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Science II

The document outlines a Year 2, Semester 3 science course curriculum, covering various units such as energy transfer, interactions of energy and matter, Earth's systems, the solar system, and the human body. Each unit includes specific topics and teaching methods aimed at elementary grades. The course emphasizes the relationship between scientific concepts and their application in teaching.

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Science II

The document outlines a Year 2, Semester 3 science course curriculum, covering various units such as energy transfer, interactions of energy and matter, Earth's systems, the solar system, and the human body. Each unit includes specific topics and teaching methods aimed at elementary grades. The course emphasizes the relationship between scientific concepts and their application in teaching.

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SCIENCE II

YEAR 2, SEMESTER 3
UNIT 1: Course Overview
Week # 1
Overview of course content (science and teaching)
Life of scientists and the role of science in society
Nature of science and its application for teaching
Introduction to independent course project, possible topics, and criteria

UNIT 2: Energy transfer, transformations, and conservation

Week # 2,3,4
2 Types of energy (heat, light, sound, kinetic, potential, gravitational, etc.)
Investigating light
3 Energy transfer and transformation: concepts of conduction, convection, and
radiation Law of conservation of mass and energy
4 Teaching ‘populations and ecosystems’ in elementary grades
UNIT 3: Interactions of energy and matter
Week # 5,6,7,
5 Review of physical and chemical properties and physical change Solutions
and solubility Conservation of mass in solutions
6 Introduction to chemical reactions Difference between chemical and physical
reactions The role of energy in explaining bonds Applications of
electrolysis
7 Teaching ‘interactions of energy and matter’ in elementary grades
UNIT 4: Earth’s systems undergoing constant change
Week # 8,9,10
8 Water, carbon, and rock cycles Theory of plate tectonics: living in the shadow
of the big ountains
9 Climate change
10 Teaching ‘Earth’s systems undergoing constant change’ in elementary grades
UNIT 5: Solar system and the universe
Week # 11,12,13
11 Characteristics of our solar system Earth and Sun compared to other objects
in the sky Working with and understanding large distances
12 Origin and evolution of Earth (and the solar system)
13 Teaching ‘our solar system and the universe’ in elementary grades
UNIT 6: Human body as a system
Week # 14,15,16
14 Flow of matter and energy in living systems Circulatory and digestive
systems Structure, function, and organization of different cells
15 Cell processes Cellular respiration
16 Teaching ‘human body as a system’ in elementary grades

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