Curriculum Connection
K-5 Science and/or Social Studies -February 2021
Kindergarten Science
Animal Needs
This scope focuses on the organization for matter and energy flow in organisms. Students learn that all animals need food in order to live and grown. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals.
In this task, students learn that animals are "picky eaters." They only eat foods they need for their survival. Students are exposed to the categories animals are placed in according to their diet: carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores.
In this task, students understand the various needs of different animals and make appropriate decisions to take care of them.
1st Grade Social Studies
Students will be able to read, use and construct maps. Students will describe relative locations, a compass rose while being able to explain the different purposes of maps.
Presidents
Around President's Day, students will explore the contributions of Presidents of the United States.
2nd Grade Science
In this scope, students learn that water is found in oceans, rivers, lakes, and ponds and that it exists as solid ice and in liquid form. Water carries soil and rocks from one place to another and determines the variety of life forms that can live in a particular location.
In the activity, Water All Around, students create a model to show why water forms where it does.
3rd Grade Social Studies
Social Studies Unit 3: Missouri and the Civil War
Enduring Understanding/Big Ideas:
● Students will be able to identify and explain the major purposes of the Missouri Constitution.
● Students will be able to explain how Missouri became a state. This could include the issues Missouri encountered when becoming a state.
● Students will be able to explain Missouri’s role in the Civil War; This includes the concept of Missouri being a border state (state forms the division between the free and slave states) and how Missourians had divided loyalties.
● Students will be able to give events that led to the Dred Scott case, explain the Dred Scott decision, and describe the consequences of the Dred Scott case on Missouri and the nation.
4th Grade Social Studies
Social Studies Unit 3: Causes of the American Revolution
The content of this unit will help in the understanding of the Reading and Writing Units.
Topic 1: Tensions with Great Britain
Teacher Background: As the American colonies grew, settlers began pushing west, clearing woods and building towns. This rich land was home to many powerful Native American peoples at the time, but the colonists saw the Native Americans as barbarians and didn’t consider that they had a claim to the land. France and Great Britain also claimed this land. This created tensions between the Native Americans, American colonists, British, and French, setting the stage for a bloody war. Native Americans aligned themselves with the
French, because the British colonists did not respect their lands. At the end of this long war, the British were victorious over the French. The British victory was due to the fact that Benjamin Franklin recruited American colonists to fight at the same time that Great Britain sent over troops to fight alongside the colonists. After their
victory, the British army stayed in the colonies, becoming known as the Redcoats. Great Britain needed a way to pay for the costly war, so they began taxing American colonists.
Topic 2: The American Revolution
Teacher Background: Though the First Continental Congress was hopeful for a peaceful resolution, they but agreed to begin building up a volunteer army in case their demands were not met by the British Parliament.
Topic 3: Analyzing Perspectives of the American Revolution
Resources to use during this topic focus on African Americans, Native Americans and Women.
Engaging Scenario:
See the Continental Congress debate lessons in Topic 2 of Reading History
5th Grade Science
Earth and Space Science Part 1: Observing the Stars
Explore 1: Star Model
Students create a star model of stars closest to Earth.
Explore 2: Safety Cartoon
Students create a cartoon explaining why we can look at stars but not directly at the sun.
Earth and Space Science Part 1: Earth's Rotation
Explore 1: Shadow Tracker
Students construct a sundial, using a paper plate, pencil, and small ball of modeling clay.
Explore 2: Hours of Daylight
Students will find that the hours of daylight vary throughout the seasons.
Science: Earth and Space Science Part 1: Objects in the Sky
Explore 1: Moon Phase Experience
Students look at the phases of the moon using a lamp and a styrofoam ball. They rotate their bodies and their moon models to see all of the phases.
Explore 2: Up in the Wonderful Sky
Students are the Earth as they revolve around the Sun. They then look at the 12 Zodiac constellations.
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