Unit

Title

Summary Statement

1

Safety and Science Inquiry

Review and practice laboratory safety and inquiry processes that will be implemented throughout the year

2

Ecosystems and the Chesapeake Bay

Develop an understanding ecosystems (populations, abiotic factors, connections to human populations) using the Chesapeake Bay as a model

3

Diversity and Adaptations

Explore similarities and differences among organisms and investigate how species change over time

4

Motion, Forces, and Energy

Investigate and examine the basic concepts that describe motion, including Newton's Laws of Motion

5

Energy and Magnetism

Investigate magnetic force, different forms and states of energy (kinetic and potential), and how energy is “neither created nor destroyed” when changed.