UNIT
    SKILLS
    TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED
    Invertebrates Animals

    ·   Text chapters 1 & 3,
    (p. 36 & 37)
    		·   Vocabulary
    ·   Characteristics and groups
    ·   Classifying living organism from simplest to
    complex
    ·   Use microscopes
    ·   Compare animal and plant cells and know their parts     		·   Paper and pencil
    Human Body

    ·   Videos
    ·   Text chapters 13 & 14
    		·   Vocabulary
    ·   Label and identify specific terms
    ·   Drug and alcohol awareness
    ·   Organ functions and body systems
    ·   Abduction prevention awareness
    ·   Child/sexual abuse awareness
    ·   Growing up: Our changing bodies
    ·   AIDS     		·   Paper and pencil
    Chemical and Physical Changes

    ·   Module 3 kit
    ·   Text p. 128-133, 144-150
    		·   Scientific method
    ·   Performing a controlled study
    ·   Vocabulary
    ·   Cause/effect
    ·   Collecting/organizing/interpreting data     		·   Observation
    ·   Lab write up (folders)
    Environmental Studies

    ·   Text p. 108-117, 268-290
    		·   Vocabulary
    ·   Pollution/clean environment
    ·   Recognizing cause/effect relationships
    ·   Suggesting alternatives     		·   Paper and pencil
    ·   Projects
    Sound

    ·   Module 3 kit
    		·   Speed of sound in various situations
    ·   Vocabulary
    ·   Frequency & pitch
    ·   Sound waves
     
     
     
    ·   Observation
    ·   Paper and pencil
    ·   Lab write up

    UNIT
    SKILLS
    TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED
    Optics/Light

    ·   Optics kit
    ·   Student supplemental workbook
    		·   Experiment with the path of light
    ·   Blending of colors
    ·   Shadows
    ·   Reflection/refraction
    ·   Vocabulary
    ·   Manipulating lenses and prisms     		·   Observation
    ·   Lab write up
     
    Simple Machines

    ·   Simple Machines kit
    ·   Student supplemental workbook
    ·   Text p. 198-200
    		·   Vocabulary
    ·   Manipulate pulleys and inclined planes
    ·   Measure force, distance and work
    ·   Drawing conclusions     		·   Observations
    ·   Lab write up
    Water Cycle
    Atmosphere
    Weather
    ·   Vocabulary
    ·   Earth’s oceans/bodies of water
    ·   Weather Channel
    ·   Drawing conclusions
    		·   Reports
    ·   Observations

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