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Welcome to Lower School Science!

Welcome to Lower School Science!. Grades 1 – 3 Highlights. Curriculum concepts of Physical, Earth & Space and Life Sciences are incorporated throughout the trimesters of our school year. Concepts are introduced and reinforced through discovery and hands-on activities.

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Welcome to Lower School Science!

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  1. Welcome to Lower School Science!

  2. Grades 1 – 3Highlights • Curriculum concepts of Physical, Earth & Space and Life Sciences are incorporated throughout the trimesters of our school year. Concepts are introduced and reinforced through discovery and hands-on activities. • Lego Robotics and STEM projects are team-taught by the LS technology and science teachers. • Grades 1 and 2 meet on four days of an eight-day cycle, with one of those days meeting as a STEM class. Grade 3 meets five days of an eight-day cycle, with one of those days meeting as a STEM class. • Students develop and keep a science notebook throughout the year. • Cooperative learning is encouraged. • Voluntary opportunity for students in Grades K – 5 to participate in our LS Visitation Science Fair; Blue Ribbon winners compete in The Academy of Science - St. Louis Science Fair. • Voluntary opportunity for students in Grades 3 – 5 to join the LS Science Club which meets on Tuesdays after school from the end of September through the beginning of March.

  3. Fourth and Fifth GradeHighlights • Curriculum concepts of Physical, Earth & Space and Life Sciences are incorporated throughout the trimesters of our school year. Concepts are introduced and reinforced through discovery, inquiry and investigations. • Lego Robotics and STEM projects are team-taught by the LS technology and science teachers. • Grades 4 and 5 meet every day in an eight-day cycle, with two of those days meeting as STEM classes. • Students develop and keep a science notebook throughout the year. • Student access to online textbooks and activities in Grades 4 – 5. • Homework, projects and various forms of assessment are required as assigned. • Cooperative learning is encouraged. • Voluntary opportunity for students in Grades K – 5 to participate in our LS Visitation Science Fair; Blue Ribbon winners compete in The Academy of Science - St. Louis Science Fair. • Voluntary opportunity for students in Grades 3 – 5 to join the LS Science Club which meets on Tuesdays after school from the end of September through the beginning of March.

  4. Fourth Grade Highlights • Trimester 1 - Physical Science: • opportunity to join the Lower School Science Club • NXT Mindstormsrobotics, Engineering is Elementary investigation • investigating magnetism, static and current electricity and constructing circuits • demonstrating and diagraming transformations of energy • investigating forms of energy • Trimester 2 - Earth & Space Science: • the water cycle, weather and what causes weather to change • rocks and minerals, mineral identification and testing, the rock cycle • changes to the Earth’s surface: weathering and erosion • planets, asteroids, comets, meteors and meteoroids • opportunity to participate in the LS Visitation Science Fair; Blue Ribbon winners compete in The Academy of Science - St. Louis Science Fair • Trimester 3 - Life Science: • the animal cell and human body systems; constructing cell models • Life-Size Skeleton Project, Engineering is Elementary investigation • observation of stages and rates of development of plant growth from seed to mature plant experiment; photosynthesis

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  6. Fifth Grade Highlights • Trimester 1 - Physical Science: • opportunity to join the LS Science Club • systems; NXT Mindstorms Robotics, Lego Solar Kit with Machines & Mechanisms • matter, atoms, elements and the Periodic Table • acids, bases, mixtures, solutions • physical and chemical changes • Trimester 2 - Earth & Space Science: • renewable and nonrenewable resources and energy • oceans and freshwater project, Engineering is Elementary investigation • plate movement, volcanoes, earthquakes, Mid-Atlantic Ridge • history of space missions, man-made satellites and probes • opportunity to participate in the LS Science Fair; Blue Ribbon winners compete in The Academy of Science – St. Louis Science Fair • Trimester 3 - Life Science: • cells, Human Body Systems Project, Engineering is Elementary investigation • vertebrate/invertebrate life cycles • interactions and changes in ecosystems

  7. Invertebrate/Vertebrate Life Cycles

  8. Science ClubTuesdays 3:15 – 4:10 September - March

  9. Lower School Science Fair Scheduled after Spring Break

  10. Mrs. Marianne HolthausLS science teacher • Email mholthaus@visitationacademy.org • School phone 314-625-9170 • Website http://vizonline.visitationacademy.org

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