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Quarter 1 |
Quarter 2 |
Quarter 3 |
Quarter 4 |
Kindergarten |
Environment
What is the environment? What is pollution? How do we care for our world? |
Insects
What are the characteristics of insects? What is a life cycle? What is a habitat? |
Senses
How do I use the five senses to interact with the environment? |
Plants and Seeds
What do plants need to live and grow? How do plants change as the seasons change? |
Grade 1 |
States of Matter
What are the three states of matter? What factors influence changes in matter? |
Lego Robotics
How can we design a sturdy vehicle and get it to follow simple commands? |
Tide Pools
What are the characteristics of oceans and seashores? What plants and animals can be found at the seashore and in tide pools? |
Mealworms
What factors affect the behavior of mealworms? |
Grade 2 |
Butterflies
What are the needs of living things? What are the stages of the butterfly’s life cycle? |
Water Cycle
How is the earth’s water “recycled”? What are the stages of the water cycle? |
Nutrition
What is a balanced diet? How does eating a balanced diet help me grow strong and stay healthy? |
Robotics
How do engineers use the design process to create products? How are gears, light sensors and touch sensors used together to operate simple machines? |
Grade 3 |
Pond Life
What are the habitats of pond ecosystems? What are the living and non-living features of ponds? What is a food chain? |
Forces, Motion, and Simple Machines
What are forces? What is work? How do simple machines make work easier? |
Sound
How are sounds made? How do sounds travel? What determines the pitch of a sound? |
Space and the Moon
Where is the earth in the solar system? What causes day and night? What changes occur in the shape of the moon over a month's time? |
Grade 4 |
Rocks and Minerals
How are rocks formed? What is a mineral? How can we identify minerals? |
Life Cycle of a Plant
What are the stages of the life cycle ofa plant? What do plants need to grow? What is soil? |
Electricity and Magnetism
What materials to magnets attract? How can I use my understanding of circuits to produce light, heat, sound and magnetic effects? |
Weather
How do factors like air temperature, moisture, wind speed and air pressure make up the weather? How do we measure the variables that affect weather? |
Grade 5 |
Catching the Wind
What is the difference between a simple and complex machine? How can the design process be used to solve problems? |
Mixture and Solutions
What is matter made of? What forms does matter take? How do elements combine to make living and non-living things? |
Energy, Simple and Complex Machines
What are the basic forms of energy? What is the relationship between force and work? How can two or more simple machines combine top create a complex machine? |
Animal Adaptations
What factors enable an animal to survive in its habitat? How do the structures and behaviors of animals enable them to survive? |
