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The
following overview represents the alignment of K-12 science
based on the California Science Content Standards, FUSD
Science Courses of Study, and the California Science Framework.
Elementary science has been defined as K-5 by the
California Department of Education. Grade 6 science
is now a one-year course of study in Earth Science and articulates
as an integrated sequence with grades 7 and 8. Please
refer to the FUSD K-5 Science Course of Study and the 6-8
Science Course of Study for specific information on each
grade level.
Table
1: K-5 Curriculum Map
Grade
Level |
Physical
Science |
Earth
Science |
Life
Science |
K |
Unit
E - Objects Around Us (H)
Unit F – Investigations Water (H)
*Fabric (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
C - Earth's Air, Land & Water (H)
Unit D – Weather (H)
Wood & Paper (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
A – Animals (H)
Unit B – Plants (H)
*Animals 2 x 2 (F), *Trees (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
1 |
Unit
C - Matter & Energy (H)
*Solids & Liquids (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
B - Weather & the Seasons (H)
*Air & Weather (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
A - About Living Things (H)
*New Plants (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
2 |
Unit
C - Matter & Motion (H)
*Balance & Motion (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
B - Exploring Earth's Surface (H)
*Pebbles Sand & Silt (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
A - Living Things Grow & Change (H)
*Insects (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
3 |
Unit
C - Investigating Matter & Energy (H)
*Physics of Sound (F)
*Ideas & Inventions (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
B - The Solar System (H)
*Ideas & Inventions (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
A - Survival of Living Things (H)
*Structures of Life (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
4 |
Unit
C - Matter & Electricity (H)
*Magnetism & Electricity (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
B - The Changing Earth (H)
*Earth Materials (F), Landforms (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
A - Interactions of Living Thing (H)
*Environments (F) *Human Body (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
5 |
Unit
C - Matter & Energy (H)
*Mixtures & Solutions (F)
*Variables (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
B - Weather & Space (H)
*Solar Energy (F)
*Water (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
Unit
A - Systems of Living Things (H)
*Food & Nutrition (F)
*FOSS Science Stories (F) |
FOSS
Science Stories (expository text materials) are available
for FOSS modules Grades K-5. Refer to the FUSD Course
of Study for specific grade level standard information.
(H)
Harcourt Science Series - http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/harcourt_science.html
(F)
Full Option Science System (FOSS). http://www.fossweb.com
The California Editionss meet the California Science
Content Standards.
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Grade
6-12
The
California Science Content Standards include Earth Science, Biology,
Chemistry, and Physics. These standards are intended to prepare students
for the more formal treatment of concepts, principles, and theories
called for at the college level. In the middle school grades students
should have developed and enhanced their formal reasoning abilities
that reflect science as a way of knowing, and acquiring new science
content knowledge. In grade 6-8 they connect concrete observations
of a rich array of phenomena and unify models that help to simplify
the ever-expanding body of science content knowledge. At the ninth
grade level these skills will be revisited, reinforced and developed
in depth.
Table
2: Scope and Sequence for Grades 6-12
| Grade
6 |
Grade
7 |
Grade
8 |
Grade
9 |
Grade
10 |
Grade
11 |
Grade
12 |
| Integrated
Science with emphasis on Earth Science |
Integrated
Science with emphasis on Life Science |
Integrated
Science with emphasis on Physical Science |
Intro
to Earth Science, or Biology Course of Study |
Biology,
Chemistry, or Physics Course of Study |
Chemistry,
Physics, or other standards-based advanced science course |
Options
include *science electives, honors level, or advanced level
coarse |
| Course
of Study |
Course
of Study |
Course
of Study |
Course
of Study |
Course
of Study |
Course
of Study |
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| Science
6 |
Science
7 |
Science
8 |
Earth
Science |
Biology |
Chemistry |
Environmental
Science |
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Biology |
Chemistry |
Physics |
Ecology |
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Physics |
Advanced
Placement Courses |
Physiology |
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Zoology |
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Advanced
Placement Courses |
*Science
Electives: The fourth year of laboratory science may include optional
courses such as Physiology, Environmental Science, Ecology, Zoology,
or Advanced Topics. Some sites may not offer all elective courses.
Advanced Placement coursework that is identified as one of the standards-based
course titles qualifies as a “second year” course. For example,
Biology and AP Biology; Chemistry and AP Chemistry; Physics and AP
Physics.
State augmented assessments as part of the STAR package are available
only for Earth, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Integrated Science.
Only students enrolled in those courses are eligible to take the exams.
All students must be enrolled in science in grades 9-11. Students
not enrolled in a science course will receive a “below basic”
score of 200 in place of the CST Science Test score.
The NCLB Science test will be implemented by 2007, which will be in
Biology only at the end of grade 10.
Algebra is a recommended prerequisite for Grade 9 Earth Science and
all other science courses.
Some aspects of all four California Content Standards – Biology,
Physics, Chemistry, and Earth/Space science – must be covered
in depth. The main goal of the Natural Science Scope and Sequence
is to revisit concepts, principles and theories at successively higher
levels of abstraction over six years of schooling.
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