Elementary Science Program Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES K – 8 Science Units Booklet Key Questions, Objectives, and Concept Words for Science Curriculum Planning 2015-2016 FORWARD Young children are ready to experiment, to observe, to build temporary concepts about how things work and to revise these concepts as their experience broadens. They need to engage in exploration and to learn something about how scientists explore. They begin to build scientific literacy during these early experiences. This is the philosophy behind the Monroe 2–Orleans BOCES Elementary Science Program (ESP). The Elementary Science Program is committed to helping you and your students as you engage in science. We provide a variety of forms of technical support to districts in the program. These include a Summer Institute, workshops and in-service courses for staff development, a newsletter, a phone hotline and resources on the World Wide Web at the address below. 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CONTACTING THE ESP The Elementary Science Program 38 Turner Drive Spencerport, NY 14559 Phone (585) 352-1140 or (800) 832-8011 Fax (585) 352-1157 Website www.espsciencetime.org Kathy Arminio, Director Mary Thomas, Assistant Director Antonietta Quinn, Resource Teacher Nancy Shellenberger, Resource Teacher 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Forward ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................... 3-4 Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................5 Units By Alphabetical Order Astronomy (Intermediate) ............................................................................................................................ 6 Birds and their Adaptations (Grade 4) ........................................................................................................ 7 Buoyancy (Grade 3) ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Butterflies (Grade 3) .................................................................................................................................. 10 Classroom Plants (Kindergarten) ...................................................................................................... ……11 Crayfish (Grade 4) ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Design Technology - Wheels (Grade 4) ..................................................................................................... 14 Earthworms (Grade 1) ............................................................................................................................... 15 Ecosystems and Habitats (Grades 5-8) ..................................................................................................... 17 Eggs to Toads (Grade 2) ............................................................................................................................ 20 Electrical Circuits (Grade 4) ..................................................................................................................... 21 Electromagnetism (Grade 5) ...................................................................................................................... 23 First Look at Soil (Grade 2) ....................................................................................................................... 25 Forces in Space (Grade 6) ......................................................................................................................... 26 From Seed to Plant (Grade 1) ................................................................................................................... 27 Interactions (Grade 2) .............................................................................................................................. 28 Light (Grade 6) .......................................................................................................................................... 29 Looking at Liquids (Grade 6) .................................................................................................................... 30 Magnets (Grade 4) ..................................................................................................................................... 31 Measuring (Grade 2) ................................................................................................................................. 32 Meet the Creatures (Grade 5) .................................................................................................................... 33 Mystery Matter (Grade 4) .......................................................................................................................... 34 Plant and Animal Life Cycle (Grade 2) ..................................................................................................... 36 Plant Responses (Grade 5) ........................................................................................................................ 37 Pollination (Grade 3) ................................................................................................................................. 38 Pond Life (Grade 6) ................................................................................................................................... 39 Properties (Grade 1) .................................................................................................................................. 40 Renewable Energy (Grades 5-8)……………………………………………………………………………………41 Rocketry (Grade 6) .................................................................................................................................... 43 Rocks and Minerals (Grade 5) ................................................................................................................... 44 Senses (Kindergarten) ................................................................................................................................ 45 Simple Machines (Grade 6) ....................................................................................................................... 47 Sky Calendar (Grade 3) ............................................................................................................................. 48 Soil (Grade 5) ............................................................................................................................................ 49 Sound (Grade 3) ......................................................................................................................................... 50 Structures (Grade 3) .................................................................................................................................. 52 Sunshine, Shadows, and Silhouettes (Kindergarten) ................................................................................. 53 Systems and Simple Machines (Grade 3) ................................................................................................... 54 Waterplay (Kindergarten) .......................................................................................................................... 56 Weather (Grade 2) ..................................................................................................................................... 57 3 Units by Grade Level Kindergarten Classroom Plants ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 Senses ....................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Sunshine, Shadows, and Silhouettes ......................................................................................................................... 53 Waterplay ................................................................................................................................................................. 56 Grade 1 Earthworms .............................................................................................................................................................. 15 From Seed to Plant ................................................................................................................................................... 27 Properties ................................................................................................................................................................. 40 Grade 2 Eggs to Toads ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 First Look at Soil ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 Interactions ............................................................................................................................................................... 28 Measuring ................................................................................................................................................................