LEON VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCIENCE


 

GRADE LEVEL UNITS - 4TH QUARTER
   

Kindergarten

WORLD SYSTEM

Prism’s Rainbow

o Properties, patterns & systems

o Colors of light

The Pond Ecosystem

o Living organisms

o Plants

o Butterflies

 

First Grade

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Pets Matter

o Physical Properties

o Measurement

SPACE/EARTH SCIENCE

Systems & Patterns

o Properties & patterns of the sun, earth & moon

o Systems

 

Second Grade

SYSTEMS

Living Systems

o Woodland Forest Ecosystem

o Characteristics of the land

o Water cycle

o Plants and Animals

o Interdependence

o Basic needs of Living organisms

o Natural Resources

Third Grade

LIFE SCIENCE

The Wetlands Ecosystem

o Habitats

o Competition for resources to meet needs

o Environmental changes

o Beaver – modifying physical environment

o Inherited traits of plants and animals

SPACE/EARTH SCIENCE

Star Power

o Characteristics of the Sun

Out of This World

o Planets and their position in relation to the Sun

 

Fourth Grade

EARTH/SPACE SCIENCE

Fossils

o Fossil formation

o Using fossils to study the past

o Comparing past species to existing species

The Sun and Solar Energy

o Changes in matter from the addition/reduction of heat

o Sun as the major source of energy

International Space Station

o Systems

 

Fifth Grade

EARTH/LIFE SCIENCE

Adaptations

o How adaptations help a species survive

o Unique niches in ecosystems

Tree Rings

o Draw conclusions about the past using tree-rings

BIG6 Project

TAKS Review

Science Project

 

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