Integrated segment 01 · printed p. 2 (PDF p. 38)
Organisms and Nonliving Things Are Made of Atoms
Coal is found in locations that were once full of lush swamps.
Students build an initial model of this integrated phenomenon at the start of the segment and revise it after each unit. Use the chapter phenomenon pages to feed that model.
Units in this segment
Unit 1 · printed p. 6
The Composition of Matter
To create stage makeup, chemists must account for the properties of the substances they will use.
- 01 Atoms and Elements
What are the smallest pieces of matter, how do we know they exist, and how do scientists keep track of the different kinds?
1 presentation10 worksheets3 labs - 02 Molecules and Extended Structures
How can fewer than a hundred kinds of atoms build millions of different substances, and how do scientists model the ways atoms join?
1 presentation10 worksheets3 labs - 03 Substances and Their Properties
How can you tell one substance from another when they look the same, and which measurements can be trusted to do it?
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Unit 2 · printed p. 40
Energy and Matter in Ecosystems
Over a period of five years, a local park has grown a lot, acquiring an incredible amount of new matter and energy.
- 04 Capturing the Sun's Energy
Where do producers get the matter and the energy they use to build their bodies, and how does that supply reach every other living thing?
1 presentation10 worksheets3 labs - 05 Using Stored Energy
How do living things get usable energy and building materials out of food, and where does the matter go?
1 presentation10 worksheets3 labs - 06 Food Webs and Trophic Pyramids
How do matter and energy move through an ecosystem, and why does matter come back around while energy does not?
1 presentation10 worksheets3 labs - 07 Global Cycles of Matter
How does the same matter keep moving through Earth's living and nonliving parts, and what happens to the cycles when people change them?
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Unit 3 · printed p. 88
Earth Processes Through Geologic Time
Despite the lack of volcanoes and flowing water, igneous rocks and sedimentary rocks are found throughout the Black Hills.
- 08 Investigating Rock Strata
How can rock layers tell us the order of events in Earth's past, and when can they tell us how long ago those events happened?
1 presentation10 worksheets3 labs - 09 Reconstructing Earth's History
How do scientists use rocks, fossils and dated materials to reconstruct and organize a history that no one was there to see?
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