Analyze personal and societal requirements for, and the impact of, maintaining a healthy human body. (CP, DM)

Investigate the structure, function, and major organs of one or more human body systems such as the digestive, excretory, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems. (SI, TPS)

Assess how multiple human body systems function together to enable people to move, grow, and react to stimuli. (SI)

Investigate the characteristics and physical properties of materials in solid, liquid, and gaseous states of matter. (CP, SI)

Investigate how reversible and non-reversible changes, including changes of state, alter materials. (SI)

Assess how the production, use, and disposal of raw materials and manufactured products affects self, society, and the environment. (DM, SI)

Analyze the effects of gravitational, magnetic, and mechanical forces, including friction, on the movement of objects. (CP, SI)

Investigate characteristics of simple machines, including levers, wheels and axles, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, and wedges, for moving and lifting loads. (SI, TPS)

Assess how natural and man-made forces and simple machines affect individuals, society, and the environment. (CP, DM, SI)

Measure and represent local weather, including temperature, wind speed and direction, amount of sunlight, precipitation, relative humidity, and cloud cover. (CP, SI, TPS)

Investigate local, national, and global weather conditions, including the role of air movement and solar energy transfer. (SI)

Analyze the impact of weather on society and the environment, including technologies that help humans address weather conditions. (DM)