UNIT #1- EARTH SCIENCE (Trimester 1)
Composition and Structure of the Earth
UNIT #2- PHYSICAL SCIENCE (Trimester II)
Heat Energy
1. Understand what happens to the temperature of objects when a warmer object is near a cooler object, and how conduction, convection, and
radiation describe transfer of heat energy in a variety of systems (house, atmosphere).
2. Understands some materials transfer heat well and some transfer heat poorly.
Energy: Waves
1. Understands the similarities and differences between motions of different types of waves.
2. Understands that energy is transmitted through waves.
Matter
1. Understands how objects can be described in terms of their properties (color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility, etc.), and the changes that
occur in properties of materials when wet, mixed, heated, frozen, cut, dissolved, blended, or exposed to light.
2. Understands that all objects are composed of parts and the sum of the weight of the parts equal the weight of the whole
3. Understands different phases of matter (solid, liquid, gas) and that matter can change from one state to another
4. Understands the relationship of the motion of particles to the states of matter for gases, liquids, and solids.
5. Understands that atoms are arranged in different ways to compose all substances including elements, molecules, compounds, mixtures, and
solutions.
UNIT #3- PHYSICAL SCIENCE (Trimester III)
Forces & Motion
1. Understands the greater the force, the greater the change in motion and when there is no force applied, motion does not change (inertia), and that
changes in speed or direction are caused by forces. Is skilled at calculating speed
2. Understands an unbalanced force acting upon an object changes its speed or direction of motion or both. Understands the role of friction in motion.
3. Understands how to apply Newton’s Third Law to everyday objects.
Composition and Structure of the Earth
- Explain how the tilt of Earth’s rotational axis relative to the plane of its yearly orbit around the sun affects the day length and sunlight intensity to cause seasons.
- Describe Earth Systems - biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere - and cycles and interactions within them (including water moving among and between them, rocks forming and transforming, and weather formation).
- Give several reasons why the climate is different in different regions of the Earth.
- Describe significant Earth resources and how their limited supply affects how they are used.
- Give examples of abrupt changes and slow changes in Earth Systems.
UNIT #2- PHYSICAL SCIENCE (Trimester II)
Heat Energy
1. Understand what happens to the temperature of objects when a warmer object is near a cooler object, and how conduction, convection, and
radiation describe transfer of heat energy in a variety of systems (house, atmosphere).
2. Understands some materials transfer heat well and some transfer heat poorly.
Energy: Waves
1. Understands the similarities and differences between motions of different types of waves.
2. Understands that energy is transmitted through waves.
Matter
1. Understands how objects can be described in terms of their properties (color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility, etc.), and the changes that
occur in properties of materials when wet, mixed, heated, frozen, cut, dissolved, blended, or exposed to light.
2. Understands that all objects are composed of parts and the sum of the weight of the parts equal the weight of the whole
3. Understands different phases of matter (solid, liquid, gas) and that matter can change from one state to another
4. Understands the relationship of the motion of particles to the states of matter for gases, liquids, and solids.
5. Understands that atoms are arranged in different ways to compose all substances including elements, molecules, compounds, mixtures, and
solutions.
UNIT #3- PHYSICAL SCIENCE (Trimester III)
Forces & Motion
1. Understands the greater the force, the greater the change in motion and when there is no force applied, motion does not change (inertia), and that
changes in speed or direction are caused by forces. Is skilled at calculating speed
2. Understands an unbalanced force acting upon an object changes its speed or direction of motion or both. Understands the role of friction in motion.
3. Understands how to apply Newton’s Third Law to everyday objects.