Example Phenomena

Kindergarten

Forces and Interactions : 

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems:

Weather and Climate:

Engineering Design:

1st grade

Waves:

Structure, Function, and Information Processing

Space Systems:

Engineering Design:

2nd grade

Structure and Properties of Matter

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

Earth’s Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth

Engineering Design

3rd grade

Forces and Interactions

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Environmental Impacts on Organisms

Inheritance and Variation of Traits: Life Cycles and Traits

Weather and Climate

Engineering Design

4th grade

Energy

Waves

Structure, Function, and Information Processing

Earth's Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth

Engineering Design

5th grade

Structure and Properties of Matter

Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

Earth’s Systems

Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System

Engineering Design