15 Annually Assessed Benchmarks from Former Standards – that will be Assessed on FCAT Science until and including Spring 2011

SC.A.1.2.1- (MC) The student determines that the properties of materials (e.g., density and volume) can be compared and measured (e.g., using rulers, balances, and thermometers).

Video: Density Column
Video: The Pool, the Boat, and the Anchor
Video: Identifying Minerals
Video: Light as Air
Video: Measuring in Feet
Video: Matter

SC.A.1.2.4- (MC) The student knows that different materials are made by physically combining substances and that different objects can be made by combining different materials. (Not chemical changes)

Video: Iron Cereal
Video: Egg States
Video: Chromatography

SC.B.1.2.1- (MC, SR) The student knows how to trace the flow of energy in a system (e.g., as in an ecosystem). (Also may address energy from fossil fuels, potential energy and hear transfer.)

Video: Food Chain: Secondary Consumers
Video: Food Chain: Primary Consumers
Video:Food Chain: Producers
Video: Taking a Marshmallow Apart
Video: High Bounce
Video: Simple Circuit
Experiment: Why Paper Burns
Experiment: Quick, Easy Crystals

SC.B.1.2.2- (MC) The student recognizes various forms of energy (e.g., heat, light, and electricity).

Video: Ice Cream Science
Video: Taking a Marshmallow Apart
Video: High Bounce
Video: Radioactive
Video: Solar Power
Video: Bird on a Wire
Video: Matter
Experiment: Quick, Easy Crystals
Video: The Leyden Jar

SC.C.2.2.4- (MC, SR) The student knows that the motion of an object is determined by the overall effect of all of the forces acting on the object.

Video: Faults
Video: The Old Tablecloth Trick
Video: High Bounce
Video: Pick a String
Experiment: Newton's Laws of Motion
Experiment: Inertia
Video: Strange Flame, part 1
Video: Strange Flame, part 2
Video: Relative Motion
Video: Floating Cups

SC.D.1.2.4-(MC, SR, or ER) The student knows that the surface of Earth is in a continuous state of change as waves, weather, and shifts of land constantly change and produce many new features.

Video: Faults
Experiment: Fault Blocks
Video: Continuous Change

SC.E.1.2.1-(MC, SR) The student knows that the tilt of the Earth on its own axis as it rotates and revolves around the sun causes changes in the season, length of day, and energy available.

Video: Global Science

SC.F.1.2.3-(MC, SR) The student knows that living things are different but share similar structures.

Video: Nature Watching
Video: Hunting with an Umbrella
Experiment: Boning Up on Turkeys
Video: Food Chain: Secondary Consumers
Video: Food Chain: Primary Consumers
Video:Food Chain: Producers

SC.G.1.2.2-(MC, SR) The student knows that living things compete in a climatic region with other living things and that structural adaptations make them fit for an environment.

Video: Nature Watching
Experiment: Bird Behavior
Video: Seed Search

SC.G.1.2.3-(MC, SR) The student knows that green plants use carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight energy to turn minerals and nutrients into food for growth, maintenance, and reproduction.

Video:Food Chain: Producers
Video: Taking a Marshmallow Apart
Experiment: Why Paper Burns

SC.G.2.2.1-(MC, SR) The student knows that all living things must compete for Earth’s limited resources; organisms best adapted to compete for the available resources will be successful and pass their adaptations (traits) to their offspring.

Video: Seed Search
Experiment: Ear Genes

SC.H.1.2.1- (MC) The student knows that it is important to keep accurate records and descriptions to provide information and clues on causes of discrepancies in repeated science-experiments.

Video: What is Science?
Video: Science Fair Panic, part 2
Video: Floating Cups

SC.H.1.2.2-(MC, SR, or ER) The student knows that a successful method to explore the natural world is to observe and record, and then analyze and communicate the results.

Video: Science Fair Panic, part 4
Video: Observation
Video: Floating Cups

SC.H.3.2.1-(MC, SR) The student understands that people, alone or in groups, invent new tools to solve problems and do work that affects aspects of life outside of science.

Video: Silver Pictures
Video: A Color You Can't See
Video: Floating Cups

SC.H.3.2.4-(MC, SR) The student knows that through the use of science processes and knowledge, people can solve problems, make decisions and form new ideas.

Video: What is Science?
Video: Sorting Salt and Pepper
Video: Why Wet Things Won't Burn
Video: Floating Cups