Science

Skills:

• Records and communicates observations and results of investigations.
• Sorts and classifies.
• With teacher guidance, designs a research project.
• Measures and records growth.
• Uses graphs to display data.

Sea Life

Skills:

• Organisms are classified according to their characteristics and adapted to their environments.
• The classrooms’ plants and animals are dependent upon each other for energy through food chains.
• Different organisms exhibit different behaviors and structures.

Structures

• Every object, living and nonliving, is a structure.
• A structure is made up of individual parts that are also structures.
• The form of a structure is determined by the function it performs.
• Structures are affected by forces, pushing or pulling.
• Compression is a force that pushes a material or structure together.
• Tension is a force that pulls a material or structure apart.

Plant Growth and Development

• Plants go through specific stages in their life cycle.
• To live and grow, plants need light, water and nutrients from the soil and space.
• Plants and animals are dependent on one another for survival.
• Each plant structure is designed to perform a specialized function.