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Vision:  The Thrill of Discovery

In our curriculum we strive to instill both a love of learning science as well as a scientific way of thinking.  Students learn the skills needed to experience the thrill of discovery as they acquire the information necessary for scientific literacy.  The desired result is for students to apply their scientific knowledge and skills when making personal decisions in their everyday lives.

Student Goals

Students will:

• learn content in the various fields of science: Science Process, life science, physical science, earth science, and ecology/environmental science.
• achieve the thinking skills associated with science:  process skills (the scientific method), critical response skills (data interpretation), manipulative skills (using equipment), and communication skills (oral and written).
• experience learning opportunities in various environments including the classroom, the science laboratory, the rural 64-acre campus, the campus gardens, and the computer lab.
• participate in both traditional and experiential (hands-on) activities.

                                                     Unit Topics

Junior Kindergarten:

• Nutrition/Human Body/Five Senses
• Trees
• Bats
• Birds
• Types of Animals
• Forests/Wetlands
• Oceans
• Weather
• Rainforests
• Dinosaurs
• Insects
• Solar System

Kindergarten:

• Human Body and Being Healthy
• Trees
• Adaptations for Winter/Bears
• Seasons and Weather
• Water Cycle
• Insect Life Cycle
• Eggs
• Animal Classification

First Grade and Second Grade- Topics taught over 2 years on a rotating schedule

• Animals-Classification, Life Cycles, Structure and Function
• Properties of Matter
• States of Matter (Solids, Liquids, Gases)
• Weather
• Gardening
• Magnetism
• Earth Structure
• Land forms and changes
• Plant Life Cycles
• Balance and Motion

Third and Fourth Grade-Topics taught over 2 years on a rotating schedule

• Nervous System
• Circulatory System
• Light/Color- Eyes
• Sound-Ears
• Simple Machines
• Electricity
• Temperature and heat
• Solar System
• Seasons
• Rocks and Fossils
• Invasive Species
• Extinction of Species
• Worms and Soil 

Fifth Grade

• Arthropods and Relationship with Flowers and Seeds
• Form and Function in Nature
• Plant and Animal Adaptations
• Plate Tectonics
• Soil, Landforms and Erosive Forces
• Water Cycle
• Water Pollution

• Geologic Time
• Evolution of Species
• Species, Populations, Communities, Ecosystems
• Interactions of Species
• Biomes
• Natural Resources
• Cycles in Nature
• Conservation Projects

Seventh Grade

• Metric System, Lab Skills, Scientific Method
• Biochemistry
• Cell Biology
• Genetics
• Viruses, Bacteria 
• Human Anatomy and Physiology
• Plant Lab in Garden

Eighth Grade

• Physics
• Fluid Pressure/Aerodynamics
• Chemistry
• Astronomy
• Forms of Energy
• Meteorology

SFS Science Scope and Sequence (DOC 63 KB)

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