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