Science
- Science
- New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science and Technology
- New York State Core Curricula in Science
- White Plains Science Curriculum Grades K-5
- White Plains Science Curriculum Grades 6-8
- White Plains Science Curriculum Grades 9-12
- Science Graduation Requirements
- Science Laboratory Information and Requirements
- Science Research in the High School
- Science Testing
- Acceleration in Science
- White Plains Public Schools
- White Plains Science Curriculum Grades K-5
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White Plains Science Curriculum Grades K-5
Children are naturally curious. The White Plains Elementary Science Curriculum fosters this curiosity by providing students with opportunities to have direct experience with common objects, materials and living things in their environment. Emphasis is placed on understanding important relationships, mechanisms and processes and on applying concepts in science, rather than on the memorization of specialized terminology or technical details. Much of the content in science is explored while fostering literacy skills through nonfiction content reading, as well as children's literature that incorporates accurate science concepts within fictional reading selections. For this reason, the science curriculum units outlined in the attached documents are designed to provide instruction in science every other day. The balance of the expectation of daily science instruction set forth by the State is provided through interdisciplinary units linking science with the literacy and mathematics curricula.Each grade level has four or five science curriculum units. The units may be implemented in different sequences by different teachers.The units are designied to be taught in any order, so while the skills of science build upon previous experience throughout the school year, the content of one unit is not dependent upon the previous introduction ofanother unit in the same grade. The following chart gives an outline of the curriculum units taught at each grade level.*
Kindergarten
Variety of Senses
Variety of Living Things
Variety of Materials
Variety of Weather Conditions and Seasons
Sand and Water Play
First Grade
Properties of Plants and Animals in Woodland and Pond Habitats
Properties and Changes in Solids and Liquids
Comparing and Measuring
Properties of Air and Weather
Second Grade
Changes in Plants (Life Cycles)
Changes in Animals (Life Cycles)
Changes in Things that Sink or Float
Changes in Balance and Motion
Third Grade
Soils, Sand and Clay: Planting Variables
Animal Adaptations and Behavior
Metric Measurement
Interactions in the Human Body
Fourth Grade
Buoyant Systems
Plant Growth and Development
Models and Designs
Electric and Magnetic Systems
NYS Elementary-Level Science Test Review
Fifth Grade
Chemical Interactions
Energy Interactions
Microscopic Interactions
Variables Affecting Motion
*Units are not sequential and may be taught in a different order by individual teachers.