BFSU Correlation
Semester 1
| Session | FIS Title(s) | BFSU Code | BFSU Title |
| Week 1A | Organizing Things into Categories | A/B-1 | Organizing Things into Categories |
| Week 1B | Solids, Liquids, and Gases Introduction | A-2 Pt.1 | Solids, Liquids, and Gases and Change with Temperature |
| Week 2A | States of Matter: Changes with Temperature | A-2 Pts.2+3 | Solids, Liquids, and Gases and Change with Temperature |
| Week 2B | Gravity Introduction | D-1 Pt.1 | Gravity I: The Earth's Gravity; Horizontal and Vertical |
| Week 3A | The Concepts of Horizontal and Vertical | D-1 Pts.2+3 | Gravity I: The Earth's Gravity; Horizontal and Vertical |
| Week 3B | What is Energy? | C-1 Pt.1 | Concepts of Energy I: Making Things Go |
| Week 4A | Energy Transformation | C-1 Pts.2+3 | Concepts of Energy I: Making Things Go |
| Week 4B | Air is Real / Air and the Atmosphere | A-3 (Pts.1+2) | Air Is a Substance and the Concept of the Atmosphere |
| Week 5A | Categorizing the World Around Us | B-2 Pt.1 | Distinguishing Living or Biological, Natural Earth, and Human-Made Things |
| Week 5B | Distinguishing Living Things from Natural Earth and Human Made / Technology, Tools, and Animals | B-2 Pts.2+3 | Distinguishing Living or Biological, Natural Earth, and Human-Made Things |
| Week 6A | Matter is Made of Particles | A-4 Pt.1 | Matter I: Its Particulate Nature |
| Week 6B | Changes in Particles with States of Matter / Reversible and Nonreversible Changes | A-4 Pts.2+3 | Matter I: Its Particulate Nature |
| Week 7A | Sound and Vibrations | C-2 Pt.1 | Sound, Vibrations, and Energy |
| Week 7B | How Sound Travels | C-2 Pt.2 | Sound, Vibrations, and Energy |
| Week 8A | Kinetic and Potential Energy / Energy in the Natural World | C-3 Pts.1+2 | Concepts of Energy II: Kinetic and Potential Energy and the Flow of Energy |
| Week 8B | Plants vs. Animals: Key Differences / Where All Food Energy Comes From | B-3 Pts.1+2 | The Plant and Animal Kingdoms: Distinguishing between Plants and Animals |
| Week 9A | Categories of Materials / Properties of Different Materials | A-5 Pts.1+2 | Distinguishing Materials |
| Week 9B | The Life Cycle Concept | B-4 Pt.1 | Life Cycles |
| Week 10A | Metamorphosis and Variation in Life Cycles | B-4 Pts.2+3 | Life Cycles |
| Week 10B | Understanding Force / How Force and Energy Work Together | C-3A Pts.1+2+3 | Energy and Force |
| Week 11A | Animal Adaptations / Food Chains and Energy Flow | B-5 Pts.1+2 | Concepts of Adaptations, Food Chains, and Energy Flow |
| Week 11B | Reading and Drawing Maps | D-3 | Reading and Drawing Maps |
| Week 12A | Matter vs. Energy: What Is the Difference? | C-4 | Concepts of Energy III: Distinguishing between Matter and Energy |
| Week 12B | Identifying Local Plants and Animals / Habitats and Why Organisms Live Where They Do | B-4A Pts.1+2 | Identification of Living Things and Why Plants and Animals Live Where They Do |
| Week 13A | Air Pressure | A-6 Pt.1 | Matter II: Air Pressure, Vacuums, and the Earth's Atmosphere |
| Week 13B | Pressure Inside and Outside / Vacuums and Suction / Air Pressure, Wind, and the Atmosphere | A-6 Pts.2+3+4 | Matter II: Air Pressure, Vacuums, and the Earth's Atmosphere |
| Week 14A | Day, Night, and Earth's Rotation | D-2 | Day and Night and the Earth's Rotation |
| Week 14B | Compass Directions / Maps and Real-World Directions | D-3A Pts.1+2 | North, East, South, and West |
| Week 15A | Properties of Magnets | A-5A Pt.1 | Magnets and Magnetic Fields |
| Week 15B | Magnetic Fields / Earth as a Magnet | A-5A Pts.2+3 | Magnets and Magnetic Fields |
| Session | FIS Title(s) | BFSU Code | BFSU Title |
| Week 16A | What Is a Species? / Variation Within a Species | B-4B Pts.1+2 | What Is a Species? |
| Week 16B | Adaptations for Survival | B-5A Pts.1+2+3 | Adaptations and Survival |
| Week 17A | Air as a Mixture of Gases | A-7 Pt.1 | Air: A Mixture of Gases (Mixtures and Chemical Reactions) |
| Week 17B | Mixtures vs. Chemical Reactions / Respiration, Photosynthesis, and the Air | A-7 Pts.2+3+4 | Air: A Mixture of Gases (Mixtures and Chemical Reactions) |
| Week 18A | Earth's Landforms | D-4 Pt.1 | Land Forms and Major Biomes of the Earth |
| Week 18B | Biomes and Climate / Earth's Major Biomes | D-4 Pts.2+3 | Land Forms and Major Biomes of the Earth |
| Week 19A | Basic Plant Structure | B-10 Pt.1 | Plant Science I: Basic Plant Structure and Reproduction |
| Week 19B | How Plants Function / Plant Reproduction and Seeds | B-10 Pts.2+3+4 | Plant Science I: Basic Plant Structure and Reproduction |
| Week 20A | Evaporation / Condensation and the Water Cycle | A-8 Pts.1+2+3 | Matter III: Evaporation and Condensation; The Basis of the Water Cycle |
| Week 20B | Seeds and Germination / Seedling Growth and Plant Responses | B-11 Pts.1+2+3 | Plant Science II: Germination, Seedling Growth, and Responses |
| Week 21A | Plants, Soil, and Erosion (Pt. 1) | B-12 Pt.1 | Plants, Soil, Water, and Erosion |
| Week 21B | Plants, Soil, and Erosion (Pts. 2+3) | B-12 Pts.2+3 | Plants, Soil, Water, and Erosion |
| Week 22A | Time, Sundials, and Earth's Rotation | D-5 Pts.1+2 | Time and the Earth's Turning |
| Week 22B | Earth's Orbit and the Seasons | D-6 Pt.1 | Seasonal Changes and the Earth's Orbit |
| Week 23A | Dissolving and Solutions | A-9 Pt.1 | Matter IV: Dissolving, Solutions, and Crystallization |
| Week 23B | Solubility / Crystallization | A-9 Pts.2+3 | Matter IV: Dissolving, Solutions, and Crystallization |
| Week 24A | Introduction to Inertia / Inertia and Energy | C-5 Pts.1+2 | Inertia |
| Week 24B | Introduction to Friction / Wheels and Reducing Friction | C-6 Pts.1+2 | Friction |
| Week 25A | Friction, Heat, and Energy Loss / Air and Water Resistance | C-6 Pts.3+4 | Friction |
| Week 25B | How Fast Things Fall | D-7 Pt.1 | Gravity II: Rate of Fall, Weightlessness in Space, and Distinction between Mass and Weight |
| Week 26A | Weightlessness and Free Fall / Mass vs. Weight | D-7 Pts.2+3 | Gravity II: Rate of Fall, Weightlessness in Space, and Distinction between Mass and Weight |
| Week 26B | Action and Reaction Forces | C-7 | Push Pushes Back |
| Week 27A | The Skeleton and How It Works / How Muscles Move the Body | B-6 Pts.1+2 | How Animals Move I: The Skeleton and Muscle System |
| Week 27B | Vertebrates and Internal Skeletons / Arthropods and External Skeletons | B-7 Pts.1+2 | How Animals Move II: Different Body Designs; Major Animal Phyla |
| Week 28A | The Nervous System and Movement | B-8 | How Animals Move III: Coordinating Body Movements; The Nervous System |
| Week 28B | Body Systems and Energy | B-9 Pts.1+2+3+4 | How Animals Move IV: Energy to Run the Body (Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology) |
| Week 29A | Rocks and Minerals / Crystals and Mineral Structure / Soil Composition | A-10 Pts.1+2+3 | Rocks, Minerals, Crystals, Dirt, and Soil |
| Week 29B | Erosion, Sediment, and Fossil Formation / Limestone and Fossils | D-8 Pts.1+2 | Rocks and Fossils |
| Week 30A | Sedimentary vs. Igneous Rock / Rock Layers and Earth's History | D-8 Pts.3+4 | Rocks and Fossils |
| Week 30B | Introduction to Resources / Human Resources and Resource Limits | E-1 Pts.1+2+3 | Resources: Developing an Overview |