In Outdoor Science, your student(s) will learn more about the plants and animals living in your very own environment through daily lessons, including hands-on activities, experiments, digital resources and active outside investigations.

Habitats, structures and functions of plants and animals, plant and animal adaptations, interdependence, and impacts of human-caused and natural changes to habitats.

Impacts of human activities on the environment, the interdependence of organisms and their environment, photosynthesis, heredity and natural selection.

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.

Literacy, Engineering Design Process, Design Challenges.

Observing the Moon’s appearance, exploring crater formation, lunar lander engineering design challenge.

Observing the Moon’s appearance, exploring crater formation, lunar lander engineering design challenge.

Gravity, solar system, engineering design process.

Reflection and refraction, electromagnetic spectrum, properties of waves