Course Number1111 | Course Title222 |
3027010: | Biotechnology 1 (Specifically in versions: 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current)) |
3027020: | Biotechnology 2 (Specifically in versions: 2015 and beyond (current)) |
2001340: | Environmental Science (Specifically in versions: 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current)) |
2002410: | Integrated Science 1 Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current)) |
2003400: | Nuclear Radiation (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018 (course terminated)) |
2020710: | Nuclear Radiation Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current)) |
2003410: | Physics 2 Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current)) |
2003610: | Principles of Technology 2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018 (course terminated)) |
2002540: | Solar Energy Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current)) |
2002550: | Solar Energy 2 Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018 (course terminated)) |
2003500: | Renewable Energy 1 Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current)) |
2003838: | Florida's Preinternational Baccalaureate Physics 2 (Specifically in versions: 2015 and beyond (current)) |
2001341: | Environmental Science Honors (Specifically in versions: 2016 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current)) |
2001330: | Meteorology Honors (Specifically in versions: 2016 - 2019, 2019 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current)) |
Name | Description |
Sea Ice Analysis | The changing climate is an important topic for both scientific analysis and worldly knowledge. This lesson uses data collected by the National Snow and Ice Data Center to create and use mathematical models as a predictive tool and do critical analysis of sea ice loss. |
Sea Level Rise: The Ocean's Uplifting Experience | The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the concept of sea level rise as it occurs through climate change by having them examine 3 specific parameters: ice distribution, thermal expansion, and analyzing and interpreting data. The lesson and activities within the lesson were designed using the three dimensions of the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards – specifically crosscutting concepts, science and engineering practices, and disciplinary core ideas. While there isn’t any required pre-requisite learning required for this lesson, a general understanding of sea-level rise, glaciers, and climate may be beneficial to students. During classroom breaks, pairs of students will develop/discuss their models, revise their interpretations of their models or data, and think-pair-share their thoughts on the investigation segments. |
Future Car - Energy and the Environment | In this Model-Eliciting Activity (MEA), students must choose which type of automotive power plant is the best choice for a car company to use in its upcoming eco-friendly model. The students must make this decision based on characteristics of each power plant, such as efficiency, production cost, and production energy. Students must decide what they feel makes the car most “ecological.” They may choose a very low-polluting car that is very difficult and costly to produce, or one that has more emissions, but uses very limited resources to develop. This lesson could be used to either as an introduction or a follow-up to a lesson about ecology, energy use and conservation, or human environmental impacts. Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought processes. MEAs follow a problem-based, student-centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEAs visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx |
Name | Description |
Why did we throw it away? | Dean Grubbs explains how different types of trash, like plastics, ends up in the ocean and how they become a detriment to marine life. Download the CPALMS Perspectives video student note taking guide. |
Human Impact on the Ocean | Dean Grubbs explains the ways in which humans can impact the ocean. Download the CPALMS Perspectives video student note taking guide. |
Name | Description |
Salvaging Timber from Riverbeds | Coleman Mackie discusses the process of how he salvages pre-cut timbers from the bottom of river beds, the importance of ring density, buoyancy and the uses of the recovered logs. Download the CPALMS Perspectives video student note taking guide. |
Waste Reduction from Glass Art Fabrication | Glass artist Russel Scaturro explains how fine control of gas flow aids efforts to minimize his carbon footprint toward a larger goal of environmentally-conscious fabrication methodology. Download the CPALMS Perspectives video student note taking guide. |
Name | Description |
April Becomes First Month with Carbon Dioxide Levels Above 400 PPM | This informational text resource is intended to support reading in the content area. This article discusses a troublesome milestone in climate science: the CO2 levels in Earth's atmosphere stayed above 400 ppm for the entire month of April 2014. The article discusses the significance of this measurement and how CO2 levels impact the atmosphere. |
Name | Description |
Sea Level Rise: The Ocean's Uplifting Experience: | The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the concept of sea level rise as it occurs through climate change by having them examine 3 specific parameters: ice distribution, thermal expansion, and analyzing and interpreting data. The lesson and activities within the lesson were designed using the three dimensions of the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards – specifically crosscutting concepts, science and engineering practices, and disciplinary core ideas. While there isn’t any required pre-requisite learning required for this lesson, a general understanding of sea-level rise, glaciers, and climate may be beneficial to students. During classroom breaks, pairs of students will develop/discuss their models, revise their interpretations of their models or data, and think-pair-share their thoughts on the investigation segments. |