Physical Science
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- Atoms
- States of Matter
- Changing States of Matter
- Potential and Kinetic Energy
- Gravity
Earth Science
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- Radiation and Greenhouse Effect
- Seasons
- Scale of Solar System
- Constellation Movement
- Eclipses and Moon
Life Science
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- Food Chains and Webs
- Ecosystem Relationships
- Change in Species
- Human Impact on Ecosystems
Students will engage in many science and engineering practices:
- asking questions and defining problems
- developing and using models (both conceptual and physical)
- planning and carrying out investigations
- analyzing and interpreting data
- using mathematics and computational thinking
- constructing explanations and design solutions
- engaging in argument from evidence
- obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
Instruction will bridge boundaries between science and other disciplines and connect core ideas and practices throughout the fields of study:
- patterns
- cause and effect
- structure and function
- systems and system models
- stability and change
- scale, proportion, and quantity
- energy and matter