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Science <table style="border: 1px dashed #7f7c75;" width="100%" align="center" background="ls8_bkgnd1.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="2" bordercolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="100" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75;"> <br /> <table style="border: 1px dashed #7f7c75;" width="100%" align="center" background="_choose_image_" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="2" bordercolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="80" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://teacherweb.com/VA/AmeliaCountyElementary/MacCabeMary2nd/ls8_kids1.gif" alt="ls8_kids1.gif" border="0" /></div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://teacherweb.com/VA/AmeliaCountyElementary/MacCabeMary2nd/ScienceUnitsBanner.jpg" alt="ScienceUnitsBanner.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div align="center"> <div><br /> </div> <div></div> <div> <a title="The Water Droplet Game!!!" href="http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/droplet.html">The Water Droplet Game!!!</a></div> <div><br /> </div> <div><img src="http://teacherweb.com/VA/AmeliaCountyElementary/MacCabeMary2nd/WeatherButton.jpg" alt="WeatherButton.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div><span style="font-size: 8pt;">September 14th-October 2nd</span> </div> <div><br /> </div> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"></p> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"></p> </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">2.6 The student will investigate and understand basic types, changes, and patterns of weather:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">) temperature, wind, precipitation, drought, flood, and storms; and </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"></p> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span><font face="'Comic Sans MS'"> b) the uses and importance of measuring and recording weather data. </font></span></div> <div><br /> </div> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">2.7 The student will investigate and understand that weather and seasonal changes affect plants,</span> </p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">animals, and their surroundings. Key concepts include: </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a) effects on growth and behavior of living things (migration, hibernation, camouflage, </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> adaptation, dormancy); and </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> b) weathering and erosion of the land surface. </span></p> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"></p> </span> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"></p> <div> </div> </span> <div><img src="http://teacherweb.com/VA/AmeliaCountyElementary/MacCabeMary2nd/MagnetsButton.jpg" alt="MagnetsButton.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div><span style="font-size: 8pt;">November 23rd-December 17th </span></div> <div><br /> </div> <div> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">2.2 The student will investigate and understand that natural and artificial magnets have certain</span> </p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">characteristics and attract specific types of metals. Key concepts include </span></p> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"></p> </span> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a) magnetism, iron, magnetic/nonmagnetic, poles, attract/repel; and</span> </p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> b) important applications of magnetism including the magnetic compass. </span></p> <div> </div> </div> <div><img src="http://teacherweb.com/VA/AmeliaCountyElementary/MacCabeMary2nd/MatterButton.jpg" alt="MatterButton.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div><span style="font-size: 8pt;">January 4th-January 22nd </span></div> <div><br /> </div> <div> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">2.3 The student will investigate and understand basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a) mass and volume; and </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> b) processes involved with changes in matter from one state to another (condensation, </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> evaporation, melting, and freezing). </span></p> <div><font face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /> </span></font></div> </div> <div><img src="http://teacherweb.com/VA/AmeliaCountyElementary/MacCabeMary2nd/HabitatsButton.jpg" alt="HabitatsButton.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div><span style="font-size: 8pt;">March 29th-April 16th </span></div> <div><br /> </div> <div> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">2.5 The student will investigate and understand that living things are part of a system:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a) living organisms are interdependent with their living and nonliving surroundings; and </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> b) habitats change over time due to many influences. </span></p> <div><font face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /> </span></font></div> </div> <div><img src="http://teacherweb.com/VA/AmeliaCountyElementary/MacCabeMary2nd/LifeCycleButton.jpg" alt="LifeCycleButton.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div><span style="font-size: 8pt;">April 19th-April 23rd </span></div> <div><br /> </div> <div> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">2.4 The student will investigate and understand that plants and animals undergo a series of orderly changes in their life cycles. Key concepts include </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a) some animals (frogs and butterflies) undergo distinct stages during their lives, while others generally resemble their parents; and </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> b) flowering plants undergo many changes, from the formation of the flower to the development of the fruit. </span></p> <div><font face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><br /> </span></font></div> </div> <div><img src="http://teacherweb.com/VA/AmeliaCountyElementary/MacCabeMary2nd/PlantsButton.jpg" alt="PlantsButton.jpg" border="0" /> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 8pt;">April 26th-May 21st</span> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">2.8 The student will investigate and understand that plants produce oxygen and food, are a source of useful products, and provide benefits in nature. Key concepts include </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a) important plant products (fiber, cotton, oil, spices, lumber, rubber, medicines, and paper);</span> </p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> b) the availability of plant products affects the development of a geographic area; and </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"></p> </div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <div> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"></p> </div> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <div> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> c) plants provide homes and food for many animals and prevent soil from washing away</span></span>.<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"> </span></p> </div> <div></div> </span> <div></div> </span> <div> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><img src="http://teacherweb.com/VA/AmeliaCountyElementary/MacCabeMary2nd/InvestigationBanner.jpg" alt="InvestigationBanner.jpg" border="0" /></div> <div><span style="font-size: 8pt;">This SOL is "on-going" and used during all the above units </span></div> <div><br /> </div> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">2.1 The student will conduct investigations in which </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> a) observation is differentiated from personal interpretation, and conclusions are drawn based on observations; </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> b) observations are repeated to ensure accuracy; </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> c) two or more attributes are used to classify items; </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> d) conditions that influence a change are defined; </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> e) length, volume, mass, and temperature measurements are made in metric units (centimeters, meters, liters, degrees Celsius, grams, kilograms) and standard English units (inches, feet, yards, cups, pints, quarts, gallons, degrees Fahrenheit, ounces, pounds); </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> f) pictures and bar graphs are constructed using numbered axes; </span></p> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> g) unexpected or unusual quantitative data are recognized; an</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> h) simple physical models are constructed. </span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><img src="http://teacherweb.com/VA/AmeliaCountyElementary/MacCabeMary2nd/ls8_divider1.gif" alt="ls8_divider1.gif" border="0" /></div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> <br /> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? 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