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1

Conducting field and laboratory investigations using:
 Scientific Methods, analyzing data, making informed decisions and using tools such as beekers, test tubes, and spring scales, computers and information technology tools to collect, analyze, and record information. 

Conducting field and laboratory investigations using:

Scientific methods, Critical-Thinking, problem solving, and tools such as weather instruments and calculators and technology to collect and analyze information.

Conducting field and laboratory investigations using:

Scientific methods, Critical-Thinking, problem solving, and tools such as telescopes, and computers to collect and analyze information.

2

 As students learn more skills, they identify:

The solar system: sun, planets, moon, and asteroids/ 

The seasons and the lenght of the day are caused by the tilt and rotation of the earth as it orbits the sun/ 

The Rock Cycle and identify sources of water in a watershed/

Changes in objects including position, direction, and speed when acted upon by a force.

As students learn more skills, they identify:

Gravity

Phases of the moon

Hurricanes

Force and motion example: Pulleys and Levers Movement of blood

Chemical properties example: tarnishing of metal and burning of wood

Physical properties:

Identifying physical properties used to place elements in the periodic table.

As students learn more skills, they identify:

Human activities and natural events in altering Earth systems.

Stars and galaxies are part of the universe

Light years as distance

Scientific theories of the origin of the universe

Lunar cycles,

The rock cycle

3

Students classify and identify:

  Substances by their chemical properties,

The water cycle and decay of biomass as examples of interactions between matter and energy.

Life processes and relationships between structure and function of organisms.

Students learn about:

Kinetic and potential energy,

Energy transformation: example: photosynthesis (radiant energy to chemical energy)

Systems in humans, their structure and function.

Asexual and sexual reproduction to illustrate that genetic materials are responsible for dominant and recessive traits in organisms.

Students examine information on

The Periodic Table

Elements are grouped in families

Exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions indicate that energy is lost or gained.

Interactions in matter and energy in:

Solar, weather and ocean systems.

The origin of waves and their ability to travel through different media.

4

Science is a way of learning about the world,

 it is knowledge described by physical, mathematical and conceptual models, though science may not answer all questions

Science is a way of learning about the world,

 it is knowledge described by physical, mathematical and conceptual models, though science may not answer all questions

Science is a way of learning about the world,

 it is knowledge described by physical, mathematical and conceptual models, though science may not answer all questions

5

A system is a collection of cycles, structures, and processes that interact being part of a whole.  Change and constancy form patterns that help predict another change.

A system is a collection of cycles, structures, and processes that interact being part of a whole.  Change and constancy form patterns that help predict another change.

A system is a collection of cycles, structures, and processes that interact being part of a whole.  Change and constancy form patterns that help predict another change.

6

Investigations are used to learn about the natural world forming conclusions that may change as new observations are made. Models help understand how systems work but with limitations.

Investigations are used to learn about the natural world forming conclusions that may change as new observations are made. Models help understand how systems work but with limitations.

Investigations are used to learn about the natural world forming conclusions that may change as new observations are made. Models help understand how systems work but with limitations.