Science

An overview of the Essential Outcomes: 

Matter (Nov-Dec)

Students investigate and analyze how materials have the potential to be changed.

Energy (Jan-March)

Students investigate and explain how forces affect the movement of objects.

Earth Systems (Sept-Oct)

Students analyze changes in Earth’s surface and explain how its layers hold stories of the past.

Living Systems (April-June)

Students analyze and describe how plants and animals interact with each other and within environments.

Computer Science (all year)

Students investigate creativity and its relationship to computational thinking.

Scientific Methods (all year)

Students relate investigation to building knowledge.

Rocks and Minerals

Animal Life Cycles