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Scope, Sequence, and CoordinationA Framework for High School Science EducationBased on the National Science Education Standards |
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SS&C micro-units for grade 9 (901-969) and grade 10 (1001-1055) were developed in conjunction with the NSTA publication Scope, Sequence, and Coordination: A Framework for High School Science Education (1996; out of print).
Technical sheets were developed in conjunction with the micro-units are also available for download. |
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| 901 | Classification Schemes
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| 902 | Variation and Heredity
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| 903 | Variations in Living Things
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| 904 | Adaptations to Niches and Habitats
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| 905 | Structures that Reveal Common Ancestry
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| 907 | Fossil Formation
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| 908 | Solids, Liquids and Gases
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| 909 | Phase Changes of Water
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| 910 | Density Studies of the Earth
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| 911 | Neurons and the Nervous System
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| 912 | Animal Behavior
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| 913 | Topographic Maps
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| 915 | Motion and Inertia
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| 916 | Laws of Motion
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| 917 | Law of Conservation of Momentum
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| 918 | Newton's Second Law
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| 921 | Forces Acting on a Spring
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| 924 | Physical Properties of Matter
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| 925 | Gas Pressure, Volume and Temperature
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| 927 | Atmospheric Pressure
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| 928 | Matter and Energy
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| 929 | Gas Laws
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| 930 | Recognition and Classification of Mixtures
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| 931 | Physical vs. Chemical Change
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| 932 | Cells: A First-Hand View
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| 933 | Cell Structures and Their Functions
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| 934 | Plants, Chloroplasts and Photosynthesis
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| 935 | Work and Energy
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| 937 | Heat and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
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| 938 | Heat, Temperature and Transfer
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| 939 | Evidence of Heat Transformations
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| 940 | Density of Rocks
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| 941 | Environmental Cycles
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| 942 | Observing Chemical Reactions
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| 943 | Electric Charge and Static Electricity
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| 945 | Magnetism
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| 947 | Heat from the Sun
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| 948 | Examples of Convection
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| 949 | Sun, Spectra and Stars
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| 951 | Starlight
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| 952 | Construction of Food Chains and Tracing Energy Changes
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| 953 | Cycles and Ecosystems
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| 954 | Trophic Pyramids and Levels
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| 955 | Populations
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| 956 | Limiting Factors for Populations
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| 957 | Oils and Plastics
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| 958 | Oxidation
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| 959 | An Introduction to Acids and Bases
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| 960 | Acids, Bases and Indicators
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| 961 | Patterns Using Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids
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| 962 | Evidence Revealing the Composition of the Atom
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| 963 | Chemical Formulas for Molecules
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| 964 | Models of Chemical Families
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| 965 | Properties of Useful Carbon Compounds
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| 966 | Radioactivity, Time and Age
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| 967 | Factors That Affect Reaction Rates
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| 968 | Identifying and Explaining Reactions
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| 969 | Catalysts and Enzymes
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| 1001 | Organizing Principles of Plants and Animals
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| 1002 | Genetic Variability
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| 1003 | Structural Factors in Evolution
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| 1004 | The Human Genotype
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| 1005 | Mitosis and Meiosis
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| 1006 | Evolution and the Fossil Record
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| 1007 | Fossils and Lithologic Units
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| 1008 | Relative Positions of the Earth, Moon and Sun over Time
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| 1011 | Inertial Mass, Weight, and Newton's Second Law of Motion
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| 1012 | Impulse, Momentum and the Conservation of Momentum
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| 1015 | Measures of Circular Motion
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| 1016 | Qualitative Aspects of Rotational Dynamics
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| 1018 | Hooke's Law, Vibrations, Mechanical Waves and Sound
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| 1021 | Air Resistance and Friction
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| 1022 | Understanding the Behavior of Gases
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| 1024 | Properties of Aqueous Solutions
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| 1025 | Cell size and Shape, and Diffusion and Osmosis Processes
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| 1026 | Qualitative Examples of Conservation of Mechanical Energy
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| 1029 | Heat Energy Released or Absorbed in Chemical Reactions
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| 1033 | Coulomb's Law and Induced Polarization
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| 1035 | Magnetic Induction
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| 1036 | Wave Phenomena and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
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| 1041 | Periodicity of the Elements
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| 1042 | The Periodic Table, Electrons and Chemical Bonds
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| 1047 | Carbon Bonds in Chemistry
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| 1050 | The Watson-Crick Model of DNA Structure
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| 1054 | Cellular Organelles
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| 1055 | Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
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This project was supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Foundation. |
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