LCS | SOL Pacing Guides

Every science lesson should include a process skills standard AND a content standard. Additionally, investigations should be conducted to practice multiple process skills EACH nine weeks.

Process Skills Standards

The student will plan and conduct investigations using experimental design and product design processes. Key concepts include

PH.1 a) the components of a system are defined;

PH.1 b) instruments are selected and used to extend observations and measurements;

PH.1 c) information is recorded and presented in an organized format;

PH.1 d) the limitations of the experimental apparatus and design and recognized;

PH.1 e) the limitations of measured quantities are recognized through the appropriate use of significant figure or error ranges;

PH.1 f) models and simulations are used to visualize and explain phenomena, to make predictions from hypotheses, and to interpret data; and

PH.1 g) appropriate technology, including computers, graphing calculators, and probeware, is used for gathering and analyzing data and communicating results.

Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4
Unit 1 - Introduction, Measurement, & Estimating (5 days) PH.2 b-c - Graphically Represented Relationships PH.1 - Scientific Investigation PH.3 - Scientific Reasoning and Logic Unit 2 - Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension (10 days) PH.2 a-d - Data Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.5 a - Mass, Distance, Force, and Time Unit 3 - Kinematics in Two Dimensions & Vectors (10 days) PH.2 e - Systems Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.5 a, c - Linear and Projectile Motion Unit 4 - Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion (10 days) PH.2 - Data Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.5 a-d - Linear, Circular, and Projectile Motion Unit 5 - Work & Energy (3 days) PH.2 a-b - Mathematical Relationships PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.5 - Mass, Distance, Force, and Time PH.6 a - Kinetic and Potential Energy PH.7 - Energy Transformations	Unit 5 - Work & Energy (8 days) PH.2 a-b - Mathematical Relationships PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.5 - Mass, Distance, Force, and Time PH.6 a - Kinetic and Potential Energy PH.7 - Energy Transformations Unit 6 - Linear Momentum (10 days) PH.2 a, e - Mathematical Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.5 a - Mass, Distance, Force, and Time PH.6 b - Elastic and Inelastic Collisions Unit 7 - Circular Motion & Gravitation (13 days) PH.2 a, e - Mathematical Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.5 b, d-f - Motion and Gravity PH.10 a - Gravitational, Electric, and Magnetic Forces Unit 8 - Rotational Motion (10 days) PH.2 a, e - Mathematical Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.5 b - Uniform Circular Motion	Unit 9 - Fluids (7 days) PH.4 - Physics in the Real World Unit 10 - Heat (10 days) PH.2 a-d - Data Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.7 - Energy Transformations Unit 11 - Vibrations & Waves (5 days) PH.2 - Data Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.5 g - Work, Power, and Energy PH.6 a - Kinetic and Potential Energy PH.7 a - Energy Transformations PH.8 a-b - Wave Characteristics and Processes Unit 12 - Sound (5 days) PH.2 a - Mathematical Statements PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.7 a - Energy Transformations PH.8 - Wave Phenomena Unit 13 - Electric Charge & Electric Field (10 days) PH.2 a, e - Mathematical Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.10 a - Gravitational, Electric, and Magnetic Forces Unit 14 - Electric Currents (10 days) PH.2 a-d - Data Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.11 a, c-d - Electrical Circuits PH.12 i - Superconductivity Unit 15 - DC Circuits (5 days) PH.2 a-d - Data Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.7 a - Energy Transformations PH.11 - Electrical Circuits	Unit 16 - Magnetism (5 days) PH.2 a, e - Mathematical Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.7 a - Energy Transformations PH.10 b - Gravitational, Electric, and Magnetic Forces Unit 17 - Electromagnetic Induction & Faraday's Law (5 days) PH.2 a, e - Mathematical Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.7 a - Energy Transformations PH.9 a,c - Frequency and Wavelength PH.10 b - Gravitational, Electric, and Magnetic Forces Unit 18 - Electromagnetic Waves (5 days) PH.2 a - Mathematical Statements PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.9 a,c - Frequency and Wavelength Unit 19 - Light: Geometric Optics (10 days) PH.2 a-d - Data Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.8 - Wave Phenomena PH.9 a,c - Frequency and Wavelength Unit 20 - The Special Theory of Relativity (5 days) PH.2 a - Mathematical Statements PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.5 a - Mass, Distance, Force, and Time PH.6 a - Kinetic and Potential Energy PH.12 c, e - Matter, Energy, & Relativity Unit 21 - Early Quantum Theory & Models of the Atom (5 days) PH.2 a, e - Mathematical Analysis PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.5 a - Mass, Distance, Force, and Time PH.6 - Conservation of Mass, Energy, Momentum, & Charge PH.12 a-d - Waves & Energy Unit 22 - Quantum Mechanics of Atoms (5 days) PH.2 a - Mathematical Statements PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.12 d - Quantum Mechanics Unit 23 - Atomic and Nuclear Physics (5 days) PH.2 a - Mathematical Statements PH.4 - Physics in the Real World PH.7 - Energy Transformations PH.9 - Frequency and Wavelength PH.12 - Non-Newtonian Physics
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