Physics of the Universe: Integrating Physics and Earth and Space Science
Physics of the Universe: Integrating Physics and Earth and Space Science
Your Pacing Guide for 3-Dimensional Teaching
Turn to labs that can help you lead students to succeed. Carolina Kits 3D® investigations engage students in scientific and engineering practices while applying core ideas and crosscutting concepts—experiences that are key to thriving with the NGSS and phenomena-based learning.
Address phenomena throughout the school year with this week-by-week lab activity guide.
Planning Made Simple
| Forces and Motion | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 1 | Introduction, math review, lab skills, and lab safety | |
| 2 | HS-PS2-1 | Carolina® Introduction to Force and Motion |
| 3 | HS-PS2-2 | Carolina® Introduction to Momentum and Collisions |
| 4 | HS-PS2-3 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Egg Drop Kit |
| Forces at a Distance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 5 | HS-PS2-4, HS-PS3-2 | Carolina® Coulomb's Law Kit |
| 6 | HS-PS2-4 | Carolina® Mapping Electric Fields Kit |
| 7 | HS-PS2-6 HS-PS2-6 |
Molecular Structure Super Water-Absorbent Polymers |
| 8 | HS-ESS1-4 | Planetary Motion |
| Energy Conversion |
|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | HS-PS2-5, HS-PS3-1 | Carolina® Introduction to Electromagnetism Kit |
| 10 | HS-PS2-4, HS-PS3-2 | Carolina® Coulomb's Law |
| 11 | HS-PS2-4, HS-PS3-2 | Carolina® Mapping Electric Fields Kit |
| 12 | HS-PS3-1, HS-PS3-2, HS-PS3-4 | Carolina® First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics |
| 13 | HS-PS3-3, HS-PS2-5 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Hydroelectric Power |
| 14 | HS-PS3-1, HS-PS3-2, HS-PS3-3 | Carolina® Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Rules |
| 15 | HS-PS4-5, HS-PS4-1, HS-PS4-3 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Wave Machine |
| 16 | HS-PS3-3, HS-PS4-3, HS-PS4-5 | Carolina® AM Crystal Radio |
| 17 | HS-PS3-5 | Carolina® Introduction to Magnetism |
| 18 | HS-ESS3-3 | No kit available |
| 19 | HS-ESS3-3 | Hydroponics and Sustainability |
| Nuclear Processes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 20 | HS-ESS1-5 | Sea Floor Spreading and Crustal Rocks |
| 21 | HS-ESS2-1 | Modeling Earth's Processes: Destructive Forces |
| 22 | HS-PS1-8 | Observing Ionizing Radiation Using a Cloud Chamber |
| 23 | HS-PS1-8 | Radioactive Decay and Half-Life Simulations |
| 24 | HS-ESS1-6 | Modeling Radiometric Dating |
| Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 25 | HS-ESS2-1 | Plate Tectonics and Island Formation |
| 26 | HS-PS4-1 | Carolina® Introduction to Waves |
| 27 | HS-PS4-1 | Carolina® Introduction to Waves |
| 28 | HS-ESS3-1 | Earthquake Simulation |
| 29 | HS-PS4-2 | Carolina® Introduction to Electromagnetism |
| 30 | HS-PS4-3 | Determining Planck's Constant with LEDs: Investigating the Photoelectric Effect and Electronic Light Sensors |
| 31 | HS-PS4-4 HS-PS4-5, HS-PS4-1, HS-PS4-3 |
Carolina STEM Challenge®: Passive Solar Design Carolina® LASER Music Demonstration |
| 32 | HS-PS4-5, HS-PS4-1, HS-PS4-3 | Carolina® AM Crystal Radio Kit |
| 33 | HS-ESS1-1 | Carolina® AM Crystal Radio Kit |
| Stars and the Origin of the Universe | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 33 | HS-ESS1-1 | No kit available |
| 34 | HS-ESS1-2 | Carolina® Introduction to Waves |
| 35 | HS-ESS1-3 | Stellar Origin of the Elements |
| 36 | Assessment, Remediation, and Exams | |
