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