Science Year 1

Science Year 1 Units

Content Skills

Erosion and Deposition
Plate Tectonics
Weather & Atmosphere
Earth in Space

• The impact of Earth Processes: Weathering Erosion, Deposition on human life. Examining data, analyzing positives/negatives.
• Plate movements can cause constructive and destructive changes in land. Analyzing evidence.
• Water cycles and has complex patterns that determine weather and climate. Using models, analyzing and explaining data
• Observations on earth are created by earth's role in the universe. Data collection, identifying patterns.

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Science Year 2

Science Year 2 Units

Content and Skills

Ecology
Evolution
Body Works
Cell Biology & Disease

• Analysis questions, food webs, food pyramids, close reading, data tables, introduced species problems/solutions
• Geological timeline, fossils, natural selection, Darwin vs Lamarck, adaptation, tune-fork experiment, dodo bird vs mammoth, survival of the fittest, Field Museum trip
• Organ and system cards, system models, digestion system experiment with antacid tablets, close readings on organs, create data tables, chicken wing dissection, role play alcohol affects (Traffic Stop), respiratory system experiment (oxygen and carbon dioxide), The Circulation Game, pulse data, experiment of structure of heart using a pump, analysis questions
• Students create cell models to investigate the function of the cell membrane, observe microscope slides of protists and bacteria.

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Science Year 3

Science  Year 3 Units

Chemistry of Materials
Energy
Water
Force & Motion
Studying Materials Scientifically

Content and Skills

• Making decisions about complex issues often involves tradeoffs. Analyze and evaluate information to make scientifically supported judgements. Formulate a testable hypothesis and explain it discuss and evaluate the various implications of the use of science and its application in solving a specific problem or issue.
• Students make recommendations for families about energy use in their homes based on the knowledge gained throughout the unit. Analyze and evaluate information to make scientifically supported judgements. Formulate a testable hypothesis and explain it discuss and evaluate the various implications of the use of science and its application in solving a specific problem or issue. Design a scientific investigation.
• Students creates a lab report where they analyzed three types of
• Water and evaluated the water safety
• Students will discuss how deceleration can be controlled during a collision. Students will design a crash test dummy. Students will determine how center of gravity affects a
• collision.
• Students will determine if certain types of cars are more dangerous than others.
• Students alike or not. will decide if all cars should be alike
• Students will learn the steps for completing a lab in the scientific method. They will complete data tables using their results. They will check for claim, evidence, and explanation format.
• Students will observe hazardous materials and identify them as different states of matter. The volume and density will be calculated.
• Students will research an element and think about the uses it has in our world. Students will create a model of the element.
• Students are testing models, with varying speed/brakes/friction.

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