Science and Social Studies at a Glance
1st Quarter
Science / Social StudiesK / Life Science
Plants and Animals / Compare Plants and Animals
L1.a-c / L2.a-e
· sort living organisms and non-living materials
· group animals by observable features
· group plants by observable features
· compare/contrast plants and animals
· explain similarities and differences in animals and plants
· match pictures of animal parents to offspring
· recognize similarities and differences between parent and baby / Symbols of America / Good Citizenship / State complete address (city to continent) / Work People Do
H1.a H2.g-h / CG1.a-b / G3 /
· citizenship –how laws and rules are made and why we follow them
· purpose of Labor Day
· American Symbols –Pledge and Star Spangled Banner
· Student’s address, city, county, state, nation, continent
· community workers
1 / Life Science
Plants and Animals
L1.a-c
· Basic needs and parts of a plant
· Basic needs of an animal
· How are animals alike / different
(appearance, motion, growth, needs) / Folktales / Patriotic Songs
H2 / CG2
· Folktales – John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, and Annie Oakley
· Patriotic songs – My Country ‘Tis of Thee and America the Beautiful
2 / Life Science
Plant and Animal Life Cycles, Seasons, Fungi
L1.a-d
· Life cycle of common animals
· Life cycle of a plant
· Fungi (mushrooms) – living organisms
· Seasonal changes in trees / Rules and Laws / Rivers and Regions of Georgia / Georgia’s First People / Money
CG1 / G1.a-b / H2.a-b G2.a-e / E3
· role of President, Governor, Mayor
· recognize and locate our state and national capitols
· need for rules and laws
· locate and describe major regions of Georgia (Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau)
· locate major rivers in Georgia (Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha, Savannah, St. Mary’s, Chattahoochee, Flint)
· What are goods and services? How is money used to obtain them?
· life in modern Georgia
· Creeks and Cherokees in Georgia
Gr / Science / Social Studies
3 / Life Science
Habitats / Pollution and Conservation
L1.a-d / L2.a-b
· Habitats of Georgia (mountains, marsh/swamp, coast, Piedmont, Atlantic Ocean)
· Organisms that live in each habitat
· Features of green plants and animals that help them survive in different regions of GA
· What happens to plants/animals if their habitat is changed
· Effects of pollution
· Ways to protect the environment
o Conservation
o Recycling / Roots of Our Democracy/ / Geography / Paul Revere
H1.a-c G1.d / G1.a-c / H2.a-b CG2.a-b G2.a-e
· influence of Greek architecture (columns), Greek laws, and Olympic Games
· compare/contrast Greek government with US government
· Paul Revere – his life, character, where he lived and traveled
· Major US rivers (Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson)
· Major US mountain ranges (Appalachian, Rocky)
· locate Equator, Prime Meridian, Greece, and lines of longitude and latitude on a globe/world map
4 / Life Science
L1.a,b,c,d L2.a,b
· Producers, consumers, decomposers
· Flow of energy through food web / food chain
· Environmental effect on organisms
· survival / extinction – adaptation, camouflage, protection, hibernation
· factors that may lead to extinction / Being a Responsible Spender/ Geography / Native American Cultures / Early Explorers
E2 / G1.a,b / H1.a,b G2.a E1.d / H2.a,b G3.b E1.a
· How economic concepts (specialization, price incentives, voluntary exchange)had an impact on colonial times
· Personal budget
· major US physical features (Atlantic Coastal Plain, Great Plains, Continental Divide, the Great Basin, Death Valley, Gulf of Mexico, St. Lawrence River, Great Lakes)
· major man-made features (New York City, NY; Boston, MA; Philadelphia, PA; Erie Canal)
· Native Americans - (Inuit, Kwakiutl, Nez Perce, Hopi, Pawnee, Seminole) where they lived and how they used their environment
· explorations of John Cabot, Vasco Nunez Balboa, Juan Ponce de Leon, Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, and Jacques Cartier
· cooperation and conflict between Early Explorers and Native Americans
Gr / Science / Social Studies
5 / Life Science
Classification of Organisms / Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors / Cells / Microorganisms
L1.a-b/ L2.a-b / L3.a-c / L4.a-b
· sort animals –vertebrates/invertebrates
· sort vertebrates –fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, mammal
· observe cells and their structure
· Plant cell
· Animal cell
· Compare / contrast single- and multi- celled organisms
· Inherited traits
· Role genes play in transfer of traits
· Organisms – beneficial and harmful and their impact / Citizenship / Amendment Process / Civil War / Reconstruction / Turn of the Century: Westward Expansion
CG1.a-c / G2/a-b / H1.a-e G1.b / H2.a-c G3.a-b G2.a E3.a-b / H3.a,b,d,e G1.a-b E1.b-c
· right and responsibilities of US citizen
· Bill of Rights
· amendment process
· purpose of 12th, 13th, 14th , and 15th amendments
· locate Gettysburg, PA
· causes and consequences of Civil War
o major battles - Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March, Appomattox Court House
o important people - Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
o Uncle Tom’s Cabin, John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
· effect of Reconstruction on American life
· Freedmen’s Bureau
· Jim Crow laws and customs
· How life changed in America at the turn of the century
§ Spanish-American War
§ Westward Expansion - cattle trails, cowboys, Chisholm Trail, Battle of Little Big Horn, relocation of Native Americans to reservations
§ People - Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Bell (communication), Thomas Edison (electricity)
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