Module 1: Matter Mysteries Hotline
Module Phenomenon:
What is matter made of?
Driving Questions:
What are the properties of different materials?
How can we identify a mystery substance?
What can cause substances to change?
How can we design a substance with certain properties?
How are solids, liquids, and gases the same, and how are they different?
How can we model solids, liquids, and gases?
Module 2:
Module Phenomenon:
How do matter and energy move through an ecosystem?
Driving Questions:
What do plants need to grow?
What do animals need in order to grow and heal?
Where do plants get their matter?
Where do organisms get the energy they need to grow, heal, move and maintain their body temperature?
What happens to matter in an ecosystem?
How can ecosystems change?
Module 3: H20 Response Team
Module Phenomenon:
Why do some places lack fresh water and what can we do to protect it?
Driving Questions:
How much fresh water is on Earth?
How do humans work to protect the hydrosphere?
Why are some places in California drier than others?
Why are oceans salty?
How can we design a solution to a hydrosphere problem?
Module 4: Galactic Guidebook
Module Phenomenon:
What patterns do we notice when we observe the sky?
Driving Questions:
How can we investigate patterns in the sky?
Why is the Sun the brightest star?
Why do we see the Sun during the day and the stars at night?
Why don't we fall off the Earth?
Why do the stars seem to move?