• K-5 Science Units of Study

    District 47's elementary science program is based on the FOSS curriculum. See below for science units of study by grade level. 

     

    Kindergarten

    • Wood and Paper

     

    Grade 1

    • Air and Weather
    • Solids and Liquids
    • Insects


    Grade 2

    • Pebbles, Sand and Silt
    • Balance and Motion
    • New Plants

     

    Grade 3

    • Sound
    • Water
    • Ideas and Inventions

     

    Grade 4

    • Habitats and Owl Pellets
    • Earth Materials
    • Magnetism and Electricity
    • Environments

     

    Grade 5

    • Variables
    • Mixtures and Solutions
    • Levers and Pulleys