Exploring properties of matter, motion, force, engineering design process.

Kinetic and potential energy, energy transfer, inertia, newton’s laws, engineering design process.

Engineering design process, pushes and pulls (forces), motion, gravity, friction.

Grades 6-8

Weather vs. climate, engineering design process, carbon cycle, greenhouse gases, climate change.

Types of weather conditions, climate, severe local weather events, engineering design process.

Types of weather, seasonal weather patterns, severe weather impacts on human populations, engineering design process.

Characteristics of organisms, habitats, feeding relationships, and survival strategies

Structures and functions of organisms, ecosystems, food chains, and adaptations.

Adaptations, food chains and food webs, heredity, and mendelian genetics.

Matter, states of matter (solids, liquids, gases), changes in matter.

Matter, states of matter (solids, liquids, gases), changes in matter (physical and chemical).

Properties of matter, density, elements vs. compounds, chemical reactions, photosynthesis.