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Earth Studies Curriculum

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life:  plants

life:  animals/other

earth/ecology

physical

skills & attitudes

 

PreK

plants & gardening:  seeds, life cycle, parts of a plant, edibles, bulbs

tree study

animals/pets

snails

 

compost

seasons

recycling

rocks

 

light, shadow  & color: paint mixing

balance & mass

magnets

sink/float

 

conflict resolution

animal care

pattern

measurement: length

sci illustration & description

sorting & classifying

 

K

 

fall leaves & trees

plants & gardening:  seeds, life cycle, parts of a plant, edibles, bulbs

 

health: HIV curriculum

hermit crabs: shells, crustaceans

 

compost

seasons

recycling

balance & mass

sink/float

 

conflict resolution

animal care

pattern

measurement: mass

sci illustration & description

sorting & classifying

 

1st/2nd

 

odd yrs

gardening

pill & sow bugs: classification

human  body: anatomy, skeletal system, digestion, development, teeth, sleep, health (HIV)

weather

water cycle

compost

recycling

 

states of matter

owls: research, pellets

bones

 

conflict resolution

animal care

msmt: temperature

sci illustration & description

 

1st/2nd

 

even yrs

gardening

 

mealworms: life cycle, metamorphosis

compost

rocks & charts

recycling

balance & mass

sink/float

 

sci and scientists

conflict resolution

animal care

sci illustration & description

 

 

3rd

gardening

plants: propagation, seeds, dissection, plant needs, life cycle, flowers, plant anatomy, plant cells

owls: research, pellets

bones

animal signs/Camp

food chains & webs

recycling

 

electricity: circuitry

magnetism: fair test

simple machines: levers, mechanical advantage, friction

microscopy/lenses

sci illustration & description

measurement

 

4th/5th

 

odd yrs

(4th gr

gardening

Fast Plants: germination, life cycle, pollination, photosynthesis; genetics; heredity

skin color

shells (test prep)

brine shrimp: measurement, habitat conservation

compost

geography & water systems: land & water forms, watershed, waste mgmt; global warming

Earth in space: day/night, seasons, solar system, moon

recycling

resource conservation

energy: basic circuitry, transformation, fuels, renewable, non-renewable, sources, carbon cycle, conservation

sci illustration & description

documentation

test prep: measurement

science fair: design, documentation; presentation

 

 

4th/5th

 

even yrs

 

sustainable nutrition: the body systems, HIV curric; fitness, nutrition, food groups, food origins

gerbil study: adaptions, learned vs inherited traits

 

electricity: circuitry, parallel  & series, bulb & battery holders

sci illustration & description

test prep: measurement

science fair: design, documentation; presentation

 

even years = 2008/2008, 2010/2011                     odd years = 2009/2010, 2011/2012, etc.

 

 

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 12 November 2008 13:51 )