appropriate for middle-school learners - content, readability, interest, interactivity, media-rich, learner-centered


 * resources were selected using the Florida Science Curriculum Map as a framework - topics, big ideas, learning targets / skills, teaching tips

For each curriculum topic
 * Key terminology - important to provide the vocabulary for the topics, from Volusia curriculum map
 * resources - open educational resources - multiple links, progression / learning path - reviewed links, tagged for selection and retrieval

Ideas for consideration


 * continuum of materials about a topic, progression from elementary to more advanced - topics are taught at several grade-levels with appropriate concepts, vocabulary, dependence on other subjects. Provide learning path without regard to "grade-level"