Grade Level: 1st Six Weeks: 5th Overarching Concept: Diversity Organizing Idea: Why Classify?

Classifying and Identifying Introducing Four Different People Why Do People Like Different Things? Your Genes: Why You Look the Way You Do How We Are Alike? Measuring and Graphing Height Families Celebrating Together The Joy of Families All Over the World Plants: A First Look Parts of a Seed Three Main Parts of a Plant Plant Life Cycles Junior Zoologist: Mammals Junior Zoologist: Birds Animals Around Us: Fish Junior Zoologist: Insects Junior Zoologist: Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles Fish Amphibians Reptiles Animals Around Us: Amphibians What is Geology? Why is the Earth's Surface Different from Place to Place? Identifying Rocks What are Rocks Made of? Junior Environmental Scientist: Water Pollution and Solutions Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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