** Optional indicates chapters which may not be covered as this information is not covered intensively in the New York State Intermediate Core Curriculum.
| Chapters
1-2 Notes
(Exploring Physical Science and General Properties of Matter) |
Chapter 3 Notes (Physical and Chemical Changes) | Chapter 4 Notes (Mixtures, Elements, and Compounds) | Chapter 5 Notes (Atoms: Building Blocks of Matter) | Chapter 6 Notes (Classification of Elements: The Periodic Table) | Chapter 7 Notes (Atoms and Bonding) | Chapter 8 Notes (Chemical Reactions) |
| Chapter 9 Notes (Families of Chemical Compounds) | Chapter 12 Notes (What is Motion?) | Chapter 13 Notes (The Nature of Forces) | Chapter 14 Notes (Forces in Fluids) | Chapter 15 Notes (Work, Power, and Simple Machines) | Chapter 16 Notes (Energy: Forms and Changes) | Chapter 17 Notes (What is Heat?) |
| Chapter 18 Notes (optional) (Uses of Heat) | Chapter 19 Notes (Electric Charges and Current) | Chapter 20 - 21 Notes (Magnetism and Electromagnetism) | Chapter 23 Notes (Characteristics of Waves) | Chapter 24 Notes (Sound and Its Uses) | Chapter 25 Notes (optional) (Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum) | Chapter 26 Notes (optional) (Light and Its Uses) |