A. Classifying Living
things
1. How are all
living things alike?
2. How do
scientists classify into kingdoms?
3. How are kingdoms
divided into smaller groups?
B. Plant Processes
1. What are plant
cells like?
2. How do plants
take in materials?
3. How do plants
make and use food?
4. How do plants
produce seeds?
5. How do plants
reproduce without flowers or cones?
C. Invertebrates and
Vertebrates
1. What kinds of
organisms are in the animal kingdom?
2. How are
invertebrates classified?
3. How are
arthropods classified?
4. How are
vertebrates classified?
D. Populations and
Communities
1. What are
populations and communities?
2. How do different
populations share an environment?
3. How do different
populations affect one another?
4. How do
populations change?
5. How do
communities change naturally?
A. Earth's Changing
Crust
1. How does
weathering change the Earth's crust?
2. How does moving
water cause erosion?
3. How do glaciers
and wind cause erosion?
4. How do rocks
change? Rock Cycle
5. How do fossils
form?
B. Protecting the
Environment
1. How can water be
protected?
2. How can air be
protected?
3. How can land be
protected?
4. How can
communities solve pollution problems?
A. Investigating Matter
1. What are
properties of matter?
2. What are atoms?
3. What are
elements?
4. How are atoms
combined?
5. What are
solutions and suspensions?
B. Heat and Matter
1. What are heat
and temperature?
2. How is matter
heated?
3. How does heat
affect matter?
4. How is
temperature measured?
C. Changing forms of
Energy
1. How does energy
change form?
2. How is electric
energy produced?
3. How is energy
changed and used?
4. How are work and
force measured?
D. Energy Resources
1. How are fossil
fuels used as sources of energy
2. How are atoms
used as a source of energy?
3. How is moving
water used as a source of energy?
4. How can people
use sunlight and wind?
5. How can heat
inside the earth be used as an energy resource?
A. Body support,
Movement, Nutrition & Growth (review)
B. Respiratory and
Excretory Systems
C. Reproductive System
(two week unit: plans available for parent preview)
D. Drug Awareness
(D.A.R.E.)