Science a Year at a Glance Per Grade

Kindergarten:

• Motion & Stability- How Things Move, Forces and Interactions
• That’s Some Weather We’re Having- Weather Patterns, Seasons
• Taking Care of Our World- Human Impact on the Environment, Solving Environment Problems
• Animals and their Habitats- Needs of Living Things, Habitats, Natural Resources

First Grade:

• The Universe and Solar System- The Sun, Moon and Stars, Seasons
• Plants and Animals- Characteristics of Animals and Plants, Life Cycle of Plants and Animals, Improving Designs
• Waves- Sound Waves, Light Waves, Transferring Energy and Information
• Inheritance and Variation of Traits- Inherited Traits of Plants, Inherited Traits of Animals

Second Grade:

• Plants and Animals- Characteristics and Needs of Living Things, Characteristics of Plants/Pollination, Plant and Animal Adaptations/Biodiversity
• What Makes this Object Special?- Properties of Materials, Properties of Materials and Their Uses, Structures of Matter, Changes in Matter
• I Live on Planet Earth- Shapes and Kinds of Land and Bodies of Water, Earth’s Water
• Earth’s Constant Makeover- Weathering and Erosion

Third Grade:

• The Ecosystem is Changing!- Interactions Between Living and Non Living Things, Connections and Interdependence in Ecosystems, Changes in Ecosystems, Population of Species
• Plant and Animal Life Cycles- Plant Life Cycles, Animal Life Cycles, Parents and Offspring, Adaptation
• Weather and Climate- Weather vs. Climate, Collection Weather Data, Types of Climates, Sever Weather
• The Hunger Games: Who Will Survive?- What Organisms Need to Survive, How Habitats Meet the Needs of Organisms, Living and Non Living Things in Habitats, How Species Survive
• Forces: Why Do Things Move?- Forces and Motion, Electricity and Magnetism

Fourth Grade:

• Animal and Plant Structures- Growth and Development, Senses, Physical Characteristics, Reproduction, Shelter and Protection
• Energy and Waves- Forms of Energy, Electricity, Electric Circuits, Thermal Energy, Waves, Sound, Light, Reflection, Information Transfer
• Rocks and Weathering- Erosion and Deposition, Landforms, Earthquakes, Fossils
• Human vs. Earth- Natural Hazards, Renewable Resources, Fossil Fuels

Fifth Grade:

• Our Sky: Earth and Space System- Earth Systems, Role of Water on Earth, Universe and Stars, Earth and the Solar System
• Matter Matters- Structure and Properties, Mixtures and Solutions, Building with Materials, Changes in Matter, Gravity and Matter
• Ecosystems, Energy and Webs- Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms, Basic Needs of Plants, Ecosystem Interactions, Energy Flow in Ecosystems
• Human vs. Earth: Conservation- Energy Conservation, Non-renewable and Renewable Energy