Science
Curriculum
As students participate in scientific inquiry, they learn to ask questions, consider options, investigate possible solutions, observe natural processes, collaborate with other students, perform library and Internet research, design experiments to test hypotheses, organize data with charts and diagrams, analyze outcomes, discern solutions, and communicate the results of their work. These skills along with many others, will be developed and strengthened through Purposeful Design Science.
Kindergarten
The reading program provides cross-curricular opportunities for science at this level. Some topics to be discovered are as follows:
- All about me and my five senses
- Feeling good, being healthy (our bodies and our brain), eating right
- Animals (farm and zoo)
- Machines, things on wheels
- Water ( the beach, sea creatures, the pond)
- Seasons and weather, growing things, earth day
- Butterflies, bees, beetles, worms, snakes, and snails
Grade 1
- Living and Nonliving Things
- Keeping Fit and Healthy
- Earth, Land, and Water
- Weather and Seasons
Grade 2
- Earth Through Time
- The Human Body
- Solids, Liquids, and Gases
- Interactions of Living Things
Grade 3
LIFE SCIENCE
- Ecosystems
- Life of Plants
- Plant Variety
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
- Matter
- Motion & Force
- Electricity
- Magnets
HUMAN BODY
- The Musculoskeletal System
- The Nervous System
- Health
EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE
- Tocks & Soils
- Earth’s Surface
- Changes in the Earth’s Surface
- The Solar System
- Stars & Constellations
Grade 4
LIFE SCIENCE: STABILITY
- Design of Life
- Order of Life
- Diversity of Life
- System of Life
PHYSICAL SCIENCE: ENERGY
- Energy & Heat
- Light & Sound
- Motion & Force
- Matter & Its Uses
EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE: BALANCE
- The Lithosphere
- The Hydrosphere
- The Atmosphere
- The Universe
HUMAN BODY: WELLNESS
- Body Systems I
- Body Systems II
Grade 5
LIFE SCIENCE
- Natural Cycles
- Life Cycles
- Cells
- Ecological Succession
- Measuring Matter
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
- Changing Matter
- Force and Work
- Electricity and Magnetism
EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE
- Earth’s Processes
- Natural Resources
- Weather & Climate
- Sun, Earth, and Moon
- Transitions
HUMAN BODY
- Disease