Hasbrouck
Heights Elementary School
Science Curriculum Map
The following outline delineates the chapters and or lessons within
the 2006 Scott Foresman Science Text Book Series that each
grade level shall
cover in accordance with the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content
Standards and the Hasbrouck Heights Science curriculum:
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Kindergarten
Students shall be exposed to the content and skills addressed
in the following areas of the textbook:
Scientific Method P. FM 14-15 a, b
Safety P. FM 16-19
Inquiries End of Each Chapter
Historic Content P. 248
Chapter 2 Growth and change
Life cycle, how organisms grow and change
Chapter 3 Plants and Animals All Around
Habitats: land, water, hot, cold, Animals and plants found in
environment; contribution of Eugenie Clark; p. 82-83 Explore
earth’s surface contributions
Chapter 5 Weather and Seasons
Recognize weather patterns
recognize seasons, characteristics and seasons
Chapter 6 Matter
What is Matter? States of matter, physical change
Chapter 8 How Things Move
Moving objects and sound, magnetism
Chapter 9 Day and Night - Skills: Differences in sky
Chapter 10 How Things Work
Kinds of simple machines, usage of machine
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First Grade
Students shall be exposed to the content and skills addressed in
the following areas of the textbook:
Scientific Method P. xxxi – xxvii
Science Tools P. xxviii – xxix
Safety P. xxxii
Inquiries / Contributions P. 24, 112, 272
Historic Content P. 334-335, 36
Chapter 1 Living and Nonliving
Classify living and non-living; Recognize needs of organisms
Chapter 3 How Plants and Animals Live
Adaptations of pants and animals; p. 174-176 Examine soil inquiry
Chapter 4 Life Cycles
Characteristics shared of parents and offspring;
Organisms grow
Chapter 7 Weather
Recognize four seasons and weather patterns;
Measuring weather
Chapter 8 Observing Matter
States of matter; Changes in Matter
Chapter 9 Movement and Sound
Forces – origins; Sound and speed Contributions: Dr. Shamin Rahmon
Chapter 11 Day and Night Sky
Sun supplies heat and light; Differences in day and night sky; P. 334-335
Historic time line; p. 360- 361 Change over time
Chapter 12 Science in Our World
Use of technology to solve problems; Simple machines; Biography: Mike
Wong
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Second Grade
Students shall be exposed to the content and skills addressed in
the following areas of the textbook:
Scientific Method p. xxvi – xxvii
Science Tools p. xxviii – xxix
Safety Science p. xxxii
Chapter 1 All About Plants
How plants grow and adapt to environment
Chapter 2 All About Animals
Describe different kinds of animals, with and without backbones, and
how they adapt to different environments
Chapter 3 How Plants and Animals Live Together
Describe how plants and animals get their food in different environments
Chapter 4 How Living Things Grow & Change
Ways that living things are like their parents;
Parts and life cycle of an insect
Chapter 5 Earth’s Land/Air/Water
Ways that people can take care of Earth’s natural resources
Chapter 6 Earth’s Weather & Seasons
Describe the water cycle ; Describe how people change with the seasons
Chapter 7 Fossils & Dinosaurs
Chapter 8 Properties of Matter
Comparing size, shapes, colors of objects;
Changing matter from one form to another
Chapter 9 Energy
Identify sources of heat and light
Chapter 10 Force and Motion
Magnets; Making simple machines work
Chapter 11 Sound
Chapter 12 Sun – causes of day and night
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Third Grade
Students shall be exposed to the content and skills addressed in
the following areas of the textbook:
Scientific Method xxvi – xxvii
Safety xxii
Science Tools xxviii – xxix
Chapter 2 Animals
Classification of animals; life cycles; adaptations
Chapter 3 Ecosystems and biomes
Define ecosystems / compare ecosystems
Chapter 4 Plant and Animal Interactions (Lessons 1-4)
Interaction of living things and their environment; Human interaction
n changing environment
Chapter 7 Rocks
Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic; minerals
Chapter 9 Natural Resources
Renewable, Non-renewable, recycling, protecting recourses
Chapter 10 Properties of Matter
Define matter; introduce periodic table; density; buoyancy
Chapter 12 Forces and Motions
Gravity, magnetism, simple machines
Chapter 13 Energy
Heat, matter, light energy, electricity energy
Chapter 14 Sound
Causes of sound; How sound travels; how sound travels through material;
speed of sound
Chapter 15 Patterns in The Sky
Sun, moon, seasons, star patterns
Chapter 16 Solar System & planets
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Fourth Grade
Students shall be exposed to the content and skills addressed in
the following areas of the textbook:
Scientific Method p. xxvi – xxvii
Safety p. xxxii
Science Tools p. xxviii – xxxi
Chapter 1 Classifying Plants and Animals
Parts of a cell; animal life cycles; plant cells; 6 kingdoms
of living things
Chapter 2 Energy From Plants
Characteristics of plants’; parts of plants; and life cycle
Chapter 5 Body Systems
Skeletal; respiratory; circulatory; digestive’ nervous
Chapter 6 Water Cycle and Weather
Air masses; measuring and predicting weather
Chapter 7 Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Chapter 9 Changes to Earth’s Surface
Weathering, erosion, earthquakes
Chapter 11 Properties of Matter
Density, volume, finding density, physical change, chemical change,
periodic table of elements
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