Unit 1.1: Waves: Light
How can we read under covers when it is dark?
Summer 2024
Unit 1.2: Waves: Sound
How do objects make and use sound to communicate?
Winter 2025
Unit 1.3: Space: Sky Patterns
How do patterns of the Sun, Moon, and stars affect what we see in the sky and our everyday events?
Summer 2025
Unit 1.4: Animal & Plant Traits
TBD
Winter 2026
Unit 2.1: Earth: Land Changing Shape
How do wind and water change the shape of the land and what can we do about it?
Summer 2024
Unit 2.2: Structure & Properties of Matter
How can we design a new toy?
Winter 2025
Unit 2.3: Habitats & Biodiversity
What plants and animals live in different lands, waters, and other places?
Summer 2025
Unit 2.4: Plants
TBD
Winter 2026
Unit 3.1: Forces & Interactions
How can we design objects to balance and move in different ways?
Summer 2024
Unit 3.2: Weather & Hazards
Why do plants only grow well in certain places, and how can we protect them?
Winter 2025
Unit 3.3: Trait Variations
Why do animals look and act the way that they do?
Summer 2025
Unit 3.4: Ecosystem Change & Survival
TBD
Winter 2026
Unit 4.1: Energy Transfer: Collisions
Why does an object’s motion change?
Summer 2024
Unit 4.2: Energy Transfer: Electricity
How do we power computers and other electrical devices?
Winter 2025
Unit 4.3: Earth Processes
What causes Earth’s landscape to change over time and what impacts do the changes have on humans?
Summer 2025
Unit 4.4: Structure & Function
TBD
Winter 2026
Unit 5.1: Ecosystems & Matter Cycling
How does a nurse log help other things live and grow?
Summer 2024
Unit 5.2: Matter Properties
How can we make water healthy for all living things?
Winter 2025
Unit 5.3: Earth Systems
How does changing the flow of water impact Earth’s systems and how can humans help protect and restore Earth’s resources and environments?
Summer 2025
Unit 5.4: Earth in the Universe
TBD
Winter 2026
Unit K.1: Energy: Sunlight
Why do some surfaces get hot and how can we make them less hot?
Summer 2024
Unit K.2: Weather
How can we be prepared for the weather?
Winter 2025
Unit K.3: Forces & Motion
How can we move things to where we want them to go?
Summer 2025
Unit K.4: Ecosystems: Plants, Animals, and their Environment
TBD
Winter 2026