Science Topics for KAS
Kindergarten
- Plants and Animals, Weather, Pushes and Pulls, *Observations-what are they how do we use them
1st Grade
- Animals (sorting, environments, adaptations), Solar system, forces and motion, magnets, plants, scientific method beginnings – what do scientists do?
2nd Grade
- Scientific Method, Matter Stages/Matter Characteristics, Landforms; Ecosystems
3rd Grade
- Weather and Climate, Forces and Motion, Growth and Development of organisms
4th Grade
- Vision & Light; Waves, Energy, and Information, Engineering Challenges
5th Grade
- Environmental Detectives, Patterns of Earth & Sky, Engineering Challenges
6th, 7th, 8th Grade
- Year 1- Life Science (23-24): Microbiome, Metabolism, Traits and Reproduction, Populations and Resources, Matter and Energy in Ecosystems, Natural Selection, Evolutionary History
- Year 2- Physical Science (22-23): Harnessing Human Energy, Force and Motion, Magnetic Fields, Thermal Energy, Phase Change, Chemical Reactions, Light Waves
- Year 3- Earth Science (21-22): Geology on Mars, Plate Motion, Rock Transformations, Earth, Moon, and Sun, Ocean, Atmosphere, & Climate, Weather Patterns, Earth’s Changing Climate