1st 6 weeks 

Habitats for plants and animals

Where animals live(9ab)

Different land habitats(9ab)

Different water habitats(9ab)

How animals and plants help each other(9b)

Changes in habitats

How rain changes the land(7d)

How pollution changes an environment(9b,10b)

Ways people can help the environment(1b,10b,9b)

*(2a) is covered in every lesson, every day

*(1ab,2bdef,5a,6b) are covered in weekly lab experimentation  

2nd 6 weeks

Earth’s resources

Ways that people use rocks and soil(8b,10b)

Ways that people use water(10ab)

Other natural resources people use(10b)

Earth long ago

Fossils(5a,4a,2abdf)

How scientists get fossils(2acdf)

What scientists know about dinosaurs(2acf)

*(2a) is covered in every lesson, every day

*(1ab,2bdef,5a,6b) are covered in weekly lab experimentation  

3rd 6 weeks

The sun, moon, and stars

Day and night(7ad)

What causes the seasons(7ad)

Moonlight(7ad)

The night sky(7ad)

Earth’s weather

Changes in weather(7ad,10a)

The water cycle(10a,7ab)

Measuring weather conditions(7ad)

  *(2a) is covered in every lesson, every day

*(1ab,2bdef,5a,6b) are covered in weekly lab experimentation  

4th 6 weeks

Observing and measuring matter

Matter(4ab,5a,7a)

Solids(4ab,5a,7a)

Liquids(4ab,5a,7a)

Gases(4ab,5a,7a)

Changes in matter

Cutting and mixing matter(7a)

How water can change(7a,b)

Other ways matter changes(7a,b)

*(2a) is covered in every lesson, every day

*(1ab,2bdef,5a,6b) are covered in weekly lab experimentation  

5th 6 weeks

Forces and motion

Forces(7c)

Measuring motion(7ac,2df)

Sound

What makes sound(2bdf,7a)

How sounds can be different(2bdf,7a)

How sound travels(2bdf,7a)

How to make different sounds(2bdf,7a)

*(2a) is covered in every lesson, every day

*(1ab,2bdef,5a,6b) are covered in weekly lab experimentation  

6th 6 weeks

Plants grow and change

Living and non-living things(8ab,5a)

What the parts of a plant do(6abc,9ab,7a,5a)

Plants in different places(5a,9ab,6c)

Animals grow and change

Many kinds of animals(6abd,5a,9ab)

How animals grow and change(7a,6d)

People grow and change

How your body grows and changes(7a,9ab,6abd,5a)

Your bones and muscles(9ab,6abd,5a)

Your heart and lungs(9ab,6abd,5a)

How your body digests food(7a,9ab,6abd)

*(2a) is covered in every lesson, every day

*(1ab,2bdef,5a,6b) are covered in weekly lab experimentation