Unit One: Plants and Pollination
Students will explore the processes in plant growth. They will discover how
and why pollination occurs.
• Explain that plants survive only in environments in which their needs
are met.
• Observe and describe how specific parts of plants help them survive.
• Understand pollination and appreciate the importance of seed production.
• Sequence the life cycle of a plant correctly.
Unit Two: Crime Lab and Chemistry
Students will investigate finger printing, discover their own finger print
formula, solve a mystery, and see how chemistry aids in solving a mystery.
• Identify patterns detected with the senses.
• Classify objects based on similarities and differences.
• Compare data, identify trends, and form conclusions.
• Provide supporting evidence when forming conclusions or solving problems.
• Conduct chromatography to solve a mystery.
Unit Three: Sound
Students will manipulate every day materials to examine how sound travels and
how different variables affect sound, loudness, and pitch.
• Investigate the characteristics of sound.
• Explore ways in which sounds are produced, received, and used.
• Access and process information from a variety of sources.
• Investigate and learn that the length, tension, and thickness of string
affect the vibration frequency, which affects the pitch of the sound that
is produced.
• Investigate how the loudness of a sound can be changed.
