The document outlines a year-long pacing guide for a physical science course divided into four quarters or nine weeks. It includes 17 units that will be covered such as: measurement, motion, forces, energy, work and machines, sound and light, electricity, magnetism, the nature of matter, thermal chemistry, behavior of gases, atomic structure, compounds, chemical reactions, energy and chemical reactions, and solutions. The pacing guide provides an overview of the essential physical science concepts and topics that will be taught each quarter over the course of the academic year.

1. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DISTRICT PACING GUIDE
YEAR-AT-A-GLANCE
Physical Science Course Code: 2003310
1ST Nine Weeks nd
2 Nine Weeks rd
3 Nine Weeks 4th Nine Weeks
I. Introduction VI. Work & Machines X. The Nature of Matter XIV. Compounds
A. Lab Safety A. Work and Power A. Classification of Matter A. Chemical Bonds and
B. Scientific Method B. Simple Machines B. Properties of Matter electrons
B. Chemical Formulas
II. Measurement VII. Sound & Light XI. Thermal Chemistry C. Organic Molecules
A. Metric Units A. Properties of sound A. Temperature
B. Measurement B. Sound Waves B. Phases of Matter XV. Chemical Reactions
C. Algebraic Conversions C. Properties of light C. Heat and Thermal Energy A. Chemical Reactions
D. Data analysis and D. Color and Vision D. Transfer of Heat B. Classifying Reactions
Interpretation E. Optics
XII. Behavior of Gases XVI. Energy and Chemical Reactions
III. Motion VIII. Electricity-Static Current A. Atmosphere and Pressure A. Types of Reactions
A. Speed, Velocity and A. Electric Circuits B. Gas Laws B. Required Energy
Acceleration B. Electrical Systems C. Reaction Systems
XIII. Atomic Structure D. Reaction Rate
IV. Forces IX. Magnetism A. Structure of the Atom E. Nuclear Reactions
A. Forces A. Properties and Interactions B. Atomic Models
B. Newton’s Laws of Motion of Magnets C. Periodic Table XVII. Solutions
B. Electromagnets A. Water
V. Energy C. Electric motors and B. Solutions
A. Forms of Energy Generators C. Acids, Bases, and pH
B. Energy Transformation D. Producing Electric Currents
C. Law of Conservation of
Energy
D. Energy Resources
Curriculum and Instruction - Science
Year At A Glance