|
Here is a look at some of the things we will be covering
this year!
 |
|
| |
Chapter 1 - The Shape of the Land VOCABULARY: erosion,
weathering, river system, sediments, delta, headland,
bay, sand dunes, and glacier
|
| |
CHAPTER 2 - The Importance of Natural Resources
VOCABULARY: soil, natural resources, conservation, rock,
mineral, ore, renewable resource, nonrenewable resource,
fossil fuels, and solar energy
|
| |
CHAPTER 3 - The Problem with Trash VOCABULARY: landfill,
incineration, pollution, pollutants, hazardous waste,
litter, recycle, and packing
|
|
| |
Explore how moving water changes the shape of the land.
|
| |
Compare and contrast river and ocean shoreline erosion.
|
| |
List three main types of erosion.
|
| |
Identify what soil is.
|
| |
Describe ways of conserving soil.
|
| |
Make a soil profile. (A31)
|
| |
Compare and contrast renewable and nonrenewable
resources.
|
| |
Compare fossil fuel use between the United States and
other nations.
|
| |
Chart the positve and negative effects of fossil fuel
use.
|
| |
Investigate alternative sources for energy.
|
| |
Compare and contrast landfills and dumps.
|
| |
Explain the negative effects of improper disposal of
trash on the environment.
|
| |
List the common steps of the recycling process.
|
| |
Make a plan for a home recycling center.
|
|
|
| |
|
 |
|
Properties of Matter (Unit B) |
|
|
Chapter 1 - Describing Matter VOCABULARY: matter, mass,
volume, density, property, physical properties, chemical
properties, standard unit, and metric system
|
CHAPTER 2 - Observing States of Matter VOCABULARY:
states of matter, element, atom, chemical symbol,
compound, substances, chemical formula, energy,
evaporation, melting, boiling, condensation, and
freezing
|
CHAPTER 3 - Causing Changes in Matter VOCABULARY:
physical change, mixture, solution, chemical change,
chemical properties, and chemical reaction
|
|
| |
Describe matter and the different ways of classifying
it.
|
| |
Compare and contrast physical and chemical properties.
|
| |
Understand the differences between standard and metric
units of measure.
|
| |
List the three states of matter and characteristics of
each.
|
| |
Recognize the chemical symbols for three elements.
|
| |
Discover different ways the gain or loss of heat energy
can change matter.
|
| |
Identify the characteristics of a physical change.
|
| |
Compare and contrast a mixture and a solution.
|
| |
Identify the characteristics of a chemical change.
|
|
|
| |
|
 |
|
Classifying Living Things (Unit C) |
|
|
| |
CHAPTER 1 - All Kinds of Living Things VOCABULARY:
organisms, vertebra, vertebrates, invertebrates,
exoskeleton, fish, gills, amphibian, reptiles, birds,
mammals, molts, nonseed plants, seed plants, mosses,
liverworts, ferns, horsetails, conifers, monocot, and
dicot
|
| |
CHAPTER 2 - The Survival of Living Things VOCABULARY:
environment, savanna, adaptations, behaviors,
instinctive behaviors, learned behaviors, and extinct
|
|
| |
Classify organisms into the five different kingdoms.
|
| |
Compare and contrast vertebrates and invertebrates.
|
| |
Compare and contrast nonseed and seed plants.
|
| |
Describe medicinal uses of plants.
|
| |
Name the basic needs of all living things.
|
| |
Describe how the physical characteristics of animals
help them survive.
|
| |
Compare and contrast instinctive and learned behaviors.
|
| |
Predict the outcome of living things if their needs are
not met.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Weather and Climate (Unit E) |
|
|
CHAPTER 1 - The Air Around Us VOCABULARY: air, nitrogen,
oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapor, atmosphere,
troposphere, weather, greenhouse effect, and wind
|
CHAPTER 2 - Observing Weather VOCABULARY: barometer, air
pressure, high-pressure areas, low-pressure areas, wind
vane, windsock, anemometer, water cycle, evaporates,
condenses, cloud, fog, precipiation, rain gauge,
humidity, and relative humidity
|
CHAPTER 3 - Weather Patterns VOCABULARY: weather
satellites, cumulus clouds, stratus clouds, cirrus
clouds, weather forecaster, air mass, front, cold front,
warm front, thunderstorm, flash floods, hurricanes, and
tornado
|
CHAPTER 4 - Seasons and Climate VOCABULARY: axis,
equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere,
climate, tropical climate, temperate climate, polar
climate, and ice ages
|
|
| |
Define air and what it is composed of.
|
| |
Explain how air is vital to life.
|
| |
Identify the different layers of our atmosphere.
|
| |
Explain the Greenhouse Effect.
|
| |
Explain what a barometer measures.
|
| |
Describe the effect that air pressure and water vapor
have on weather.
|
| |
Compare a windsock to a wind vane.
|
| |
Describe how wind is measured.
|
| |
Describe the uses of wind energy.
|
| |
Explore the different stages of the water cycle.
|
| |
Identify the three main types of clouds.
|
| |
Classify clouds by the type of weather they produce.
|
| |
Identify weather map symbols.
|
| |
Describe how weather maps help predict weather.
|
| |
Investigate the causes of a thunderstorm.
|
| |
Make a weather safety plan for all types of severe
weather.
|
| |
Compare and contrast hurricanes and tornadoes.
|
| |
Explore the causes of seasons and surface temperatures.
|
| |
Describe the three main types of climate.
|
| |
Identify three influences on a region's climate.
|
| |
Investigate three ways scientists learn about Earth's
past climate changes.
|
|
|
|
Back to Home Page
| |
|
