Your child will learn to:

Biodiversity: Scale and Structure

(Environmental Science)

• Understand that people make choices that affect the survival of our own and other species.

The Universe: Scale and Structure, Energy, Patterns of Change

(Earth Science)

• Understand the stars and other bodies that make up the universe are constantly changing.
• Understand stars can be studied from Earth using direct and indirect evidence.
• Understand stars have predictable life cycles ands exist in groups.
• Understand the universe is constantly expanding.
• Understand different types of heavenly bodies (stars, planets, satellites, asteroids, meteors, galaxies, quasars, comets).
• Understand speed and distance.

How Matter Changes: Scale and Structure

(Physical Science)

• Understand that the physical world is governed by properties and interactions of matter and energy.
• Understand that energy changes matter.
• Understand that matter is composed of very small particles.
• Understand that in a physical change, a substance may change its state, but not its nature.
• Understand that in a chemical change, a substance changes into a different substance.

Human Development: How Humans Grow and Change

Systems and Interactions

(Health and Wellness)

• Understand the functions and parts of the reproductive system of the body.
• Understand disease prevention.