2nd Grade
5.2.A Scope and Sequence – Earth Materials: Rocks and Minerals
a. Observe and identify examples of slow changes in the Earth’s surface and surface materials (e.g., rock, soil layers) due to processes such as decay (rotting), freezing, thawing, breaking, or wearing away by running water or wind
7.1.A Scope and Sequence - All Units
a. Pose questions about objects, materials, organisms and events in the environment
b. Plan and conduct a simple investigation (fair test) to answer a question
7.1.B Scope and Sequence - All Units
a. Make qualitative observations using the five senses
b. Make observations using simple tools and equipment (e.g., magnifiers/hand lenses, magnets, equal arm balances, thermometers)
c. Measure length, mass, and temperature using standard and non-standard units
d. Compare amounts/measurements
7.1.C Scope and Sequence - All Units
a. Use observations as support for reasonable explanations
b. Use observations to describe relationships and patterns and to make predictions to be tested
c. Compare explanations with prior knowledge
7.1.D Scope and Sequence - All Units
a. Communicate simple procedures and results of investigations and explanations through:
⇛ oral presentations
⇛ drawings and maps
⇛ data tables
⇛ graphs (bar, pictograph)
⇛ writings
8.3.A Scope and Sequence - All Units
a. Identify a question that was asked, or could be asked, or a problem that needed to be solved when given a brief scenario (fiction or nonfiction of individuals solving everyday problems or learning through discovery)
b. Work with a group to solve a problem, giving due credit to the ideas and contributions of each group member (Assess Locally)
3rd Grade
5.1.C Scope and Sequence – Investigating States of Matter
a. Identify that liquid water can be changed into a gas (vapor) in the air.
b. Identify that clouds are composed of tiny droplets of water
c. Identify air as a substance that surrounds us, taking up space and moves around us as wind
5.2.E Scope and Sequence – Investigating States of Matter
a. Describe clouds and precipitation as forms of water
4th Grade
5.2.A Scope and Sequence- Changes in the Earth’s Surface
a. Observe and describe the breakdown of plant and animal material into soil through decomposition processes (i.e., decay/rotting, composting, digestion)
b. Identify the major landforms/bodies of water on Earth (i.e., mountains, plains, river valleys, coastlines, canyons)
c. Describe how weathering agents (e.g., water, chemicals, temperature, wind, plants) cause surface changes that create and/or change Earth’s surface materials and/or landforms/ bodies of water
d. Describe how erosion processes (i.e., action of gravity, waves, wind, rivers, glaciers) cause surface changes that create and/or change Earth’s surface materials and/or landforms/ bodies of water
e. Relate the type of landform/water body to the process by which it was formed
5.3.A Scope and Sequence – Changes in the Earth’s Surface
a. Identify the ways humans affect the erosion and deposition of Earth’s materials (e.g., clearing of land, planting vegetation, paving land construction of new buildings)
b. Propose ways to solve simple environmental problems (e.g., recycling, composting, ways to decrease soil erosion) that result from human activity
5th Grade
5.1.B Scope and Sequence – Water Cycle and Weather
a. Classify major bodies of surface water (e.g., rivers, lakes, oceans, glaciers) as fresh or salt water, flowing or stationary, large or small, solid or liquid, surface or groundwater
5.2.E Water Cycle and Weather
b. Identify the different forms water can take (e.g., snow, rain, sleet, fog, clouds, dew) as it moves through the water cycle
