• Science

  • Nature of Science

  • Curriculum Overview

    Unit 1 - Systems on Earth

    • Body Systems
    • The Cell as a System

    Unit 2 - Causes of Weather

    • Energy Transfer in the Water Cycle
    • Weather Patterns

    Unit 3 - Causes and Effects of Regional Climates

    • Creating Climate Regions
    • Environmental and Genetic Influences
    • Reproductive Success
    • Heredity

    Unit 4 - Our Changing Climate

    • Causes of Climate Change
    • Climate Change Impacts Organisms
    • Reducing Human Impacts on the Environment

  • Taking Notes with Pictures

  • How to Write a Scentific Argument

  • Scientific Argumant - Claim, Evidence, Reasoning

    Claim Evidence Reasoning

  • 5Es in a Lesson

    5 Es in a lesson

  • Discovery Education

    This year, you will be using Science TechbookTM, a comprehensive, digital science program developed by the educators and designers at Discovery Education and written to the California Next Generation Science Standards.

    The California Next Generation Science Standards expect students to:

    1. act and think like scientists and engineers 
    2. ask questions about the world around them 
    3. solve real-world problems through the application of critical thinking across the domains of science     (Life Science, Earth & Space Science, Physical Science).