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Unit 1: A Place for Plovers
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Fall 2023
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Unit 1: Balance Art
Fall 2023
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Unit 1: Nurse Logs
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Fall 2023
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Unit 1: Reading Under Cover
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Fall 2023
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Unit 1: Schoolyard Engineering
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Fall 2023
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Unit 1: Sports & Games
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Fall 2023
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Unit 2: Electricity
How do we power computers and other electrical devices?
Spring 2024
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Unit 2: Engineering Toys
How can we design a new toy?
Spring 2024
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Unit 2: Fruit & Hazards
Why do plants only grow well in certain places, and how can we protect them?
Spring 2024
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Unit 2: Sound Signals
How do objects make and use sound to communicate?
Spring 2024
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Unit 2: Water
How can we make water healthy for all living things?
Spring 2024
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Unit 2: Weather
How can we be prepared for the weather?
Spring 2024
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Unit 3: Earth Processes
What causes Earth’s landscape to change over time and what impacts do the changes have on humans?
Fall 2024
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Unit 3: Earth Systems
How does changing the flow of water impact Earth’s systems and how can humans help protect and restore Earth’s resources and environments?
Fall 2024
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Unit 3: Mighty Movers
How can we move things to where we want them to go?
Fall 2024
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Unit 3: Sky Patterns
How do patterns of the Sun, Moon, and stars affect what we see in the sky and our everyday events?
Fall 2024
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Unit 3: Trait Variations
Why do animals look and act the way that they do?
Fall 2024
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Unit 3: Who Lives Where
What plants and animals live in different lands, waters, and other places?
Fall 2024
Unit 4: Animal & Plant Traits
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Spring 2025
Unit 4: Earth in the Universe
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Spring 2025
Unit 4: Ecosystem Change & Survival
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Spring 2025
Unit 4: Ecosystems: Plants, Animals, and their Environment
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Spring 2025
Unit 4: Puzzling Plants
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Spring 2025
Unit 4: Structure & Function
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Spring 2025
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Unit 4.1 Energy Transfer: Collisions
Why does an object’s motion change?
August 2024