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Welcome to Mr. Foltz's Team 7-1 Science Course
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Use this webpage to enhance your educational experience! The site will consist of documents, assignments and announcements that can be used to support and supplement our day-to-day activities. The particular page will be used to access basic information about the course.
Course Description
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Unit 1 – Nature of Science Branches of Science
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Scientific Inquiry
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What is Matter?
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Types of Measurements Metric Units
Unit 2 – Structure of Matter
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Properties of Matter
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States of Matter
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Mass vs. Weight
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Changes in Matter: Physical vs. Chemical
Unit 3 – Elements/Compounds/Mixtures
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What Are Elements?
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Symbols
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Properties of Compounds
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Properties of Mixtures
Unit 4 – Atoms & their structure
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Atomic Structure
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Charged Atoms
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Bonding Among Atoms
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Periodic Table & Its Trends
Unit 5 – Chemical Reactions & Writing Formulas
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Chemical Reaction
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Binary and Polyatomic Compound
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Chemical formula
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Writing & Balancing Equations
Unit 6 – Forces and Motion
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Nature of Forces
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Balanced & Unbalanced forces
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Force and Motion
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Speed, Velocity, & Acceleration
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Gravity & Inertia
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Mass vs. Weight
Unit 7 – Work & Machines
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Force, Distance, & Mass
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What is Work?
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Simple Machines
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Mechanical Advantage
Unit 8 – Energy & Heat
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Types of Energy
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Different Forms of Energy
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Heat vs. Temperature
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How Does Heat Energy Move?
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Physical Science Course Documents
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Physical Science - Course Outline
Physical Science Course Outline 2022-2023 - Google Docs.pdf 660.3 KB (Last Modified on August 22, 2022)
Important Links
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Access to Schoology
If you would like to access schoology page for the 2019-2020 school year please click the link below. You will need to obtain a username and password (from the middle school office) or use your child's.