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	Earth Science	Life Science	Physical Science
K	Growing Up the basic needs of a plant: light, water, soil, air how a plant grows when its needs are met soil is different in different places	Fluttery Friends the characteristics of a butterfly the habitat of a butterfly the life cycle of a butterfly the food chain of a butterfly	Sense-ibility eyes see, ears hear, skin feels, noses smell, tongues taste describe objects according to their properties communicate information classify objects record information
1	Wild About Weather daily and seasonal weather changes tools that measure the weather collecting and interpreting weather data over time predicting weather weather in other parts of the country	Froggy Friends the characteristics of an amphibian the habitat of an amphibian the life cycle of an amphibian the food chain of an amphibian why amphibians can be in danger	What's This Stuff? properties of solids, liquids and gases freezing, melting, condensing, and evaporating heating and cooling change matter how to recognize simple changes in matter
2	Rock and Roll soil is different in different places rocks have different properties (hardness, texture, color, etc.) rocks have different uses	Feathered Friends the characteristics of a bird the habitat of a bird the life cycle of a bird the food chain of a bird why birds can be in danger	Physics FUNdamentals light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed sound is vibration heat can be conducted, convected, or radiated electricity is a form of energy current electricity magnets attract iron, cobalt, and nickel the Earth acts like a magnet
3	Meteorology and More daily and seasonal weather changes tools that measure the weather collecting and interpreting weather data over time predicting weather weather in other parts of the country	Formidable Friends the characteristics of an insect the habitat of an insect the life cycle of an insect the food chain of an insect why insects can be in danger	On the Move how objects move based on mass and gravity recording the motion of objects acceleration of objects moving downhill friction causes things to change speed

Earth Science

Life Science

Physical Science

Earth Changes
   wind and running water cause the Earth to change
   some Earth change is rapid (quakes, tornadoes, volcanoes, etc.)
   some Earth change is slow (erosion, waves, wind, etc.)

Flippered Friends
   the characteristics of a marine mammal
   the habitat of a marine mammal
   the life cycle of a marine mammal 
   the food chain of a marine mammal
   why marine mammals can be in danger

It Matters!
   the properties and qualities of solids, liquids and gases
   freezing, melting, condensing, and evaporating
   heating and cooling change matter
   how to recognize simple changes in matter

What's Up?
   the sun moves through the sky
   the phases of the moon
   the orbit of the moon
   the orbit of the planets
   the Earth's place in the solar system

Furry Friends
   the characteristics of a mammal
   the habitat of a mammal
   the life cycle of a mammal 
   the food chain of a mammal
   why mammals can be in danger

It Works!
   light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed
   sound is vibration
   heat can be conducted, convected, or radiated
   electricity is a form of energy
   current electricity
   magnets attract iron, cobalt, and nickel
   the Earth acts like a magnet

	Earth Science	Life Science	Physical Science
6	Look Down, Look Up daily and seasonal weather changes tools that measure the weather collecting and interpreting weather data over time predicting weather weather in other parts of the country	Forest Friends the characteristics of a fish the habitat of the temperate rainforest the life cycle of an alligator lizard the food chain of the rainforest rainforests in danger	Why is it Different? the properties and qualities of solids, liquids and gases freezing, melting, condensing, and evaporating heating and cooling change matter how to recognize changes in matter
7	GEOLOGY wind and running water cause the Earth to change some Earth change is rapid (quakes, tornadoes, volcanoes, etc.) some Earth change is slow (erosion, waves, wind, etc.)	ANATOMY integumentary skeletal muscular cardiovasuclar/lymph nervous system/endocrine respiratory digestive reproductive	PHYSICS OF MOTION how objects move based on mass and gravity recording the motion of objects acceleration of objects moving downhill friction causes changes in speed
8	ASTRONOMY the sun moves through the sky the planets the Moon, Earth's satellite stars, constellations, galaxies	ECOSYSTEMS characteristics of animals animal adaptations elements of an ecosystem food chains living things in their habitats human impacts on ecosystems	PHYSICS light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed sound is vibration heat can be conducted, convected, or radiated electricity is a form of energy current electricity magnets attract iron, cobalt, and nickel the Earth acts like a magnet

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