Misconceptions - classified by big ideas most dominant
Reasoning, misconceptions, and understanding students
Disposition - attitude and habits of mind
Inquiry
Unified Processes
Order and organization
Evidence, Explanations, and Models
Change, Constancy, and Measurement
Evolution and Equilibrium
Form and Function
Physical Science
- Acids and bases
- Air, air pressure, aerodynamics
- Chemical change
- Electricity - static and current
- Energy
- Force
- Heat
- Light, shadows, rainbows
- Magnetism
- Mixtures and solutions
- SInk, float, density, surface tension
- Solids, liquids, and gasses
- Sound
- Weight / weightlessness/ gravity
Life Science
- Adaptation
- Animals
- Ecosystems, populations, food webs
- Living
- Plants - trees
- Regulation and adaptation
- Reproduction, life cycle, cloning
Human Anatomy
Earth, Atmosphere, and Space Links
Earth
Atmosphere
Space
Technology
Personal
Social
History of Science
Nature of Science
Integrated ideas
Dr. Robert Sweetland's Notes ©
