September - December


Concepts & Practices Storyline

  1. Plants need many different things to live, grow, and reproduce.

  2. A plant has parts that have structures related to their functions.

  3. Investigations can be planned to determine whether plants need light and/or water to grow.

  4. Plants need light and water to live and grow.

  5. Bees have parts that help them move pollen from stamen to pistil.

  6. A solution to decreasing pollinator populations is designing hand pollinators to move pollen.

  7. Seeds have structures that relate to how they are dispersed.

  8. Different plants and animals live in different places and work together in their habitats.

Science Challenge

  1. Plants can be placed in habitats that provide what they need to live, grow, and reproduce.

  2. The grand spider orchid is facing population decline because of its pollinator.

January - March


Concepts & Practices Storyline

  1. Maps can show land and water on Earth.

  2. Models can represent many shapes and kinds of land.

  3. Models can represent many shapes and kinds of water.

  4. Solid and liquid water have distinct properties.

  5. Solid water occurs on Earth in cold places, such as the poles and at altitude.

  6. Land and water occur in observable patterns on Earth.

  7. Maps can represent multiple places.

  8. Symbols can represent kinds of land and water.

Science Challenge

  1. Maps can represent land and water.

  2. People can use maps to find land and water.

April - June


Concepts & Practices Storyline

  1. Solids can be sorted by color and shape.

  2. Solids can be sorted by hardness.

  3. Hard and soft materials can be used to make different types of sculpture.

  4. Two different sculptures can be made from the same pieces.

  5. Solids and liquids have different properties.

  6. The best material for a cold pack is one that is cold and behaves like a liquid.

  7. When wax is heated and cooled, it still works like a crayon.

  8. Some solids change and go back when heated and cooled and others change and don't go back.

Science Challenge

  1. A replica gemstone needs to be a solid and look transparent.

  2. The best material for a replica gemstone is one that has the closet properties to a real gemstone.