| 1010 - Knowledge |
| 1005 - Define truth, knowledge, justification, and belief. |
| 1010 - Understand that in science, the knowledge we seek is reproducible, testable, tentative, predictive, and explanatory. |
| 1020 - Define observation, measurement, and empirical. |
| 1030 - Understand the roles of observations, hypothesis, experiments and theory in scientific method. |
| 1040 - Differentiate between a law and theory of science. |
| 1050 - Differentiate between science and technology. |
| 1060 - Distinguish basic research from applied research. |
| 1020 - Matter |
| 1010 - Define chemistry and matter. |
| 1020 - Differentiate between extensive and intensive properties. |
| 1030 - Differentiate between the three states of matter by state properties of shape, volume, and compressibility. |
| 1040 - Explain the properties of states of matter by structure, density, cohesion and energy of particles. |
| 1050 - Know mixtures have variable composition and properties, that they can be separated by physical processes. |
| 1060 - Define homogenous, heterogeneous, and phase. |
| 1070 - Recognize and classify matter by purity and consistency. |
| 1080 - Distinguish between physical changes and chemical changes (reactions). |
| 1090 - Differentiate between and give examples of physical and chemical properties of matter. |