Move That Lighthouse

Alignment to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

Sort it Out! Lesson focuses on the engineering behind industrial sorting processes. Though exploring the coin manufacturing or minting process, students explore how sorting is engineered into manufacturing and packaging systems. Working as an engineering group, students then work in teams to design and build a system to sort different sized coins for packaging.

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 IPC Physics Strand: Scientific Investigation and Reasoning 1.A Demonstrate 1.A Demonstrate 1.A Demonstrate safe 1.A Demonstrate 1.A Demonstrate 1.A Demonstrate 1.A Demonstrate 1.A Demonstrate safe practices as safe practices and practices and the use safe practices during safe practices safe practices during safe practices during safe practices during described in the the use of safety of safety equipment laboratory and field during laboratory laboratory and field laboratory and field laboratory and field Texas Safety equipment as as described in the investigations as and field investigations as investigations. investigations. Standards during described in the Texas Safety outlined in the Texas investigations as outlined in the Texas classroom and Texas Safety Standards during Safety Standards. outlined in the Safety Standards. outdoor Standards during classroom and Texas Safety investigations classroom and outdoor Standards. including observing a outdoor investigations. schoolyard habitat. investigations. 1.B Make informed 1.B Make informed 1.B Make informed 1.B Practice 1.B Practice 1.B Practice 1.B Demonstrate an 1.B Demonstrate an choices in the use choices in the use choices in the appropriate use and appropriate use and appropriate use and understanding of the understanding of the and conservation of and conservation of conservation, conservation of conservation of conservation of use and use and natural resources by natural resources disposal, and resources including resources including resources including conservation of conservation of recycling or reusing and reusing and recycling of materials. disposal, reuse, or disposal, reuse, or disposal, reuse, or resources and the resources and the materials such as recycling of recycling of materials. recycling of recycling of proper disposal or proper disposal or paper, aluminum materials such as materials. materials. recycling of recycling of cans, and plastics. paper, aluminum, materials. materials. glass, cans and plastic. 2.A Plan and 2.A Plan and 2.A Describe, plan 2.A Plan and 2.A Plan and 2.A Plan and 2.B Plan and 2.E Design and implement implement and implement simple implement implement implement implement implement descriptive descriptive experimental comparative and comparative and comparative and investigate investigative investigations investigations, investigations testing descriptive descriptive descriptive procedures including procedures including including asking and including asking one variable. investigations by investigations by investigations by asking questions, making answering questions, well-defined making observations, making making observations, formulating testable observations, asking making inferences, questions, making asking well- defined observations, asking well- defined hypotheses, and well-defined and selecting and inferences, and questions, and using asking well- defined questions, and selecting equipment questions, using equipment or selecting and using appropriate questions and using selecting and using and technology. formulating testable technology needed appropriate equipment and appropriate appropriate hypotheses, to solve a specific equipment or technology. equipment and equipment and identifying variables, problem in the technology to technology. technology. selecting appropriate natural world. answer his/her equipment and questions. technology, and evaluating numerical answers for reasonableness. 2.B Ask well-defined 2.B Design and 2.B Design and 2.B Design and questions, formulate implement implement implement 1

Alignment provided by Harris County Department of Education (www.hcde-texas.org). Alignment to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 IPC Physics testable hypotheses, experimental experimental comparative and and select and use investigations by investigations by experimental appropriate making observations, making investigations by equipment and asking well-defined observations, making observations, technology. questions, asking well-defined asking well-defined formulating testable questions, questions, hypotheses, and formulating testable formulating testable using appropriate hypotheses, and hypotheses and equipment and using appropriate selecting and using technology. equipment and appropriate technology. equipment and technology. 2.B Collect data by 2.B Collect and 2.C Collect 2.C Collect and 2.C Collect and 2.C Collect and 2.C Collect data 2.H Make observing and record data by information by record data using the record data using record data using the and make measurements with measuring using the observing and detailed observations International System the International International System measurements with accuracy and metric system and measuring, using and accurate of Units (SI) and System of Units (SI) of Units (SI) and precision. precision and record recognize the metric system, measuring. qualitative means and qualitative qualitative means data using scientific differences between and using such as labeled means such as such as labeled notation and observed and descriptive words drawings, writing, and labeled drawings, drawings, writing, International System measured data. and numerals, such graphic organizers. writing, and graphic and graphic (SI) units. as labeled organizers. organizers. drawings, writing, and concept maps. 2.C Construct maps, 2.C Construct 2.D Construct tables, 2.D Construct 2.D Construct tables graphic organizers, simple tables, using repeated trials tables and graphs, and graphs, using simple tables, charts, charts, bar graphs, and means to using repeated trials repeated trials and and bar graphs using and maps using organize data and and means to means, to organize tools and current tools and current identify patterns. organize data and data and identify technology to technology to identify patterns. patterns. organize, examine, organize, examine, and evaluate and evaluate data. measured data. 2.D Analyze and 2.D Analyze data 2.D Analyze and 2.E Analyze data to 2.E Analyze data to 2.E Analyze data to 2.D Organize, 2.J Organize and interpret patterns in and interpret interpret information formulate reasonable formulate formulate reasonable analyze, evaluate, evaluate data and data to construct patterns to to construct explanations, reasonable explanations, make inferences, make inferences reasonable construct reasonable communicate valid explanations, communicate valid and predict trends from data including explanations based reasonable explanations from conclusions communicate valid conclusions from data. the use of tables, on evidence from explanations from direct (observable) supported by the conclusions supported by the charts, and graphs. investigations. data that can be and indirect (inferred) data, and predict supported by the data, and predict observed and evidence. trends. data, and predict trends. measured. trends. 2.E Demonstrate 2.E Perform 2.E Demonstrate that that repeated repeated repeated investigations may investigations to investigations may increase the increase the increase the reliability reliability of results. reliability of results. of results.

2 Alignment to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 IPC Physics 2.F Communicate 2.F Communicate 2.F Communicate 2.E Communicate 2.K Communicate valid conclusions valid, oral and valid conclusions in valid conclusions. valid conclusions supported by data in written results both written and supported by the writing, by drawing supported by data. verbal forms. data through various pictures, and through methods such as lab verbal discussion. reports, labeled drawings, graphic organizers, journals, summaries, oral reports, and technology-based reports. 3.C Draw or develop 3.B Use models to 3.B Use models to 3.B Use models to a model that represent aspects of represent aspects of represent aspects of represents how the natural world the natural world the natural world something works or such as a model of such as human such as an atom, a looks that cannot be Earth’s layers. body systems, and molecule, space or a seen such as how a plant and animal geologic feature. soda dispensing cells. machine works. 3.D Connect grade 3.D Connect 3.D Connect grade- 3.D Relate the impact 3.D Relate the 3.D Relate the 3.D Evaluate the 3.D Explain the level appropriate grade-level level appropriate of research on impact of research impact of research impact of research impacts of the science concepts appropriate science science concepts with scientific thought and on scientific thought on scientific thought on scientific thought, scientific with the history of concepts with the the history of science, society including the and society, and society including society, and the contributions of a science, science history of science, science careers, and history of science and including history of the history of science environment. variety of historical careers and science careers, contributions of contributions of science and and contributions of and contemporary contributions of and contributions of scientists. scientists as related contributions of scientists as related scientists on scientists. scientists. to the content. scientists as related to the content. scientific thought and to the content. society. 3.E Describe 3.E Research and connections describe the between physics connections between and chemistry and physics and future future careers. careers. Strand: Matter and Energy 5.A Measure, test, 5.A Measure, 5.A Classify matter 6.C Analyze and record physical compare, and based on physical physical and properties of matter contrast physical properties including: chemical properties including properties of matter mass, magnetism, of elements and temperature, mass, including size, physical state (solid, compounds such magnetism, and the mass, volume, liquid, and gas), as, color, density, ability to sink or float. states (solid, liquid, relative density viscosity, gas), temperature, (sinking and floating), buoyancy, boiling magnetism, and the and solubility in water, point, freezing ability to sink or and the ability to point, conductivity, float. conduct or insulate 3

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 IPC Physics thermal energy or and reactivity. electric energy.

Strand: Force, Motion and Energy 6.B Demonstrate 6.D Design an 6.D Design an 8.B Identify and 7.C Demonstrate 6.A Demonstrate 4.A Describe and 4.B Describe and and observe how experiment to test experiment that tests describe the changes and illustrate forces and calculate how calculate an calculate an position and motion the effect of force the effect of force on in position, direction, that affect motion in unbalanced forces object’s motion in object’s motion in can be changed by on an object such an object. and speed of an everyday life, such change the speed or terms of position, terms of position, pushing and pulling as a push or a pull, object when acted as emergence of direction of an displacement, displacement, objects to show work gravity, friction, or upon by unbalanced seedlings, turgor object's motion. speed and speed and being done such as magnetism. forces. pressure, and acceleration. acceleration. swings, balls, geotropism. pulleys, and wagons. 6.C Observe forces 8.D Measure and 4.B Measure and 4.D Calculate the such as magnetism graph changes in graph distance and effect of forces on and gravity acting on motion. speed as a function objects including the objects. of time using law of inertia, the moving toys. relationship between force and acceleration, and the nature of force pairs between objects. 4.C Investigate how 6.B Investigate an object’s motion examples of kinetic changes only when and potential a net force is energy and their applied, including transformations. activities and equipment such as toy cars, vehicle restraints, sports activities and classroom objects. 4.D Assess the relationship between force, mass and acceleration, noting the relationship is independent of the nature of the force, using equipment such as dynamic carts, moving toys, vehicles and falling objects.

4 Alignment to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 IPC Physics 4.E Apply the concept of conservation of momentum using action and reaction forces such as is illustrated by students on skateboards. 5.A Recognize and demonstrate that objects and substances in motion have kinetic energy such as vibration of atoms, water flowing down a stream moving pebbles, and bowling balls knocking down pins. 5.B Demonstrate common forms of potential energy including gravitational, elastic, and chemical, such as a ball on an inclined plane, springs and batteries. Strand: Earth and Space Science 7.D Explore the 7.C Identify and characteristics of classify the natural resources Earth’s renewable that make them resources useful in products including air, and materials such plants, water, and as clothing and animals, and furniture, and how nonrenewable resources may be resources conserved. including coal, oil, 5

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 IPC Physics natural gas; and the importance of conservation.