Vertical+Alignment+-+Juniors

Biology/APES Teachers (or teachers of Junior students)
1. WHAT SKILLS AND INFORMATION DO YOU WANT YOUR STUDENTS TO ALREADY HAVE COMING INTO YOU COURSE?
 * Science PROCESS SKILLS
 * Formulate testable questions when directed from a more overarching question
 * distinguish between observations and inferences
 * organize and label quantitative measurements in data charts or tables
 * identify factors that will strengthen the validity of experimental data such as
 * experimental control for comparison
 * repeated measurements, multiple trials, etc.
 * replicated by multiple observers
 * identifying and holding other factors constant
 * identify dependent and independent variables from an existing study
 * construct a line graph of quantitative data gathered
 * set up a consistent scale along both axis of their graph
 * label and give a clear and useful title to the graph
 * draw a trend line, identify the slope, and how the slope changes
 * support scientific claims by referring to specific evidence and explaining the connection of this evidence to their claim
 * COMMUNICATION SKILLS
 * PHYSICS
 * Themodynamics
 * Relation of energy to wavelength frequency
 * Electricity
 * Create graphs, intrepeting data
 * CHEMISTRY
 * Properites of H2O (H bonding)
 * pH (general concept and calculations)
 * Create graphs, intrepeting data
 * Difference between an atom and a molecule
 * Different types of bonds
 * Be able to express things in chemical formulas, balance chemical equations
 * Inrto to macromolecules (monomers and polymers)
 * Solvents, solutes, solubility, concentrations (mg/L, ppm)
 * Solubility of gases
 * Diffusion
 * Redox reactions
 * Thermodynamics
 * Conservation of matter
 * Electrons
 * Electrons

2. WHAT DO YOU WANT THESE EARLIER COURSES TO STAY AWAY FROM? 