Program of Studies
SC.P.STM: Structure and Transformation of Matter (Physical Science)
SC.P.STM.U: Enduring Knowledge ? Understandings
SC.P.STM.U.1: objects are made of one or more materials and investigating the properties of those materials helps in sorting and describing them.
Mineral Identification
Weight and Mass
SC.P.STM.U.2: tools such as thermometers, magnifiers, rulers and balances can give more information about objects than can be obtained by just making observations.
Mineral Identification
Weight and Mass
SC.P.STM.U.3: things can be done to materials to change some of their properties, but not all materials respond the same way to what is done to them.
Mineral Identification
Weight and Mass
SC.P.STM.U.4: water can be a liquid, solid, or gas and can go back and forth from one form to another.
SC.P.MF: Motion and Forces (Physical Science)
SC.P.MF.U: Enduring Knowledge ? Understandings
SC.P.MF.U.1: things move in many different ways (e.g., fast and slow, back and forth, straight, zig zag, etc.).
SC.P.MF.U.4: vibration is a type of motion that is responsible for making sound.
SC.P.MF.U.5: magnetism is a force that can make some things move without touching them.
SC.P.MF.S: Skills and Concepts
SC.P.MF.S.5: explore differences in sounds (high and low pitch) produced by vibrations (e.g., making musical instruments that have moving parts that vibrate to produce sound)
SC.P.MF.S.6: observe interactions of magnets with other magnets and with other matter (e.g., magnets have a force that can make some things move without touching them; larger size of a magnet does not have to mean it has greater force) in order to make generalizations about the behavior of magnets
SC.P.EU: The Earth and the Universe (Earth/Space Science)
SC.P.EU.U: Enduring Knowledge ? Understandings
SC.P.EU.U.3: the sun, moon and stars appear to move slowly across the sky at different speeds and we can see patterns in their movement with careful observation.
SC.P.EU.U.4: the sun can only be seen in the daytime. The moon can sometimes be seen during the day and sometimes be seen at night and its shape changes in a predictable pattern.
Phases of the Moon
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
SC.P.EU.U.5: observable interactions of the sun, moon and the Earth can be used to identify the apparent pattern of their movement.
SC.P.EU.S: Skills and Concepts
SC.P.EU.S.1: use senses and scientific tools (e.g., hand lens/magnifier, metric ruler, balance, etc.) to observe, describe and classify earth materials (solid rocks, soils, water and air) using their physical properties
SC.P.EU.S.5: observe the locations and real or apparent movements of the sun and the moon
Phases of the Moon
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
SC.P.EU.S.7: communicate observations, investigations and conclusions orally and with written words, charts and diagrams
SC.P.UD: Unity and Diversity (Biological Science)
SC.P.UD.S: Skills and Concepts
SC.P.UD.S.7: ask questions that can be investigated, plan and conduct ?fair tests,? and communicate (e.g., write, draw, speak, multi-media) findings to others
Diffusion
Growing Plants
Pendulum Clock
Real-Time Histogram
SC.P.BC: Biological Change (Biological Science)
SC.P.BC.U: Enduring Knowledge ? Understandings
SC.P.BC.U.4: things change in some ways and stay the same in some ways.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
SC.P.ET: Energy Transformations (Unifying Concepts)
SC.P.ET.U: Enduring Knowledge ? Understandings
SC.P.ET.U.2: almost all kinds of food that animals eat can be traced back to plants. Food chains/webs are useful models of these relationships.
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SC.P.ET.U.4: light can be observed to determine how it travels and how it interacts with different materials (e.g. reflects, is absorbed, passes through).
Color Absorption
Heat Absorption
SC.P.ET.U.5: electricity can only flow when it has a closed path (circuit) to follow. Closed electric circuits can produce light and sound.
SC.P.ET.S: Skills and Concepts
SC.P.ET.S.1: identify examples and sources of energy
SC.P.ET.S.3: observe, illustrate and explain basic relationships of plants and animals in an ecosystem (e.g., use simple food chains and webs to explain how plants and animals get food/energy to live and grow)
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SC.P.ET.S.5: demonstrate open and closed circuits using batteries, bulbs and wires and analyze models of basic electrical circuits in order to determine whether a simple circuit is open or closed
Correlation last revised: 5/11/2018