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Scientific Investigationand Reasoning
• Safety and Equipment• Scientific Method• Use of one variable• Construct graphs, tables, charts• Models• Nutritional Labels
Matter
• Physical properties of matter• Boiling, freezing, and melting points of water• Mixtures• Solutions
Life Cycles
• Structures and functions of plants and animals• Inherited traits and learned behaviors• Complete and incomplete metamorphosis
Ecosystems
• Observe how organisms live and survive within an ecosystem• Food chains and food webs• Outcomes to changes in ecosystems• Carbon dioxide/oxygen cycle
Force and Energy
• Mechanical, light, sound, thermal, electric energy• Electric circuits• Reflection/refraction of light• Experiments that test the effect of force on an object
Changes to Earth• Processes that lead to the formation of sedimentary rock and fossil fuels • Weathering, erosion, deposition and cementation form different landforms• Alternative energy resources – wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, biofuels• Fossils
Earth and Space
• Differentiate between weather and climate.• Water cycle• Day/night cycle• Physical characteristics of the Sun, Earth, and moon