2018/2019 Curriculum for Science and Experimental Physic Lessons
Lesson 1 - September 8
Physical Science: Properties of Objects.
- Background Information; Review; Properties of Matter;
- Solids, Liquids and Gases;
- States of Mater.
- Experiment: Mass, Volume and Density.
Lesson 2 - September 15
Physical Science: Properties of Properties of Liquids and Gases.
- Background Information; Review; The two coffee-pots;
- Liquids press upwards; which is heavier?;
- A liquids natural shape;
- Carrying water in in a sieve;
- Blowing soap bubbles, Without wetting a finger; how we drink.
Lesson 3 - September 22
Physical Science: Physical Science: Properties and Changes of Properties in Matter.
- Background Information; Review; Models;
- Solids, Liquids and Gases;
- Experiment: Freezing Water.
Lesson 4 - September 29
Physical Science: Position and Motion of Objects.
- Background Information; Review; Position and Motion;
- Breaking the Sound Barrier.
- Experiment: Investigating Motion.
Lesson 5 - October 6
Physical Science: Speed and Velocity.
- Background Information; Review; How fast do we move;
- Racing against time; when we move round the sun faster at night or day ?
Lesson 6 - October 13
Physical Science: Motions and Forces.
- Background Information; Review; Motions and Forces;
- Balanced and Unbalanced Forces;
- Speed, Velocity and Accelerations;
- Motion and Forces.
- Experiment: Detecting Acceleration.
Lesson 7 - October 20
Physical Science: Gravity and weight.
- Background Information; Review; Try to stand up;
- Walking and running, how to weight yourself;
- Where are things heavier; from earth to moon.
Lesson 8 - October 27
Physical Science: Atmospheric resistance.
- Background Information; Review; Why does a kite flying;
- Live gliders; ballooning seeds;
- Delaying parachute jumping; the boomerang.
Lesson 9 - November 3
Physical Science: Light, Heat Electricity and Magnetism.
- Background Information; Review; Describing Forms of Energy;
- Heat Transfer;
- Electric Circuits;
- Comparing Forms of Energy.
- Experiment: Investigating Reflection.
Lesson 10 - November 10
Physical Science: Reflation and refraction.
- Background Information; Review; Seeing through walls; is a mirror visible?;
- Mirror drawing;
- Why light refracts and how;
- Ice helps to light fire;
- Mirages.
Lesson 11 - December 1
Physical Science: Transfer and Energy.
- Background Information; Review; Doing Work;
- Juggling Energy;
- Unscrambling Energy;
- Experiment: Changing Energy.
Lesson 12 - December 8
Building thinking skills.
- Puzzles and patterns: Similarity and differences;
- Sequences, classifications, analogies.
Lesson 13 - December 15
Building thinking skills.
- Puzzles and patterns: Similarity and differences;
- Sequences, classifications, analogies.
Lesson 14 - January 12
Life Science: Characteristics of Organisms.
- Background Information; Review; Type of Cells;
- Prefixes; Discovering Cells.
- Experiment: Cells.
Lesson 15 - January 19
Life Science: Life Cycles of Organisms.
- Background Information; Review; Describing Change;
- Insect life Cycles;
- The Monarch Butterfly.
- Experiment: The Parts of Flower.
Lesson 16 - January 26
Life Science: Organisms and Environments.
- Background Information; Review; A Frozen Food Chain;
- Making predictions;
- Describing Organisms;
- Biomes of the World.
- Experiment: Insect Habitats.
Lesson 17 - February 2
Life Science: Structure and Function in Living Things.
- Background Information; Review; Cells.
- Experiment: Cells Size.
Lesson 18 - February 9
Life Science: Reproduction and Heredity.
- Background Information; Review; Unscrambling Reproduction;
- Twins; The Mathematics of Reproduction.
- Experiment: A Model of Bacterial Reproduction.
Lesson 19 - February 16
Life Science: Regulation and Behavior.
- Background Information; Review; Hibernation and Estivation;
- Unscrambling Behavior; Imprinting.
- Experiment: Bug Behavior.
Lesson 20 - February 23
Life Science: Population and Ecosystems.
- Background Information; Review; Finding Food;
- A population and Ecosystem;
- Construction a Food Chain;
- An Energy Pyramid Imprinting.
- Experiment: Making your own food.
Lesson 21 - March 2
Life Science: Diversity and Adaptation of Organisms.
- Background Information; Review;
- A Branching Diagram, Classification Diagram;
- Amazing Survivors;
- A Kingdom World Search.
Lesson 22 - March 23
Experiment: Developing a Classification System.
- Building thinking skills.
Lesson 23 - March 30
Puzzles and patterns.
- Building thinking skills.
- Puzzles and patterns: Similarity and differences;
- Sequences, classifications, analogies.
Lesson 24 - April 6
Earth and Space Science: Properties of Earth Materials.
- Background Information; Review;
- Earth’s Materials;
- Properties of Minerals and Rocks.
- Experiment: Investigating Weathering.
Lesson 25 - April 13
Earth and Space Science: Objects in the Sky.
- Background Information; Review;
- Shooting Stars;
- Describing Objects in the sky; Supernovas.
- Experiment: Investigating Star Brightness.
Lesson 26 - April 20
Earth and Space Science: Changes in Earth and Sky.
- Background Information; Review; Naming Constellations.
- Experiment: Investigating Moon Phases.
Lesson 27 - April 27
Earth’s and Space Science: Earth’s History and Structure.
- Background Information; Review; How far down must you go;
- Unscrambling Earth.
- Experiment: The Atmosphere
Lesson 28 - May 4
Earth’s and Space Science: Earth and Solar System.
- Background Information; Review; The Planets, Comparing the Planets.
- Experiment: Blasting off.
Lesson 29 - May 11
Building thinking skills.
- Puzzles and patterns: Similarity and differences;
- Sequences, classifications, analogies.
Lesson 30 - May 18
Building thinking skills.
- Puzzles and patterns: Similarity and differences;
- Sequences, classifications, analogies.
