Energy, Environment, and Health

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.07.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Background
  4. Objectives and Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Appendix
  7. Resources
  8. Endnotes

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Brian Lee Barrientez

Published September 2012

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The new Common Core Standards for Science will use focus on real-world problems using science and engineering. The specific Common Core Standards which will be addressed or are related to my curricular unit are:

Earth and Space Science

Core Idea ESS3: Earth and Human Activity

ESS3.A: Natural Resources

ESS3.B: Natural Hazards

ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems

ESS3.D: Global Climate Change

Core Idea PS3: Energy

PS3.A: Definitions of Energy

PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer

PS3.C: Relationship Between Energy and Forces

PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life

Disciplinary Core Ideas – Engineering, Technology, and Application of Science

Core Idea ETS1: Engineering Design

ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem

ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution

Core Idea ETS2: Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society

ETS2.A: Interdependence of Science, Engineering, and Technology

ETS2.B: Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural World

My curricular unit also covers the following, current, California State Science Standards:

5.a. Students know how to predict the voltage or current in simple direct current (DC) electric circuits constructed from batteries, wires, resistors, and capacitors.

5.b. Students know how to solve problems involving Ohm's law.

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