SFUSD Science Core Curriculum - High School
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NOT an SFUSD teacher?: We are unable to offer you access to our curriculum due to copyright. However, we have created documents to show at a basic level how we have adapted existing curriculum to meet our Scope and Sequences. Please see the Visitors' Access to Core Curriculum for more details.
High School Science Content Specialists:
- Dawn Rege ()
- Katrina Rotter ()
- David Barrios ()
NGSS BiologyIn this NGSS-based Biology course, students explore biological concepts that build comprehension around two driving questions: What connections exist between Earth’s changing environment and the coevolution of life? How and in what ways do organisms, including humans, depend on and impact the environment? Using the guidance of the CA Science Framework’s High School 3-Course Model, Biology integrates both Life Science and Earth and Space Science performance expectations. Earth and Space Science concepts are integrated in a strategic way, designed to deepen student understanding of life on Earth and the interactions between the biotic and abiotic systems.
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NGSS Physics (Grades 10+)Using the guidance of the CA Framework’s High School 3-Course Model, NGSS Physics includes both Physical and Earth and Space Science performance expectations integrated in a strategic way, so that students apply their knowledge of physical science concepts in the context of Earth and Space Science. The Earth and Space Science topics of plate tectonics and cosmology are embedded in this NGSS Physics course. Advanced mathematical concepts are embedded into the curriculum.
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Principles of NGSS Physics (Grade 9)Using the guidance of the CA Framework’s High School 3-Course Model, NGSS Physics includes both Physical and Earth and Space Science performance expectations integrated in a strategic way, so that students apply their knowledge of physical science concepts in the context of Earth and Space Science. The Earth and Space Science topics of plate tectonics and cosmology are embedded in this NGSS Physics course.
The course taps into students’ prior knowledge of mathematical concepts such as unit conversion, the metric prefix system, scientific notation, significant figure rules, dimensional analysis, and algebraic rules of calculations. It introduces them to new concepts such as vector algebra, the inverse square law, and linear relationships. |
NGSS ChemistryUsing the guidance of the CA Framework’s High School 3-Course Model, NGSS Chemistry includes both Physical and Earth and Space Science performance expectations integrated in a strategic way, so that students apply their knowledge of physical science concepts in the context of Earth and Space Science. The Earth and Space Science topics of stars and climate change are embedded into this NGSS Chemistry course. Developed using the 5E Instructional Model, in this NGSS Chemistry course, the story of chemistry progresses from a microscopic to macroscopic understanding of the world around us. Starting with the atom and where elements come from, students progress to bonding, chemical reactions and the energy changes connected to reactions. In spring, student learning is contextualized by using different climate change phenomena to learn about energy balance, albedo, gases, rates of reaction, equilibrium, solutions and acids and bases.
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The SFUSD Science Core Curriculum was created by SFUSD teachers based on a great deal of feedback from SFUSD science classrooms. The curriculum is also a living curriculum meaning that every year it will be improved based on the feedback provided by teachers throughout the district. In order to provide the very best curriculum for our students and teachers, it is essential that we get detailed feedback from all SFUSD science teachers. SFUSD teachers should use the to share their feedback whether it is as small as a typo or as large as a recommended change to a unit storyline