Science K-5 - Important Information

Science units of study should include PHYSICAL, LIFE and EARTH & SPACE Science in 2017-18

Kindergarten	1st Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade	4th Grade	5th Grade
PHYSICAL SCIENCE - Forces and Interactions: Pushes and Pulls LIFE SCIENCE - Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment EARTH SPACE SCIENCE - Weather and Climate	PHYSICAL SCIENCE - Waves: Light and Sound LIFE SCIENCE - Structure, Function and Information Processing EARTH SPACE SCIENCE - Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles	PHYSICAL SCIENCE - Structure and Properties of Matter LIFE SCIENCE -Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems EARTH SPACE SCIENCE- Earth’s Systems: Processes That Shape the Earth	PHYSICAL SCIENCE - Forces and Interactions LIFE SCIENCE - Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems • Inheritance and Variation of Traits EARTH SPACE SCIENCE - Weather and Climate	PHYSICAL SCIENCE - Energy • Waves: Waves and Information LIFE SCIENCE - Structure, Function, and Information Processing EARTH SPACE SCIENCE - Earth's Systems: Processes That Shape the Earth	PHYSICAL SCIENCE - Structure and Properties of Matter LIFE SCINCE - Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems EARTH SPACE SCIENCE - Earth's Systems and Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System