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 Discipline 2: Physical Science 3rd & 6th Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade rd Standard: Force and Motion (3 Grade) Discipline 2: Physical Science Discipline 2: Physical Science Gravity (1) Standard: Energy Standard: Force and Motion Force (4) Forms of Energy (1) Force Interactions (2) Speed (3) Energy & Temperature (3) Force (4) Standard: Energy (3rd & 6th Grade) Electrical Circuits (2) Forms of Energy (1) 3rd grade Speed (3) rd Standard: Properties of Matter Light Properties (2) 3 grade Physical Properties (3) Sound (2) 3rd grade th States of Matter (1) Kinetic & Potential Energy (2) 6 grade th Energy Transfer (2) 6 grade Magnets (2) Standard: Properties of Matter Conductive and Reflective Properties (1) rd Conductive and Reflective Properties (3 grade) Standard: Changes in Matter Standard: Changes in Matter Changes in State (1) Changes in State (2) 6th Grade Discipline 3: Life Science 3rd & 5th Grade 4th Grade Discipline 3: Life Science Standard: Organization of Living Things Discipline 3: Life Science Standard: Organization of Living Things Structures & Functions (2) 3rd grade Standard: Organization of Living Things Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers (2) Classification (2) 3rd grade Life Requirements (2) Standard: Ecosystems Animal Systems (2) 6th grade Standard: Evolution Interactions of Organisms (1) Standard: Evolution Environmental Adaptation (2) 3rd grade Survival (2) Relationship of Organisms (3) Biotic and Abiotic Factors (2) Species Adaptation & Survival (4) 6th grade Standard: Ecosystems Environmental Impact of Organisms (2) Relationships Among Organisms (1) 6th grade Interactions (1) Standard: Heredity Changed Environment Effects (1) Inherited and Acquired Traits (2) 6th grade 5th Grade 3rd Grade Discipline 4: Earth Science 4th & 6th Grade Discipline 4: Earth Science Discipline 4: Earth Science Standard: Solid Earth Standard: Earth Systems Standard: Solid Earth Soil (4) 6th grade Seasons (2) Surface Changes (1) Rock Formation (1) 6th grade Standard: Earth in Space and Time Earth Materials (2) Plate Tectonics (3) 6th grade Solar System (1) Magnetic Field of Earth (2) 6th grade Using Earth Materials (2) Standard: Earth in Space and Time Solar System Motion (5) Standard: Earth Systems Characteristics of Objects in the Sky (2) 4th grade Natural Resources (4) Patterns of Objects in the Sky (5) 4th grade Human Impact (2) Fossils (2) 4th & 6th grade Geologic Time (2) 6th grade