Second Marking Period 4th Grade Topics: The Rock Cycle; Types of Rocks; Soil Formation; Fossils Labs: The Rock Cycle, Making a Sedimentary Rock, Soil Sampling Weathering & Erosion 3rd Grade Topics: Water Cycle & Clouds; Weather Tools & Temperature Labs: Groundwater Flow, Where in the World is Water, Water Cycle in a Jar, Anemometer 2nd Grade Topics: Property and States of Matter; Changes in Matter Labs: Matter - Matter - Mixtures, Liquid vs Container, Water vs Alcohol, Bubble Bomb, Curds and Whey Steel Wool and Vinegar Reaction 1st Grade Topics: Moving Objects; Sounds, Light Labs: Simple Machines - Ramps, Levers, Screws, Pulleys, Gravity, Wheels and Axles Kindergarten Topics: Forces and How Things Move, Pushes and Pulls, Bouncing & Rolling Balls Labs: Dino Push, Airplanes, Things That Go Round and Round, Buoyancy, Parachutes, Motion & Weight |