Links for Parents AT NHKS

Grade	Earth Science	Life Science	Physical Science
K	plants	butterflies	senses
1	weather	frogs	chemistry
2	rocks and minerals	birds	physics
3	weather and more	bugs	physics of toys
4	Earth change	whales	chemistry
5	astronomy	mammals	physics
6	meteorology	rainforest	chemistry
7	geology	anatomy	mechanics
8	astronomy	ecosystems	physics

Simply Science Curriculum

At NHKS

Grade	Earth Science	Life Science	Physical Science
K	Growing Up the basic needs of a plant: light, water, soil, air; how a plant grows when its needs are met; soil is different in different places	Fluttery Friends the characteristics of a butterfly; the habitat of a butterfly; the lifecycle of a butterfly; the food chain of a butterfly; why butterflies can be in danger	Sense-ibility eyes see, ears hear, skin feels, noses smell, and tongues taste; describe objects according totheir physical properties; communicate information, classify objects, record information
1	Wild About Weather daily and seasonal weather changes; tools that measure the weather; collecting and interpreting weather data overtime; predicting weather; weather in other parts of the country	Froggy Friends the characteristics of an amphibian; the habitat of an amphibian; the life cycle of an amphibian; the food chain of an amphibian; why amphibians can be in danger	What's This Stuff? properties of solids, liquids and gases; freezing, melting, condensing, and evaporating; heating and cooling change matter; how to recognize simple changes in matter
2	Rock and Roll soil is different in different places; rocks have different properties(hardness, texture, color, etc.);rocks have different uses	Feathered Friends the characteristics of a bird; the habitat of a bird; the life cycle of a bird; the food chain of a bird; why birds can be in danger	Physics FUNdamentals light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed; sound is vibration; pitch; heat and its movement; electricity and its circuits; magnets attract iron, cobalt, and nickel; the Earth is a magnet