Vertebates/Invertebrates and Phytoplankton

Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Mitch learns to identify vertebrates and invertebrates that live the ocean and the role of phytoplankton

Objective SCI.7.15.1: Define anatomical structure, fossil record, and chronological order. Objective SCI.7.5.2: Explain the role of photosynthesis and respiration in the symbiotic relationship between plants and animals.

Technology in Fast Food Restaurants

McDonald’s

Anderson visits McDonalds to see how technology is making fast food even faster

As Citizens of a Digital Culture, students verbalize the impact of computing in a global society while safely, securely, ethically, and legally interacting with digital environments and protecting their digital identities.

Forensics

UAB Criminal Justice Forensics

Anderson learns about fingerprints and fracture matching at UAB

Analyze and interpret data

Two-cycle Engines

Barbers Motorcycle Museum

Join Mitch at Barber Motor Sports to learn about 2-Cycle engines as he takes apart a motorcycle and rebuilds it.

Integrated into the Physical Science content standards are the disciplinary core ideas of the Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science (ETS) domain, which require students to employ tools and materials to solve problems and to use representations to convey various design solutions.

Butterfly Life Cycle

Huntsville Botanical Gardens

Raine visits Huntsville Botanical Gardens to learn about the butterfly life cycle and plants that eat bugs.

Objective SCI.3.6.1: Define life cycle, birth, growth, reproduction, death, unique, and diverse.
Objective SCI.3.6.2: Differentiate among stages of the life cycle of various organisms.