Intermediate Level Science
     
    Physical Setting - Key Idea 1: (explain daily, monthly and seasonal changes on Earth)
     
    ·   the sun rises in the East; sets in the West
    ·   revolution of earth/sun causes seasons
    ·   rotation causes day/night
    ·   even though the sun is hottest and stays our longer on the 1st day of summer at noon, the temperature is hottest at 4:00/5:00 pm because the earth's surface takes that long to warm up
    ·   compare different points on earth to see difference in daylight hours on the same day
    ·   sun is at different < in the sky depending on the date and location of the earth
     
     
    Physical Setting - Key Idea 2: (describe volcano and earthquake patterns, the rock cycle
    and weather and climate changes)
     
    ·   ring of fire
    ·   acid rain breaks down rocks as does water/wind erosion
    ·   air masses are based on the different densities. . . moist air----less dense
    dry air----more dense
    ·   research plate movement in NYS
    ·   plot volcano and earthquake locations on a map
    ·   compare rock layers at a sight
    ·   volcano and earthquakes are most common on or near plate boundaries
    ·   it cools down before melting
     
     
    Physical Setting - Key Idea 3: (observe and describe properties of materials, such as
    density, conductivity and solubility)
     
    ·   see why Christmas lights will not work when one light is out
    ·   check to see what materials will be the best insulators
    ·   a small piece of lead is heavier than larger pieces of wood, plastic, etc
    ·   why are there always sugar crystals in the bottom of my coffee cup (hot cocoa)
    ·   why do steel boats float and why did wooden boats sink
    ·   determine factors (stirring, heating, amounts . . . ) that affect the amount of solute will dissolve in a solvent
    ·   water is the most abundant solvent
    ·   specific gravity of water 1.0 Density = 1.0glcm3
     
    Physical Setting - Key Idea 3.1: (distinguish between chemical and physical changes)
     
    ·   cut a piece of paper (p)
    ·   burn a piece of paper (c)
    ·   iron oxide (rusting nail) (c)
    ·   food coloring in H2O (p)
    ·   cutting hair (p)
    ·   melting ice (p)
    ·   boiling water (p)
    ·   change in color of a carnation if you put it in water
    ·   bleach on a pink towel (towel becomes white)
    ·   crush a can (p)
    ·   visit a limestone cave looking for evidence of chemical changes and looking for evidence of weathering on the outside of the cave
     
     
    Physical Setting - Key Idea 4: (observe and describe the properties of sound, light,
    magnetism and electricity)
     
    ·   sound causes "things" to vibrate
    ·   shadows form on the opposite side of an object from the source
    ·   doppler effect -- sound and light
    ·   electricity follows the path of least resistance
    ·   light travels faster and sound
    ·   light is composed of many colors
    ·   compass points to the North
    ·   ultrasounds (pre-natal) and for therapy
    ·   electrical currents to relax muscles during physical therapy
    ·   show a picture of a room in the ; what energy changes are taking place?
     
     
    Physical Setting - Key Idea 5: (describe different patterns of motion of objects)
    ·   projectiles move in parabolic paths
    ·   falling objects stop accelerating eventually in the air
    ·   pendulum oscillating
    ·   objects continue in a straightline until acted upon by an outside force
    ·   objects tend to remain at rest until acted upon by outside force
    ·   centripetal force (ex. clothes dryer)
    ·   centrifugal force (ex. round-up; gravitron)
    ·   toys (swings on a playground, yo-yo, slinky)
    ·   visit an amusement park
    ·   build a model of an amusement park
    ·   inclined plane, electricial circuit, electromagnetism, potential/kinetic energy
    ·   make a motor, telegraph, buzzer, etc
    ·   compass
     
     
    Intermediate Level   Science
     
    Living Environment - Key Idea 1: (explain the functioning of the major human organ
       systems and their interactions)
     
    ·   heart/lung transplants (kids interest in body function)
    ·   a cut healing (skin)
    ·   eating (how food is processed)
    ·   exercise (effect on heart rate; metabolism)
    ·   cancer
     
    ·   disease epidemics
    ·   robotics
    ·   artificial body parts (technology; popular culture)
    ·   weight control issues (young girls concerns)
     
     
    Living Environment - Key Idea 2: (describe sexual and asexual mechanisms for  
     passing genetic materials from generation to
     generation)
     
    ·   plant grafting
    ·   genetic engineering (farmers)
    ·   cloning
    ·   traits you have inherited
    ·   bacteria immunity to antibiotics
    ·   virus protein coat changes
    ·   adaptations
    ·   comparing fossils
    ·   hybridization
     
     
    Living Environment - Key Idea 3: (describe factors responsible for competition within
     species and the significance of that competition)
     
    ·   habitat destruction would affect competitive factors (development, pollution)
    ·   manatees (farmer runoff/boats)
    ·   purple loostrife/cattails crowding cattails, creates runoff
    ·   Kodak (pollution of water)
    ·   introduced species (zebra mussels; fire ants)
    ·   human population overcrowding
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Living Environment - Key Idea 4: (observe and describe cell division at the
     microscopic level and its macroscopic
     effects)
     
    ·   cancer research
    ·   virus control (west nile virus)
    ·   aids reserch
    ·   genetic diseases (down syndrome)
    ·   regeneration
    ·   bacteria growth & infection
     
     
    Living Environment - Key Idea 5: (describe the importance of major nutrients,
     vitamins, and minerals in maintaining health
     and promoting growth; and explain the need
     for a constant input of energy for living organisms)
     
    ·   relationship between diet and nutrition and overall health
    ·   anerexia and bulimia
    ·   health food industry (all natural vs medical)
    ·   phen phen (FDA approvals)
    ·   school lunch programs
    ·   what a mother-to-be eats affects the fetus
    ·   human fitness
    ·   diets (fats, proteins, carbohydrates)
    ·   nutritional deficiency diseases
     
     
    Living Environment - Key Idea 6: (describe the flow of energy and matter through
     food chains and food webs)
     
    ·   over use of herbicides/insecticides can cause
    ·   collapse of food chains/webs
    ·   agent orange use
    ·   Ginna plant (thermal effect on water)
    ·   pig (animal) waste runoff - changes ecosystem (drinking water pollution; e-coli contamination
    ·   land use decisions
    ·   overhunting; overhunting
    ·   hunting and fishing seasons
    ·   FingerLakes development
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Living Environment - Key Idea 7: (describe the effects of environmental changes on
     humans and other populations)
     
    ·   solid waste problem (trash)
    ·   deforestation of rain forest
    ·   global warming (ice caps melting)
    ·   development - how it effects their community (housing, malls, filling in of wetlands)
    ·   animal waste runoff (e-coli; phisteria)
    ·   ocean pollution
    ·   overhunting, causing extinction (many students hunt)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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