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Science curriculum
W/W/W assignments

1st grade:  Life Sciences Unit-What plants need; Plants everywhere; Parts of plants ; Animals everywhere; What animals need; How animals get food ; Land habitats; Water habitats; Plants and animals need each other ; Food chains. Earth Sciences Unit-Describe weather; The warmth of the sun; Measure weather; Winter; Spring; Summer; Fall.  Physical Sciences Unit-Describing matter; Solids; Liquids; Gases; Heating Matter; Cooling matter; Mixing matter. Engineering.

2nd grade:  Life Sciences Unit-Plants and Their Parts; Flowers and Fruits; Plants Grow & Change; Plants and Their Environment; Kinds of Animals; Mammals; Animals from Eggs; Animal Traits.  Earth Sciences Unit-Rocks; Rocks Change; Soil; Fossils; Finding Clues in Fossils; Fossils of California; Natural Resources; Plant and Animal Resources; Resources of California. Physical Sciences Unit- Position; Motion; Pushes and Pulls; Changing Motion; Tools and Machines; Gravity; Magnets Push, Magnets Pull; Sound. Engineering

3rd gradeLife Sciences Unit-Living Things and Their Needs; Life in the Desert; Grassland, Forest, Arctic Tundra; The Water Planet; Life in an Ocean, Wetlands; Living Things Change Their Environment; Changes Affect Living Things; Living Things of the Past. Earth Sciences Unit-Day and Night; The Seasons; The Moon; The Sun and Its Planets; Telescopes; The Stars. Physical Sciences Unit- Solids, Liquids, and Gases; Building Blocks of Matter; Changing Matter; Energy All Around; Using Energy; Energy on the Move; How Light Moves; Seeing Light and Color; Shadows. Engineering

4th gradeLife Sciences Unit- Plants and Sunlight; Food Chains; Food Webs; Microorganisms; Ecosystems; Living Things Need Each Other; Changes in Ecosystems; Adaptations. Earth Sciences Unit- Minerals; Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks; Weathering; Erosion and Deposition; Landforms, Changing over Time; Landslides; Earthquakes; Volcanoes. Physical Sciences Unit- Static Electricity; Electric Circuits; Using Electrical Energy; Magnets; Electromagnets; Motors and Generators. Engineering