In First Grade - Core topics covered are:
Sound and vibrating materials. Light travels and the ability to see objects.
Observe, describe, and predict some patterns of the movement of objects in the sky.
How plants and animals use their external parts to survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Young animals and plants are alike but not exactly like their adult parent.
Engineering Projects to Provide Solutions to Problems
In Second Grade - Core topics covered are:
Properties of Matter, Changes in Matter, Relate Properties of Matter to How They Can Be Used
Shapes and Locations of Landforms & Bodies of Water
How Processes Sculpt Landscapes
Biodiversity in Landscapes
Engineering Projects to Provide Solutions to Problems
In 3rd Grade - Core topics covered are:
Investigate the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
Use models to describe multiple forces on objects and predict how they will move as those forces change.
Solve a design challenge of how electric and magnetic forces can act without touching.
Observe animal life cycles and animals living in groups; describe how these traits help organisms meet their needs. Measure different traits between offspring; their parents, and other members of their population.
Develop models of the relationship between traits, environment, and survival.
Collect evidence that organisms live in environments that best meet their needs to survive.
Record patterns in weather and analyze their data.
Learn about weather patterns around the world and design solutions to reduce weather hazards.
Engineering Projects to Provide Solutions to Problems
In Fourth Grade - Core topics covered are:
Rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
Weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
Energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.
Energy transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. Changes in energy that occur when objects collide.
Waves Patterns - amplitude and wavelength. Waves can cause objects to move. Patterns to transfer information. Light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
Life Science - Structures and Process. Plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
Engineering Projects to Provide Solutions to Problems
In Fifth Grade - Core topics covered are:
Chemical Reactions, Properties of Matter & Conservation of Matter
Exchange of Energy and Matter Within Ecosystems
Distribution of Water on Earth, Human Impact and Protection of Earth's Resources
Interacting Earth Systems
Patterns in the Night Sky & Forces of Gravity
Engineering Projects to Provide Solutions to Problems