Elementary Science Standards

We will be using the Next Generation Science Standards and be focusing on the science and engineering practices as we discover the world around us. The students will observe, question, investigate and draw their own inferences based on evidence, as well as investigate problems, and design and engineer solutions. Through this we will be preparing students to be collaborative , responsible , educated members of society ready to proactively come up with creative solutions.


Science and Engineering practices


  1. Asking questions and defining problems

  2. Developing and using models

  3. Planning and carrying out investigations

  4. Analyzing and interpreting data

  5. Using mathematical and computational thinking

  6. Constructing explanations and designing solutions

  7. Engaging in argument from data

  8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Topics

Pre First:

TRIMESTER 1

Pushes and pulls, planning and carrying out investigations

TRIMESTER 2

Weather, analyzing and interpreting data

TRIMESTER 3

Plants, animals & the earth, developing using models


1st

TRIMESTER 1

Animal & plant defenses, constructing, explaining, designing solutions

TRIMESTER 2

Light, planning and carrying out investigations

TRIMESTER 3

Patterns in the sky, analyzing & interpreting data

2nd

TRIMESTER 1

History of planet earth, developing using models

TRIMESTER 2

Properties of matter, planning and carrying out investigations

TRIMESTER 3

Relationships in a habitat, analyzing and interpreting data


3rd

TRIMESTER 1

Forces strength & direction, constructing, and designing solutions

*Middle School will share the Robotics Kits for this unit

TRIMESTER 2

Inherited traits & environment, analyzing & interpreting data

TRIMESTER 3

Weather vs Climate, argument from evidence


4th

TRIMESTER 1

Earth’s features, constructing, explaining, designing solutions

TRIMESTER 2

Energy, Asking questions & defining problems

TRIMESTER 3

Waves, developing using models