Syllabus

Unit Title: What’s The Matter Standards:

● Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. (Scale, Proportion, and Quantity) 

● Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved. (Scale, Proportion, and Quantity) 

● Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. (Scale, Proportion, and Quantity) 

● Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances. (Cause and Effect) 

Unit Title: Spheres and Cycles Overarching Enduring Understanding: Standards: 

● Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water (Energy and Matter) 

● Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. (Energy and Matter) 

● Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun. 

● Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact 

● Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.