Grade

EARTH SCIENCE

LIFE SCIENCE

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

ENVIRONMENTAL

HEALTH

K

Finding the Moon:

moonlight, shadows, the moon changes shape (phases)

Goldfish ad Guppies:

compare/contrast, needs for survival, behavior

Investigating Water:

drops, skink/float, bubbles, ice, dissolving

From Seed to Plant:

seeds, sprouts, roots, stem, leaf

The Five Senses:

sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste

1

Pebbles/Sand/Silt
(F.O.S.S.):
discovering Earth materials

Insects:
investigating life-cycles, kinds of insects.  Comparing insects to arachnids

Solids, Liquids & Gases (F.O.S.S.):
exploring matter

Deserts: characteristics, resources, conservation,
life forms, pollution(s),
endangered species,
human impact, food chains

Keeping Fit and Healthy:  importance of good nutrition,exercise, sleep, proper hygiene; food pyramid
and healthful diet

2

Air & Weather (F.O.S.S.):
observing weather, using air, constructing wind catchers

New Plants:
(F.O.S.S.)
observing plant growth from seeds, cuttings and bulbs

Balance & Motion
(F.O.S.S.):
understanding balance, constructing spinners and rollers

Oceans: characteristics, resources, conservation,
life forms, pollution(s),
endangered species,
human impact, food chains

DARE, What Makes Me Sick: how germs cause illness; how illnesses spread/ prevention of illnesses and injury; how to stay healthy

3

Our Neighbors in Space:
rotation/revolution, moon’s surface/ phases; eclipses; size of sun, moon and earth; reflected light; gravity.  Solar system, comparing sun, moon, and earth

Food Chains and Webs
(Delta – DSM):
producers, consumers, decomposers, food chains, food webs, plants and animals, predators and prey

Magnetism & Electricity:
(F.O.S.S.):
permanent
magnetism, simple electrical circuitry, electro-magnetism, communication code
system

Rainforests: characteristics, resources, conservation, life forms, pollution(s), endangered species, human impact, food chains

What’s for Lunch: nutrients, food pyramid, food choices, care of teeth and gums, sanitary food storage and preparation, digestion

4

Variables  (F.O.S.S.):
pendulums, buoyancy, flight, minicatapults, controlling and manipulating variables

Human Body Systems:  (F.O.S.S.)
digestive, respiratory, circulatory, skeletal, wellness
(owl pellets, crayfish - optional)

Physics of Sound (F.O.S.S.):  Colored Solutions (Delta); Powders and Crystals (Delta)

Prairies: characteristics, resources, conservation,
life forms, pollution(s),
endangered species,
human impact, food chains

Human Body Systems: body changes, bike safety, communicable diseases, body systems

5

Our Changing Earth: (Delta): rocks, minerals, tectonics, land features

Small Things and Microscopes (Delta)

Electrical Circuits (Delta): parallel, series circuits, switches
Models & Designs
(F.O.S.S.)

Woodlands:  characteristics, resources, conservation, life forms, pollution(s), endangered species, human impact, food chains

Movement & Control: AIDS, body changes, muscles, nerves

6

Astronomy: (Delta):
stars, galaxies, constellations

DNA: Genes to Proteins
(Delta)

Optics (Delta):
Chemical Interactions
(Delta)

Wetlands & Lakes:
characteristics, resources, conservation, life forms, pollution(s), endangered species, human impact,
food chains

Food & Nutrition (FOSS):
Human Growth & Development, DARE