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VA.7-8. Virginia 2010 Science Standards of Learning Virginia 2010 Science Standards of Learning
PHYSICAL SCIENCE PS.1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which PS.1.a) Chemicals and equipment are used safely.
PS.1.b) Length, mass, volume, density, temperature, weight, and force are accurately measured.
PS.1.c) Conversions are made among metric units, applying appropriate prefixes.
PS.1.d) Triple beam and electronic balances, thermometers, metric rulers, graduated cylinders, probeware, and spring scales are used to gather data.
PS.1.g) Data tables showing the independent and dependent variables, derived quantities, and the number of trials are constructed and interpreted.
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PS.1.h) Data tables for descriptive statistics showing specific measures of central tendency, the range of the data set, and the number of repeated trials are constructed and interpreted.
PS.1.i) Frequency distributions, scatterplots, line plots, and histograms are constructed and interpreted.
PS.1.j) Valid conclusions are made after analyzing data.
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PS.1.k) Research methods are used to investigate practical problems and questions.
PS.1.m) Models and simulations are constructed and used to illustrate and explain phenomena.
PS.1.n) Current applications of physical science concepts are used.
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PS.10. The student will investigate and understand the scientific principles of work, force, and motion. Key concepts include PS.10.a) Speed, velocity, and acceleration.
PS.10.b) Newton's laws of motion.
PS.10.c) Work, force, mechanical advantage, efficiency, and power.
PS.10.d) Technological applications of work, force, and motion.
PS.11. The student will investigate and understand basic principles of electricity and magnetism. Key concepts include PS.11.a) Static electricity, current electricity, and circuits.
PS.11.b) Relationship between a magnetic field and an electric current.
PS.11.c) Electromagnets, motors, and generators and their uses.
PS.11.d) Conductors, semiconductors, and insulators.
PS.2. The student will investigate and understand the nature of matter. Key concepts include PS.2.a) The particle theory of matter.
PS.2.b) Elements, compounds, mixtures, acids, bases, and salts.
PS.2.c) Solids, liquids, and gases.
PS.2.d) Physical properties.
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PS.2.e) Chemical properties.
PS.2.f) Characteristics of types of matter based on physical and chemical properties.
PS.3. The student will investigate and understand the modern and historical models of atomic structure. Key concepts include PS.3.a) The contributions of Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, and Bohr in understanding the atom.
PS.3.b) The modern model of atomic structure.
PS.4. The student will investigate and understand the organization and use of the periodic table of elements to obtain information. Key concepts include PS.4.a) Symbols, atomic numbers, atomic mass, chemical families (groups), and periods.
PS.4.b) Classification of elements as metals, metalloids, and nonmetals.
PS.4.c) Formation of compounds through ionic and covalent bonding.
PS.5. The student will investigate and understand changes in matter and the relationship of these changes to the Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy. Key concepts include PS.5.a) Physical changes.
PS.5.b) Chemical changes.
PS.5.c) Nuclear reactions.
PS.6. The student will investigate and understand forms of energy and how energy is transferred and transformed. Key concepts include PS.6.a) Potential and kinetic energy.
PS.6.b) Mechanical, chemical, electrical, thermal, radiant, and nuclear energy.
PS.7. The student will investigate and understand temperature scales, heat, and thermal energy transfer. Key concepts include PS.7.b) Phase change, freezing point, melting point, boiling point, vaporization, and condensation.
PS.7.c) Conduction, convection, and radiation.
PS.7.d) Applications of thermal energy transfer.
PS.8. The student will investigate and understand the characteristics of sound waves. Key concepts include PS.8.a) Wavelength, frequency, speed, amplitude, rarefaction, and compression.
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PS.8.b) Resonance.
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PS.8.c) The nature of compression waves.
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PS.8.d) Technological applications of sound.
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PS.9. The student will investigate and understand the characteristics of transverse waves. Key concepts include PS.9.a) Wavelength, frequency, speed, amplitude, crest, and trough.
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PS.9.b) The wave behavior of light.
PS.9.c) Images formed by lenses and mirrors.
PS.9.d) The electromagnetic spectrum.
PS.9.e) Technological applications of light.
LIFE SCIENCE LS.1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which LS.1.a) Data are organized into tables showing repeated trials and means.
LS.1.b) A classification system is developed based on multiple attributes.
LS.1.c) Triple beam and electronic balances, thermometers, metric rulers, graduated cylinders, and probeware are used to gather data.
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LS.1.d) Models and simulations are constructed and used to illustrate and explain phenomena.
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LS.1.f) Dependent variables, independent variables, and constants are identified.
LS.1.g) Variables are controlled to test hypotheses, and trials are repeated.
LS.1.h) Data are organized, communicated through graphical representation, interpreted, and used to make predictions.
LS.1.i) Patterns are identified in data and are interpreted and evaluated.
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LS.1.j) Current applications are used to reinforce life science concepts.
LS.10. The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic, change over time, and respond to daily, seasonal, and long-term changes in their environment. Key concepts include LS.10.a) Phototropism, hibernation, and dormancy.
LS.10.c) Eutrophication, climate changes, and catastrophic disturbances.
LS.11. The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include LS.11.a) Food production and harvest.
LS.11.b) Change in habitat size, quality, or structure.
LS.11.d) Population disturbances and factors that threaten or enhance species survival.
LS.11.e) Environmental issues.
LS.12. The student will investigate and understand that organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information to new generations. Key concepts include LS.12.a) The structure and role of DNA.
LS.12.b) The function of genes and chromosomes.
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LS.12.c) Genotypes and phenotypes.
LS.12.d) Characteristics that can and cannot be inherited.
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LS.12.e) Genetic engineering and its applications.
LS.12.f) Historical contributions and significance of discoveries related to genetics.
LS.13. The student will investigate and understand that populations of organisms change over time. Key concepts include LS.13.a) The relationships of mutation, adaptation, natural selection, and extinction.
LS.13.b) Evidence of evolution of different species in the fossil record.
LS.13.c) How environmental influences, as well as genetic variation, can lead to diversity of organisms.
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LS.2. The student will investigate and understand that all living things are composed of cells. Key concepts include LS.2.a) Cell structure and organelles.
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LS.2.b) Similarities and differences between plant and animal cells.
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LS.2.c) Development of cell theory.
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LS.2.d) Cell division.
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LS.3. The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. Key concepts include LS.3.a) Cells, tissues, organs, and systems.
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LS.3.b) Patterns of cellular organization and their relationship to life processes in living things.
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LS.4. The student will investigate and understand how organisms can be classified. Key concepts include LS.4.a) The distinguishing characteristics of domains of organisms.
LS.4.b) The distinguishing characteristics of kingdoms of organisms.
LS.4.c) The distinguishing characteristics of major animal phyla and plant divisions.
LS.5. The student will investigate and understand the basic physical and chemical processes of photosynthesis and its importance to plant and animal life. Key concepts include LS.5.a) Energy transfer between sunlight and chlorophyll.
LS.5.b) Transformation of water and carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen.
LS.5.c) Photosynthesis as the foundation of virtually all food webs.
LS.6. The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. Key concepts include LS.6.a) The carbon, water, and nitrogen cycles.
LS.6.b) Interactions resulting in a flow of energy and matter throughout the system.
LS.6.c) Complex relationships within terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems.
LS.6.d) Energy flow in food webs and energy pyramids.
LS.7. The student will investigate and understand that interactions exist among members of a population. Key concepts include LS.7.a) Competition, cooperation, social hierarchy, territorial imperative.
LS.7.b) Influence of behavior on a population.
LS.8. The student will investigate and understand interactions among populations in a biological community. Key concepts include LS.8.a) The relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in food webs.
LS.8.b) The relationship between predators and prey.
LS.8.c) Competition and cooperation.
LS.8.d) Symbiotic relationships.
LS.9. The student will investigate and understand how organisms adapt to biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. Key concepts include LS.9.a) Differences between ecosystems and biomes.
LS.9.b) Characteristics of land, marine, and freshwater ecosystems.
LS.9.c) Adaptations that enable organisms to survive within a specific ecosystem.