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Curriculum » Science Scope and Sequence
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Science Scope and Sequence
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Scope and Sequence: Lower School Science Science is integrated into the Junior Kindergarten curriculum. There is a designated science center within the classroom. Children are free to explore this area throughout the day. Activities are rotated weekly to reflect the topic of study. There are also times each week when science lessons are given to the entire class. These activities may emphasize science skills such as predicting, observing, comparing, and looking at cause and effect, as well as then general exploration of various living and nonliving items from our environment. Some of the topics taught during the year include the rainforest, oceans, wetlands, animal classification, weather, insects, Arctic regions, our own backyard, and outer space. These science studies provide the groundwork for more in-depth study in K-8. | | Health | Life | Physical | Earth | Ecology & environment | K | Taking care of your body, nutrition | Human Body: the five senses, anatomy, growth, etc.
Insect life cycle (butterflies) Trees | Properties of matter: describing, measuring, etc. |
| Animal adaptations to winter
garden
| 1 1 | | Animals | States of matter: solids, liquids, gases | Weather | garden | 2 | | Plant life cycles
| Balance and motion | Volcanoes and types of rocks | Garden field study | | 3 | | Human Body—eyes and ears
Trees as plants
| Light Sound Chemistry (acids/bases) | Fossils (Devonian Age in Louisville)
| garden
| | 4 | | | Electricity and Magnetism Temperature, heat, and energy; states of matter
Simple Machines | Solar system and moon
| | Scope and Sequence: Middle School Science . | | Health | Life | Physical | Earth | Ecology & environment | | 5 |
Outdoor safety
| Botany (flowers, seeds) Zoology * insects *5 Kingdoms
| | Soil Geology
* rock cycle * minerals *geologic time
* earthquakes/ volcanoes
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Water pollution
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Evolution and adaptation | |
| Environmental Science * habitats * populations * communities
Biomes/ecosystems Cycles (carbon, oxygen, nitrogen) Food chains/webs Water and land resources
Living Resources
Global warming
| | 7 | Nutrition Human body systems Disease and immunity
| Living and non-living
Cells and cell processes Genetics Biochemistry | Scientific Method
Measurement
| | | | 8 | | | Chemistry (atomic structure and chemical reactions) Physics (forces, motion, speed, buoyancy, pressure, and aerodynamics) | Meteorology (atmosphere, pressure, fronts, global warming) Astronomy (universe, stars, space-time) | Nuclear energy--uses and dangers |
Science Department
St. Francis School
11000 US Highway 42
Goshen, Kentucky 40026
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