Second Nine Weeks Science Pacing
October 12 - 16
November 30 – December 4
December 7 – 11 (Review)
December 14 – 18 (Review)
October 12 - 16
- Chapter 3: Organisms of Long Ago
- Lesson 1: Species in Danger
- Vocabulary: endangered species, extinct species, threatened species, thriving species, species
- Vocabulary: endangered species, extinct species, threatened species, thriving species, species
- Lesson 1: Species in Danger
- Chapter 3: Organisms of Long Ago
- Lesson 2: What Can Be Learned from Fossils
- Vocabulary: era, fossils, paleontologist
- Vocabulary: era, fossils, paleontologist
- Lesson 3: How are Extinct and Living Things Alike?
- Vocabulary: ancestor, relative, trait
- Lesson 2: What Can Be Learned from Fossils
- Chapter 4: Our Solar System
- Lesson 1: How Do Scientists Use Telescopes?
- Vocabulary: magnify, telescope
- Lesson 2: What is the Solar System
- Vocabulary: inner planets, moon, orbit, outer planets, rotation, solar system, Sun
- Lesson 1: How Do Scientists Use Telescopes?
- Lesson 3: What Are the Inner Planets?
- Vocabulary: space probe
- Lesson 3: What Are the Inner Planets?
- Lesson 4: What are the Outer Planets?
- Vocabulary: gas giant
- Chapter 4 Assessment
- Chapter 5: Earth’s Surface and Resources
- Lesson 1: What is Earth’s Surface Like?
- Vocabulary: geological features
- Lesson 1: What is Earth’s Surface Like?
- Lesson 2: What Are Rocks and Minerals?
- Vocabulary: igneous rock, metamorphic, rock, mineral, rock, sedimentary, rock, weathering
- Chapter 5: Earth’s Surface and Resources
- Lesson 3: What Are Natural Resources?
- Vocabulary: natural resource, nonrenewable, resource, ore, renewable, resource
- Lesson 4: How Can Resources Be Conserved?
- Vocabulary: conservation, recycle, pollution
- Chapter Assessment
- Lesson 3: What Are Natural Resources?
- Chapter 6: Patterns in Earth’s Atmosphere
- Lesson 1: What is the Water Cycle?
- Vocabulary: condensation, evaporation, precipitation, water cycle, water vapor
- Lesson 1: What is the Water Cycle?
November 30 – December 4
- Chapter 6: Patterns in Earth’s Atmosphere
- Lesson 2: How Does Weather Change Each Day?
- Vocabulary: atmosphere, weather, temperature
- Lesson 3: What is Climate?
- Vocabulary: climate, equator, latitude, polar climate, temperate climate, tropical climate
- Lesson 2: How Does Weather Change Each Day?
- Chapter Assessment
December 7 – 11 (Review)
December 14 – 18 (Review)