Science Pacing Guide (Inquiry)

EastElementary School

Quarter:____First Nine Weeks_

Standards / Skills / Textbook Correlation / Other Resources / Assessments
Inquiry Skills pages for
Standard 2.2
2.1 The student will
demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry, including the process skills and mathematical thinking necessary to conduct a simple scientific investigation. (Inquiry)
Inquiry Skills pages for Standard 2.2
First Nine Weeks
Science Standard 2.1
Inquiry Skills / 2.1.1 Carry out simple
scientific
investigations to answer questions about familiar objects and events.
2.1.2 Use tools
(including thermometers, rain gauges, balances, and measuring cups) safely, accurately, and appropriately when gathering specific data in US customary (English) and metric units of measurement.
2.1.3Represent and
communicate simple data and explanations through drawings, tables, pictographs, bar graphs, and oral and written language.
2.1.4 2.1.4 Infer explanations regarding scientific observations and experiences.
2.1.52.1.5 Use appropriate
safety procedures when conducting investigations. / Ready, Set, Science!
and Chpt. 1-3 pp. 3, 9, 20-22, 27A-27B, 31, 37, 43, 51, 65, 13, 83, 89, 97, 107, 115
Ready, Set, Science! and Chpt. 1 -3 pp. 12 –19, 24-25, 27A – 27B, 50, 57, 67, 83
Ready, Set, Science! and Chpt. 1-3 pp. 8, 20 –23, 27A- 27B, 31, 37, 40, 43, 44, 51, 63, 68,73, 83, 95, 103, 107,113, 118 -125
Ready, Set, Science! and Chpt. 1-3 pp. 6, 39, 59, 97, 112
Ready, Set, Science! and Chpt. 1-3 pp. 27A -27B, 89

Science Pacing Guide (Inquiry)

EastElementary School

Quarter:____Second Nine Weeks_

Standards / Skills / Textbook Correlation / Other Resources / Assessments
Inquiry Skills pages for
Standard 2.3
2.1 The student will
demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry, includint the process skills and mathematical thinking necessary to conduct a simple scientific investigation. (Inquiry)
Inquiry Skill pages for Science Standard 2.3
Second Nine Weeks
Science Standard 2.1
Inquiry Skills / 2.1.1 Carry out simple scientific investigations to answer questions about familiar objects and events.
2.1.2 Use tools (including thermometers, rain gauges, balances, and measuring cups) safely, accurately, and appropriately when gathering specific data in US customary (English) and metric units of measurement.
2.1.6Represent and
communicate simple data and explanations through drawings, tables, pictographs, bar graphs, and oral and written language.
2.1.7 2.1.4 Infer explanations regarding scientific observations and experiences.
2.1.82.1.5 Use appropriate
safety procedures when conducting investigations. / Chpt. 4 pp. 127-127B, 131, 139, 147, 157, 169A-169B
Chpt. 4 pp. 127A-127B, 139 – 145, 157 –159
Chpt. 4 pp. 127A –127B, 131, 137, 139, 144,152, 157, 160-166
Chpt. 4 pp. 133, 147, 167
Chpt. 4 p. 147

Science Pacing Guide (Inquiry)

EastElementary School

Quarter:____Third Nine Weeks_

Standards / Skills / Textbook Correlation / Other Resources / Assessments
Inquiry Skill pages for Science Standard 2.4
2.1 The student will
demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry, including the process skills and mathematical thinking necessary to conduct a simple scientific investigation. (Inquiry)
Inquiry Skill pages for Science Standard 2.4
Third Nine Weeks
Science Standard 2.1
Inquiry Skills / 2.1.1 Carry out simple scientific investigations to answer questions about familiar objects and events.
2.1.2 Use tools (including thermometers, rain gauges, balances, and measuring cups) safely, accurately, and appropriately when gathering specific data in US customary and metric units of measurement.
2.1.9Represent and
communicate simple data and explanations through drawings, tables, pictographs, bar graphs, and oral and written language.
2.1.10 2.1.4 Infer explanations regarding scientific observations and experiences.
2.1.112.1.5 Use appropriate
safety procedures when conducting investigations. / Chpt. 5 - 6 pp. 173, 181, 189, 195, 203, 209, 217, 225, 232, 233
Chpt. 5 - 6 pp.169A-169B, 178, 181, 184 –186, 189, 192, 193, 195, 198, 204-205, 209, 223
Chpt. 5 – 6 pp. 169A-169B, 181, 182, 193, 197, 203, 209,
Chpt. 5 –6 pp. 175, 191, 195,
Chpt. 5 –6 pp. 203, 209, 233

Science Pacing Guide (Inquiry)

EastElementary School

Quarter:____Fourth Nine Weeks_

Standards / Skills / Textbook Correlation / Other Resources / Assessments
Inquiry Skill pages for Science Standard 2.5
2.1 The student will
demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry, includint the process skills and mathematical thinking necessary to conduct a simple scientific investigation. (Inquiry)
Inquiry Skill pages for Science Standard 2.5
Fourth Nine Weeks Science Standard 2.1
Inquiry Skills / 2.1.1 Carry out simple scientific investigations to answer questions about familiar objects and events.
2.1.2 Use tools (including thermometers, rain gauges, balances, and measuring cups) safely, accurately, and appropriately when gathering specific data in US customary and metric units of measurement.
2.1.12Represent and
communicate simple data and explanations through drawings, tables, pictographs, bar graphs, and oral and written language.
2.1.13 2.1.4 Infer explanations regarding scientific observations and experiences.
2.1.142.1.5 Use appropriate
safety procedures when conducting investigations. / Chpt. 7 pp. 239, 245, 253, 263, 272, 273
Chpt. 7 pp. 243, 245, 251, 253, 261, 266- 271
Chpt. 7 p. 256
Chpt. 7 p. R26

Science Pacing Guide

EastElementary School

Quarter:___First Nine Weeks___

Standards / Skills / Textbook Correlation / Other Resources / Assessments
2.22.2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the needs and characteristics of animals as they interact in their own distinct environments. (Life Science)
First Nine Weeks
Science Standard 2.2 / 2.2.1 Recall the basic needs of animals (including air, water, food, and shelter) for energy, growth, and protection.
2.2.2 Classify animals according to their physical characteristics.
2.2.3 Explain how distinct environments throughout the world support the life of different types of animals.
2.2.4 2.2.4 Summarize the
2.2.5 interdependence
2.2.6 between animals and
2.2.7 plants as sources of
2.2.8 food and shelter.
2.2.5 Illustrate the various life cycles of animals (including birth and the stages of development). / Chpt. 1 pp. 28-42
Chpt. 2 pp. 56 – 71
Chpt. 3 pp. 88 - 105
Chpt. 3 pp. 106-111
Chpt. 2 pp. 72-79 / Science picture cards
Students observe and tell about a chosen insect.
National Geographic Educational Films:
DeepSea Dive
Polar Prowl
Swinging Safari
Totally Tropical Rain
Forest
Life Sequence Cards
LDA
The Very HungryCaterpillar Eric Carle
Live Butterfly Cultures
Insect Lore
Hatch chicks / Worksheet – Cut and paste living and nonliving things
Assessment Guide Chpt. 1 p. AG1–AG4
Assessment Guide Chpt. 2 p. AG 7 -10
Assessment Guide
Chpt. 3 p. AG13 - 16
Place sequence cards in correct order,
Cut and paste stages in life cycle of an amphibian, insect, and bird.
Draw stages in the life cycle of a bird, insect, mammal, fish, reptile, and amphibian.

Science Pacing Guide

EastElementary School

Quarter:___Second Nine Weeks

Standards / Skills / Textbook Correlation / Other Resources / Assessments
2.3 The student will
demonstrate an understanding of daily and seasonal weather conditions. (Earth Sceince).
Second Nine Weeks
Science Standard 2.3 / 2.3.1Explain the
effects of moving air as it interacts with objects.
2.3.2Recall weather
terminology (including temperature, wind direction, wind speed, and precipitation as rain, snow, sleet, and hail).
2.3.3Illustrate the
weather conditions of different seasons.
2.3.4 Carry out
procedures to measure and record daily weather conditions (including temperature, precipitation amounts, wind speed as measured on the Beaufort scale, and wind direction as measured with a windsock or wind vane).
2.3.5Use pictorial
weather symbols to record observable sky conditions.
2.3.6 Identify safety precautions that one should take during severe weather conditions. / Chpt. 4 pp. 142 -143
160 -161, 196 -197, 273
Chpt. 4 pp. 130 –145
Chpt. 4 pp. 131 -137, 158 -159, 162 -163
Chpt. 4 pp. 101 -161
Chpt. 4 pp. 131,
142 -143, 164 -165
Chpt. 4 pp. 151 - 167 / Science Kit - Weather
Science Kit – Weather
Science Kit - Weather
Science Kit – Weather

Science Pacing Guide

EastElementary School

Quarter:__Third Nine Weeks_

Standards / Skills / Textbook Correlation / Other Resources / Assessments
2.4 The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the properties of matter and the changes that matter undergoes. (Physical Science) / 2.4.12.4.1 Recall the properties of solids and liquids.
2.4.2 Exemplify
matter that changes from a solid to a liquid and from a liquid to a solid.
2.4.22.4.3 Explain how matter can be changed in ways such as heating or cooling, cutting or tearing, bending or stretching.
2.4.4 Recognize that different materials can be mixed together and then separated again. / Chpt. 5-6 pp. 172 - 205
Chpt. 5-6 pp. 216 –223
Chpt. 5-6 pp.212 - 233
Chpt. 5-6 pp. 209-215
p. 233, pp. 271 -272 / Science Kit - Matter
Science Kit - Matter
Science Kit - Matter
Science Kit - Matter

Science Pacing Guide

EastElementary School

Quarter:____Fourth Nine Weeks

Standards / Skills / Textbook Correlation / Other Resources / Assessments
2.5 The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the properties of force and motion by applying the
properties of
magnetism. (Physical Science) / 2.5.1 Use magnets to make an object move without being touched.
2.5.2 2.5.2 Explain how the
2.5.3 poles of magnets
2.5.4 affect each other (that
2.5.5 is, they attract and
2.5.6 repel one another)
2.5.7
2.5.8 2.5.3 Compare the
2.5.9 effect of magnets on
2.5.10 various materials.
2.5.4 Identify everyday uses of magnets. / Chpt. 7 p. 255
Chpt. 7 pp. 253 – 259
Chpt. 7 pp. 255 – 265
Chpt. 7 p. 254-255
p. 258, 262, 263