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