Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 
    Skills ·   Arrange objects by size
    ·   Sort & group items
    ·   Identify and describe objects
     
          		·   Serial order
    ·   Using non-standard units to measure length, area
    ·   Using standard units to measure area, weight
    ·   Using standard units to measure length, weight and capacity
    ·   Read a thermometer     		·   Collect and record results of various classroom studies in graphic form (tables, charts, graphs …)
    ·   Use library resources to locate and collect data on a particular subject
    ·   Use newspapers to collect and record data     		·   Metric measurement ·   Controlled studies
    ·   Scientific method
    ·   Microscope/hand lens/cells
    ·   Collecting, organizing data     		·   Knowledge of and use of the steps of the scientific method
    ·   Controlled studies: Vocabulary and completion of labs
    ·   Tools and strategies of science:
    - classification charts
    - qualitative/quantitative observations
    - observation/inference
    - surface area of irregular
    - measuring by difference
     graduated cylinder
     triple balance beam scale
    - measurement metric
     accurate/estimated
    TAUGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A UNIT ON FORCE AND MOTION  
    ·   Earth Science ·   View the various constellations
    ·   Introduce concepts of celestial bodies and their place in the universe
    ·   Describe seasonal changes
     
          		·   Identify one constellation
    ·   Create their own star myth     		·   Record long-term changes which occur in nature over a specified period of time
    -  erosion,  weathering
    -  shadow lengths
    -  phases of moon
    -  effects of gravity     		·   Earth/moon/sun relationships
    ·   Constructive/de-structive forces
    ·   Properties of rocks and minerals and testing properties of rocks
    ·   Investigating water cycles
    ·   Constellations
    ·   Indian legends for constellations
     
          		  ·   Theory of plate tectonics
    -Cycles/recycling
    -Layers of the earth
    -Movement
    ·   Earthquakes
    -Types
    -Causes/destruction
    -Technology
    ·   Volcanoes
    -Types/models
    -classification
    -Ring of Fire
      Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6
    ·   Physical Science ·   Properties of liquids, solids and gases
    ·   Group objects by attributes
          		·   Describe various forms of energy and how they interact with different objects and the outside world
    ·   Buoyancy
    ·   Surface tension     		·   Record the conditions which cause changes in water from solid to liquid, liquid to gas, gas to liquid and liquid to solid
    ·   Diagram a variety of electrical circuits
    ·   Identify common solids as either conductors of electricity or non-conductors     		  ·   Powders, crystals
    ·   Colored solutions
    ·   Acids, bases
    ·   Density
    ·   Solubility
    ·   Light, sound
    ·   Energy, work and machines     		·   Electricity
    - atoms, parts, charges
    - charges
    - circuits
    ·   Electromagnets
    - magnets
    - energy types and  conversions
    - use of
    - construction of devices using electromagnets
    - energy conversions
    ·   Other types:
    - sound
    - light, solar
    - fiber optics
    ·   Force and motion ·      		 
    ·   Life Science ·   Categorize living and non-living
    ·   Describe characteristics of plant and animal growth and interdependence
    ·   Identify environmental concerns     		·   Identify characteristics of non-living and living things
    ·   Identify characteristics of plants and animals
    ·   Describe general growth and development of common plants and animals
    ·   Compare the growth and development of common plants and animals
    ·   Associate plants and animals with their habitats     		·   Record the changes in an animal (butterfly) that exhibits multiple stages of development
    ·   Summarize data collected on two or more behaviors exhibited by an animal
    ·   Record changes that occur during the life cycle of a common plant
    ·   Compare similar structures and systems of common plants     		·   Characteristics of vertebrates and plant life
    ·   Skeletons of vertebrates
    ·   Effects of pollution on nature
    ·   Investigating cycles in nature
          		·   Invertebrates
    -  characteristics
    -  classification
    ·   Human body
    -  label and identify parts of body systems
    -  growing up: Our changing bodies
    -  child abuse/abduction awareness
    -  drug, alcohol awareness
    -  immune system, AIDS
    -  levels of defense
    -  cell structure
    ·   Plant Life ·       		·   Habitat, niche, population
    ·   Ecosystems
    - interdependence - roles and relationships, including respiration and photosynthesis
    - food chains, webs
    ·   Biomes
    - endangered/extinct animals
    - types
    -adaptations
    ·   Environmental resources and responsibilities:
    - investigate environmental
     
     
     
       
     
               
      Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6
              -  Classification: simplest to complex
    -  Reproduction: self/cross pollination
    -  Observation, manipulation, conclusion
    -  Comparison of plants
    -  Parts of a plant cell
    -  Process of photosynthesis, phototropism
    -  Life cycle of a plant
    -  Parts of a plant
          		problems that can be alleviated through the actions of man:
     oil spills
     recycling
              energy        consumption  

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