Chapter

Required Lab in Science Lab

Materials

Storybooks or Slideshow (on http://msnucleus.org)

Plants

1.1 Seeds
Life Cycle – Plants 1A

3 bags of 8 specimens

What is a tree?

Animals

Living Things meet their needs

Working on the Food Chain (Life Cycle)

Kinds of Environments

1.2 Land and Water
Life Cycle – Natural Environment 1A

3 bags of branch, clams, moss, mammal, seaweed, seastar, insect

Phoca the Traveling Harbor Seal (Life Cycle)

Weather

1.3 Reading a thermometer

Thermometers

Beakers/cups

Ice cubes

Warm water

Weather Lores (Water Cycle)

Seasons

1.4 Seasons/Day and Night

Inflatable World Globes

Searching the Universe

Solids, Liquids, and Gases

1.5 States of Matter (using lava as example)

Baking soda, vinegar, droppers

Lucy Lava (Rock Cycle)

What is matter? Slideshow

Changes in Materials

Ice cubes, baggies

Drippy the Hippie

Giving Water a Second Chance

 (Water Cycle)