Science Unit 1: Earth Processes
Identify surface features as being caused by constructive and/or destructive processes
Use models to show how changes in surface features were caused by constructive/destructive processes
Investigate role of technology to limit and/or predict the impact of constructive & destructive processes
Science Unit 2: Chemical & Physical Changes
Investigate physical changes
Relate physical changes in water to temperature changes
Use evidence to determine if a chemical change occurred
Science Unit 3: Electricity & Magnetism
Explain the difference between naturally occurring electricity and human-harnessed electricity
Design a simple electric circuit
Determine if materials are insulators or conductors of electricity
Communicate differences between electromagnets and magnets
Interactions between magnetic field and magnetic object
Science Unit 4: Classification
Organisms are grouped using scientific classification procedures
Animals are grouped into vertebrate and invertebrate
Vertebrates are sorted into the groups of fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammal using data
Plants are sorted into seed-producing and non-seed producing using data
Science Unit 5: Cells & Microorganisms
Plants and animals are comprised of cells too small to be seen without magnification
Identify and label parts of plant and animal cells
Differentiate the structure of plant and animal cells
Microorganisms are single-celled organisms too small to be seen without magnification
Some microorganisms are beneficial
Some microorganisms are harmfulÂ
Science Unit 6: Heredity
Some characteristics of organisms are inherited and others are acquired
Compare and contrast instincts with learned behaviors
Compare and contrast inherited and acquired physical traits