Science Curriculum Year-at-a-Glance

Quarter 1
Grade 3

Forces in Our
World
Units of Study

Science
Initiatives

Hot Wheels
Speedometry

Going Green
Initiative

Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6
Potential or
Kinetic?

Put a Spark In
It! - Electricity
Mighty Magnets

Forces in Action
The Science of
Motion

Transfer and
Transformation
of Energy
Conservation of
Energy

NEF DTE Think!

Energy!
Going Green
Initiative

Going Green
Initiative

Going Green
Initiative

Grade 7

Grade 8

All About
Waves
Forms of
Energy

Going Green
Initiative

All About Cells

Going Green
Initiative

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Quarter 2
Grade 3

Units of Study

Science
Initiatives

The Powers of
Light
The Powers of
Sound

Spooky Science

Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences

Grade 4

Whats the
Matter?
Measuring
Matter

Spooky Science

Grade 5

The Science of
Seasons
Our Solar
System

Spooky Science

Grade 6
Living Things
and the
Environment
Interactions
Among
Living Things
Environmental
Factors and
Population
Change
Spooky Science

Grade 7

Grade 8

Properties of
Matter

Plants As
Consumers

Changes in
Matter

Animals As
Producers

Spooky Science

Spooky Science

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Quarter 3
Grade 3

Units of Study

All About
Animals
All About Plants

Science
Initiatives

Engineering
Week
Leslie Science
Nature Center
Visit

Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences

Grade 4
Cycle of Life Food Webs and
Food Chains
Digging into the
Past - Fossils
Engineering
Week
(A World in
Motion Designing a Jet
Toy)
Leslie Science
Nature Center
Visit

Grade 5
My Body - The
Inside Story
Adaptations
and Survival of
Living
Organisms
Engineering
Week
(Building
Bridges)
Leslie Science
Nature Center
Visit

Grade 6
Rocks and
Minerals
Drifting
Continents

Engineering
Week
Brains Rule U
of M

Grade 7

Structures and
Processes of
Living Things

Engineering
Week
(A World in
Motion Designing a Jet
Toy)

Grade 8
Populations,
Communities,
and
Ecosystems
Relationships
Among
Organisms

Engineering
Week

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Quarter 4
Grade 3
Earths
Structure and
Surface
Units of Study

Saving Earths
Natural
Resources
Independent
Science
Exploration

Science
Initiatives

Earth
Day/Week
Celebration
Science Expo

Grade 4

Sun, Moon and

Earth
Independent
Science
Exploration

Earth
Day/Week
Celebration
Mobile
Planetarium
Science Expo

Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences

Grade 5
Traits and
Evolution of
Living
Organisms
Independent
Science
Exploration

Grade 6

Grade 7

Grade 8

Evidence for
the Plate
Tectonic
Theory

Fluid Earth
Systems

Factors
Influencing
Ecosystems

Exploring Earth
History
Independent
Science
Exploration

Earth
Day/Week
Celebration

Earth
Day/Week
Celebration

Science Expo

Science Expo

Human
Activities
Independent
Science
Exploration

Human Impact
on Ecosystems
Independent
Science
Exploration

Earth
Day/Week
Celebration

Earth
Day/Week
Celebration

Mobile
Planetarium

Rouge River
Project

Science Expo

Science Expo