9th Grade Science
High School Level Matrix
SASinSchool Correlations to WV CSOs
Janet Benincosa, Harrison County Technology Integration Specialist
WV CSO		InterActivity	Classroom Activity	Project	Web Inquiry	Web Lesson
SC.O.9.4.2		Mendelian Genetics	DNA Fingerprinting: A Simulation	Bad Genetics?	How can a Punnett square be used to predict the outcome of a cross between two individuals?
		DNA Replication
SC.O.9.4.3		Cell Division			Which is better—asexual or sexual reproduction?	Introduction to Mitosis & Meiosis
SC.O.9.4.4		Microevolution	Natural Selection	Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium: Mechanisms for Evolutionary Change
SC.O.9.4.5		Stream Ecology	Survival of the Fittest		How is the human body like a zoo?	The Trouble with Humans
		Disease Dynamics	Food Chains and Biological Magnification			Diagnosis: Disease
SC.O.9.4.6		Carbon Cycle	Food Chains and Biological Magnification	Economic Plants		Who Says Plants Don't Move?
						Human Population Growth
SC.O.9.4.7				The Anatomy Follies
SC.O.9.4.8		Membranes	How Big Is That Cell?	Organelle Functions	Why are cells so small?	Lights... Camera... Action Potential!
			Where Did All Those Different Cells Come From?
SC.O.9.4.10		Photosynthesis	Floating Leaves
SC.O.9.4.11					What's the connection between dots and compounds?	Elements & Matter: It's Classified
					What good is the periodic table, anyway?	Periodic Properties
SC.O.9.4.12			Radioactivity	Nuclear Power: The Pros & Cons	Are all nuclear reactions the same?
SC.O.9.4.13		Density
SC.O.9.4.14		Gas Laws	Gases in Action: Popcorn Analysis	Phase Diagrams	Why do helium balloons shrink faster than air-filled balloons?	The Solid State
SC.O.9.4.15					What are the rules for deciphering "code names" such as NaCl, CO, and Cu(OH)2?
SC.O.9.4.16					What's the connection between dots and compounds?	Bond, Chemical Bond
WV CSO		InterActivity	Classroom Activity	Project	Web Inquiry	Web Lesson
SC.O.9.4.17		Precipitation Reactions	Reaction Time	Chemical Reactions: Classes and Characteristics	Can seashells explode?
					How can chemical reactions be diagrammed?
SC.O.9.4.18			Getting Into Hot Water	Game-Show Thermodynamics		Energy Form and Function
			Follow the Bouncing Ball
SC.O.9.4.19		Calorimetry	Getting Into Hot Water	Heat Exchange Lab
SC.O.9.4.20			Magnetism			Magnet Magic
SC.O.9.4.21			Have You Seen the Light?	Conduction
SC.O.9.4.23			Leveraging Your Pennies	3, 2, 1, Liftoff	As you sit in that chair, is the force with you?	It's Simple
			Hang Time	Newton's Second Law	Why does an object moving in a circle always accelerate?	Weight on Other Worlds
				Detecting Motion	How are action and reaction forces related to the net force acting on an object?	Constant Acceleration
					What kinematic equations can be used to solve for displacement, velocity, acceleration, and time?
SC.O.9.4.24				Discovering the Period of a Pendulum		Momentum & Energy
SC.O.9.4.25			The Full Spectrum	The Sound of One Hand Tapping	Reflection and refraction—are these processes as similar as their names?	Ocean in Motion
					What is the Doppler effect, and why is it important to understand?	Refraction and Reflection
SC.O.9.4.26		Evidence for Plate Tectonics	Plate Tectonics and the Fossil Record	Patterns of Fury	Would you survive?	Pangea Today?
SC.O.9.4.27				Air Density
SC.O.9.4.28		Tides		Current Events		Ocean in Motion
SC.O.9.4.29				Mineral Fact Sheets
SC.O.9.4.30					Does that rock have a future?	A Rock Is a Rock
SC.O.9.4.31		Carbon Cycle			Where does the rain go now?
SC.O.9.4.32					Can you really dig a hole to China?
SC.O.9.4.33		Geologic Time
SC.O.9.4.34		Geologic Time
SC.O.9.4.35			The Underground Architect: Water
SC.O.9.4.36		Evidence for Plate Tectonics		Patterns of Fury	Would you survive?	Pangea Today?
WV CSO		InterActivity	Classroom Activity	Project	Web Inquiry	Web Lesson
SC.O.9.4.37		Evidence for Plate Tectonics	Plate Tectonics and the Fossil Record
SC.O.9.4.38				Life of a Star
SC.O.9.4.39		Properties of Stars	Galaxies in Motion	Life of a Star	Quasars and active galaxies: cannibals of the cosmos?	Constellations
				Air Density