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LOWER SCHOOL WEB PAGES : Science Classes


2007-08 MVP Lower School Science Curriculums

Grade
Life Science
Earth Science
Physical ScienceDiscipline
K
5 Senses
Planets
Friction
Human Body
Oceans
Sound Vibrations
Life Cycle-Butterfly
Water Cycle/Cloud Formation
 
Rookeries- Penguins
 
 
 
1st
Living Things- alike/different
Sun
States of Matter
Kinds of Animals & Insects-basic needs
Day/Night
Magnetism
Tadpoles
Earth & Moon
Color/Rainbows
Plants- Life Cycle
Seasons
 
 
2nd
Habitats of Georgia
Stars/Planets/Celestial Bodies
Heat Absorption
Project Wet
Changes Earth’s Surface
Light//Shadows
Life in soils
Weather-wind, temperature, water cycle, climate, weather conditions
 
 
3rd
Ecosystems-Food Chains/Webs
Dinosaurs/Fossils
Simple Machines/Inventions
Adaptations
Landforms of Georgia
Work
Human Body- Body Systems
Pollution- Project Wet
Flight
 
 
Physical/Chemical Changes
 
4th
Living vs. Nonliving Things
Meteorology//Water Cycle
Electrical Current
Plant/Animal cells
Fossils
Particles in Motion
Classification
Rocks/Minerals/Rock Cycle
Laws of Motion-Rockets
Animal Characteristics
Composition of the Earth
 
 
5th
Plant Structure and functions
Energy Resources
Periodic Table- properties & structure of Matter, Atoms, Molecules
Parts of a Flower
Pollution
Forms of Energy- Potential/Kinetic Energy- Roller coasters
Responses and Adaptations
Astronomy
 
Nutrition
 
 
 

 

 

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