Unit 3~Chemical Reactions
Essential questions:
• How do atomic and molecular interactions explain the properties of matter that we see and feel?
• How does thermal energy affect particles?
Standards:
MS-PS1-5, MS-PS1-6 & MS-ETS1-3.
Driving question 1:
How can a model be developed and used to describe that the total number of atoms in a
chemical reaction does not change and thus mass is conserved?
Driving question 2:
How can a device be designed, constructed, tested, and modified that either releases or
absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes?
Essential questions:
• How do atomic and molecular interactions explain the properties of matter that we see and feel?
• How does thermal energy affect particles?
Standards:
MS-PS1-5, MS-PS1-6 & MS-ETS1-3.
Driving question 1:
How can a model be developed and used to describe that the total number of atoms in a
chemical reaction does not change and thus mass is conserved?
Driving question 2:
How can a device be designed, constructed, tested, and modified that either releases or
absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes?
Unit 4~Structure and Function
Essential questions:
• How do the structures of organisms contribute to life’s functions?
• How can one explain the ways in which cells contribute to the function of living organisms?
Standards:
MS-LS1-1, MS-LS1-2
Driving question 1:
How can evidence developed from an investigation be used to support the understanding that living
things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells?
Driving question 2:
How do cells function as a whole and in what ways do parts of cells contribute to the function?
Essential questions:
• How do the structures of organisms contribute to life’s functions?
• How can one explain the ways in which cells contribute to the function of living organisms?
Standards:
MS-LS1-1, MS-LS1-2
Driving question 1:
How can evidence developed from an investigation be used to support the understanding that living
things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells?
Driving question 2:
How do cells function as a whole and in what ways do parts of cells contribute to the function?