Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them in teams through free exploration, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations. Using the five senses as tools, make careful observations, describe objects in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight, color, and motion, and compare their Standards Science observations with others. visited all year Keep records as appropriate, such as pictorial and written records- of investigations conducted. Ask "how do you know?" in appropriate situations. Week Major Concepts / Topics Possible Resources Big Idea #1: The Practice of Science 1 (Nature of Science) Big Idea #1: The Practice of Science 2 (Nature of Science) (sorting objects by properties) Big Idea #1: The Practice of Science 3 (Nature of Science) Big Idea #5: Earth in and Space and Time 4 (Magnifiers) Quarter 1 Big Idea #5: Earth in Space and Time Aug 10 – Oct 13 5 (Observe stars) Big Idea #5 Earth in Space and Time 6 (Harmful and beneficial properties of the Sun) Big Idea #5 Earth in Space and Time 7 (Harmful and beneficial properties of the Sun) Big Idea #5 Earth in Space and Time 8 (Law of Gravitiy) Big Idea #5 Earth in Space and Time 9 (Law of Gravitiy) Week Major Concepts / Topics Possible Resources Big Idea #6 Properties of Matter Quarter 2 1 (Sort by observable properties) Oct 17 – Dec 21 Big Idea #6 Properties of Matter 2 (Sort by observable properties)
Standards visited all year Science Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them in teams through free exploration, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations. Using the five senses as tools, make careful observations, describe objects in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight, color, and motion, and compare their observations with others. Keep records as appropriate, such as pictorial and written records- of investigations conducted. Ask "how do you know?" in appropriate situations. Quarter 1 Aug 10 – Oct 13 Week Major Concepts / Topics Possible Resources 1 Big Idea #1: The Practice of Science (Nature of Science) 2 Big Idea #1: The Practice of Science (Nature of Science) (sorting objects by properties) 3 Big Idea #1: The Practice of Science (Nature of Science) 4 Big Idea #5: Earth in and Space and Time (Magnifiers) 5 Big Idea #5: Earth in Space and Time (Observe stars) 6 Big Idea #5 Earth in Space and Time (Harmful and beneficial properties of the Sun) 7 Big Idea #5 Earth in Space and Time (Harmful and beneficial properties of the Sun) 8 Big Idea #5 Earth in Space and Time (Law of Gravitiy) 9 Big Idea #5 Earth in Space and Time (Law of Gravitiy) Quarter 2 Oct 17 – Dec 21 Week Major Concepts / Topics Possible Resources 1 Big Idea #6 Properties of Matter (Sort by observable properties) 2 Big Idea #6 Properties of Matter (Sort by observable properties)