9th Grade Introductory Physical Science
Curriculum Map
Telluride High School
Timeline Essential Questions Content Skills Assessments  Standard Addressed
           
August How can safe scientific Laboratory and Bunsen burner Safety Walkaround  
1 week investigations be safety procedures use    
  conducted?   Using safety Lab data, results,  
      equipment and calculations  
           
        Safety Test  
           
        Safety Poster  
           
           
           
           
September How do scientists use Massing Using the electronic, Build-A-Better  
3 weeks measurement in their Volume centigram and Balance Project  
  investigations? Metric System Dial-O-Gram    
    Uncertainty balances Ch. 1 Test  
    Precision of the      
    instruments Volumes by Lab data, results,  
      water displace- and calculations  
      ment or direct    
      calculation    
           
      Calculating air    
      space in porous    
      materials    
           
           
Timeline Essential Questions Content Skills Assessments Standard Addressed
           
October What is the Law of Chemical changes Graphing mass Lab data, results,  1.2.0
3 weeks Conservation of Matter?   changes on and calculations  1.4.0
    Physical changes histograms    
      Ch. 2 Test  
    Energy changes in Recognizing    
    reactions human error in labs Copper Conversions  
       
    Reactions that are Using scientific    
    reversible notation    
         
      Evaluating mass loss    
      and gain with central    
      tendencies:  mean,    
      median, and mode    
           
           
October - What are the character- Melting (freezing) Determine the Lab data, results,  2.2.2
November istic properties that Points freezing point and calculations  2.1.1
4 weeks define matter?        4.2.3
    Boiling Points Supercool water Ch. 3 Test  
    Condensation temperatures      
    Determine the Build a hydrometer  
    Density melting point    
      Build a  
    Changing density Graph mass and Cartesian diver  
    with temperature volume to find    
    and pressure density    
           
      Calculating    
      density    
           
           
           
Timeline Essential Questions Content Skills Assessments  Standard Addressed
December How can substances be Solutions Recognizing the Lab data, results,  4.3.1
3 weeks identified by the property Solubility qualitative aspects and calculations
  of solubility? Concentration of dissolving:    
    Precipitations solute, solvent, Ch. 4 Test  
    Gas Properties saturated vs.    
    Water Quality unsaturated Water Purification  
    Supersaturated conditions solutions lab  
         
      Calculating    
      concentrations    
           
      Calculating    
      solubilities    
           
      Determining    
      solubility curves    
      over a range of    
      temperatures    
           
      Calculating    
      precipitations    
           
      Testing for    
      dissolved oxygen    
           
      Testing for gas    
      properties:    
      flammability    
      relative density    
      pH in water    
      solubility in water    
         
           
           
           
Timeline Essential Questions Content Skills Assessments  Standard Addressed
           
January How can mixtures be Separation and identification  Filtering Lab data, results 2.1.3
3 weeks separated based on their of substances Magnetic property and calculations  
  physical properties?   Decanting  
    Testing for purity of Centrifuging Sludge Separation  
    separated substances Fractional  
      distillation Ch. 5 Test  
      Fractional    
      crystallization    
      TLC:  Thin-layer    
      Chromatography    
      Conductivity of    
      solutions    
           
           
February What are the differences Decomposition of Electrolysis of Lab data, results 2.1.1
3 weeks between elements and compounds water and calculations 2.1.2
  compounds?       2.1.4
    Synthesis of Reacting volumes Element research 2.3.3
    compounds of hydrogen and Project 2.3.1
      oxygen    
    Energy changes in   Ch. 6 Test  
    chemical reactions Predicting limiting    
      reagents Copper recovery  
        lab  
      Predicting excess    
      reagents    
           
      Exothermic vs.    
      endothermic    
      energy changes    
           
           
           
           
           
Timeline Essential Questions Content Skills Assessments  Standard Addressed
           
March How can a real-life Student-choice Brainstorm a Peer evaluation 1.1.0
3 weeks problem be solved using scientific question to be   1.2.0
  the scientific method of investigation researched Teacher evaluation 1.3.0
  problem-solving?   Define variables   1.4.0
      Choose 1 variable   1.5.0
      Define all   1.6.0
      measurables   6.2.0
      Choose 1    
      to measure    
      Identify controls    
      Make a prediction    
      (or hypothesis)    
      Design the    
      experiment    
      Collect and display    
      data    
      Write a conclusion    
           
           
Timeline Essential Questions Content Skills Assessments  Standard Addressed
April - May How can matter that we Black Box Analogy Use fasteners and Lab data, results 1.7.0
3 weeks can't see be modeled?   rings to calculate a and calculations 1.8.0
    Mass ratios of "compound's" mass   2.1.2
    compounds ratio Ch. 8 Test 2.3.4
          6.7.0
    Law of Constant Determine the % of Unknown gas lab  
    Composition chlorine in two    
      compounds of    
    Law of Multiple copper chloride    
    Proportions      
      Flame Tests to    
    Boyle's Law of identify metal salts in    
    pressure and volume compounds     
           
    Charles' Law of Gas spectrum    
    volume and temperature analysis    
           
    Absolute Zero      
           
    Diffusion/Effusion      
           
    Brownian Motion      
           
    Vapor-Density method of      
    identifying a gas      
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
Timeline Essential Questions Content Skills Assessments  Standard Addressed
           
May How can scientists know Indirect methods of Calculating height of Lab data, results  
3 weeks the height, volume, and calculating height, mass thin objects and calculations  
  mass of a single atom or and number      
  molecule?   Calculating mass, Ch. 9 Test  
    Scanning/Tunneling volume, height of    
  How can scientists count Microscope (STM) oleic acid molecules Final Examination  
  the number of atoms or        
  molecules in a sample?   Calculating numbers    
      of molecules using    
      radioactivity