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The K-8 Science program is Naperville
District 203 is organized around three strands: Life Science, Earth
Science and Physical Science. At the K-5 level each grade completes
one unit per strand. The units are hands-on developed by teachers in conjunction
with a National Science Foundation grant is the early 80’s. The kits were
put together in-house. The outline of the units is listed below:
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Grade
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LIFE
SCIENCE
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EARTH SCIENCE
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PHYSICAL
SCIENCE
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K
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Seeds and Weeds
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Water and Ice
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Light, Color and Shadows
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1st
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Insects and Other Crawlers
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Rocks, Sand and Soil
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Constructions
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2nd
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Life Cycle of Butterflies
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Star Lab
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Energy
Or
Sink and Float
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3rd
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People and Animals
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Ideas and Inventions
Or
States of Matter and How They Change
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Sound
And
Kids Design Engineering
(Partnership with the Du Page Children’s
Museum)
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4th
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Fast Plants
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Rocks and Minerals
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Mystery Powders
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5th
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Micro Worlds
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Weather
Or
Impact Earth
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Levers and Pulleys
And
What’s Inside (Du Page Children’s Museum)
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In grades 6-8 -- The Science PLUS program by Holt is
used.
The units are organized as follows:
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Grade 6:
Patterns of Living Things
It’s A Small World
Chemistry
Energy
Our Changing Earth
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Grade 7:
Interactions
Diversity of Living Things
Solutions
Force and Motion
The Restless Earth
Towards the Stars
Growing Plants
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Grade 8:
Plants
Sound
Electricity
Light
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