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First grade
Units about our bodies, the five senses, nutrition, animals, safety and manners, plants. Second grade Units on plants, insects, animals, environment and ecology, simple machines, weather, sounds, our bodies, food groups, safety and manners, D.A.R.E. Third grade A study of the five senses, plants, vertebrates and invertebrates. Also explores the desert, ocean, pond, forest, farmer's field, and weather. An animal classification notebook is required and a research paper on an ocean animal. Fourth grade Orderliness of God's creation; biology-insects and birds; physiology; energy-sound and hearing; geology, oceanography; astronomy. Fifth grade Insects-bees, bugs, food chain, beetles, flowers; Mammals-carnivores, insectivores, herbivores; Light-reflection, refraction, spectrum, eyes; Geology-rocks, minerals, fossils; Sea-tides, shells, sea creatures; Engines-force, work, energy; Sky-stars, sun, planets, air clouds, atmosphere, weather; Vertebrates-classifications of animals; Inventions and Inventor Report. Sixth grade Plate tectonics, shaping earth's surface, earth's waters, weather, ecology and resources. |

