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Science Curriculum Overview
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Fourth Grade Curriculum
How Living Things Are Put Together Identifying living things Looking at cells
How Organisms Are Classified Classifying organisms of the past Organisms and where they live Ecosystems
Human Body: A Body in Motion Your skeleton Your muscles Circulatory, respiratory system
Earths Water What makes water disappear Motion in the ocean
Sea Animal Reports
Matter On The Move How can you describe it, identify it, what is it made of Measuring matter
Energy and Changes Types of changes Heat (the affects) Energy and tools (what it takes to move something)
Animals Animals with and without backbones Characteristics
Learning About Earths History Shaping Earths surface The story of soil Inside Earth
Fifth Grade Curriculum
The Importance of Plants Kingdom Plant survival Making food
Plant Reproduction and Responses Plants with out seeds Plants with seeds From plant to seed to plant Plant responses
Weather Atmosphere and air temperature Water in the air Clouds of water and ice Air pressure and wind
Weather Patterns and Climate Air masses and fronts Severe storms Climate
Earth and Its Resources Earth and its neighbors Earths changing crust Minerals of Earths crust Earths rocks and soil Earths air, water and energy
Solar System- Planet reports
Human Body: Pathways Circulatory, respiratory systems
Exercise and Nutrition
Light Light and mirrors Light and lenses Color of light Invisible light
Sound Sound and hearing Sound and surfaces High, low, loud and soft
Composting- Worm Factory
Sixth Grade Curriculum
Understanding Living Things Cells, genetics and heredity Classification
Matter and Energy Atoms, elements and compounds Matter- properties and changes Energy Sound and Light
Make Electric Candles
Forces and Machines Forces and Motion Machines and work
Invent a Compound Machine
Cycles in Earth and Space Movement of Earths crust Rock and the rock cycle Cycles in the Solar System Exploring the Universe
Seventh & Eighth Grade Curriculum
Electricity Forces and electrical charges Electrical charge carriers Making electricity flow Resistance, current and voltage
Magnetism Forces and fields Magnets Effects of magnetic fields Producing electric currents
The Structure of the Atom Early discoveries A model atom
The Periodic Table Structure of the periodic table Families of elements Periods of elements
Molecules in Motion Solids and liquids Kinetic theory of gases
Reproduction Meiosis makes sex cells Plant reproduction Animal reproduction
Heredity How organisms get their traits Mendels work explained How do genes control traits
Fueling the Body Nutrition- the spice of life Digestion: a disassembly line
Blood: Transport and Protection Transport of life The bodys defense
Develop a Science Fair Project
Dissection of a pig, frog, or shark
Crystal Radio Project
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