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	THIS IS A THREE SEMESTER PROJECT THAT THE FINAL PRODUCT WILL BE DUE ON THE FIRST SCHOOL DAY IN FEB. 2005.  HOWEVER, ALL FINAL DRAFTS OF EACH PART LISTED BELOW WILL BE DUE ON THE DUE DATES LISTED NEXT TO EACH ENTRY. Directions: 1.  You are going to make an FCAT Magazine  that could be read by any upper elementary school student.  In other words this magazine will be written in YOUR OWN WORDS. 2.  The magazine can be made any size as long as it holds all the required parts. 3.  You may cut out pictures, draw them scan them etc.  But you must site where the pictures came from in the bibliography at the back of the magazine. 4.  Each entry MUST have at least ONE picture. 5.  You MUST have a written part to each entry that explains the science concept for each entry.  Be sure to put in any important facts. 6.  BE NEAT!   7.  Make a cover page and an table of contents. The following  are the entries you must include: Some Sunshine State Standards that are tested in the FCAT tests: SCA (Science Content Area)    Strand A. - The Nature of Matter - Due September 16           Provide pictures and indicate units:                     1.  Balance Scale - measures mass (grams)                     2.  Graduated Cylinders - measures volume (milliliters)                     3.  Breaker - measures volume (milliliters)                     4.  Centimeter ruler - measures length, width, & height                     5.  Volume(cm cubed )= height x length x width                        6.  Show two different ways density can be calculated.                                     Mass                                     Volume (ml)                     7.  Provide a picture showing how two objects with the same volume, but different                             masses, can have different densities.                     8.  Demonstrate the difference between physical properties and chemical properties.                     9.  Demonstrate the difference between physical changes and chemical changes.                     10. Identify entropy, endothermic and exothermic changes.                     11. Demonstrate the properties of matter, their characteristics; and what occurs with                                          each phase change.                     12.  Demonstrate the relationship between atoms and their placement on the periodic                                  table of elements.    Strand B - Energy & Force - Due first school day in Oct.                     1.  Identify at least 6 forms of energy.                     2.  How are they measured                     3.  Show how the voltage of batteries compare in a series verses a parallel circuit.                     4.  Show how the voltage of batteries compare in a series connected to a parallel circuit                     5.  Explain the Law of Conservation of Energy.                     6.  In terms of Energy, explain why a battery in a flashlight burns out?                     7.  In terms of Energy, explain why power lines give off heat?                     8.  Create a picture similar to the DAM picture where you show at least FOUR different                     energy transformations.                     9.  Explain Why a glider loses potential energy as it heads towards the ground. Strand B - Energy - Due last school day in Oct.                     1.  Explain why the smaller rubber band from the box guitar from the box guitar lab                     vibrated more?  Explain why it has a higher frequency and pitch.                     2.  Explain why light bends as it changes medium.  In other words, if you shine a                     flashlight into water, you can see it does not travel in a straight line, it bends.                                       Something happens as the light goes from the air to the water.                       3.  Identify types of waves ( longitudinal, transverse, seismic, compression)                     4.  Identify characteristics of a wave. (amplitude, crest, trough, frequency) Strand C - Force- Due: First school day in Dec.                     1.  Explain NET force.                     2.  Demonstrate, in terms of forces, what affect a strong wind would have                     on a bicyclist if:                                      - The wind was blowing in the same direction.                                     -  The wind was blowing in the opposite direction.                     3.  Demonstrate, in terms of forces, what the net force would be on a girl running on a                     train if:                                      -  She runs towards the front of the train.                                      -  She runs towards the back of the train.                             ( You may supply your own numbers)                       4.  Demonstrate and illustrate Newton's three laws as it applied to travel and/or traffic.                        Strand D - Earth - Due last day in Dec.                     1.  Demonstrate the benefits of decaying organisms in a forest.                     2.  Demonstrate all the different ways we can prevent erosion. Give examples for each                                    preventive method.                     3.  Demonstrate the difference between erosion and weathering.                     4.  Identify characteristics of each type of weathering.                     5.  Demonstrate the basic causes that run the plate tectonic movements, the types of                                  plate movements, and what results from each type of movement. Strand E - Earth & Space - Due first school day in Jan.                     1.  Identify the four types of galaxies.                     2.  Identify our type of galaxy.                       3.  Demonstrate you know our universe address.                     4.  Show how the electromagnetic spectrum and the periodic table and the Doppler                     effect, and the forces of gravity are found through out the universe.                     5.  Identify the types of stars and how it relates to the HR diagram.                     6.  Identify the life cycle of stars.                     7.  Identify the type of star our sun is and where it is in its life cycle and show what will                     happen to it in the future.                      8.  Identify and illustrate all the components of our solar system. Strand F- Life - Due last school day in Jan.                     1.  Describe what makes something alive. Describe the characteristics of something                     alive.                     2.  Explain how the Carbon/dioxide-oxygen cycle occurs in our body.                     3.  Describe how reproduction, growth, maintenance and regulation are important in                     our bodies.                     4.  Briefly describe the form and function of the 11 body systems.                     5.  Demonstrate the universal levels of organization in science - starting with the atom.                     6.  Select five STD's and describe the following: agent(virus, bacteria, etc.), types of                                  transmission and points of entry into the body and symptoms of the STD.                     7.  Show the difference between an animal cell and a plant cell.                       8.  Identify and describe the functions of the organelles of both types of cells. Strand F - Genetics - Due  second Friday in Feb. ,2005.                     1.  Demonstrate with a Punnett square how to black haired aliens can have a brown                                  haired alien, when black hair (B) is dominant to the brown haired (b).                     2.  Demonstrate Incomplete dominance using Punnett squares when you cross a red                                  carnation flower (R) with a white carnation flower (W) and you get a pink carnation                                     Flower (P).  Strand G - Nature & Environment  - Due first day in March                     1.  Give examples of biotic(living) and non-biotic(non-living) parts of an environment.                     2.  Show the purpose of soil organisms - fungi, worms, & bacteria. What place and                                          function do they have on the energy pyramid.                     3.  Identify the members of the energy pyramid and show their function in an ecosystem.                     4.  Demonstrate the nitrogen cycle.                     5.  Demonstrate the water cycle.                     6.  Demonstrate a food chain.                     7.  Demonstrate a food web for a specific ecosystem.                     8.  Show how human pollution can cause depletion in the ozone layer.  Illustrate the                                  effects of this depletion and how it causes the increase in Ultraviolet radiation that                                  reaches us.                     9.  Show how increase radiation is causing changes in living organisms - such as frogs.                     10.  Describe and give an example of carrying capacity in an ecosystem.               Strand H - The Nature of Science - End of September                     1. Give examples of how science is always changing.                     2.  Demonstrate how technology has change people's lives from the 1960-s to present.                                   (you can use your adult relatives for help) Give at least eight examples.                     3.  Create a time line of the Internet. When it was first invented and the major changes                                  that occurred.                     4.  Create a scenario of an experiment and then identify the following aspects of the                                  scenario:                                              - independent variable                                              - manipulated variable                                              - dependent variable                                              - responding variable                                              - control                                              - constants                                              - data table                                              - difference between results and conclusions                     5.   Identify and illustrate six scenes showing  an unsafe laboratory.                     Final Product Due the First Monday in March that is before FCAT testing.                                             You may work with a group of NO MORE than four,             BUT EACH PART MUST BE IDENTIFIED AS TO WHO COMPLETED THAT PART.         FAILURE TO DO THIS WILL RESULT IN A WHOLE GRADE DROP ON THIS PROJECT.