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Junkao Science Knowledge study plan

Junkao Science Knowledge · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Scientific Inquiry and Experimental Design & Measurement, Units, and Data Analysis

  • Distinguish independent, dependent, and controlled variables in 20 short scenario descriptions, writing the answer before checking.

  • Write a complete controlled-experiment procedure for three everyday questions, each specifying a control group, sample size rationale, and at least one confound you deliberately eliminated.

  • Identify flaws in six described experiments (confounding, no control, sampling bias, measurement error) and state the specific fix for each.

  • Convert between SI prefixes (nano through giga) and perform unit conversions with squared and cubed units in 15 practice items.

  • Compute mean, median, range, and identify outliers from three small data sets, and state which measure best represents each set.

Your checkpoint

A one-page experimental-design checklist plus a worked solutions sheet for 20 mixed variable-identification and unit-conversion items, scored and corrected in a different color.

Week 2

Matter, Atoms, and Chemical Reactions

  • Draw Bohr and Lewis structures for the first 20 elements and label valence electrons correctly.

  • Classify 25 substances as element, compound, or mixture, and as ionic or covalent based on formula composition.

  • Balance 15 chemical equations, including two combustion reactions, and verify atom counts on both sides.

  • Predict products for synthesis, decomposition, single-replacement, and double-replacement reactions using an activity series and solubility rules.

  • Explain conservation of mass by calculating expected product mass from given reactant masses in three stoichiometry word problems.

Your checkpoint

A formula-and-reaction reference sheet (naming rules, common ions, reaction-type flowchart) plus 15 balanced equations with atom-count verification shown.

Week 3

Forces, Motion, and Energy

  • Solve 15 motion problems using v = d/t and a = (v_f - v_i)/t, including unit-consistent answers.

  • Construct and interpret distance-time and velocity-time graphs, extracting acceleration from slope and displacement from area in five graphs.

  • Apply Newton's three laws to ten free-body scenarios, drawing force arrows and writing net-force equations.

  • Calculate work, kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, and mechanical efficiency in eight problems.

  • Trace energy transformations in four systems (roller coaster, pendulum, falling object with friction, spring) and state where energy is lost to thermal.

Your checkpoint

A problem set of 20 force-and-motion items with free-body diagrams drawn for each, fully solved, plus a one-paragraph error log naming your three most frequent mistakes.

Week 4

Cells, Genetics, and Evolution

  • Label the parts and functions of plant and animal cells on a hand-drawn diagram, including organelles unique to each.

  • Complete and analyze two Punnett squares (monohybrid and one sex-linked or codominant cross), reporting genotype and phenotype ratios.

  • Describe the steps of mitosis and meiosis and state two concrete differences in outcome between them.

  • Explain the roles of DNA, mRNA, and protein synthesis at a level sufficient to answer a short-answer item.

  • Interpret a simple cladogram or fossil-sequence diagram and state the evidence supporting a given evolutionary relationship.

Your checkpoint

A genetics problem set of 10 crosses with Punnett squares, ratio statements, and a labeled cell diagram, self-graded against a textbook key.

Week 5

Waves, Electricity, and Magnetism

  • Label wavelength, amplitude, frequency, and crest on a drawn transverse wave and calculate wave speed from frequency and wavelength in five items.

  • Contrast reflection, refraction, and diffraction with one everyday example of each.

  • Draw and explain series and parallel circuits, predicting relative brightness and current paths when one bulb is removed.

  • Apply Ohm's law (V = IR) and power (P = VI) in eight circuit problems.

  • Describe how electromagnets and induced current work, and list three devices that depend on each principle.

Your checkpoint

A circuit-and-waves worksheet with five wave-speed calculations and eight Ohm's-law problems solved, plus two hand-drawn circuit diagrams annotated with predicted current paths.

Week 6

Ecosystems and Environmental Science

  • Diagram a food web with at least eight organisms and trace energy flow and trophic levels through it.

  • Explain the roles of producers, consumers, decomposers, and the carbon and nitrogen cycles in two short written answers.

  • Distinguish primary, secondary, and tertiary succession and predict the sequence for a given disturbance scenario.

  • Analyze carrying capacity and limiting factors from a described population data set, and identify density-dependent versus density-independent factors.

  • Evaluate two human-impact scenarios (invasive species, habitat fragmentation) and propose one mitigation for each.

Your checkpoint

An annotated food web diagram with energy-flow arrows and a written analysis of carrying capacity from a supplied population table (both created from your own notes, no external figures).

Week 7

Earth Systems, Weather, and Astronomy & Measurement, Units, and Data Analysis

  • Describe the layers of Earth and plate-boundary types, and match each boundary to a specific hazard (earthquake, volcano, seafloor spreading).

  • Explain the rock cycle and classify six rock samples or descriptions as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic with reasoning.

  • Interpret weather fronts and air-mass interactions, and explain how a warm front differs from a cold front in resulting weather.

  • Explain seasons, moon phases, and eclipses using a drawn Sun-Earth-Moon geometry, correcting two common misconceptions.

  • Read a data table or simple graph and compute a rate of change (for example, temperature trend or population growth) in three items.

Your checkpoint

A two-panel reference sheet: one panel on plate tectonics and the rock cycle, one on Sun-Earth-Moon geometry, each with your own labeled sketches and three misconceptions explicitly corrected.

Week 8

Scientific Inquiry and Experimental Design & Matter, Atoms, and Chemical Reactions & Forces, Motion, and Energy & Cells, Genetics, and Evolution

  • Complete two full-length timed practice sections and score each by domain to identify your two weakest areas.

  • Re-teach your two weakest domains from notes only, then answer 15 new items in each without referring back.

  • Build a one-page formula and concept sheet covering measurement, forces, circuits, and genetics, from memory first, then fill gaps.

  • Review every item you missed across weeks 1-7 and write a corrected explanation for each in your own words.

  • Simulate exam pacing by completing a 40-item mixed set in a single sitting with a time limit.

Your checkpoint

A scored results summary showing per-domain accuracy before and after re-teaching, plus a completed one-page formula sheet and a corrected-miss log.

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 80% on a self-made 20-item quiz covering variables, unit conversion, and balancing equations; if below, redo weeks 1-2 worksheets before proceeding.

Week 4: Explain a monohybrid cross and a free-body diagram aloud (or in writing) without notes, and correctly solve 8 of 10 mixed force and genetics items.

Week 6: Complete a 30-item mixed set spanning domains 1-7 and reach at least 70% overall, with no domain below 50%.

Week 8: Reach at least 75% on the timed 40-item mixed set and show improvement in both previously weakest domains on the per-domain accuracy summary.