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South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards: Biology South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards: Biology
South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards: Chemistry South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards: Chemistry
South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards: Physics South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards: Physics

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PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

PS2.A Forces and Motion
- P-PS2-1 Analyze data to support the claim that Newton's second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration.
- P-PS2-2 Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system.
  - Conservation of momentum (Ph-G.1)
- P-PS2-3 Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the effect of a force on a macroscopic object during a collision.
PS2.B Types of Interactions
- P-PS2-4 Use mathematical representations of Newton's law of gravitation and Coulomb's law to describe and predict the gravitational and electrostatic forces between objects.
  - Newton's law of universal gravitation (Ph-I.2)
  - Coulomb's law: electrostatic forces (Ph-P.1)
- P-PS2-5 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that an electric current can produce a magnetic field and that a changing magnetic field can produce an electric current.
  - Magnets and magnetism (Ph-R.1)
- P-PS2-6 Communicate scientific and technical information about why the molecular-level structure is important in the functioning of designed materials.

PS3 Energy

PS3.A Definitions of Energy
- P-PS3-1 Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the following are known: 1) the change in energy of the other component(s) and 2) the energy flowing in and out of the system.
  - Conservation of mechanical energy (Ph-H.1)
- P-PS3-2 Develop and use models to illustrate that energy can be explained by the combination of motion and position of objects at the macroscopic scale and the motion and position of particles at the microscopic scale.
  - Conservation of mechanical energy (Ph-H.1)
- P-PS3-3 Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.
PS3.C Relationship Between Energy and Forces
- P-PS3-5 Develop and use a model to illustrate the forces between two objects and the changes in energy of the objects due to their interaction through electric or magnetic fields.
  - Coulomb's law: electrostatic forces (Ph-P.1)

PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

PS4.A Wave Properties
- P-PS4-1 Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media.
  - Waves on strings (Ph-L.1)
  - Properties of electromagnetic waves (Ph-N.1)
- P-PS4-2 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for improving how digital devices store and transmit information.
- P-PS4-3 Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning about how electromagnetic radiation can be described either by a wave model or a particle model, and in some situations one model is more useful than the other.
PS4.B Electromagnetic Radiation
- P-PS4-4 Evaluate the validity and reliability of claims in published materials of the effects that different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation have when absorbed by matter.
- P-PS4-5 Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy.

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PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

PS2.A Forces and Motion

P-PS2-1 Analyze data to support the claim that Newton's second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration.

P-PS2-2 Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system.

P-PS2-3 Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the effect of a force on a macroscopic object during a collision.

PS2.B Types of Interactions

P-PS2-4 Use mathematical representations of Newton's law of gravitation and Coulomb's law to describe and predict the gravitational and electrostatic forces between objects.

P-PS2-5 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that an electric current can produce a magnetic field and that a changing magnetic field can produce an electric current.

P-PS2-6 Communicate scientific and technical information about why the molecular-level structure is important in the functioning of designed materials.

PS3 Energy

PS3.A Definitions of Energy

P-PS3-1 Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the following are known: 1) the change in energy of the other component(s) and 2) the energy flowing in and out of the system.

P-PS3-2 Develop and use models to illustrate that energy can be explained by the combination of motion and position of objects at the macroscopic scale and the motion and position of particles at the microscopic scale.

P-PS3-3 Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.

PS3.C Relationship Between Energy and Forces

P-PS3-5 Develop and use a model to illustrate the forces between two objects and the changes in energy of the objects due to their interaction through electric or magnetic fields.

PS4 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

PS4.A Wave Properties

P-PS4-1 Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media.

P-PS4-2 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for improving how digital devices store and transmit information.

P-PS4-3 Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning about how electromagnetic radiation can be described either by a wave model or a particle model, and in some situations one model is more useful than the other.

PS4.B Electromagnetic Radiation

P-PS4-4 Evaluate the validity and reliability of claims in published materials of the effects that different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation have when absorbed by matter.

P-PS4-5 Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy.