SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM

Ch1The Nature of Science

Students will learn how pictures give clues about what they read.

Lesson 1Who Are Scientists?World Connection: The Discovery of Fire

Children will understand that scientists ask questions, make discoveries, and look for patterns.

scientist, discovery, pattern

Directed Practice Observing Fruit

Antoine Lavoisier

Guided Practice Observing Sound

Full Practice Make a Butterfly Model

Lesson 2 What Are Science Skills? Children will identify and apply science skills that scientists use to investigate the world.

observe, data, predict, classify

Directed Practice Sort It

Guided Practice Vote for an Animal

Full Practice Backyard Trees

Lesson 3What Do You Know aboutScience Tools and Safety Rules?Apply Math: Estimate and Measure

Children will demonstrate how to use science tools and an understanding of safety rules.

tool, measure

Directed Practice Measure It

Guided Practice Measuring Time

Full Practice Estimate and Measure

Lesson 4 How Do Scientists Think? Children will be able to follow the scientific methods during investigations.

hypothesis

Directed Practice Which Is Faster?

Guided Practice How Many Marbles?

Full Practice Growing a Plant

Ch2Engineering and Technology

Students will describe the sequence of events using words like first, next and last.

Lesson 1What Is Technology?Apply Math: Tally Chart

Children will recognize how we use technology and the impact of technology on daily life.

technology, invention

Directed Practice Everyday Technology

Orville andWilbur Wright

Guided Practice Technology Helps Us

Full Practice Technology in Use

Lesson 2 How Can People Solve Problems? Children will understand how engineers solve problems using the design process.

engineer, design process

Directed Practice Matchbox Desk

Guided Practice Paper Airplane

Full Practice String Telephone

Lesson 3What Are Machines?World Connection: The Great Pyramids

Children will Identify, know the difference and classify machines into simple and compound machines.

simple machine, compound machine

Directed Practice Make a Turbine

Guided Practice Simple and Compound Machines

Full Practice Make a Lever

Ch3 PlantsStudents will learn the cause and effect relationship.

Lesson 1 What Are the Parts of a Plant? Children will investigate and model the parts of plants.

root, leaf, stem, nutrients, flower

Directed Practice Model of a Plant

Plant ScientistMaking a Hand Pollinator

Guided Practice Parts of a Plant

Full Practice Moving Water Through a Plant

Lesson 2What Do Plants Need to Grow?World Connection: Aquatic Plants

Children will investigate the needs of a plant and how they differ from one plant to another.

survive

Directed Practice Plants and Light

Guided Practice Plants and Water

Full Practice Plants Need Air

Lesson 3How Do Animals Help Plants?Apply Math: Draw a Picture Graph

Children will recognize and model how animals help plants.

reproduction, pollination

Directed Practice Structure of a Flower

Guided Practice Seed Movement

Full Practice Fruit

Ch4 Environments

Students will learn to identify the main idea and details of a text.

Lesson 1What Are Some Land Environments?Apply Math: Reading a Picture Graph

Children will observe and compare plants and animals that live in different land environments.

environment, habitat, tundra, desert

Directed Practice Bean and Cactus Plants

EcologistLet’s Build a Pet Shelter

Guided Practice Land Animals

Full Practice Land Environments

Lesson 2What Are Some Water Environments?World Connection: Octopus

Children will identify and model that some living things live in wetland and ocean environments.

wetland, ocean

Directed Practice Model of a Marsh

Guided Practice The Egret

Full Practice Water Environments

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SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM

Ch1The Nature of Science

Students will learn how pictures give clues about what they read.

Lesson 1Who Are Scientists?World Connection: The Discovery of Fire

Children will understand that scientists ask questions, make discoveries, and look for patterns.

scientist, discovery, pattern

Directed Practice Observing Fruit

Antoine Lavoisier

Guided Practice Observing Sound

Full Practice Make a Butterfly Model

Lesson 2 What Are Science Skills? Children will identify and apply science skills that scientists use to investigate the world.

observe, data, predict, classify

Directed Practice Sort It

Guided Practice Vote for an Animal

Full Practice Backyard Trees

Lesson 3What Do You Know aboutScience Tools and Safety Rules?Apply Math: Estimate and Measure

Children will demonstrate how to use science tools and an understanding of safety rules.

tool, measure

Directed Practice Measure It

Guided Practice Measuring Time

Full Practice Estimate and Measure

Lesson 4 How Do Scientists Think? Children will be able to follow the scientific methods during investigations.

hypothesis

Directed Practice Which Is Faster?

Guided Practice How Many Marbles?

Full Practice Growing a Plant

Ch2Engineering and Technology

Students will describe the sequence of events using words like first, next and last.

Lesson 1What Is Technology?Apply Math: Tally Chart

Children will recognize how we use technology and the impact of technology on daily life.

technology, invention

Directed Practice Everyday Technology

Orville andWilbur Wright

Guided Practice Technology Helps Us

Full Practice Technology in Use

Lesson 2 How Can People Solve Problems? Children will understand how engineers solve problems using the design process.

engineer, design process

Directed Practice Matchbox Desk

Guided Practice Paper Airplane

Full Practice String Telephone

Lesson 3What Are Machines?World Connection: The Great Pyramids

Children will Identify, know the difference and classify machines into simple and compound machines.

simple machine, compound machine

Directed Practice Make a Turbine

Guided Practice Simple and Compound Machines

Full Practice Make a Lever

Ch3 PlantsStudents will learn the cause and effect relationship.

Lesson 1 What Are the Parts of a Plant? Children will investigate and model the parts of plants.

root, leaf, stem, nutrients, flower

Directed Practice Model of a Plant

Plant ScientistMaking a Hand Pollinator

Guided Practice Parts of a Plant

Full Practice Moving Water Through a Plant

Lesson 2What Do Plants Need to Grow?World Connection: Aquatic Plants

Children will investigate the needs of a plant and how they differ from one plant to another.

survive

Directed Practice Plants and Light

Guided Practice Plants and Water

Full Practice Plants Need Air

Lesson 3How Do Animals Help Plants?Apply Math: Draw a Picture Graph

Children will recognize and model how animals help plants.

reproduction, pollination

Directed Practice Structure of a Flower

Guided Practice Seed Movement

Full Practice Fruit

Ch4 Environments

Students will learn to identify the main idea and details of a text.

Lesson 1What Are Some Land Environments?Apply Math: Reading a Picture Graph

Children will observe and compare plants and animals that live in different land environments.

environment, habitat, tundra, desert

Directed Practice Bean and Cactus Plants

EcologistLet’s Build a Pet Shelter

Guided Practice Land Animals

Full Practice Land Environments

Lesson 2What Are Some Water Environments?World Connection: Octopus

Children will identify and model that some living things live in wetland and ocean environments.

wetland, ocean

Directed Practice Model of a Marsh

Guided Practice The Egret

Full Practice Water Environments

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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM

Ch5 Earth

Students will learn to compare and contrast things by telling how they are alike and different.

Lesson 1

What Are the Different Landformson Earth?World Connection: Mount EverestApply Math: Comparing Three-Digit Numbers

Children will recognize and model different kinds of landforms on Earth.

crust, mantle, core, Earth, landform

Directed Practice Model of a Mountain

CartographerRainwater Collection Tank

Guided Practice Identifying Landforms

Full Practice Model of a Landform

Lesson 2What Are the Different Bodies of Water on Earth?

Children will research and identify different kinds of bodies of water on Earth.

saltwater, freshwater, glacier, water cycle

Directed Practice Water on Earth

Guided Practice Water Evaporation

Full Practice Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans

Lesson 3How Are Maps Useful?World Connection: Cartographer

Children will be able to understand and use maps to identify the different kinds of landforms and bodies of water on Earth.

map

Directed Practice Make a Map of Your Classroom

Guided Practice Water on Earth

Full Practice Color and Label a Map

Ch6Changes to Earth’s Surface

Students will learn to draw a conclusion by making a decision about something they see or read.

Lesson 1What Are Weathering and Erosion?World Connection: The Grand CanyonApply Math: Number Lines

Children will investigate how weathering and erosion change Earth’s surface slowly.

weathering, erosion

Directed Practice Changing a Rock

Richard Herd Windbreaks

Guided Practice Water Erosion

Full Practice Erosion Around You

Lesson 2 What Are Volcanoes and Earthquakes? Children will identify and investigate how volcanoes and earthquakes change Earth’s surface quickly.

volcano, earthquake

Directed Practice Buildings and Earthquakes

Guided Practice Volcano Model

Full Practice Volcanic Regions

Ch7 Matter

Students will learn to compare and contrast objects by telling how they are alike and different.

Lesson 1What Is Matter?World Connection: Plastic EverywhereApply Math: Make a Bar Graph

Children will plan and conduct investigations to describe and classify different kinds of materials according to their properties.

matter, mass, property, texture, flexibility, temperature

Directed Practice Classifying Objects

ChemistBuilding a Boat Model

Guided Practice Comparing Objects

Full Practice Is It Bendable?

Lesson 2 What Is a Solid? Children will describe and measure solids.solid, centimeter, gram, weight

Directed Practice Which Has More Mass?

Guided Practice Make a New Object

Full Practice Soak It Up

Lesson 3 What Is a Liquid? Children will describe and measure liquids.liquid, volume, milliliter

Directed Practice Different Water Levels

Guided Practice Which Liquid Is the Fastest?

Full Practice Measure a Liquid

Lesson 4 What Is a Gas? Children will describe and measure gases. gas

Directed Practice The Mass of Air

Guided Practice Wet or Dry

Full Practice Comparing Matter

Ch8Changes in Matter

Students will recognize the cause and effect relationship in physical and chemical changes.

Lesson 1What Is One Way to Change Matter?World Connection: Making Glass

Children will recognize that a physical change is a change of matter in which the kind of matter stays the same.

physical change, freeze, melt, evaporate, condense

Directed Practice Melting Ice

Food ScientistBuilding a Strong Wall

Guided Practice Heat It

Full Practice Make a Physical Change

Lesson 2What Is a Mixture?Apply Math: Reading a Bar Graph

Children will identify that one of the physical changes is mixing two or more different substances without forming new substances, which is called a mixture.

mixture, dissolve

Directed Practice Does It Dissolve?

Guided Practice Oil and Water

Full Practice Make a Mixture

Lesson 3 What Is Another Way to Change Matter?Children will recognize that a chemical change happens when matter changes and becomes a new kind of matter.

chemical change

Directed Practice Changes to an Apple

Guided Practice Steel Wool and Water

Full Practice Changes Around You

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Chapter Reading Science Lesson Objectives Vocabulary Practice People/Careers in Science STEAM

Ch5 Earth

Students will learn to compare and contrast things by telling how they are alike and different.

Lesson 1

What Are the Different Landformson Earth?World Connection: Mount EverestApply Math: Comparing Three-Digit Numbers

Children will recognize and model different kinds of landforms on Earth.

crust, mantle, core, Earth, landform

Directed Practice Model of a Mountain

CartographerRainwater Collection Tank

Guided Practice Identifying Landforms

Full Practice Model of a Landform

Lesson 2What Are the Different Bodies of Water on Earth?

Children will research and identify different kinds of bodies of water on Earth.

saltwater, freshwater, glacier, water cycle

Directed Practice Water on Earth

Guided Practice Water Evaporation

Full Practice Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans

Lesson 3How Are Maps Useful?World Connection: Cartographer

Children will be able to understand and use maps to identify the different kinds of landforms and bodies of water on Earth.

map

Directed Practice Make a Map of Your Classroom

Guided Practice Water on Earth

Full Practice Color and Label a Map

Ch6Changes to Earth’s Surface

Students will learn to draw a conclusion by making a decision about something they see or read.

Lesson 1What Are Weathering and Erosion?World Connection: The Grand CanyonApply Math: Number Lines

Children will investigate how weathering and erosion change Earth’s surface slowly.

weathering, erosion

Directed Practice Changing a Rock

Richard Herd Windbreaks

Guided Practice Water Erosion

Full Practice Erosion Around You

Lesson 2 What Are Volcanoes and Earthquakes? Children will identify and investigate how volcanoes and earthquakes change Earth’s surface quickly.

volcano, earthquake

Directed Practice Buildings and Earthquakes

Guided Practice Volcano Model

Full Practice Volcanic Regions

Ch7 Matter

Students will learn to compare and contrast objects by telling how they are alike and different.

Lesson 1What Is Matter?World Connection: Plastic EverywhereApply Math: Make a Bar Graph

Children will plan and conduct investigations to describe and classify different kinds of materials according to their properties.

matter, mass, property, texture, flexibility, temperature

Directed Practice Classifying Objects

ChemistBuilding a Boat Model

Guided Practice Comparing Objects

Full Practice Is It Bendable?

Lesson 2 What Is a Solid? Children will describe and measure solids.solid, centimeter, gram, weight

Directed Practice Which Has More Mass?

Guided Practice Make a New Object

Full Practice Soak It Up

Lesson 3 What Is a Liquid? Children will describe and measure liquids.liquid, volume, milliliter

Directed Practice Different Water Levels

Guided Practice Which Liquid Is the Fastest?

Full Practice Measure a Liquid

Lesson 4 What Is a Gas? Children will describe and measure gases. gas

Directed Practice The Mass of Air

Guided Practice Wet or Dry

Full Practice Comparing Matter

Ch8Changes in Matter

Students will recognize the cause and effect relationship in physical and chemical changes.

Lesson 1What Is One Way to Change Matter?World Connection: Making Glass

Children will recognize that a physical change is a change of matter in which the kind of matter stays the same.

physical change, freeze, melt, evaporate, condense

Directed Practice Melting Ice

Food ScientistBuilding a Strong Wall

Guided Practice Heat It

Full Practice Make a Physical Change

Lesson 2What Is a Mixture?Apply Math: Reading a Bar Graph

Children will identify that one of the physical changes is mixing two or more different substances without forming new substances, which is called a mixture.

mixture, dissolve

Directed Practice Does It Dissolve?

Guided Practice Oil and Water

Full Practice Make a Mixture

Lesson 3 What Is Another Way to Change Matter?Children will recognize that a chemical change happens when matter changes and becomes a new kind of matter.

chemical change

Directed Practice Changes to an Apple

Guided Practice Steel Wool and Water

Full Practice Changes Around You

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