Below you will find the background information for each lesson being taught during science class. The vocabulary we are discussing and the topics we are exploring can all be found in the document.

Unit 3 **NEW**

Lesson 1 - "Pushes and Pulls"

Lesson 2 - "Changing a Push or a Pull With Contact Forces"

Lesson 3 - "Forces and Energy: Friction/Friction and Sliding Objects"

Lesson 4 - "Engineering Solutions"

Unit 2

Lessons 1 and 2 - "Plant and Animal Interactions/Living, Nonliving, and Once-living"

Lessons 3 through 5 - "Plants Make Their Own Food/From Seed to Plant"

Lessons 6 and 7 - "Animals and Plants in Their Habitats"/"Living and Nonliving Things Form Ecosystems"

Lessons 8 and 9 - "Humans Impact on Earth Systems/Conservation"

Lessons 10 and 11 - "Engineers Use Science to Solve Problems"

Unit 1

Lesson 1 - "Scientists Ask Questions and Search for Answers"

Lesson 2 - "Uneven Heating Causes Weather"

Lesson 3 - "Different Forms of Matter"

Lesson 4 - "The Water Cycle"

Lesson 5 - "Weather Patterns"  

Lesson 6 - "Seasons"  

Lesson 7 - "Extreme Weather"

Lessons 8 and 9 - "How the Sun Heats Earth's Different Surfaces" 

Lessons 10 and 11 - "Engineers Use Science to Solve Problems"