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	Unit 1: Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Systems
	Unit 2: Fluids
	Unit 3: Mechanical Advantage and Efficiency
	Unit 4: Water Systems
	Unit 5: Optics
	Unit 6: Skills Handbook

 

UNIT 1: CELLS, TISSUES, ORGANS, AND SYSTEMS Unit Overview Getting Started: The Building Blocks of Living Things
1.1	Characteristics of Living Things
1.2	Inquiry Investigation: Using the Microscope
1.3	Plant and Animal Cells
1.4	Inquiry Investigation: Comparing Plant and Animal Cells
1.5	Technological Advances of the Microscope
1.6	Parts of a Cell Seen with an Electron Microscope
1.7	Cells in Their Environment
1.8	Osmosis
1.9	Inquiry Investigation: Observing Diffusion and Osmosis
1.10	Inquiry Investigation: How Does the Concentration of a Solution Affect Osmosis?
1.11	Career Profile: Modellers
1.12	Cells and Cell Systems
1.13	Unicellular Organisms
1.14	The Need for Cell Division
1.15	Cell Specialization
1.16	Case Study: Cell Wars
1.17	Inquiry Investigation: Water Movement in Plants
1.18	From the Ground Up
1.19	Examining the Leaf
1.20	Case Study: Observations of a Naturalist
1.21	Case Study: Animal Organ Systems Working Together
1.22	Fluid Movement in Animals
1.23	Animal Digestive Systems
1.24	Inquiry Investigation: Factors that Affect Reaction Time
1.25	Explore an Issue: Tinkering with Cells
Design Challenge: Design and Build a Model or Simulation of Cells
Summary
Review

UNIT 2: FLUIDS Unit Overview Getting Started: Fluids in Our Lives
2.1	A Close-up Look at Fluid Flow
2.2-2.3	Fluid Flow Around Objects
2.4-2.5	Viscosity: A Property of Fluids
2.6-2.7	Inquiry Investigation: Liquids Can Be Thick or Thin
2.8-2.9	Career Profile: Viscosity and the Chocolate Factory
2.10	Measuring Matter: Mass, Weight, and Volume
2.11	Inquiry Investigation: Relating Mass and Volume
2.12	Density: Another Property of Fluids
2.12	Inquiry Investigation: Some Liquids Just Don't Mix
2.13	Comparing Densities
2.14	The Ups and Downs of Buoyancy
2.15	How and Why Do Things Float?
2.16	Design Investigation: Another Way to Measure the Density of a Liquid
2.17	Case Study: From Bladders to Ballast: Altering Buoyancy
2.18	Explore an Issue: Human Impact on Natural Fluid Systems
2.19	How Does Temperature Affect Viscosity and Density?
2.20	Case Study: Fluids and the Confederation Bridge
2.21	Inquiry Investigation: How Fluids Handle Pressure
2.22	Confined Fluids Under Pressure
2.23	Pressurized Fluid Systems: Hydraulics
	Pressurized Fluid Systems: Pneumatics
	Design Investigation: A Closer Look at Fluid Power
	Fluid Power at Work for Us
Design Challenge: Design and Build a Device That Uses the Properties of Fluids
Summary
Review

UNIT 3: MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE AND EFFICIENCY Unit Overview Getting Started: Using Machines to Get Things Done
3.1	Designing Machines
3.2	Levers: How They Work
3.3	Design Investigation: Raise It Up
3.4	Simulating Human Movement
3.5	Pulleys, Wheel and Axle, and Gears
3.6	Case Study: Mechanisms in Giant Machines
3.7	Moving Efficiently
3.8	Friction and Mechanical Advantage
3.9	Design Investigation: Moving the Couch
3.10	Career Profile: Testing Force and Endurance
3.11	Inquiry Investigation: Testing Shoes
3.12	Force, Area and Pressure
3.13	Pressure on Liquids and Gases
3.14	Inquiry Investigation: Squeezing Liquids and Gases
3.15	Pressure in Fluid Systems
3.15	Design Investigation: A Hydraulic Solution for a Pain in the Neck
3.16	Case Study: A Student-Friendly Classroom
3.17	Designing for People with Special Needs
3.17	Case Study: Mountain Bike or Road Bike?
3.18	The Life of a Product
3.19	Explore an Issue: A World Without Cars?
Design Challenge: Design and Build a Mechanical Model or Device
Summary
Review

UNIT 4: WATER SYSTEMS Unit Overview Getting Started: How Does Water Shape Our World?
4.1	Water in Our World
4.2	Inquiry Investigation: Comparing Salt Water and Fresh Water
4.3	The Water Cycle
4.4	Case Study: The Power of Water
4.5	The Water Table
4.6	The Human Side of Water Systems
4.7	Water Treatment and Disposal
4.8	Career Profile: Floods: Water Untamed
4.9	Geological Features at Sea and on Land
4.10	Glaciers: Rivers of Ice
4.11	Inquiry Investigation: Rising and Falling Currents
4.12	Case Study: Water, Weather, and Climate
4.13	Waves
4.14	Inquiry Investigation: Investigating Tides
4.15	Exploring the Deep
4.16	Oil: Wealth from the Ocean Floor
4.17	Diversity
4.18	Inquiry Investigation: Productivity of Organisms
4.19	Inquiry Investigation: The Brine Shrimp Experient
4.20	Explore an Issue: People, Resources, and Water Systems
Design Challenge: Design and Build a Device to Live Safely with Water
Summary
Review

UNIT 5: OPTICS Unit Overview Getting Started: Viewing Light Energy
5.1	Light Energy and Its Sources
5.2	Inquiry Investigation: Watching Light Travel
5.3	Getting in Light's Way
5.4	Describing Images
5.5	Inquiry Investigation: Reflecting Light Off a Plane Mirror
5.6	Reflecting Light Off Surfaces
5.7	Inquiry Investigation: Viewing Images in a Plane Mirror
5.8	Inquiry Investigation: Curved Mirrors
5.9	Using Curved Mirrors
5.10	Inquiry Investigation: The Refraction of Light
5.11	Refracting Light in Lenses
5.12	Inquiry Investigation: Investigating Lenses
5.13	The Human Eye and the Camera
5.14	The Visible Spectrum
5.15	The Electromagnetic Spectrum
5.16	Case Study: A Telescope for Every Wave
5.17	Inquiry Investigation: Mixing the Colours of Light
5.18	Additive Colour Mixing
5.19	Career Profile: Light Entertainment
5.20	Inquiry Investigation: Pigments and Filters for the Stage
5.21	Subtractive Colour Mixing
5.22	Explore an Issue: Solar Panels
Design Challenge: Design and Build a Device or System That Controls Light
Summary
Review

Unit 6: SKILLS HANDBOOK Safety in Science & Technology
Process of Scientific Inquiry
2A	Process of Scientific Inquiry
2B	Asking a Question
2C	Predicting and Hypothesizing
2D	Identifying Variables and Controls
2E	Designing an Inquiry Investigation
Process of Design
3A	The Problem-Solving Cycle
3B	Identifying a Problem
3C	Selecting the Best Alternative
3D	Planning a Prototype
3E	Building a Prototype
3F	Testing and Evaluating a Prototype
3G	Patents, Trademarks, & Copyrights
Researching
4A	Research Skills
4B	Interviewing and Survey Skills
4C	Critical Thinking
Using Equipment in Science & Technology
5A	Using the Microscope
5B	Working with Scales and Balances
5C	Using Other Scientific Equipment
5D	Using Technology Equipment
5E	Fabrication Techniques
Observing and Recording Data
6A	Obtaining Qualitative Data
6B	Obtaining Quantitative Data
6C	Scientific & Technical Drawing
6D	Creating Data Tables
Analyzing Results
7A	The Need to Graph
7B	Reading a Graph
7C	Constructing Graphs
7D	Using Math in Science & Technology
7E	Reaching a Conclusion
7F	Reflecting on Your Work
Communicating
8A	Writing a Report
8B	Creating a Design Folder
8C	Multimedia Presentations
8D	Exploring an Issue
Study Skills
9A	Setting Goals and Monitoring Progress
9B	Good Study Habits
9C	Using Your Computer Effectively
9D	Working Together
9E	Graphic Organizers