1. Matter and Energy- renewable and nonrenewable resources, atoms, chemical symbols, periodic table organization, chemical and physical changes, density, Bohr Models, Balanced and unbalanced equations, metal/nonmetal/metalloid (and characteristics of each), law of conservation of mass.
Force, Motion and Energy- potential and kinetic energy, energy transformations, speed, average speed, velocity, acceleration, balanced/unbalanced forces, simple machines- inclined plane, pulleys, turgor pressure (plants), tropism, forces in circulatory system, forces in plate tectonics, work, Newton’s Laws.
Earth and Space- Moon phases, seasons, day and night, HR Diagram, galaxies, plate tectonics, topographic maps, weather patterns, convection currents, tides, impact of catastrophic events (hurricane), weathering/erosion/deposition, effects on groundwater and surface water in a watershed, gravity, earth’s layers, Law of conservation of energy.
Organisms and Environments- Cells (prokaryotic, eukaryotic,plant,animal), taxonomy, Domain, Kingdom, biotic, abiotic, levels of organization, sexual/asexual reproduction, adaptations, biodiversity, succession, food chains/webs/pyramids, dichotomous keys, survival (migration, hibernation, food storage, Body systems, cell theory, response to stimuli- phototropism/fight or flight, heredity, traits.