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Kindergarten to grade 2

Science, kindergarten to grade 2Kindergarten to grade 211 units
  1. Pushes and pulls
  2. Sunlight and warmth
  3. What living things need
  4. Weather
  5. Light and sound
  6. Plants, animals and their young
  7. Patterns in the sky
  8. Materials and what they are like
  9. Habitats
  10. Changes to land and water
  11. Solving problems by design

Grades 3 to 5

Science, grades 3 to 5Grades 3 to 513 units
  1. Forces and magnets
  2. Life cycles and traits
  3. Groups, environments and survival
  4. Weather and climate
  5. Energy
  6. Waves and information
  7. Plant and animal structures
  8. Earth's changing surface
  9. Matter
  10. Gravity, the sun and the stars
  11. Food and ecosystems
  12. Earth's systems
  13. Engineering design

Grades 6 to 8

Middle school scienceGrades 6 to 811 units
  1. Matter and its interactions
  2. Forces and motion
  3. Energy
  4. Waves
  5. Cells and organisms
  6. Ecosystems
  7. Heredity and evolution
  8. Earth's place in the universe
  9. Earth's systems
  10. Earth and human activity
  11. Engineering design
Earth and space science, middle schoolGrades 6 to 812 units
  1. Earth, sun and moon: seasons, phases and eclipses
  2. Gravity and the solar system
  3. Earth's history and geologic time
  4. Rocks, minerals and the rock cycle
  5. Plate tectonics and Earth's surface
  6. The water cycle
  7. Weather and air masses
  8. Oceans, atmosphere and climate
  9. Natural resources
  10. Natural hazards
  11. Human impact on Earth
  12. Climate change

High school

High school biologyGrades 9 to 1211 units
  1. Cells, DNA and proteins
  2. Body systems and homeostasis
  3. Cell division and growth
  4. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
  5. Ecosystems and populations
  6. Matter and energy in ecosystems
  7. Inheritance and variation
  8. Evolution and natural selection
  9. Biodiversity and human impact
  10. Earth's history and climate
  11. Earth and human activity
High school chemistryGrades 9 to 1213 units
  1. Measurement and matter
  2. Atoms and the periodic table
  3. Chemical bonding and structure
  4. Chemical reactions
  5. The mole and stoichiometry
  6. Gases and kinetic molecular theory
  7. Solutions
  8. Energy in chemical reactions
  9. Reaction rates and equilibrium
  10. Acids and bases
  11. Electrochemistry
  12. Nuclear chemistry
  13. Introduction to organic chemistry
High school physicsGrades 9 to 1217 units
  1. Motion: position, velocity and acceleration
  2. Forces and Newton's laws
  3. Rotation: torque and equilibrium
  4. Momentum and collisions
  5. Gravity and orbits
  6. Energy and its conservation
  7. Oscillations: springs and pendulums
  8. Fluids: pressure and buoyancy
  9. Thermodynamics: gases and heat engines
  10. Electricity and magnetism
  11. Waves
  12. Optics: mirrors and lenses
  13. Electromagnetic radiation and information
  14. Nuclear physics
  15. Special relativity
  16. Stars and the universe
  17. Plate tectonics
Earth and space scienceGrades 9 to 1214 units
  1. The sun and stars
  2. The big bang and the universe
  3. Orbits and the solar system
  4. Earth's formation and early history
  5. Rocks, minerals and maps
  6. Earth's interior and plate tectonics
  7. Earth's systems and feedbacks
  8. Water and Earth's materials
  9. Energy, weather and climate
  10. The carbon cycle
  11. Life and Earth evolving together
  12. Natural resources and hazards
  13. Sustainability and human impact
  14. Climate change: data, models and solutions

AP courses

AP ChemistryGrades 10 to 129 units
  1. Atomic structure and properties
  2. Compound structure and properties
  3. Properties of substances and mixtures
  4. Chemical reactions
  5. Kinetics
  6. Thermochemistry
  7. Equilibrium
  8. Acids and bases
  9. Thermodynamics and electrochemistry
AP BiologyGrades 10 to 128 units
  1. Chemistry of life
  2. Cell structure and function
  3. Cellular energetics
  4. Cell communication and cell cycle
  5. Heredity
  6. Gene expression and regulation
  7. Natural selection
  8. Ecology
AP Physics 1Grades 10 to 129 units
  1. Kinematics
  2. Force and translational dynamics
  3. Work, energy and power
  4. Linear momentum
  5. Torque and rotational dynamics
  6. Energy and momentum of rotating systems
  7. Oscillations
  8. Fluids
  9. Exam skills: the four free-response types
AP Physics 2Grades 11 to 128 units
  1. Thermodynamics
  2. Electric force, field and potential
  3. Electric circuits
  4. Magnetism and electromagnetism
  5. Geometric optics
  6. Waves, sound and physical optics
  7. Modern physics
  8. Exam skills: the four free-response types
AP Physics C: MechanicsGrades 11 to 128 units
  1. Kinematics
  2. Force and translational dynamics
  3. Work, energy and power
  4. Linear momentum
  5. Torque and rotational dynamics
  6. Energy and momentum of rotating systems
  7. Oscillations
  8. Exam skills: the four free-response types
AP Physics C: Electricity and MagnetismGrades 11 to 127 units
  1. Electric charges, fields, and Gauss's law
  2. Electric potential
  3. Conductors and capacitors
  4. Electric circuits
  5. Magnetic fields and electromagnetism
  6. Electromagnetic induction
  7. Exam skills: the four free-response types
AP Environmental ScienceGrades 10 to 129 units
  1. The living world: ecosystems
  2. The living world: biodiversity
  3. Populations
  4. Earth systems and resources
  5. Land and water use
  6. Energy resources and consumption
  7. Atmospheric pollution
  8. Aquatic and terrestrial pollution
  9. Global change

College

General BiologyCollege8 units
  1. Chemistry of life
  2. Cell structure and function
  3. Cellular energetics
  4. Cell communication and cell cycle
  5. Heredity
  6. Gene expression and regulation
  7. Natural selection
  8. Ecology
General ChemistryCollege9 units
  1. Atomic structure and properties
  2. Compound structure and properties
  3. Properties of substances and mixtures
  4. Chemical reactions
  5. Kinetics
  6. Thermochemistry
  7. Equilibrium
  8. Acids and bases
  9. Thermodynamics and electrochemistry
College Physics ICollege8 units
  1. Kinematics
  2. Force and translational dynamics
  3. Work, energy and power
  4. Linear momentum
  5. Torque and rotational dynamics
  6. Energy and momentum of rotating systems
  7. Oscillations
  8. Fluids
College Physics IICollege7 units
  1. Thermodynamics
  2. Electric force, field and potential
  3. Electric circuits
  4. Magnetism and electromagnetism
  5. Geometric optics
  6. Waves, sound and physical optics
  7. Modern physics
University Physics I: MechanicsCollege8 units
  1. Kinematics
  2. Force and translational dynamics
  3. Work, energy and power
  4. Linear momentum
  5. Torque and rotational dynamics
  6. Energy and momentum of rotating systems
  7. Oscillations
  8. Gravitation and orbits
University Physics II: Electricity and MagnetismCollege7 units
  1. Electric charges, fields, and Gauss's law
  2. Electric potential
  3. Conductors and capacitors
  4. Electric circuits
  5. Magnetic fields and electromagnetism
  6. Electromagnetic induction
  7. AC circuits and Maxwell's equations
University Physics III: Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics and OpticsCollege11 units
  1. Fluid statics and dynamics
  2. Damped and driven oscillations
  3. Mechanical waves
  4. Sound
  5. Temperature and heat
  6. Kinetic theory of gases
  7. The first law of thermodynamics
  8. Heat engines, entropy and the second law
  9. Electromagnetic waves
  10. Geometric optics
  11. Interference and diffraction
University Physics IV: Relativity and Quantum PhysicsCollege7 units
  1. Special relativity
  2. Light as photons
  3. Models of the atom
  4. Matter waves
  5. The Schrödinger equation
  6. Quantum physics of solids
  7. Nuclear physics
Classical MechanicsCollege7 units
  1. Motion in phase space
  2. Linear and coupled oscillations
  3. The calculus of variations
  4. Lagrangian mechanics
  5. Central forces and the two-body problem
  6. Rotating frames and rigid bodies
  7. Hamiltonian mechanics
Thermal and Statistical PhysicsCollege5 units
  1. Microstates and multiplicity
  2. Entropy, temperature and the second law
  3. Boltzmann statistics
  4. Free energy and phase equilibria
  5. Quantum statistics
Environmental ScienceCollege9 units
  1. The living world: ecosystems
  2. The living world: biodiversity
  3. Populations
  4. Earth systems and resources
  5. Land and water use
  6. Energy resources and consumption
  7. Atmospheric pollution
  8. Aquatic and terrestrial pollution
  9. Global change

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