Galva High School and Stark County High School
Integrated Science Curriculum
Year 1 Theme - Mother EarthVIII. Resources Unit (SI, Chs. 11-12)
A. Nonrenewable and renewable resources
B. Recyclable and reusable resources
- Minilab: "What natural resources are used in cars?" (SI, p. 329)
- Investigation: "Replenishing the soil" (SI, p. 336)
- Lab 18: "Collecting energy from the sun" (SI Lab)
- Lab 19: "Wind power" (SI Lab)
C. Formation of resources
- Activity: "Surface miring" (ESAK, p. 3)
- Activity: "Energy alternatives" (ESAK, p. 238)
D. Performance assessment: Connections - Rock cycle, minerals, & soil
- Minerals
- Activities: Hardness, streak, luster, specific gravity (ESCAK, pp. 46-49)
- Lab: "Minerals VideoLab" (from Scott Resources)
- Activity: "Find the mystery mineral" (ESCAK, p. 50)
- Lab: "Growing crystals" (Knox workshop)
- Investigation: "How does cooling time affect crystal size?" (SI, p. 360)
- Types of rock
- Minilab: "What parts of cars are made from rocks?" (SI, p. 357)
- Activity: "Igneous rock observation" (ESCAK, p. 68)
- Minilab: "Classifying intrusive and extrusive rocks" (SI, p. 363)
- Activity: "Sedimentary rock observation" (ESCAK, p. 66)
- Minilab: "Identifying chemical & clastic sedimentary rocks" (SI, p. 370)
- Lab 20: "Sedimentary processes" (SI Lab)
- Activity: "Metamorphic rock observation" (ESCAK, p. 70)
- Rock cycle
- Activity: "Determining the density of rock" (ESCAK, p. 72)
- Lab: "Rock VideoLab" (from Scott Resources)