Integrated III Science

Avon Lake City Schools 

Curriculum Framework

Integrated Science

Course Overview:

Integrated Science  (11, 12) - 2 semesters - .50 credit each semester

The integrated science course combines scientific principles with real world applications. It is called “integrated” science because students study biology, chemistry, and physics. Emphasis in class discussions and lab activities is placed on how the concepts being studied are visible in our world, and how we must use science to sustain our activities. The student is responsible for having a notebook. Prerequisites: Integrated Math I and staff recommendation. This class meets one period daily for ½ unit of credit each semester. FEE: $10

Textbook (Title and Publishing Company): 

Teacher created materials

Online/Supplemental Materials:

gizmo

Assessments: 

Midterm presentation and final presentation

First Quarter: Scientific Inquiry and Plants

Standards/Learning Goals:

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY:

  • Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations;

  • Design and conduct scientific investigations;

  • Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications;

  • Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence (critical thinking);

  • Recognize and analyze explanations and models

  • Communicate and support a scientific argument.

PLANTS:

  • identify plant vegetative and reproductive structures.

  •  understand basic principles, processes and functions of plant growth and reproduction, including photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration, vegetative growth and reproductive growth, fertilization and fruit formation.

Second Quarter: Animals

  • explore the complexity of biodiversity.

  • examine the variety of life within the five kingdoms.

  • realize that people are dependent on intact habitats that sustain the various organisms we need to produce food, medicines, clothing, and other materials.

  • learn about certain species' roles in an ecosystem.

  • discover that life can be found almost everywhere on earth

Third Quarter: Global Warming

  • Describe the greenhouse effect and global warming.

  • Explain the concept of climate change.

  • Consider the effects of climate change on extreme weather.

  • Recognize ways that they can lower their impact on the environment at home.

Fourth Quarter: Project Based Learning

Project Based Learning:

  • Momentum - Egg Drop

  • Conservation of Energy - Trebuchet

  • Statics - Bridge Building

  • Aerodynamics - Paper Airplane

Last Updated:

September, 2023