Junkao Science Knowledge study plan
Junkao Science Knowledge · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.