Week 1
Lesson 1
What is motion?
Students will learn what motion, speed, and velocity mean and how to calculate them. 
-Homework this week will be an inclined ramp experiment at home.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Forces
This week we explore balanced and unbalanced forces as well as friction and gravity. Gravity both on Earth and in space will be discussed.
-Homework this week includes an at-home scavenger hunt and picture collage of balanced/unbalanced forces, static/sliding/rolling/fluid friction.
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Newton's Laws
Students will learn about Newton's Laws of Motion this week. 
-Homework this week includes a gravity experiment using coins.
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Forces in Fluids
This week we turn to the forces present in liquids and will talk about pressure, buoyancy, and density.
-Homework this week will see students building a raft to support cargo.
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Work and Machines
Students will define work and power as well as looking at simple machines. 
-Homework this week will be a sorting activity for machine types.
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Energy and Types of energy
This week, students will be able to define energy and distinguish between different types of energy....electrical, chemical, nuclear, electromagnetic, thermal.
-Homework this week will include an experiment with power as well as a written paragraph about energy types in warming food.
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Energy Transformation
To expand on last week's topic, students will learn how one type of energy can be converted to another. 
-Homework this week includes an at-home experiment on potential energy of a straw rocket.
 Week 8
Lesson 8
Temperature and Heat
This week we discuss temperature, thermal energy, and heat and the transfer of heat.
-Homework this week includes an at-home experiment on the heat transfer of utensils.
 Week 9
Lesson 9
What is Magnetism?
This week, students discover magnets and their properties including fields and magnetic poles.
-Homework this week includes an at-home experiment that detects fake coins.
 Week 10
Lesson 10
Journey Inside a Magnet
This week we journey into the atomic nature of magnets and how we can make and break them.
-Homework this week students will design a magnetic paper clip holder at home.
 Week 11
Lesson 11
Electricity
This week, we turn to electricity and charges. We talk about how to transfer an electric charge and static electricity.
-Homework this week will be creating a Versorium at home.
 Week 12
Lesson 12
Electric Currents
This week we discuss the flow of electric charges, explore conductors, insulators, and voltage.
-Homework this week will be creating a homemade flashlight.
 Week 13
Lesson 13
 Electromagnetism
What is electromagnetism? This week we merge magnets and electricity to talk about electromagnetism.
-Homework this week will be a review worksheet.
 Week 14
Lesson 14
Technology and Electronics
This week we learn the difference between analog and digital signals, semiconductors, and the way the electromagnetic spectrum allows us to communicate.
-Homework this week will need a lab partner as students decide if there is a electronic advantage of computation.
 Week 15
Lesson 15
Semester Review
Using a fun gameshow and class discussion, students will review the last 14 weeks of class. Teacher feedback is sent to parents at the conclusion of the class.