Week 1
Lesson 1
Our Five Senses (pages 1 - 16)
- Learning with our senses - Activity - Tasting sweet, sour, salty (Please bring foods that taste sweet, sour, and salty for the class activity). - Science tools we can use for measuring: ruler, tape measure, balance, measuring cup, thermometer. (Please bring any of these that you have at home.) - Homework: Complete pages 12 - 13. Printable materials will be available before class
Lesson 2
Inquiry Skills (pages 17 - 28)
What is a hypothesis? - Sequencing Lifecycle Activity: Lifecycle of a butterfly and lifecycle of a frog Printable materials will be available before class
Lesson 3
Investigation Practice (pages 29 - 44)
Make a hypothesis and a plan about colors. - Activity: Mix paint colors - Learn about Mary Anderson, inventor of windshield wiper Printable materials will be available before class
 Week 2
Lesson 4
Unit 2: Technology All Around Us (pages 45 - 60)
- How do engineers work? - Five Step Design Process to solve problems - Worksheet: Engineers and other jobs - Activity: Share an invention in your house that helps you do something (toothbrush, hair brush, pencil) Printable materials will be available before class
Lesson 5
Materials (pages 61 - 65)
Picture Walk - from Steel to Bicycle by Robin Nelson Bicycle Parts - Read Sports for Sprouts: Bicycle Riding by Tracy Nelson Maurer Activity: Show bicycle parts in bicycle book by Gail Gibbons and sketch a bicycle or label the parts on pages 62 - 63.
Lesson 6
Natural vs. Human - Made materials (pages 66 - 80)
- Show students the "Blue Jeans Map" on pages 30 - 31 in Blue Jeans Before the Store by Jody Jensen. - Activity: Make a materials chart: toy dinosaur, scissors, socks - Learn about Doctor Eugene Tssui (architect) on pages 75 - 76 Students may use coins, blocks, play dough to build a building inspired by the book Wacky World of Baffling Buildings! by Hermione Redshaw. The teacher will screen share the book from Epic.
 Week 3
Lesson 7
Unit 3: Animals (pages 81 - 118)
 Living vs. Non-living Things - Animal Needs vs People Needs - Caring for Pets - Activity: Make a "Needs" Venn Diagram: Animal Needs vs People Needs
Lesson 8
Animal Groups (pages 119 - 122)
Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Insects Activity: Make a chart "How Animals Move"
Lesson 9
The Job of a Zoo Keeper (pages 123 - 128)
- Learn about the job of a zoo keeper (pages 129 - 142) - Activity: Show and Tell - Share a zoo animal toy or book Books teacher will screen share: - Community Helpers: Zookeepers by Erika S. Manley - I Want to be a Zookeeper by Pam Holden Unit 3 Review (pages 125 - 128)
 Week 4
Lesson 10
Unit 4: What do Plants Needs? (pages 129 - 142)
- Make a plant needs web - Homework: Compare two different plants at your home or a local park (page 142)
Lesson 11
Parts of Plants (pages 143 - 152)
- Discuss and read about the many uses of plants. - Activity: Color and label the parts of a plant (page 151) - Bring playdough to the following class
Lesson 12
How are plants different? (pages 153 - 157)
- Activity: Learn about the work of Doctor Norma Alcantar and build a prickly pear cactus plant with green play dough (pages 153 - 154) - Homework: Bring three leaves for next class - Book teacher will share from Epic: See it Grow Cactus by Anastasiya Vasilyeva
 Week 5
Lesson 13
Plenty of Plants (pages 158 - 166)
- Learn about flowers vs plants with cones - Activity: Diagram how plants and animals are the same and different (page 164)
Lesson 14
Greenhouses (pages 167 - 172)
- Compare indoor vs outdoor greenhouses (pages 167 - 168) - Activity: Design and draw a green house, label plants
Lesson 15
Unit 5: Where do plants and animals live? (pages 173 - 186)
- Activity: Draw a rain forest animal that might live in the trees. Draw a plant that stores water. - Learn about food chains and draw one - Books teacher will screen share: - Who Eats What? book series by Rebecca Pettiford.
 Week 6
Lesson 16
The Job of a Forest Ranger (pages 187 - 196)
- Learn how to build a terrarium Epic Book and short video: - Gardening for Kids: A Kid's Guide to Making a terrarium by Stephanie Bearce
Lesson 17
Unit 9: Earth's Resources (pages 197 - 203)
Show and Tell: an item from your home made from a natural resource (see pages 202-203 for ideas) - Vocabulary: natural resource, rock, soil
Lesson 18
Rock and Soil (pages 204 - 208)
- Show and Tell: any rock or rocks (We will observe the properties: texture, color, size) - Learn about natural resources, both living and non-living. - *Activity - Complete and color the resources on page 207 and fill in the organizer on page 208.
 Week 7
Lesson 19
Peanuts (pages 209 - 210)
- Learn how Dr. George Washington Carver helped farmers. - Teacher will screen-share these books and provide a handout about George Washington Carver and peanuts. Also, the teacher will screen-share this Learning Path from Leap Frog. https://t7.leapfrog.com/images/l/learning-path-20223.pdf National Geographic: George Washington Carver, by: Kitson Jazynka My Itty-Bitty Bio: George Washington Carver, by: Katie Marsico Fantastic Kids: George Washington Carver, by: Michelle Jovin
Lesson 20
Properties of Rocks and Super Soil (pages 211 - 222)
- Vocabulary: property, texture - Ready to Rock: Properties of Rocks - Super Soil: How Soil Forms, Properties of Soil - *Activity - Draw a rock on page 218, following the directions carefully. - Sort rocks into three groups by color, size, and shape. Complete the chart together on page 222.
Lesson 21
Water (pages 225 - 236)
- Vocabulary: stream, lake, river, ocean - Things that need water - Screenshare: Earth's Landforms and Bodies of Water, by: Natalie Hyde, pages 15-17 - Water Safety: The teacher will show a life jacket and how to best use it. - *Activity - Complete the water safety picture on page 234.
 Week 8
Lesson 22
How can we save resources? (pages 237 - 248)
- Show and Tell: a reduce, reuse, or recycle item - Vocabulary: reduce, reuse, recycle, pollution - Learn about pollution solutions. - *Activity - Draw pictures of land and water pollution on page 246.
Lesson 23
S.T.E.M. Changing Cars (pages 249 - 254)
Unit 6 Review (pages 249-254)
Lesson 24
Weather (pages 255 - 272)
- Vocabulary: wind, weather, temperature, - Learn about weather tools. - Compare the weather in each student's country. - *Activity - Draw a picture to show cloudy and windy weather on page 264 and complete the sentences on page 266. - Screen-Share from EPIC: Meteorologist: STEM Careers, by: Karen L. Kenney - At home project: Cut out the picture cards on page 269 and make the weather chart on page 268. Read about the former meteorologist June Bacon-Bercey and complete the word search.
 Week 9
Lesson 25
Seasons (pages 273 - 284)
- Show and Tell: Students will share the weather chart that they made on page 268. - Vocabulary: season, weather pattern - Learn about the four seasons and draw a tree to represent summer, fall, and winter. (trees on pages 277, 279, 281) - *Activity - Complete the word play together on page 283. - Ask the students to watch this short video at home: "Trees that never lose their leaves" (It will help to answer the riddle on page 282.
Lesson 26
STEM (pages 285 - 290)
Unit 7 Review (pages 285-290)
Lesson 27
Objects in the Sky (pages 291 - 304)
- Vocabulary: sun, star, moon, magnify, telescope - Learn about spheres in the sky: moon, sun - *Activity: Galileo's Drop Teacher will screen-share from EPIC: pages 28-29 of What Holds Us to Earth?: A Look at Gravity, by: Jennifer Boothroyd - Homework: Buy Oreo cookies for us to use in the next class. Bring Oreos, a plastic knife, a flashlight, and Lego bricks to the next class.
 Week 10
Lesson 28
How Does the Sky Seem to Change? (pages 305 - 322)
- Vocabulary: shadow, phases - Learn about the moon phases. The teacher will screenshare the books, Read and Do: Science Sun and Moon, by: Melinda Lilly and Moon, by: Vanessa Black. - *Activity - Use Oreo cookies to display the phases. - At Home (or in class if time allows): Compare flashlights and draw a new design on page 318. Make a spider hand shadow. Stack Lego bricks and observe shadows as the bricks are moved around. Screen-share Experiments with a Flashlight, by: Angela Royston
Lesson 29
Unit 9: All About Matter (pages 323 - 338)
- Properties of Matter - *Activity - Put objects in order from lightest to heaviest on page 330. Draw something hot and something cold on page 331. - Read pages 332-333. The teacher made two videos to share: How many coins will sink your boat? STEM Experiment & Sink or Float STEM Experiment with Balls - Homework - Students are encouraged to try the STEM projects. Links will be sent to the parents.
Lesson 30
Solid, Liquid, and Gases (pages 339 - 350)
- Show and Tell - Students will share their items that will float or sink. - Ask a Polymer Scientist - *Activity - Put the objects in order by mass, from lightest to heaviest on page 341. We will be comparing these objects - large book, marker, watercolor paint set - Complete the questions and chart on pages 343-346. *blowing bubbles - Homework - Color the word play on page 347. - Watch video: Do Different Colors Absorb Heat Better? (1:41)
 Week 11
Lesson 31
How Can Matter Change? (pages 351 - 360)
- Show and Tell: a food item from your kitchen that you can fold, tear, or break (see page 353 for ideas) - *Activity - Make origami by folding (changing matter). Use the book: I Can Change Matter, by: Francis Spencer (&quiz) - Watch video: Salt and sugar are soluble in water, but sand is not (1:25) - Teacher will screen-share and discuss book with class from EPIC (&quiz): What is Technology?, by: Cynthia O'Brien - Homework - Draw a picture of one piece of technology
Lesson 32
Unit 10: Forces and Energy (pages 369 - 379)
- Show and Tell: any transportation toy - train, car, rollercoaster, bicycle - Learn about the motion of carnival rides. Screen-share from EPIC: Amusement Park Rides: Carousels, by: Grace Hansen, pages 14-21. - Learn how to read and gather information from a graph on page 373. - Show the Slinky Dog Dash video clip. Pretend to virtually ride the rollercoaster together as a class, taking note of speeds going up versus coming down. - *Activity - Draw examples of motion on page 376.
Lesson 33
Push and Pull (pages 380 - 390)
- *Activity - Draw yourself pushing and pulling something on pages 380-381. - Learn position words. - What makes a roller coaster move? - Homework - Complete the word play and chart on pages 389-390.
 Week 12
Lesson 34
Learn about Isaac Newton (pages 391 - 394)
- EPIC: Watch Sir Isaac Newton (2:10) - The Three Laws of Motion - How can we change motion? - *Activity - Record your data about pushing and pulling on page 394.
Lesson 35
Sounds All Around (pages 395 - 406)
- Listening to Sounds and Pitches - Learn about the Corythosaurus - trumpet sound https://www.dkfindout.com/us/dinosaurs-and-prehistoric-life/dinosaurs/corythosaurus/ - Teacher will screen-share these books from EPIC: Investigating Sound, by: Sally M. Walker, page 6 rubber band, 12-13 slinky, 24-25 rubber band, 26 blow bottle Science Starters: Sound, by: Carolyn Bernhardt, page 11 inside ear, page 15 pitches -draw How Does Sound Change?, by: Robin Johnson
Lesson 36
The First Flight and Unit 10 Review (pages 407 - 412)
- Learn about the Wright's Brothers - Learn about the parts of a plane - Make a paper plane
 Week 13
Lesson 37
Technology and Coding (pages 413 - 420)
- What computers can do - Draw an example of a computer on page 415 - Learn how to use electronics safely
Lesson 38
Review and Wrap-Up
Add illustrations in the glossary if time allows.
Lesson 39
STEM Project
STEM Activity