Science is learning about the world around us. The curriculum to support this concept is taught in a sequential, developmental method. The scientific concepts’ depth expands as the student progresses through school. The suggested topics for each grade level are:
Grade 1
water, sun, pollution, growth, plants, matter, magnets, heat, static electricity
Grade 2
motion, light, animals, land, solar system, phases of the moon, parts of the body
Grade 3
light and color, uses of sound, oceans, natural resources, food chains
Grade 4
magnetism, static electricity, current electricity, machines, weather, rocks, minerals, classification, vertebrate animals
Grade 5
Grade 6
scientific method, metric measurement, atmosphere, water cycle, universe and galaxies, geologic time, plate tectonics, science fair
Grade 7
ecology (biomes, conservation, pollution), weathering and erosion, body systems (skeletal, muscular, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous), life processes and cells, science fair
Grade 8
energy (heat, electrical, nuclear, light, sound), properties and structure of matter, periodic table, atomic structure, genetics and heredity, metric measurement, force and motion (Newton’s Laws), science fair