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Physical Science

  Curriculum Standard 5c
Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand the relationships among different types and forms of energy.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:

  • Recognize and give examples of the various forms of energy, e.g. heat, light, sound, electrical, mechanical, magnetic, chemical, and nuclear.


  • Show by examples how types of energy are used for specific purposes.


  • Observe and describe how one form of energy may be transformed into another.


  • Design a simple experiment or demonstration to show the difference between potential and kinetic energy.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:

  • Collect observations to show that transformations of energy involve the production of heat.


  • Describe or sketch how energy is released when the nuclei of some atoms undergo fission or fusion.


  • Explain quantitatively exchanges of energy within a system, e.g. hot metal in cold water.


  • Investigate and explain the range of energy released in different transformations , e.g. change of state, chemical reactions, and nuclear phenomena.


  • Use basic measurement to study increases and decreases in an energy system to determine conservation of energy.


  • Describe momentum and conduct an experiment to illustrate conservation of momentum.
  Curriculum Standard 5e
Students will demonstrate an increasing understanding of how an unbalanced force exerted on an object causes a change in the state of rest or motion of that object in the direction of the unbalanced force.

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade six students will be able to:

  • Observe and describe objects in motion, including vibration motion.


  • Define the force which causes an object to undergo a change in direction or speed.


  • Design a simple experiment which demonstrates the effect of gravitational force on an object.


  • Describe or conduct an investigation which illustrates that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:

  • Formulate questions, design an exploration, and collect data about objects in motion.


  • Demonstrate inertia as a property of an object which resists a change in motion and is directly related to its mass.


  • Observe, describe, and identify basic properties of waves (transverse and longitudinal).


  • Demonstrate the relationships among change in motion, applied force, and mass of an object.


  • Identify friction as a force opposing motion.


  • Identify and experimentally explore forces acting at a distance (gravity/electromagnetism)