Curriculum Connection
K-5 Social Studies/ Science- September 2021
Kindergarten Social Studies and Science
My Family and School
Students will describe character traits of different roles of people in their families and their school. They will discuss their individual rights, how people make rules, and how those decisions are made for their families and their school. At the end of the unit, the class will a mission statement the class will follow throughout the school year.
Patriotism
Weather Conditions
What is the Weather Like?: Students collect daily weather data for two cities to investigate how the weather is not the same all over the world.
Meteorologist for a Day: Students are given a picture of a weather condition and work collaboratively to create a weather report.
1st Grade Social Studies and Science
Rule and Laws
Students will be able to explain the roles and responsibilities of people in the government and why cities have laws. Students will also learn and discuss how to create peaceful resolutions to different disputes.
Seasonal Patterns
Fun in the Sun: In this activity, students create a poster to present how the amount of daylight affects what they do.
Patterns in Space
Day and Night Patterns: In this activity, students sequence cards showing the motion of the Sun from sunrise and sunset as well as other cards showing the motion of the Moon from moonrise to moonset.
2nd Grade Social Studies and Science
Responsible Citizenship
What Plants Need-Scientific Investigation
Part 2: Students perform an experiment to determine if plants need the right amount of water to survive and thrive.
What Plants Need-Inquiry Investigation
3rd Grade Social Studies
Unit 1: Physical Features of Missouri (Last week of August and 1st week of September)
3rd Grade Science
Life Cycles
Students will start by dissecting seeds to look at and graph their growth. They will then look at a meal worm life cycle, making observations and graphing what each stage looks like. Students will then create a 3-D visual of a life cycle. Last, they will research a life cycle of various organisms.
Social and Group Behavior
Students will look at how animals interact with one another using pasta noodles to simulate gathering food. They will then do an activity called Strength in Numbers.
Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Students will look at their physical features and compare traits. They will compare this to plants traits. Last, they will look at how dogs bred together have a combination of traits.
3rd Grade STEMSCOPES 3D
Bundle 1: Animal Development and Survival
Anchoring Phenomena Event Students interact with a video of a plant growing under a tree. Anchoring Phenomena Driving Question What information can we display in a visitors’ center about our new animal?
Mission Performance Task from Action Plan The student’s mission is to research an animal and its environment in order to create a diorama showing the plant and animal life cycles and the benefits of the animal living in a group.
4th Grade Science
Rock Patterns
Students look at layers to see what events affect core payers of the earth.
They then tell a story surrounding their rock layer model by describing the fossil and the story it tells.
Changing Land
Students learn about how weather breaks down land using sugar cubes and water and the effects of waves on a beach using sand, water and objects in a tub. They then look at wind erosion. Their PBL looks at the affect of an erosion problem of water over hilly farmland and wind over flat farmland.
Plate Tectonics
What observations can be made about landforms on a map?
Students should observe, compare, and describe landforms shown on a map.
4th Grade STEMSCOPES 3D
Bundle 2: Changes Over Time to Earth's Surface and Resources
Anchoring Phenomena Event Students interact with a time-lapse video of a person aging. Anchoring Phenomena Driving Question What types of changes to Earth’s surface have occurred over time, and why?
Mission Performance Task The student’s mission is to create an ad to attract new workers to a coal-mining project.
5th Grade Science
Matter and Energy in Plants
Students explore what plants need to grow. They then observe seeds growth only using air and water. They then problem solve how to create a plant that will survive in the Arctic.
Energy Transfer and Food Webs
Other than heat, how do animals depend on the Sun?
Students judge the quality of food available in a healthy plant compared to a sunlight-deprived plant.
Do all organisms eat plants?Students become a live model of a food web. They then look at how the energy in common foods originally came from the sun. Students then create a landscape plan that will attract insects, plants and animal wildlife to balance the ecosystem.
Ecosystems
Students create a 3D model of an animal's habitat that contains different elements to meet the animal's needs.
5th Grade STEMScopes 3D
Bundle 1: Matter and Energy Flow in an Ecosystem
Anchoring Phenomena Event Students interact with a video of a turtle eating in an ocean ecosystem.
Anchoring Phenomena Driving Question How can a self-sustaining garden be designed that would provide enough food for the community?
Mission Performance Task from Action Plan The student’s mission is to design a self-sustaining garden that provides food for the community.
Jennifer Wiley
Email: wileyj@parkhill.k12.mo.us
Website: www.parkhill.k12.mo.us
Location: 7703 Northwest Barry Road, Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone: 816-359-6253
Twitter: @icjenwiley
Kim Fette
Email: fettek@parkhill.k12.mo.us
Website: parkhill.k12.mo.us
Location: 7703 Northwest Barry Road, Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone: 816-359-5750
Twitter: @kimElemCoach