Science

This Year's Science Focus:

• Engineering Design Process

  • • • SLED - content based design tasks 

• Electricity

  • • • Atoms, electrons, current, circuits, conductors & insulators, switches

• Erosion

  • • • the process of weathering vs. erosion, erosion prevention systems, the effects of erosion in communities

• Natural Disasters

  • • • tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions

• Simple Machines

  • • • Pulley, lever, wedge, screw, inclined plane, wheel and axle

• Forces and Motion

  • • • gravity, speed, acceleration, drag, air resistance