Science 3 Year Cycle 3-6

Science 3 Year Cycle: in accordance with Science Grade Level Content Expectations 3rd – 6th Grades Cycle A Cycle B Cycle C Discipline 1: Science Processes 3rd-6th Grade Discipline 1: Science Processes 3rd-6th Grade Discipline 1: Science Processes 3rd-6th Grade Standard: Inquiry Process Standard: Inquiry Process Standard: Inquiry Process Standard: Inquiry Analysis and Communication Standard: Inquiry Analysis and Communication Standard: Inquiry Analysis and Communication Standard: Reflection and Social Implications Standard: Reflection and Social Implications Standard: Reflection and Social Implications 4th Grade 5th Grade Discipline 2: Physical Science 3rd & 6th Grade rd Discipline 2: Physical Science Discipline 2: Physical Science Standard: Force and Motion (3 Grade) Standard: Energy Gravity (1) Standard: Force and Motion Forms of Energy (1) Force (4) Force Interactions (2) Speed (3) Energy & Temperature (3) Force (4) Standard: Energy (3rd & 6th Grade) Electrical Circuits (2) Speed (3) Forms of Energy (1) 3rd grade Standard: Properties of Matter rd Light Properties (2) 3 grade Physical Properties (3) Sound (2) 3rd grade States of Matter (1) th Kinetic & Potential Energy (2) 6 grade Magnets (2) th Energy Transfer (2) 6 grade Conductive and Reflective Properties (1) Standard: Properties of Matter rd Standard: Changes in Matter Conductive and Reflective Properties (3 grade) Changes in State (1) Standard: Changes in Matter Changes in State (2) 6th Grade

Discipline 3: Life Science Standard: Organization of Living Things Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers (2) Standard: Ecosystems Interactions of Organisms (1) Relationship of Organisms (3) Biotic and Abiotic Factors (2) Environmental Impact of Organisms (2)

Discipline 3: Life Science Standard: Organization of Living Things Structures & Functions (2) 3rd grade Classification (2) 3rd grade Animal Systems (2) 6th grade Standard: Evolution Environmental Adaptation (2) 3rd grade Species Adaptation & Survival (4) 6th grade Relationships Among Organisms (1) 6th grade Standard: Heredity Inherited and Acquired Traits (2) 6th grade

5th Grade

Discipline 4: Earth Science Standard: Earth Systems Seasons (2) Standard: Earth in Space and Time Solar System (1) Solar System Motion (5)

3rd & 5th Grade

3rd Grade

Discipline 4: Earth Science Standard: Solid Earth Surface Changes (1) Earth Materials (2) Using Earth Materials (2) Standard: Earth Systems Natural Resources (4) Human Impact (2)

4th Grade

Discipline 3: Life Science Standard: Organization of Living Things Life Requirements (2) Standard: Evolution Survival (2) Standard: Ecosystems Interactions (1) Changed Environment Effects (1) Discipline 4: Earth Science

4th & 6th Grade

Standard: Solid Earth Soil (4) 6th grade Rock Formation (1) 6th grade Plate Tectonics (3) 6th grade Magnetic Field of Earth (2) 6th grade Standard: Earth in Space and Time Characteristics of Objects in the Sky (2) 4th grade Patterns of Objects in the Sky (5) 4th grade Fossils (2) 4th & 6th grade Geologic Time (2) 6th grade