4-6 CELLS/GENETICS (42 min.)
Parts of a cell
Plant and animal cells
Characteristics of microorganisms
How cells reproduce
Life in a drop of water
Making permanent microscope slides
Osmosis Tissues, organs and organ systems
Characteristics of living things
Asexual and sexual reproduction
Chromosomes Genetics
Variations among plants and animals
4-6 PLANTS - Section 1 (35 min.)
Flowers - monocots and dicots
Parts of a flower
Germination
Importance of cotyledons
Starch and sugar in cotyledons
Photosynthesis
Observing plant cells
Osmosis
Light and photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide, water and leaves
4-6 PLANTS - Section 2 (20 min.)
Stems
Woody vs. vascular stems
Auxins and plant growth
Function and parts of the stem
Tree rings
Roots
Vegetative reproduction
Plant adaptations
Tropisms
Importance of soil, value of agriculture
Homemade terrarium
4-6 CLASSIFICATION / PROTISTS (24 min.)
The classification scheme
Classification activities
Protists - fungi, molds, mildew and yeast
4-6 ANIMALS (43 min.)
Classroom pets
Adaptations - natural selection
Live frog lab
Goldfish observations
Fish scales
Earthworm experiments
Reproduction
Life cycles - metamorphosis
Mealworms, daphnia
Food chain
Brine shrimp experiments
Animal footprints
4-6 HUMANS (23 min.)
Classifying - characteristics
Using a torso - investigating body systems
The digestive system
Reproduction
Reaction timer
The eye
Squeeze power
Pulse detector
Teeth and bones
Investigating carbon dioxide production Nutrition - measuring vitamin C
4-6 ECOSYSTEMS (13 min.)
Animal communities
Producers, consumers and decomposers
Food chains and food webs
Thickness of an egg shell
Investigating owl pellets |