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Introductory Unit - Getting Ready for Science

      Biographies

1. Robert Fulton
2. Johannes Gutenberg
3. Elijah McCoy
4. Eli Whitney

Unit 1: PHYSICAL SCIENCE - Electricity and Magnetism

• Otis Boykin
• Thomas Jefferson
• Michael Faraday
• Samual F. B. Morse
• Granville Woods
• Water Current and Electric Current
• Magnetic Poles
• Magnets and Compasses
• Electromagnets
• An Electric Motor

Unit 2 - LIFE SCIENCE - Energy for Life and Growth

• Antartic Ocean Food Web
• Fun With Food Webs
• Exploring Ecosystems
• What are Different Kinds of Resources?

Unit 3 - LIFE SCIENCE - Ecosystems

• Exploring Ecosystems
• How Do Ecosystems Change Naturally?
• Nonliving Factors
• How do Animals Grow and Reproduce?
• How do Organisms Get Energy?

Unit 4 - EARTH SCIENCE - Rocks and Minerals

• The Rock Cycle
• What Processes Change Landorms?
• Metamorphic Rock Formation

Unit 5 - EARTH SCIENCE - Waves, Water, Wind, and Ice

• How Ice Cracks Rock
• What are Landforms?
• Strike-Slip Fault
• Formation of a Sinkhole
• How do Volcanoes Form?