Curriculum-+Science


 * **Plant Growth & Development **(STC) ||
 * 1.01 || Observe and measure how the quantities and qualities of nutrients, light, and water in the environment affect plant growth. ||  ||
 * 1.02 || Observe and describe how environmental conditions determine how well plants survive and grow in a particular environment. ||
 * 1.03 || Investigate and describe how plants pass through distinct stages in their life cycle including: growth, survival, and reproduction. ||
 * 1.04 || Explain why the number of seeds a plant produces depends on variables such as light, water, nutrients, and pollination. ||
 * 1.05 || Observe and discuss how bees pollinate flowers. ||
 * 1.06 || Observe, describe and record properties of germinating seeds. ||  ||
 * **Soils **(STC)  ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">2.01 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Observe and describe the properties of soil:
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Color
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Texture
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Capacity to hold water ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">2.02 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Investigate and observe that different soils absorb water at different rates. ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">2.03 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Determine the ability of soil to support the growth of many plants, including those important to our food supply. ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">2.04 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Identify the basic components of soil:
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Sand
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Clay
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Humus ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">2.05 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Determine how composting can be used to recycle discarded plant and animal material. ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">2.06 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Determine the relationship between heat and decaying plant matter in a compost pile. ||  ||


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Objects in the Sky **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(BSCS)  ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">3.01 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Observe that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object and is reflected and/or absorbed. ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">3.02 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Observe that objects in the sky have patterns of movement including: sun, moon, and stars. ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">3.03 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Using shadows follow and record the apparent movement of the sun in the sky during the day. ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">3.04 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Use appropriate tools to make observations of the moon. ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">3.05 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Observe and record the change in the apparent shape of the moon from day to day over several months and describe the pattern of changes. ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">3.06 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Observe that patterns of stars in the sky stay the same, although they appear to move across the sky nightly. ||  ||


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Human Body **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(FOSS)  ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">4.01 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Identify the skeleton as a system of the human body. ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">4.02 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Describe several functions of bones:
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Support
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Protection
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Locomotion ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">4.03 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Describe the functions of different types of joints:
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Hinge
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Ball and Socket
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Gliding ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">4.04 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Describe how different kinds of joints allow movement and compare this to the movement of mechanical devices. ||
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">4.05 || <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Observe and describe how muscles cause the body to move. ||