Our adopted program is Exploring Science by National Geographic. The topics covered will include:
The Nature of Science - What questions, tools, skills do scientists use? Scientific method: investigate, ask questions, plan a test, do the test, record your results
Living Things and Their Environments - needs of living/non-living things, how living things interact with their environment
Matter - solids and liquids, how matter can change
Motion - paths of motion, push, pull, speed/direction of objects in motion
The Sun, Energy, and Weather - sun provides energy, materials absorb/reflect sunlight, heating of objects, change in temperature due to sun
Water on the Earth - types of water found on Earth, water can affect land (erosion)
Our adopted program is myWorld Social Studies: Making Our Way by Pearson. The topics covered will include:
My School, My Community - citizenship, school community, community leaders, American symbols, laws
Work in the Community - needs, wants, goods, services, consumer, market, money, jobs
Looking at our World - directions, north, east, south, west, maps, globes, land forms, continents, oceans, taking care of earth, communication, transportation
Traditions We Share - culture, traditions, custom, celebrations, holidays, hero, president, colony, stories from the past, learning how people around the world celebrate their heritage
Our Past, Our Present - ways to measure time, past, present, future, primary and secondary sources, documents, explorers, life then and now
Online access for our Social Studies and Science curriculum is available by clicking on the Clever link under the Parents & Students tab on www.rrcs.org.