Florida Continuous Improvement Model FCIM

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Florida Continuous Improvement ModelFCIM

• Do you know..

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Nature of Science (SC.H. 2.4.1)

• Most natural events occur in comprehensible,
• consistent patterns.
• Scientists operate on the belief that the
• rules can be discovered by careful, systemic
  study.

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DR. DRY MIX
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• Gravitational Forces (SC.C.2.4.1)
• Proportional to MASS

If mass is doubled, and distance between objects
is doubled There is NO CHANGE in FORCE.
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Inversely proportional to the square of the
distances between the objects
¼ as much force
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Processes of Life (SC.F. 1.4.1)

• Body processes involve specific
• biochemical reactions
• governed by
• biochemical principles.

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WORD SPLASH
enzyme
metabolism
hormone
catalyst
protein
Make connections among the 5 words!
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Metabolism includes all the chemical processes
that synthesize (put together) or break down
materials in an organism. An enzyme can make the
chemical process happen faster! An enzyme is a
catalyst that speeds up the rate of a reaction
by lowering the activation energy needed. Most
enzymes are proteins.
What about hormone?
Oh! Its a protein!
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How Living Things Interact with Their
Environment (SC.D 2.4.1)

• There is great diversity and interdependence of
  living things.
• There is competitive, interdependent, cyclic
  nature of living things in the environment.

rabbit
hawk
Watch the arrow directionthe hawk eats the
rabbit!
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a. The toad population would decrease.
b. The snake population would increase.
c. The rabbit population would decrease.
d. The spider population would increase.
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If the tadpoles were removed from the pool, which
population would be MOST LIKELY to increase?
a. the algae population
b. the water flea population
c. the dragonfly nymph population
d. the water stick insect population