Sciences

The 2011-2012 educational science year will cover the following units and chapters.


"Nature is the best classroom at the same time the best teacher.  Our world is our life and our life is our perspective on the world. God created for us something magnificent yet simple, strong yet delicate for our habitat.  In this habitat lies animals for our interests and plants for our sustainability.  We must, not only learn all we can about it, but we must spend more time with it."  ~ GB-H

Unit 1 - God's Many Creatures                      

• Chapter 1 - Cold-blooded Animals
• Invertebrates
• Vertbrates
• Warm-Blooded Animals
• Cold-Blooded Animals
• Kinds of Cold-Blooded Animals
• Fish
• Kinds of fish
• Characteristics of fish
• Amphibians
• Characteristics of amphibians
• Life cycles of amphibians
• Reptiles 
• Characteristics of reptiles
• Life cycles of reptiles
• God's Power
• TEST #1:  She made a 100%

• Chapter 2 - Warm-blooded Animals                                
• Birds
• Nests and Eggs
• Characteristics of Birds
• Size and Color
• Songs and sounds
• Mammals
• Hoofed Mammals
• Marine Mammals
• Flying Mammals
• Climbing Mammals
• Gnawing Mammals
• Hunting Mammals
• Pouched Mammals
• Humans
• Behavior
• Test #2: She made a 100%

Unit 2 - God's Great Design

• Chapter 3 - Plants
• Parts of a Plant
• Making Food
• Using Food
• Uses of Plants 
• Food
• Other Uses
• Test #3: She made a 100%

• Chapter 4 - Ecosystems
• Living Together
• Eating for Energy
• Types of Consumers
• Food Chains
• Food Webs
• Changes in an Ecosystem
• Balance in an Ecosystem
• Test #4: She made a 94% because she confused a food web with a food chain

Unit 3 - God's Mighty Forces

• Chapter 5 - Matter
• Properties of Matter
• Mass
• Volume
• States of Matter
• Solids
• Liquids
• Gases
• Changes in States
• Solids and Liquids
• Liquids and Gases
• Water
• Changes in Matter
• Physical Changes
• Chemical Changes
• Our Unchangeable God

• Test #: She made an 81%

 

• Chapter 6 - Sound
• Sounds
• Vibrations
• Instruments
• Sound Waves
• Sound and matter
• Reflected sounds
• Absorbed sounds
• The Ear and Hearing
• The Outer Ear
• The Middle Ear
• The Inner Ear
• Characteristic of Sound
• Pitch
• Volume
• Quality
• Uses of Sound

• Chapter 7 - Energy in Motion
• Force
• Invisible Forces
• Motion
• Work
• Measuring Work
• Doing Work
• Energy
• Kinds of Energy
• Changes to Energy

Unit 4 - God's Earth and Sky

• Chapter 8 - Soil, Rocks, and Minerals
• Soil
• Layers of Soil
• Weathering
• Rocks
• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Mineral
• Uses of Minerals
• Characteristics of Minerals
• Chapter 9 - Weather
• Measuring the Weather
• Temperature
• Precipitation
• The water cycle
• Clouds
• Wind
• Studying the Weather
• Weather Forecast
• Severe Weather

• Chapter 10 - The Solar System
• The Sun
• The Solar System
• Inner Planets
• Outer Planets
• Asteroids and Dwarf Planets
• Stars

Unit 5 - God's Building Blocks

• Chapter 11 - Cells, Tissues, and Organs
• Cells
• Kinds of Cells
• Parts of a Cell
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm
• Boundaries
• Tissues
• Organs
• Systems

• Chapter 12 - Skin
• Layers of Skin
• The Epidermis
• Fingerprints
• The Dermis
• Nerves
• Blood Vessels
• Sweat Glands
• Oil Glands
• Skin Care