Aug – Sept (7 weeks)
Oct – Nov (4 weeks)
Nov – Dec (7 weeks)
Jan – Feb (5 weeks)
Feb – Mar (5 weeks)
Mar – Apr (6 weeks)
Apr – May (1 week)
May (1 week)
- Rock and compositions
- Classification of rocks
- Rock formation processes
- Fossil evidence
Oct – Nov (4 weeks)
- Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
- Soil
- Human activity/erosion
- Conserving natural resources
Nov – Dec (7 weeks)
- Earth’s crust, mantle, and core
- Plate Tectonics
Jan – Feb (5 weeks)
- Earth’s water
- Factors affecting water cycle
- Subsurface topography
- Currents, waves & tides
Feb – Mar (5 weeks)
- Climate and Weather: Tilt of the Earth
- Unequal Heating of land and water
- Ocean’s moisture and Evaporation
Mar – Apr (6 weeks)
- Astronomy: Historical Models, Solar System
- Planets, Gravity: Earth, Moon, and Sun, Tides
- Asteroids and Comets. Milky Way Galaxy
Apr – May (1 week)
- Culminating project: Earth’s Cycles
- Rock Cycle, Earth Layers, , Plate Tectonics,
- Water Cycle, Moon Cycle
May (1 week)
- Impact of the biosphere, Conserving Resources
- Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy,
- Human Impact, Life Science preview