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New SCoPE Lesson Plans
Tenth Grade

Science

Unit 2 - The Periodic Table

• Teacher Background
• Lesson 1 - Classifying Matter, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 2 - Families of Elements and Their Common Properties: Metals, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 3 - Families of Elements and Their Common Properties: Nonmetals, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 4 - The Development of the Periodic Table, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 5 - The Modern Periodic Table, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 6 - The Atom, An Inside Look, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 7 - The Atom: Opposites Attract, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 8 - Giving, Taking, and Sharing Electrons, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 9 - A Model of the Atom, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 10 - Everyday Chemistry, Student Pages

Unit 3 - Matter and Energy in Chemical and Physical Changes

• Teacher Background
• Lesson 1 - Physical Change and the Conservation of Mass, Part 1; Student Pages
  
• Lesson 2 - Physical Change and the Conservation of Mass, Part 2; Student Pages
  
• Lesson 3 - Rusting and Conservation of Mass, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 4 - Exploring Energy, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 5 - Energy Release and Absorption, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 6 - Heat Energy and Temperature, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 7 - Relative Magnitudes of Energy, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 8 - Energy in Chemical Changes, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 9 - Energy in Household Products: Risks and Benefits, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 10 - Analyzing Risks and Benefits of Common Chemicals, Student Pages
  

Unit 4 - Reactants and Products

• Teacher Background
  
• Lesson 1 - What Goes In Must Come Out, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 2 - What Goes In Must Come Out: The Sequel, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 3 - Synthesis Reactions, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 4 - Decomposition Reactions, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 5 - Single Replacement Reactions, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 6 - Double Replacement Reactions, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 7 - Combustion Reactions, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 8 - Predicting Products, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 9 - Catalysts, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 10 - Chemistry in Daily Life, Student Pages

Unit 5 - Acids and Bases

• Teacher Background
  
• Lesson 1 - Acids, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 2 - Bases, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 3 - Indicators, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 4 - Strengths of Acids and Bases, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 5 - Determining pH, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 6 - Does the pH Matter?, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 7 - Neutralization Reactions, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 8 - Titration, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 9 - Acid Rain, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 10 - Acid Rain Field Research, Student Pages

Unit 6 - The Behavior of Gases

• Teacher Background
  
• Lesson 1 - Exploring the Arrangement and Motion of Gas Molecules, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 2 - Exploring Boyle's Law, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 3 - Exploring Charles's Law and Gay-Lussac's Law, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 4 - Kelvin Temperature and Its Effects on Gas Molecules, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 5 - Standard Temperature and Pressure, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 6 - Calculations Involving Boyle's Law, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 7 - Calculations Involving Charles's and Gay-Lussac's Law, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 8 - Combined Gas Law, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 9 - Ideal Gas Law, Student Pages
  
• Lesson 10 - Using the Gas Laws in New Technologies, Student Pages
  

Social Studies

Unit 1 - Our Government

Unit 4 - The Second World War

• Lesson 1 - Causes of World War II, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 2 - The Rise of Nazi Germany, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 3 - The Beginning of European Aggression and the Allies' Response, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 4 - The United States Enters the War, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 5 - The War at Home, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 6 - The United States Enters the War -- Discrimination Abounds, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 7 - Turning Points of World War II, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 8 - The Holocaust, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 9 - The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb, Supplemental Materials

Unit 5 - The Cold War

• Lesson 1 - United States/Soviet History and the Cold War, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 2 - The Containment Policy, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 3 - Could the Cold War Have Been Avoided? Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 4 - The McCarthy Era: We Should Have Seen It Coming! Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 5 - Did Communism Threaten America's Security? Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 6 - The Korean War, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 7 - The Cuban Missile Crisis, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 8 - The Vietnam War, Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 9 - How Did the Cold War End? Supplemental Materials
  
• Lesson 10 - Significant Events of the Cold War, Supplemental Materials