Tables of Contents
Preview the table of contents and inquiry skills taught throughout each unit.
Grades K–5
Grade K
Unit 1: Doing Science
Unit 2: Animals
Unit 3: Plants
Unit 4: Habitats
Unit 5: Day and Night
Unit 6: Earth’s Resources
Unit 7: Weather and the Seasons
Unit 8: Matter
Unit 9: Energy
Unit 10: Motion
Grade 1
Unit 1: How Scientists Work
Unit 2: Technology All Around Us
Unit 3: Animals
Unit 4: Plants
Unit 5: Environments
Unit 6: Earth’s Resources
Unit 7: Weather and Seasons
Unit 8: Objects in the Sky
Unit 9: All About Matter
Unit 10: Forces and Energy
Grade 2
Unit 1: Work Like a Scientist
Unit 2: Technology and Our World
Unit 3: All About Animals
Unit 4: All About Plants
Unit 5: Environments for Living Things
Unit 6: Earth and Its Resources
Unit 7: All About Weather
Unit 8: The Solar System
Unit 9: Changes in Matter
Unit 10: Energy and Magnets
Grade 3
Unit 1: Investigating Questions
Unit 2: The Engineering Process
Unit 3: Plants and Animals
Unit 4: Ecosystems and Interactions
Unit 5: Changes to Earth’s Surface
Unit 6: People and Resources
Unit 7: Water and Weather
Unit 8: Earth and Its Moon
Unit 9: Matter
Unit 10: Simple and Compound Machines
Grade 4
Unit 1: Studying Science
Unit 2: The Engineering Process
Unit 3: Plants and Animals
Unit 4: Energy and Ecosystems
Unit 5: Weather
Unit 6: Earth and Space
Unit 7: Properties of Matter
Unit 8: Changes in Matter
Unit 9: Energy
Unit 10: Electricity
Unit 11: Motion
Grade 5
Unit 1: How Scientists Work
Unit 2: The Engineering Process
Unit 3: Cells to Body Systems
Unit 4: Living Things Grow and Reproduce
Unit 5: Ecosystems
Unit 6: Energy and Ecosystems
Unit 7: Natural Resources
Unit 8: Changes to Earth’s Surface
Unit 9: The Rock Cycle
Unit 10: Fossils
Unit 11: Earth’s Oceans
Unit 12: The Solar System and the Universe
Unit 13: Matter
Unit 14: Light and Sound
Unit 15: Forces and Motion
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Grades 6–8
Module A: Cells and Heredity
Unit 1: Cells
Unit 2: Reproduction and Heredity
Module B: The Diversity of Living Things
Unit 1: Life Over Time
Unit 2: Earth’s Organisms
Module C: The Human Body
Unit 1: Human Body Systems
Unit 2: Human Health
Module D: Ecology and the Environment
Unit 1: Interactions of Living Things
Unit 2: Earth’s Biomes and Ecosystems
Unit 3: Earth’s Resources
Unit 4: Human Impact on the Environment
Module E: The Dynamic Earth
Unit 1: Earth’s Surface
Unit 2: Earth’s History
Unit 3: Minerals and Rocks
Unit 4: The Restless Earth
Module F: Earth’s Water and Atmosphere
Unit 1: Earth’s Water
Unit 2: Oceanography
Unit 3: Earth’s Atmosphere
Unit 4: Weather and Climate
Module G: Space Science
Unit 1: The Universe
Unit 2: The Solar System
Unit 3: The Earth-Moon-Sun System
Unit 4: Exploring Space
Module H: Matter and Energy
Unit 1: Matter
Unit 2: Energy
Unit 3: Atoms and the Periodic Table
Unit 4: Interactions of Matter
Unit 5: Solutions, Acids, and Bases
Module I: Motion, Forces, and Energy
Unit 1: Motion and Forces
Unit 2: Work, Energy, and Machines
Unit 3: Electricity and Magnetism
Module J: Sound and Light
Unit 1: Introduction to Waves
Unit 2: Sound
Unit 3: Light
Module K: Introduction to Science and Technology
Unit 1: The Nature of Science
Unit 2: Measurement and Data
Unit 3: Engineering, Technology, and Society
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