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B. Vallejo

Adjunct Professor, Biology                               National Board Certified Teacher

Moorpark College                                               Chatsworth High School

bvallejo@vcccd.net                                                bvallejo@lausd.k12.ca.us

 

Secondary Science Lecture Notes: 

* =       Does not directly satisfy one of the CA Content Standards, but provides necessary background information or additional information for purposes of enrichment.

# =       Lectures that cover CA Content Standards that, while important, are not assessed on the California Standards Test.  The California Department of Education states “students should have the opportunity to learn these standards, as they are important to the comprehension of each standard set.”  These lectures are given to the Honors Biology AB students (who have typically finished two years of science, including Honors Physics 9AB and Honors Chemistry AB) OR Honors Integrated Science 2 students (who are typically sophomores that have taken Honors Physics 9AB).

 

 

 

Integrated Science 3 Lecture Notes:

 

Investigation and Experimentation

1A_The Nature of Science

1B_Scientific Method

1C Science and Measurement 

 

Chemistry

Conservation of Matter and Stoichiometry (CA Content Standard: Chem #3)

Molarity

Molar mass

Mass of Reactants and Products

Gases and Their Properties (CA Content Standard: Chem #4)

            Boyle’s Law

Charles’ Law

Gay-Lussac’s Law

Combined Gas Law

Ideal Gas Law

Temperature Conversions

Acids and Bases (CA Content Standard: Chem #5)

Solutions (CA Content Standard: Chem #6)

Reaction Rates (CA Content Standard: Chem #8)

Chemical Equilibrium (CA Content Standard: Chem #9)

 

Biology

Cell biology (CA Content Standard: Bio/LS #1)

4A_Metabolism: Energy & Enzymes

4B_Respiration: Glycolysis, Kreb’s Cycle, & ETS

5A_Photosynthesis

Genetics (CA Content Standard: Bio/LS #2, 4, & 5)

Fertilization generates new allelic combinations

DNA Structure

Mutation and Gene Expression

Protein Structure

Biotechnology

Evolution (CA Content Standard: Bio/LS #7 & 8)

Introduction to Evolution

Natural Selection causes Genetic Variability by means of Mutation

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium #

The Fossil Record—Evidences for Evolution

Macroevolution/ Speciation

 

Physics

Motion and Forces (CA Content Standard: Physics #1)

Circular Motion

            Projectile Motion #

            Balanced Forces #

            Coulomb’s Law #

            Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation #

 

Conservation of Energy and Momentum (CA Content Standard: Physics #2)

            Momentum

 

Electric and Magnetic Phenomena (CA Content Standard: Physics #5)

            Magnetic Fields

 

Earth Sciences

Energy in the Earth System  (CA Content Standard: Earth Sciences #4)

Greenhouse Effect

Structure and Composition of the Atmosphere (CA Content Standard: Physics #8)

            Characteristics of the Atmosphere

            Ozone Layer