UNIT	SKILLS	TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED	
Chapter 1  

The Nature of Science	•	Scientific method
•	Observing and inferring
•	Theories and law	•	Manipulative skills
•	Lab performances
•	Chapter test:  
- multiple choice
- short answer
- listing
- summarizing
- identifying	
Chapter 2  

Measurement	•	Lab safety
•	Units and standards
•	Accuracy and precision
•	Measuring length, mass and volume
•	Density
•	Time and temperature	•	Manipulative skills
•	Lab performances
•	Mathematics computation using formulas and
labels of units
•	Chapter test:  
- multiple choice
- measuring
- mathematical computation
- manipulative skills	
Chapter 8  

Solids, Liquids and Gases	•	The properties of and identifying the four states of matter
•	Kinetic Theory of Matter
•	Thermal expansion
•	Six properties of air
•	Pressure
•	Archimedes’ Principle (buoyancy)
•	Pascal’s Principle (pressure)
•	Bernoulli’s Principle (pressure)
•	Changing states of matter
•	Heat of fusion and heat of vaporization
•	Measuring and converting temperature
•	Graphing	•	Manipulative skills
•	Lab performances
•	Mathematical computation using formulas
•	Journals
•	Chapter test:
- multiple choice

UNIT	SKILLS	TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED     	
Chapter 9  

Classification of Matter	•	Substances:  elements and compounds
•	Mixtures:  homogeneous and heterogeneous
•	Solutions, suspension and colloids
•	Properties of matter:  physical and chemical
•	Change of matter:  physical and chemical	•	Lab performances
•	Journals
•	Chapter test:
- multiple choice
- mini essay
- listing
- identifying
- fill-in-the-blank	
Chapter 10  

Atomic Structure and the
Periodic Table	•	Elements and their chemical symbols
•	Models of the atom
•	Parts of the atom
•	Electron cloud
•	Atomic mass
•	Isotopes
•	Structure of the periodic table
•	Groups of the elements
•	Periods of the elements
•	Chemical activity	•	Drawing atomic models
•	Report/project
•	Creating an element square
•	Chapter test:
- multiple choice
- atomic model diagrams
- identifying
- true/false
- math computation
- mini essay	
Chapter 11  
Chemical Bonds	•	Electron loss and gain (ionic bonds)
•	Electron sharing (covalent bonds)		
Chapter 5  

Energy	•	Kinetic energy
•	Potential energy
•	Mechanical energy
•	Work & energy transfer
•	Energy conservation
•	Temperature
•	TE
•	Heat	•	Lab performances
•	Manipulative skills
•	Chapter test
	- true/false
	- short answer
	- drawing/free response
	- identifying
	- fill in the blank
	- mathematical computation	
Chapter 6  

Heat in Our World	•	Conduction, convection, radiation
•	R-Value - preventing
•	Heat loss	•	Lab performances
•	Chapter test
- short answer/free response
- mathematical computation	

UNIT	SKILLS	TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED     	
Chapter 3  

Motion	•	Speed and velocity
•	Acceleration
•	Forces
•	Friction
•	Inertia
•	Newton’s 1st Law of Motion
•	Mass, gravity and weight	•	Lab performances
•	Mathematical computation using formulas and
labels of units
•	Chapter test:
- multiple choice
- mathematical computation
- short answer	
Chapter 4  

The Laws of Motion	•	Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion
•	Falling objects
•	Projectiles
•	Circular motion:  centrifugal force and
centripetal force
•	Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion
•	Momentum	•	Mathematical computation using formulas and
labels of units
•	Sea Breeze field trip
•	Journals
•	Chapter test:
- multiple choice
- fill-in-the-blank
- mathematical
- computation
- open/free response	
Daily, Monthly and Seasonal Changes on Earth	•	Moons, planets, asteroids, comets in our solar system
•	Our sun
•	Reasons for identifying the phases of the moon
•	Predictable motions within the solar system
•	Gravity in our solar system
•	Reasons for and identifying the seasons
•	Rotation vs. revolution	•	Lab performances
•	Chapter test