Science
Making sense of the world around us
Observe (K-5)
Begin the journey in observations, questions, and experimentation. Make prediction and record the data to make meaning of the world around.
Life Science: learn about living and nonliving things and their habitats. Introduce ecosystems and how plants and animals adapt to survive and thrive.
Earth Science: Explore seasons, weather, and the water cycle. Discover about the Earth, moon, plant, sun and other stars.
Physical Science: Uncover the properties of mater, light, sound, heat, and motion. Begin looking at forces of motion, magnets, and machines.:
Hypothesize (6-8)
Begin to design experiments, analyze data using graphs and charts, and formulate stronger hypotheses drawing from prior knowledge using variables and controls.
Life Science: Learn about the cell structures and functions. This includes the human body, genetics and heredity genes, classification of living things, plant and animal respiration and photosynthesis, food chain, food webs, and biomes.
Earth Science: Discover the structure of the Earth, plate tectonics, rock and fossils, weather and climate changes, and the solar system.
Physical Science: Look under the microscope to learn more about atoms, molecules, and elements. Dig deeper into the law of motion, physical and chemical changes, and energy forms and transfers.
Experiment (9-12)
Specialize in a field fo science. Learn advanced lab methods and ways to interpret and analyze data. Design experiments to find errors and communicate scientific findings.
Biology: Go deeper into cell biology and organelles, biochemistry (enzymes, macromolecules), genetics and inheritance patterns, evolution and natural selection, ecology and environmental science, human anatomy and physiology, and biotechnology and DNA technology.
Chemistry: Learn the atomic structure and periodic table, chemical bonding and reaction, states of matter and gas laws, acids, bases, and pH, thermochemistry and kinetics, organic chemistry and stoichiometry (quantitative chemistry).
Physics: Link science to math using motion, velocity, acceleration, Newton's laws, work, energy, and power, momentum and collision, waves, sound, and light, electricity and magnetism, and modern physics (quantum, relativity).
Earth & Space: Launch into the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere (Earth systems), climate change and sustainability, renewable and nonrenewable resources, astronomy (origins of the universe), meteorology and oceanography.