ISD 318 Elementary Science

Month -Unit

• September - Citizenship (human, local, community)

• October - My community/Community Helpers

• November - Indigenous People/Then and Now (Wampanoag, English, harvest) 

• December - Holidays Around the World/Our World Geography (region, particular region, north, south, east, west)

• January and February -  Weather Patterns, Severe Weather, Sunlight and Warmth

• March - Animal Needs

• April - Plant Needs

• May - Pushes and Pulls

Month -Unit

• September/October - Animal Superpowers

• November / December - Night Patterns

• January/ February - Light, Sound, and Communication

• March/April - Plant Traits and Survival 

• May -Light, Sound, and Communication

Quarter - Bundle - Scope

1 Organisms- Needs and Interactions

• What Plants Need

• Animal and Plant Dependence

• Diversity of Living Things

2 Dealing with Changes to Earth

• Quick Changes to Land

• Slow Changes to Land

• Effects of Wind and Water

3 Mapping Land and Water

• Mapping Our World

• Forms of Water on Earth

4 Selecting and Using Materials in the Design Process

• Properties and States of Matter

• Properties of Materials

• Building Blocks of Matter

• Changes from Heat

Quarter - Bundle - Scope

1 Animal Development and Survival 

• Life Cycles 

• Social and Group Behaviors 

2 Environments and the Traits of Organisms  

• Inheritance and Variation of Traits 

• Environmental Traits 

• Adaptations 

• Environmental Changes and Effects 

3 Organisms Change Over Time 

• Plant and Animal Extinction 

• Fossils 

• Survival of the Fittest 

4 Dealing with Hazardous Weather Worldwide 

• Using Magnetic Force 

• Weather and Climate

• Processes and Impacts of Natural Hazards 

• Objects in Motion 

• Electric and Magnetic Forces 

Quarter - Bundle - Scope

1 Organism Structures and Behavior

• Plant and Animal Parts

• Sense Receptors

2 Changes Over Time to Earth’s Surface and Resources

• Rock Patterns

• Changing Land

• Plate Tectonics

• Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources 

• Natural Processes 

3 Using Energy Transformation 

• Energy Transfer and Electric Currents

• Transfer of Energy Collison

• Energy and Speed

• Using Stored Energy

4 Communicating Using Wave Energy

• Motion of Waves

• Wavelength and Amplitude

• Light Reflection

• Information Technologies

Quarter - Bundle - Scope

1 Matter and Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

• Energy Transfer

• Matter and Energy in Plants

• Food Webs

• Matter Cycles

• Ecosystems 

2 Observing Our Sky 

• Earth’s Rotation

• Observing Our Sky

• Objects in the Sky

• Gravity

3 Human Impact on the Earth’s Systems

• Earth’s Systems Interactions 

• Water Sources

• Reducing Human Footprint 

4Interactions in Matter

• Matter is Everywhere

• Properties of Matter

• Changes of Matter

• Mixtures