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Typical Science and Technology Topics

This information was passed on to CHOW at the September 2005 meeting by Dave Johnson.
(From www.noao.edu/education/guides/sci6.html)

  Kindergarten First & Second Third & Fourth Fifth & Sixth
Animals
  • Many kinds
  • Have different coverings
  • Eat different kinds of foods
  • Are alike and different
  • Move and grow
  • Different homes
  • Different sounds
  • Care of pets
  • Adaptations to the environment
  • Defense mechanisms
  • Helpful and harmful animals
  • Animal classification
  • Selective breeding
  • Interaction with the environment
  • Balance of nature
Plants
  • Many kinds
  • Grow in different places
  • Vegetables and fruits
  • Characteristics of plants
  • Collecting parts of plants
  • Seeds become plants
  • Uses of plants
  • Classification of plants
  • Effect of soil, water, air and light on growth
  • Conservation
  • Prehistoric plants
  • Parts and functions
  • Life processes
  • Plant movements
  • Adaptation
Weather
  • Days can be sunny, cloudy, rainy, and snowy
  • Four seasons
  • Air occupies space, has weight
  • Atmosphere
  • Air has pressure
  • Wind is moving air
  • Effect of sun on earth
  • Temperature and thermoneters
  • Evaporation and condensation
  • Precipitation
  • Air masses
  • Forecasting and instruments
  • Factors affecting climate
Physical & Chemical Properties
  • Things have colors, sizes, shapes
  • Classifying objects
  • Hot and cold
  • Serial ordering
  • States of matter
  • Different types of matter
  • Dissolving
  • Movement of things in air, water
  • Sinking and floating
  • Expansion and contraction
  • Heat
  • Fuels
  • Producing sound
  • Music
  • Atoms
  • Chemicals
  • Mixtures and compounds
  • Matter and energy
  • Sources of energy
  • Reflection/refraction
  • Lenses
Electricity & Magnetism  
  • Sources of electricity
  • Uses of electricity
  • Safety
  • Magnets
  • Simple compass
  • Uses of magnets
  • Static electricity
  • Nature of electricity
  • Simple circuit
  • Batteries
  • Series and parallel circuits
  • Safety
Earth & Space Science
  • Moon
  • Day and night
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Sun, moon, earth
  • Stars
  • Day and night
  • Heat and light
  • Seasons
  • Day, night, year
  • Tides and eclipses
  • Solar system
  • Gravity, inertia and orbit
  • Comets, meteors and meteorites
  • Space Exploration
  • Ecology
  • Pollution
  • Recycling
  • Constellations
  • Space travel
  • Flight
  • Oceans
  • Water cycle
  • Peoperties of water