- Description
This link is for Colosky Connection Families, not to be confused with Classical Conversations.
Physical Science
Grades 5-8
Full Year Course (2 Semesters)
Enrollment: Open All Year.
Physical Science is designed to continue student investigations of the physical sciences that began in grades K-6 and provide students the necessary skills to have a richer knowledge base in physical science. This course is designed as a survey course of chemistry and physics. This curriculum includes the more abstract concepts such as the conceptualization of the structure of atoms, motion and forces, and the conservation of energy and matter, the action/reaction principle, and wave behavior. Students investigate physical science concepts through experience in laboratories and field work using the processes of inquiry. This class has a lab component, so in addition to curriculum students will be expected to complete 3-4 labs per month.
Standards:
SPS1. Students will investigate our current understanding of the atom.
SPS2. Students will explore the nature of matter, its classifications, and its system for naming types of matter.
SPS3. Students will distinguish the characteristics and components of radioactivity.
SPS4. Students will investigate the arrangement of the Periodic Table.
SPS5. Students will compare and contrast the phases of matter as they relate to atomic and molecular motion.
SPS6. Students will investigate the properties of solutions.
SPS7. Students will relate transformations and flow of energy within a system.
SPS8. Students will determine relationships among force, mass, and motion.
SPS9. Students will investigate the properties of waves.
Topics:
Lab Equipment/Methods of Science & Measurement/States of Matter
Classification of Matter/Solutions
Properties of Atoms & The Periodic Table/Elements and their Properties
Motion & Speed/Forces
Energy/Thermal Energy
Nuclear Energy
Ionic and Covalent Bonds
Acids and Bases
Simple Machines
Waves & Sound/Electro Magnetic Radiation
Electricity & Magnetism/Electric Current
Platform: Google Classroom, Quizizz, Quizlet, CK-12
Requirements: Student will need wifi access and headphones. Parents will need to assure from home the students can access Google Classroom. In GC, students will work on 5-7 mini assignments/lessons/labs a week. Students will use their home computer or the Google Classroom app to upload work in images and video responses.
Curriculum: All curriculum will be provided in pdf format-Cengage, Lumen Learning, CK-12, GA Virtual Lessons, and Holt. Mrs. Collins uses Holt Physical Science as a reference textbook. She has extra copies your child can use during the session, if needed.
Learning Models Available-
This course is offered self paced, this is best for students who would like to move at a slower or accelerated pace. It is also great for students who like to work without strict deadlines for assignments. Parents can teach from the self pace curriculum or assign independent work.
This course is also offers as an instructor led course. With this option the student would meet with Mrs. Collins via Zoom 12 times during the 17 week semester for instruction, help with labs, projects and more. Families can schedule a time slot that works with everyone's schedule. The course is broken up into two semesters, with 12 live Zooms scheduled for semester 1 and 12 live Zooms scheduled for semester 2. With the instructor led option, the student would have weekly deadlines for assignments.
This course is also offered in a condensed version which is great for co-ops, private schools, or charter schools looking to add in a physical science introduction course but when only one semester is available. A full year can be condensed into one semester on the platform but does require dedication. It is recommended that the student dedicate 30 minutes minimum a day to the course Monday-Friday if the course is used in a condensed format. This provides access to a condensed Physical Science using the self paced format. The tuition includes both semesters, and the instructor led model is not available for condensed curriculum.
Below you will also find optional assessments options. If your child has recently left the school system and you would love to check where they are or what topics have been mastered in Physical Science then the pre assessment is recommended. If the student has just completed Physical Science and you would like to check grade level knowledge before registering for another course then the grade level assessment is recommended.