Curriculum

Book reference:  SCIENCE – STAR SCIENCE BOOK 2 BY MATTHEW COLE

Curriculum

• Grouping objects: Understanding how objects can be categorized based on their similarities and differences, fostering organization and classification skills.
• Healthy living: Promoting habits and behaviors that contribute to physical and mental well-being, including nutrition, exercise, hygiene, and emotional health.
• Animals: Exploring the diversity of animal species, their habitats, behaviors, adaptations, and roles within ecosystems.
• Life cycles: Studying the sequential stages of development that organisms undergo from birth to reproduction to death, highlighting key transformations and processes.
• Plants: Investigating the structure, functions, and life processes of plants, including photosynthesis, growth, reproduction, and their significance in ecosystems.
• Matter: Understanding the basic properties and states of matter (solid, liquid, gas), as well as concepts such as mass, volume, density, and changes in matter.
• Air: Exploring the composition, properties, and importance of the Earth’s atmosphere, including air pressure, composition, and its role in supporting life.
• Water: Studying the properties, sources, distribution, and importance of water in ecosystems, as well as its role in weather patterns and the water cycle.
• Simple machines: Learning about the fundamental mechanical devices that amplify or redirect force, including levers, pulleys, inclined planes, wedges, screws, and wheels.
• Sound: Exploring the nature, properties, and behavior of sound waves, including how sound is produced, transmitted, and perceived.
• Light energy: Understanding the properties and behavior of light, including reflection, refraction, absorption, transmission, and the role of light in vision and photosynthesis.
• Pushes and pulls: Investigating the fundamental forces of push and pull, including their effects on the motion and behavior of objects, as well as applications in everyday life.
• The moon: Exploring the characteristics, phases, and movements of Earth’s natural satellite, as well as its influence on tides, lunar cycles, and cultural significance.