IHMCS Curriculum Overview

Link to Science by Grades Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five Grade Six Grade Seven Grade Eight

Science

Kindergarten (SCIENCE)

• Five senses
• Human body
• Plants
• Animals
• Seasons and weather

Grade 1 (SCIENCE)

• Five senses
• Life cycle of plants
• Parts of plants
• Animals grow and change
• Animals meet their needs in different ways
• Characteristics of mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles and insects
• Earth, moon, sun, planets and constellations
• Seasonal changes throughout the year
• Taking care of Earth’s natural resources

Grade 2 (SCIENCE)

• Plants and animals
• Land and water habitats
• Weather and Earth changes
• Earth yesterday and today
• Sun and Earth
• Moon, stars and planets
• Matter

Grade 3 (SCIENCE)

• Forces and motion
• Simple machines
• Properties of matter
• Compare solids, liquids and gases
• Animals’ needs, life cycles, parts and kinds
• Plants’ needs, life cycles, parts and kinds
• Ecosystems
• Rocks and minerals
• Earth’s resources

Grade 4 (SCIENCE)

• Cells and living things
• Classifying organisms
• Ecosystems
• Plant growth and reproduction
• Properties and measurement of matter
• Water cycle and Earth’s water supply
• Weather and climate
• Air
• Animals: vertebrates and invertebrates
• Types of energy

Grade 5 (SCIENCE)

• Earth Science
• Weather and climate
• Classification
• Plant structure
• Animal structure and adaptations
• Cycles of life
• Ecosystems
• Properties of matter
• Motion and energy
• Systems of the human body

Grade 6 (SCIENCE)

• Astronomy
• Earth Science: quakes, volcanoes, geology
• Matter and Energy: electricity, temperature
• Cell structure and function, genetics, DNA
• Physics of motion and machines
• Systems of the human body
• Classification of organisms

Grade 7 (SCIENCE - EARTH SCIENCE)

• General Science: branches of Earth Science, scientific method, measurement - labs
• Astronomy: galaxies, stars, nova, nebulae, clusters, sun, planets
• Meteorology: weathers terms, climates, land biomes and characteristics
• Geology: major land masses, time zones, earth chemical elements
• Earth Cycles: natural resources, pollution
• Rock Cycle: major rocks and minerals of the earth
• Oceanography: major oceans and their characteristics
• Earth Movements: tectonics
• Earthquakes and volcanoes
• Soil formation
• River formation
• Soil layers
• Ecology: relationship between environment and living things

Grade 8 (SCIENCE - LIFE SCIENCE)

• Introduction to science
• Scientific methods of studying problems
• Processes of life
• Metric System, scientific measurement
• Cells: basic unit of life - labs
• Classification system for plants and animals - labs
• Basic chemistry for living things
• Nutrition and foods - labs
• Diseases and prevention
• Protists, fungi, plant life
• Plant and leaf collection -labs
• Human body systems and organization -labs
• Animal dissection labs - earthworm and frog
• Ecology problems and basic terminology
• DNA and heredity and genetics