Science Skills Taught
Science as Inquiry
Provides context and hands-on experiences using the scientific method.
Physical Science
Develops understanding of matter and materials, force, and energy.
Life Science
Develops understanding of living things: plants, animals, and ecosystems.
Science
Develops understanding of astronomy, meteorology, seasons, air, hydrology and geology.
Perspectives
Develops understanding of environment, conservation, health, safety, observation, and inventions.
- Scientist biographies
- Observe a simple system over time
- Materials, solids, and liquids
- Push/Pull and magnets
- Living and nonliving
- Plant or animal
- Labeling plants
- Categorizing animals
- Ecosystems: desert, ocean, mountain, and rainforest
- Sun, moon, constellations
- Seasons
- Water and clouds
- Pollution and recycling
- Five senses
- Scientist biographies
- Science tools
- Science experiments
- Solid liquid gas
- States of water
- Properties of gravity
- Food chains
- Respiration
- How plants function
- Classify animals by structure and what they eat
- Additional ecosystems
- Earth
- Weather, weather tools and patterns
- Properties of air
- Properties and sources of water
- Rocks
- Uses of water
- Care of earth, air, and water
- Lightning safety
- Health: germs, exercise, rest, teeth, and food
- Scientist biographies
- Science experiments
- Changes in matter
- Simple machines
- Sources and properties of light
- Electricity
- Heat sources, uses, and movement
- Sound waves, pitch, and volume
- Traits of living things
- Plant lifecycle and growth
- Animal lifecycle and growth
- Social insects
- Sun, moon, earth
- Moon patterns
- Water cycle
- Fossils
- Dinosaurs
- Rock cycle
- Soil
- Natural resources
- Inventions
* Children are placed in science based on age and grade in school.
