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ADE 1 ‐ SCI ENCE PACIING GUIDEE U NIT A: PLANTS A
AND ANIMALS A
ALL AROUND ESTIM
MATED 21 DAYS START DAT
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VOCABULARY
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BJECTIVE
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1. What are living and
a
nonliving things??
living
nonliving
lungs
gills
shelter
mammal
bird
reptile
amphibian
a
fish
insect
life cycle
tadpole
*Classify things as living and nonnliving
*Explaiin that living thinngs all need food, water, and air
2
*Observe animaals meeting their needs
*Explain th
hat animals need food, water, air aand shelter to livee
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*Classify aniimals into groupss, based on observvable characteristtics
*Identify ph
hysical characteriistics of animals aand their functionns
3
*Compare an
nimals to see how
w they are similar,, but not identicall to
theeir parents
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2. What
W do animals need?
n
3. How can we group
animals?
4. How
w do animals gro
ow and
change?
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1. What do plants need?
sunlight
nutrients
2. What are the parts of a
plant?
roots
stem
leaves
flowers
fruits
seeds
3. How do plants grow and
change?
seed coat
4. How can we group plants?
edible
non-edible
*Identify ways animals change as they grow and mature
*Recognize that animals grow in different ways over different
amounts of time
*Review
*Assess
*Predict what will happen if a plant is not watered
*Identify the things plants need to live
*Describe where plants get the things they need to live
2
*Communicate observations of plant parts
*Identify the parts of a plant
*Describe the purpose of each plant part
3
*Sequence pictures showing the growth of a seed
*Describe how plants and trees grow
*Compare and contrast seeds
*Classify leaves by their physical characteristics
*Classify plants by looking at their parts
*Identify some uses of plants
*Review
*Assess
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Rowad Al‐Khaleej International Schools official Pacing Guides “Education for Life” SCIENCE PACING GUIDE UNIT B: LIVING TOGETHER ESTIMATED 24 DAYS START DATE:_______________ END DATE: _______________ CHAPTER
LESSON
VOCABULARY
3
1. What is an environment?
Environment
2. What helps plants and
animals live in places?
adaptation
camouflage
oxygen
pollen
food chain
3. How do plants and animals
need each other?
4. How do animals grow and
change?
life cycle
tadpole
larva
pupa
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1. What lives in a forest?
forest
habitat
2. What lives in a desert?
Desert
3. What lives in an ocean?
Ocean
OBJECTIVE
*communicate information about an animal’s environment
*Classify living and nonliving things in an environment
*Identify how people affect environments
*draw conclusions about how coloration helps some animals survive
*Describe plant and animal adaptations and their functions
*Observe how animals use plants to meet their needs
*Describe how animals help plants reproduce
*Explain how living things are part of a food chain
*Compare animals to see how they are similar, but not identical to
their parents
*Identify ways animals change as they grow and mature
*Recognize that animals grow in different ways over different
amounts of time
*Review
*Assess
*Compare characteristics of plant parts found in a habitat
*Describe characteristics of a forest habitat
*Identify living things in a forest habitat and how they meet their
needs
*Draw conclusions about an adaptation that helps desert plants survive
*Classify ocean animals by their characteristics
*describe characteristics of an ocean habitat
*Identify living things in an ocean habitat and how they meet their
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*Review
*Assess
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SCIENCE PACING GUIDE UNIT C: ESTIMATED 19 DAYS START DATE:_______________ END DATE: _______________ CHAPTER
5
LESSON
1. What are some kinds of
land?
2. What are some kinds of
water?
3. How does Earth change?
VOCABULARY
Mountain
hill
valley
plain
beach
stream
river
lake
ocean
flood
drought
erosion
1. What are natural resources?
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DAYS
*Classify pictures of landforms
*Identify and describe landforms
*Describe similarities and differences in landform
2
*Infer how water and land are different
*Identify bodies of water
*Describe similarities and differences in bodies of water
2
*Make a model and use it to explain how water changes Earth
*Identify the ways the Earth’s surface is changed by weather
*Describe causes and effects of erosion
*Review
*Assess
*Observe examples of natural resources in the environment
*List examples of natural resources
*Identify how living things use natural resources
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OBJECTIVE
natural resource
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Rowad Al‐Khaleej International Schools official Pacing Guides “Education for Life” 2. What can we observe about
rocks and soil?
3. How can we protect natural
resources?
rock
soil
humus
pollution
reduce
reuse
recylce
*Classify rocks by their characteristics
*Describe rocks and explain their uses
*Identify the composition of soil and explain its uses
*Conclude that some trash harms the land
*Identify forms of pollution and their effects on living things
*Explain how reducing, reusing, and recycling trash can reduce
pollution and save natural resources
*Review
*Assess
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SCIENCE PACING GUIDE UNIT D: ESTIMATED 34 DAYS START DATE:_______________ END DATE: _______________ CHAPTER
LESSON
VOCABULARY
7
1. What is weather?
weather
2. How can we measure
weather?
temperature
thermometer
water cycle
evaporate
water vapor
condense
3. What makes clouds and
rain?
OBJECTIVE
*Know that weather is the condition of the air outside
*Use a chart to observe and compare the weather data and weather
patterns
*Observe and measure weather by using a variety of tools
*Use thermometers to measure the temperature of air
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*Describe how clouds form when warmer air meets cooler air
*Describe how rain forms from water drops in the clouds
3
*Review
*Assess
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1. What is spring?
season
spring
2. What is summer?
summer
3. What is fall?
fall
migrate
4. What is winter?
winter
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1. What can we see in the sky?
sun
star
moon
2. What causes day and night
rotate
3. What can we observe about
the moon?
crater
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*Hypothesize about what helps plants grow in the spring
*Name the four seasons in sequence
*Identify characteristics of spring and describe how spring weather
affects things
*Infer why seasons influences people’s activities
*Identify characteristics of summer
*Describe how summer weather affects living things
*Compare fruits and seeds to identify similarities and differences
*Identify characteristics of fall
*Describe how fall and weather affects living things
*Draw a conclusion about how people stay warm in winter
*Identify characteristics of winter
*Describe how winter weather affects living things
*Review and Assess
*Observe and describe the daytime sky
*Describe the nighttime sky
*Identify the characteristics of objects in the sky
*Use a model to demonstrate why Earth has day and night
*Explain what causes day and night
*Explain why the sun appears to move across the sky
*Infer how craters on the moon were formed
*Describe the pattern of the apparent changes in the moon’s shape
*Describe the astronauts’ first exploration of the moon
*Review and Asses
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Rowad Al‐Khaleej International Schools official Pacing Guides “Education for Life” SCIENCE PACING GUIDE UNIT F: ESTIMATED 40 DAYS START DATE:_______________ END DATE: _______________ CHAPTER
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LESSON
1. What is matter?
2. What can we
observe about solds?
3 What can we
observe about liquids
4. What can we
observe about
gasses?
OBJECTIVE
matter
*Classify solid objects based on size, shape and color
*Recognize taht everything around us is matter
*Recognize taht objects can be made up of parts too small to see without a
hand lens
3
*Understand that a solid is matter that keeps its shape
*Measure and compare physical properties and solid objects
3
solid
mixture
length
mass
liquid
dissolve
float
sink
gas
steam
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VOCABULARY
1. What is heat?
heat
2. What can light
do?
light
shadow
3. What is sound?
sound
*Understand that matter that flows is liquid
*Understand that matter may sink float, mix, or dissolve in liquids
*Observe and measure liquids, using tools such as a balance and a measureing
cup
*Understand taht gas is matter that does not have a shape of its own and
spreads to fill its container
*Observe teh effects of heating and cooling on different kinds of matter
*Recognize that steam and ice are forms of wayer
Review and Assess
*Investigate how the sun supplies heat to Earth
*Explain why some things warm up faster than other things, depending on the
surface
*Identify ways heat can be produced
*Draw conclusions about why shadows change
*Recognize taht the sun supplies light to Earth
*Identify sources of light
*Predict which materials will allow light to pass through
*Identify that sound travels throught air
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loudness
pitch
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1. How do things
move?
motion
speed
2. How can you
change the way
things move?
force
push
pull
3. How does gravity
make things move?
gravity
4. How do magnets
make things move
magnet
attract
magnetic force
pole
repel
*Explain that sound is made when an object vibrates
*Describe differences in sound
Review and Assess
*Classify the way objects move
*Compare the relative speed of objects
*Describe how objects move
*Investigate ways to push and pull objects
*Identify and describe forces used to move or stop objects
*Describe how force can be used to change an object’s speed, direction and
position
*Predict how gravity moves an object down a ramp
*Describe the force of gravity and its effect on an object
*Explain that gravity pulls all objects down to the ground in the same way
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*Classify objects as magnet or nonmagnetic
*Describe magnets and their effect on some objects
*Explain magnetic force
*Explain that a magnet has two poles with different properties
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Review and Assess
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