Essential+Skills

=Essential Skills=

Science
(1) Students will identify how landforms are created and how forces (wind, water, ice, gravity) change them. (2) Students will learn how humans impact landforms.

Social Studies
(1) Students will be able to read a map using absolute and relative location. (2) Students will compare/contrast the physical environment.

Science
(1) Students will identify the parts and definitions of the Water Cycle. (2) Students will know the “ingredients of weather” – How they change, how they measure. (3) Students will know and be able to identify air pressure, temperature, wind, clouds, precipitation, and high/low pressure (global patterns).

Social Studies
(1) Students will know the cause and effect of the American Revolution. (2) Students will know the branches of government and their roles.

Science
(1) Students will identify and analyze the functions of producers, consumers, and decomposers. (2) Students will be able to identify and describe the different biomes (6). (3) Students will be able to identify and create food chains and food webs.

Social Studies
1) Students will know different groups that came to American, why they came, and the impact of their culture on America. (2) Students will understand economic terms (wants vs. needs) and economic interdependence (3) Students will investigate the history of technology and know that it is constantly changing.

Math
(1) Students will be able to determine which graph to use. (Stem/leaf plot) (2) Students will be able to figure out the mode, median, range of given numbers.

Science
(1) Students will identify and describe the impact of force and motion on objects. (2) Students will identify and describe simple machines (pulley, lever, wedge, wheel with an axle rod, inclined plane, screw). (3) Students will know the history of technology and how it is constantly changing.

Social Studies
Students will learn the impact that the 20th Century Wars have had on America and other countries.