- Theme: Our Changing Earth
- Learn basic inquiry skills that scientists use: predict, observe, classify, question, compare, measure
- Label and describe the four layers of the earth
- Examine rocks and minerals and identify their properties
- Classify rocks into sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic
- Identify weathering and erosion as factors that cause the earth to change
- Construct model volcanoes, earthquakes, crystals and caves, and learn their role on earth
- Learn how fossils form and what they tell us about plants and animals of long ago
- Examine and create fossils to simulate how they form in nature
- Explore properties of magnets, static electricity and the relationship between them
- Learn the importance of water, rivers, watersheds, water treatments and engineering
- Identify water pollutants and describe their influence on water ecosystems
- Connect the necessity of water in the life cycle of plants and soil composition
Age 3 through 6th Grade
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