International School of Beijing

Unit 1: Energy

HS-PS3-1: Energy Change in Components of a System
HS-PS3-2: Macroscopic Energy Due to Particle Position and Motion
HS-PS3-5: Energy Change Due to Interacting Fields

Unit 2: Chemical Interactions

HS-PS1-1: Valence Electrons and Properties of Elements
HS-PS1-2: Simple Chemical Reactions
HS-PS1-3: Electrical Forces and Bulk Scale Structure

Unit 3: Engineering Task

HS-PS3-3: Energy Conversion Device Design

Unit 4: Physical Structure of the Earth

HS-ESS1-5: Evidence of Plate Tectonics
HS-ESS1-6: Evidence of the Earth’s History
HS-ESS2-1: The Creation of Landforms
HS-ESS2-5: Interactions of the Hydrologic and Rock Cycles

Unit 5: Biological Systems

HS-LS1-1: Genes, Proteins, and Tissues
HS-LS1-2: Interacting Body Systems
HS-LS1-4: Cellular Division and Differentiation
HS-LS1-5: Photosynthesis and Energy Transformation
HS-LS1-7: Cellular Respiration and Energy Transfer

Unit 1: Investigations in Physical Science

HS-PS2-5: Electric Current and Magnetic Fields
HS-PS1-7: Conservation of Atoms in Chemical Reactions
HS-PS1-5: Collision Theory and Rates of Reaction

Unit 2: Evolution: We’re All the Same

HS-LS3-1: Chromosomal Inheritance
HS-LS4-1: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
HS-LS4-2: Four Factors of Natural Selection
HS-LS4-4: Natural Selection Leads to Adaptation

Unit 3: Force Fundamentals: May the Force Be With You

HS-PS2-1: Newton’s Second Law of Motion
HS-PS2-2: Conservation of Momentum
HS-PS2-3: Reducing Force in Collisions Device

Unit 4: Climate Change: The End of the World as We Know It.

HS-ESS2-2: Feedback in Earth’s Systems
HS-ESS2-4: Energy Variation and Climate Change
HS-ESS3-4: Reducing Human Impact Design Solutions
HS-ESS3-5: Climate Change and Future Impacts
HS-LS4-5: Environmental Change - Speciation and Extinction