Science Plans

1st Grade:
Foundation: Noeo Biology I–Seeds, Scales, Feathers, and Tails

Covers: Invertebrates, Fish, Mammals, Birds, Human Body, Ecosystems, Plants and Trees,
Weather, Louis Pasteur, and John James Audobon
Usborne Pocket Nature

One Small Square: Cactus Desert, Woods, Seashore

Pasteur’s Fight Against Microbes

Usborne’s Science with Plants

Usborne’s Internet-Linked First Encylopedia of the Human Body

DK Eye Wonder-Weather

The Boy Who Drew Birds

Audobon’s Birds of America Coloring Book

Supplements:

What Makes You Ill? Week 6 SL Science 1

Listening to Crickets Week 7 SL Science 3

Apologia’s Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day Weeks 15-18

Usborne World of Animals Weeks 16-23 SL Science 1

Night Animals Weeks 16-23 SL Science 1

Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans Weeks 18-22 SL Science 3

Apologia’s Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day Weeks 21-22

Apologia’s Land Animals of the Sixth Day Weeks 22-23

Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body Weeks 23-32 SL Science 3

What Do People Eat? Weeks 26-27 SL Science 1

The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible Week 37 SL Science 2

Plans by Taira Dinsmore October 2009

 Science Activities Vol: 3 All SL Science 2

2nd Grade:
Foundation: Noeo Physics I-Zip, Zap, Zing, and Zoom

Covers: Forces and Motion, Light and Color, Levers, Wheels and Pulleys, Electricity and
Magnetism, Inventions, Sound, Flight, Space
Straightforward Science Series: Magnetism, Light and Color, Forces and
Movement

How Do You Lift a Lion?

How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning

Super Science Giants: What Makes the Light Bright, Thomas Edison? Did it
Take Creativity to Find Relativity, Albert Einstein?

DK Eye Wonder: Invention

Rubber Band Banjos and a Java Jive Bass: Projects and Activities on the
Science of Music and Sound

Starry Messenger

DK Eye Wonder: Space

Supplements:

Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion Week 4 SL Science K

See How It’s Made Week 13+ SL Science 1

Apologia’s Exploring Creation: Astronomy Weeks 31-36

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System Week 31 SL Science 2

Science Activities Vol 1 All SL Sceince 1

3rd Grade:
Foundation Noeo Chemistry I-Bubbly, Bouncy, Sticky, and Icky

Covers: Atoms, Molecules, The Periodic Table, Chemical Experiments, Solids, Liquids, and Gases,
Polymers and Plastics, Rocks and Minerals
What’s Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?

Plans by Taira Dinsmore October 2009

 Building Blocks of Matter: Atoms and Molecules, Elements and Compounds,
Mixtures and Solutions, Chemical Reactions

Marie Curie’s Search for Radium

Super Science Concoctions

How to Think Like a Scientist

True Books: The Periodic Table

A Drop of Water

DK Eye Wonder: Rocks and Minerals

Supplements:

Science Activities Vol. 2 All SL Science K

Water Week 24 SL Science 3

The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks Weeks 26-27 SL Science 1

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth Week 32 SL Science 2

4th Grade:
Foundation: Noeo Biology II-Worms, Beans, Germs, and Genes

Covers: Microscopic World, Biological Classifications, Insects, Fish and Other Water Creatures,
Birds and Other Flying Creatures, Reptiles and Amphibians, Mammals, Ecology and Conservation,
Human Body, Plants, Seeds and Flowers, Fungi
Usborne Internet-Linked Science Encyclopedia

Usborne Internet-Linked Mysteries and Marvels of Nature

The Body Book

Usborne Internet-Linked Complete Book of the Microscope

Supplments:

Incredible Animals That Defy Evolution (DVD) Week 23 SL Science 3

Evolution: The Grand Experiment Week 23 SL Science 6

Icons of Evolution (DVD) Week 23 SL Science 6

Improve you Survival Skills Week 23 SL Science 5

Plans by Taira Dinsmore October 2009

 Usborne IL Encyclopedia of Planet Earth Week 23 SL Science 6

The Young Naturalist Week 23 SL Science 6

Unlocking the Mystery of Life (DVD) Week 24 SL Science 5

Introduction to Genes and DNA Week 24? SL Science 5

Understanding Your Brain Week 24 SL Science 5

Usborne IL Complete Book of the Human Body Weeks 24-29 SL Science 5

The Human Body Weeks 24-29 SL Science 5

Food and Nutrition for Every Kid Week 27 SL Science 5

Apologia’s Exploring Creation: Botany Weeks 30-36

5th Grade:
Foundation: Noeo Chemistry II- Atoms to Alloys and Beyond

Covers: Atoms and Molecules, Solids, Liquids, and Gases, Mixtures and Compounds, Elements,
The Periodic Table, Geology, Antoine Lavoisier, John Dalton, Amedeo Avogadro, Dimitrii
Mendeleev
Usborne Internet-Linked Science Encyclopedia

Usborne Internet-Linked Mysteries and Marvels of Science

Fizz, Bubble, and Flash

Adventures with Atoms and Molecules

The Mystery of the Periodic Table

Geology Rocks!

Supplments:

Dry Bones and Other Fossils Weeks 33-36 SL Science 5

Book of Science All SL Science 6

6th Grade:
Foundation: Noeo Physics II- Gizmos, Gadgets, Gears, and Gravity

Plans by Taira Dinsmore October 2009

Covers: Energy, Forces, Motion, Light, Sound, Electricity, Astronomy
Usborne Internet-Linked Science Encyclopedia

Usborne Internet-Linked Mysteries and Marvels of Science

Gizmos and Gadgets-Creating Science Gizmos that Work and Knowing Why

Archimedes and the Door of Science

Along Came Galileo

Supplments:

See for Yourself: Energy Weeks 1-3 SL Science 4

Diary of an Early American Boy Week 11 SL Science 4

The History of Medicine Weeks 12-16 SL Science 5

Bell and the Science of the Telephone Week 19 SL Science 4

Electricity and Magnetism Week 20 SL Science 4

Light and Color Week 21-22 SL Science 4

The Usborne IL Book of Astronomy and Space Weeks 25-27 SL Science 4

The Story of Inventions Week 36 SL Science 4

Cool Stuff 2.0 and How It Works Week 36 SL Science 6

Plans by Taira Dinsmore October 2009