Science

ENGINEERING and TECHNOLOGY

Essential Questions:

1. What is a scientist?

ENERGY

Essential Questions:

1. How is energy changed from one form to another?

2. How is heat energy transferred and transformed?

3. How is electrical energy transferred and transformed?

4. How is energy transfer used to solve problems?

NATURAL RESOURCES and HAZARDS

Essential Questions:

1. What nonrenewable resources are used for energy?

2. What renewable resources are used for energy?

WAVES and INFORMATION TRANSFER

Essential Questions:

1. What are waves?

2. How is information transferred from place to place?

ROCKS and FOSSILS

Essential Questions:

1. How do rock layers change?

2. What is the rock cycle?

PLANT and ANIMAL STRUCTURE/PROCESSES

Essential Questions:

1. What are some plant parts and how do they function?

2. How do plants grow and reproduce?

3. What are some external structures of animals?

4. What are some internal structures of animals?

5. How do senses work?