Refer to Canvas for all Science notes.

We will be studying the following topics in each quarter:

Quarter 1 - Matter

• Analyzing and Interpreting Data
• Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
  • Analyze and interpret data to explain that matter of any type can be subdivided into particles too small to see and, in a closed system, if properties change or chemical reactions occur, the amount of matter stays the same.
  • Plan and carry out investigations to demonstrate that some substances combine to form new substances with different properties and others can be mixed without taking on new properties.

Quarter 2 - Force and Motion

• Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
  
• Analyzing and Interpreting Data
• Obtaining, Evaluating and Communicating Information
• Asking Questions and Defining Problems
  • Construct an explanation using evidence to demonstrate that objects can affect other objects even when they are not touching
  • Obtain, analyze, and communicate evidence of the effects that balanced and unbalanced forces have on the motion of objects.
  • Define problems and design solutions pertaining to force and motion.
  • Analyze and interpret data to determine how and where energy is transferred when objects move.

Quarter 3 - Earth/Moon

• Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
• Developing and Using Models
• Obtaining, Evaluating and Communicating Information
  • Construct an explanation using evidence to demonstrate that objects can affect other objects even when they are not touching
  • Develop, revise, and use models based on evidence to construct explanations about the movement of the Earth and Moon within our solar system.
  • Obtain, analyze, and communicate evidence to support an explanation that the gravitational force of Earth on objects is directed toward the planet’s center.

Quarter 4 - Adaptations and Environments

• Obtaining, Evaluating and Communicating Information
• Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
• Engaging in Argument from Evidence
  • Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about patterns between the offspring of plants, and the offspring of animals (including humans); construct an explanation of how genetic information is passed from one generation to the next
  • Construct an explanation based on evidence that the changes in an environment can affect the development of the traits in a population of organisms.
  • Obtain, evaluate, and communicate evidence about how natural and human-caused changes to habitats or climate can impact populations.
  • Construct an argument based on evidence that inherited characteristics can be affected by behavior and/or environmental conditions.