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2. Determine if an object will float based on its density 3. Estimate the density of an object based on its location in a container of water || (1) Determine the density of liquids, and regular- and irregular-shaped solids. (2) Determine the electrical conductivity of a material, using a simple circuit. || PS 3,1a,b,g,h; PS 4.4f,g ||  || 2. Make predictions about (shared) characteristics of elements using the periodic table || Using the periodic table, identify an element as a metal, nonmetal, or noble gas. || PS 3.3g ||  || 2. Explain how to separate a mixture with common tools such as a funnel, filter paper, a magnet, water || Using appropriate resources, separate the parts of a mixture. || PS 3.1g; PS 3.2a,b ||  || a. Identify phases changes from pictures using the correct phase change vocabulary words b. Describe how to increase or decrease the solubility of a substance c. Graph solubility and phase change charts d. Identify common examples of physical properties e. Explain the physical properties of each state of matter ||  || PS 3.1b; PS 3.2a; PS4.2e ||   || 2. Systems in the human body provide gas exchange, nutrients and removal of wastes. || 1. Distinguish between organs within an organ system, tissues within an organ, and cells within a tissue. 2. Identify common examples of organ systems, organs, tissues and cells ||^  || LE 1.1e,g; LE 1.2a,b ||   || 2. Explain how systems coordinate their structure and function || Identify structure and function relationships in organisms. || LE 5.1b; LE 1.2c ||  || 2. Explain how systems coordinate their structure and function ||^  || LE 5.1b; LE 1.2d ||   || 2. Explain how systems coordinate their structure and function ||^  || LE 5.1b; LE 1.2f ||   || 2. Explain how systems coordinate their structure and function ||^  || LE 5.1b; LE 1.2e ||   || 2. Explain how systems coordinate their structure and function ||^  || LE 5.1b; LE 1.2g ||   || 2. Make predictions on how to improve health based on common symptoms or health problems 3. Explain how urban life affects the health ||  || LE 1.2h; LE 5.1g ||   || 2. Energy flow in an ecosystem can be illustrated in different ways. 3. The Sun is the principal source of energy for all life on earth. 4. An organism’s overall body plan determines the way that the organism carries out the life processes ||  || Identify structure and function relationships in organisms. || LE 1.1g; LE 5.1a,b ||  || 2. Interpret a food chain, web or energy pyramid 3. Create a food chain showing the transfer of energy through out ||  || LE 5.1d; LE 5.2a,b ||   ||
 * Key Concepts || Skills by Sub-Unit || Unit Skills || Standards || Time ||
 * 1. Energy cannot be created or destroyed but instead is transformed and transferred in many ways. 2. There are many types of energy that are transformed among each other. || 1.Students will be able to identify examples of varying forms of energy. 2. Students will be able to idenitfy common examples of types of energy transformations. ||  || PS 4.1d; PS 4.4a ||   ||
 * 1. Different forms of electromagnetic energy have different wavelengths. These can be arranged in the electromagnetic spectrum. 2.Light is reflected and refracted || 3. Students will be able to interpret a diagram of the electromagnetic spectrum and identify wavelength on a wave. ||  || PS 4.4b ||   ||
 * Vibrational sound waves travel through different materials at different speeds. || 4. Students will be able to compare the amount of energy on different pasrts of the E.S. based on wavelength and predict whether materials will emit, transmit, reflect, refract, or absorb. ||  || PS 4.4c ||   ||
 * Matter makes up almost everything we see and much of what we cannot see. Density is how much matter (or stuff) is in a given space. || 1. Calculate the density of an object by using an equation, displacement, triple beam balance and ruler
 * Everything on Earth is made of the elements that are listed on the periodic table. ||  || Determine the identity of an unknown element, using physical and chemical properties. || PS 3.3e,f ||   ||
 * Matter is made up of particles in constant motion. ||  ||   || PS 3.3a-d ||   ||
 * || 1.Read and extrapolate information from the periodic table.
 * Changes in our world are either physical or chemical. || 1. Classify common examples as physical or chemical changes ||  || PS 3.2a; PS 3.1c-f ||   ||
 * || 1. Classify a substance as a mixture
 * || 1.Describe how the particulate motion of matter affects the states of matter
 * ||  ||   || PS 3.2c,d ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || PS 4.5a,b ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.2a; LE 6.2a,b; PS 3.2e ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || PS 4.3a ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || PS 3.3d ||   ||
 * Key Concepts || Skills by Sub-Unit || Unit Skills || Standards || Time ||
 * Cells are organized for efficiency in multicellular organisms. || Differentiate between unicellular and multiceullar organisms || Manipulate a compound microscope to view microscopic objects (look at different types of cells and tissues). || LE 1.1a-d ||  ||
 * 1. Each body system is made of tissues and organs that interact with each other.
 * Organisms adapt and respond to the environment in which they live. This is called maintaining homeostasis. ||  ||   || LE 5.1b ||   ||
 * || 1. Identify functions and common structures of each major body system from pictures.
 * || 1. Identify functions and common structures of each major body system from pictures.
 * || 1. Identify functions and common structures of each major body system from pictures.
 * || 1. Identify functions and common structures of each major body system from pictures.
 * || 1. Identify functions and common structures of each major body system from pictures.
 * ||  || Interpret and/or illustrate the energy flow in a food chain, energy pyramid, or food web (with regard to nutrients and calories). || LE 5.1c,e; LE 5.2a,d ||   ||
 * ||  ||^   || LE 5.1d; LE 5.2a,b; LE 5.2e ||   ||
 * ||  || Identify pulse points and pulse rates. || LE 5.1f ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.2c ||   ||
 * Illness interferes with normal body function. Some illnesses can be prevented by taking precautions to protect the body. || 1. Describe how living in NYC affects the body
 * Key Concepts || Skills by Sub-Unit || Unit Skills || Standards || Time ||
 * 1. Energy flows through an ecosystem through different layers of organization.
 * || Analyze how different animals maintain homeostasis ||  || LE 5.1f; LE 5.2e ||   ||
 * || Explain the role of various substances in food ||  || LE 5.1c,e; LE 5.2a ||   ||
 * || 1. Compare and contrast producers and consumers
 * || Regulation is an organism ability to keep their internal environment stable within their environment. ||  || LE 5.1f ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.2c ||   ||
 * || Organisms must respond to their environment in order to survive. ||  || LE 5.1g ||   ||
 * 1. Plants produce food and oxygen, which are required for life by most organisms on Earth.

2. Humans depend on seed plants for food, clothing, and shelter.

3. Understanding photosynthesis and respiration in plants will help you understand how life exists on Earth. || 1. Identify and describe the role of key parts of a plant cell 2. Identify and describe the role of key parts of a plant. 3. Explain process of photosynthesis || Identify structure and function relationships in organisms. || LE 1.1f; LE 5.1a,b ||  || established scheme and a student-generated scheme. |||| Determine the size of a microscopic object using a compound microscope. || 2. Rocks make up the land, and are classified by the way they formed. 3. The rock cycle shows that the Earth is constantly changing. Wind, rain, and ice wear away at rocks to make sediments, which are transported in the process called erosion || Explain what the rock cycle is and use it to predict how certain processes will change rocks. || Use a diagram of the rock cycle to determine geological processes that led to the formation of a specific rock type. || PS 2.2h ||  || 2. Describe the effects of weathering and erosion. ||  || PS 2.1g-j ||   || 2. Demonstrate how the continent of Pangaea split apart. ||  || PS 2.2c-e ||   || 2. Explain the differences between plate boundaries || Plot the location of recent earthquake and volcanic activity on a map and identify patterns of distribution. || PS 2.2a,f ||  ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.1f; LE 5.2e ||   ||
 * || Identify the materials needed and the products of photosynthesis ||  || LE 5.1c; LE 5.2a; LE 6.2a ||   ||
 * || Connect the green color of plants to the presence of chlorophyll and in turn sugar. ||  || LE 5.1d; LE 5.2a,b ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.1f ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.2c ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.1g ||   ||
 * ||  || Identify structure and function relationships in organisms. || LE 1.1d,g ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.1f; LE 5.2e ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.1c,e ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.1d; LE 5.2a,b ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.1f ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.2c ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 5.1g ||   ||
 * ||  || Classify objects according to an
 * ||  || Develop and use a dichotomous key. |||| Prepare a wet mount slide. ||
 * ||  || Identify cause-and-effect relationships. |||| Use appropriate staining techniques. ||
 * Key Concepts || Skills by Sub-Unit || Unit Skills || Standards || Time ||
 * The lithosphere is broken into plates, which move slowly over molten rock in the mantle. ||  ||   || PS 2.1a,c,d; PS 2.2h ||   ||
 * 1. Rocks are composed of minerals, which are found on the Earth and are used by humans for many purposes.
 * || Explain how igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks are formed. || Using identification tests and a flow chart, identify mineral samples. || PS 2.2g ||  ||
 * ||  || Determine the identity of an unknown element, using physical and chemical properties. || PS 2.1e ||   ||
 * || 1. Identify weathering as the process that breaks rocks into sediments and erosion as the process that transports sediments.
 * || Explain why fossils are usually found in sedimentary rock. ||  || PS 2.1f ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 3.2c; PS 2.1f ||   ||
 * ||  ||   || LE 3.2b,c; PS 2.1f; PS 2.2d ||   ||
 * The lithosphere is broken into plates, which move slowly over molten rock in the mantle. || 1. Read and create topographic maps.
 * || Draw or model a convection current in a convection cell found in the mantle ||  || PS 2.2e; PS 4.2b ||   ||
 * ||  || Determine the density of liquids, and regular- and irregular-shaped solids. || PS 3.1i ||   ||
 * ||  || Determine the volume of a regular- and an irregular-shaped solid, using water displacement. ||^   ||^   ||
 * || 1. Identify the type of plate boundary from a picture
 * The layers of the earth were discovered by earthquake wave data. ||  ||^   || PS 2.2a,c,f ||   ||
 * Interactions between the plates can determine landforms on earth. For instance, convergent boundaries form mountains, divergent boundaries form volcanoes, and transform boundaries form earthquakes. ||  ||^   || PS 2.2a,f ||   ||
 * Interactions between the plates can determine landforms on earth. For instance, convergent boundaries form mountains, divergent boundaries form volcanoes, and transform boundaries form earthquakes. ||  || Measure the angular elevation of an object, using appropriate instruments. || PS 2.2a,f ||   ||
 * ||  || Generate and interpret field maps including topographic and weather maps. || PS 2.2a,f ||   ||