Investigate Records

Grade K

• Unit A: Looking at Plants and Animals

  Lesson 1: Make Animals Models

  Lesson 2: Crickets Move

  Lesson 3: Frog's Life Cycle

  Lesson 4: Sort Dogs

  Lesson 5: Plant Parts

  Lesson 6: Measure Plant Growth

  Lesson 7: Compare Leaves

• Unit B: Where Plants and Animals Live

  Lesson 1: Living and Nonliving

  Lesson 2: Plant Needs

  Lesson 3: Finding Food

  Lesson 4: Model Pond Life

  Lesson 5: Meadow Homes

• Unit C: Looking at Earth

  Lesson 1: What Covers Earth?

  Lesson 2: Land Materials

  Lesson 3: Model Waves

  Lesson 4: Model Land Changes

  Lesson 5: Saving Paper

• Unit D: Looking at the Sky

  Lesson 1: Observe Weather

  Lesson 2: Compare Temperatures

  Lesson 3: Model Spring Growth

  Lesson 4: Hot Spot

  Lesson 5: Stay Warm

  Lesson 6: Day Sky and Night Sky

  Lesson 7: The Sun

• Unit E: Observing Objects

  Lesson 1: Snack in a Bag

  Lesson 2: Sort Shoes

  Lesson 3: Make Changes

  Lesson 4: Sort by Materials

  Lesson 5: Use Parts to Make Music

  Lesson 6: Feely Boxes

• Unit F: Things That Move

  Lesson 1: Investigate Shadows

  Lesson 2: Make Heat

  Lesson 3: Investigate Sound

  Lesson 4: Things That Move

  Lesson 5: Soft Push, Hard Push

  Lesson 6: Ball Drop

Grade 1

• Unit A: Plants, Animals, and People

  Chapter 1: Plants

  • Lesson 1: Observe a Plant
  • Lesson 2: Compare Leaves
  • Lesson 3: Use Plant Models

  Chapter 2: Animals

  • Lesson 1: Hidden Animals
  • Lesson 2: Classify Animals
  • Lesson 3: A Cat's Life Cycle

  Chapter 3: People

  • Lesson 1: Model Your Body
  • Lesson 2: A Person's Life

• Unit B: Living Things and Where They Live

  Chapter 4: Living Things

  • Lesson 1: Classify Objects
  • Lesson 2: Observe Plants

  Chapter 5: Where Plants and Animals Live

  • Lesson 1: Observe a Tree
  • Lesson 2: Compare Animals
  • Lesson 3: Wet or Dry

• Unit C: Earth, Our Home

  Chapter 6: Looking at Our Earth

  • Lesson 1: Land and Water
  • Lesson 2: Compare Rocks
  • Lesson 3: Observe Soil

  Chapter 7: Caring for Our Earth

  • Lesson 1: Collect Pollution
  • Lesson 2: A Waterwheel
  • Lesson 3: Sort Your Trash

• Unit D: Weather and the Sky

  Chapter 8: Weather and Seasons

  • Lesson 1: Record Weather
  • Lesson 2: Measure Weather
  • Lesson 3: Water Changes
  • Lesson 4: Grow Plants
  • Lesson 5: What to Wear

  Chapter 9: Changes in the Sky

  • Lesson 1: Observe the Sky
  • Lesson 2: Day and Night
  • Lesson 3: Moon Changes
  • Lesson 4: Sun Changes

• Unit E: Describing Matter

  Chapter 10: Observing Objects

  • Lesson 1: Classify Objects
  • Lesson 2: Use Tools
  • Lesson 3: Use Magnets
  • Lesson 4: Float or Sink

  Chapter 11: Changes in Matter

  • Lesson 1: Compare Matter
  • Lesson 2: Predict Changes
  • Lesson 3: Make a Mixture

• Unit F: Energy Sources and Motion

  Chapter 12: Heat, Light, and Sound

  • Lesson 1: Measure Heat
  • Lesson 2: Shine Light
  • Lesson 3: Make Sounds
  • Lesson 4: Different Sounds

  Chapter 13: Moving Faster and Slower

  • Lesson 1: How Things Move
  • Lesson 2: Compare Distance
  • Lesson 3: Change Motion

Grade 2

• Unit A: Plants and Animals

  Chapter 1: Plants Are Living Things

  • Lesson 1: Record Needs
  • Lesson 2: Moving Water
  • Lesson 3: Group Plants
  • Lesson 4: Grow a Plant

  Chapter 2: Animals Are Living Things

  • Lesson 1: Explore Feathers
  • Lesson 2: Compare Animals
  • Lesson 3: Model Bird Beaks

  Chapter 3: Animal Life Cycles

  • Lesson 1: Match Animals
  • Lesson 2: Triops Changes

• Unit B: Environments and Energy

  Chapter 4: Environments

  • Lesson 1: Living or Nonliving
  • Lesson 2: Make a Stream
  • Lesson 3: Woodland Model
  • Lesson 4: Predict Change

  Chapter 5: Energy Needs

  • Lesson 1: Make a Food Chain
  • Lesson 2: Classify Foods

• Unit C: Treasures From Earth

  Chapter 6: Rocks, Soil, and Fossils

  • Lesson 1: Compare Samples
  • Lesson 2: Change the Land
  • Lesson 3: Make Imprints

  Chapter 7: Using and Saving Resources

  • Lesson 1: Make a Pinwheel
  • Lesson 2: Look for Pollution
  • Lesson 3: Wasted Water

• Unit D: Patterns in the Sky

  Chapter 8: Weather Patterns

  • Lesson 1: Compare Weather
  • Lesson 2: Measure Heat
  • Lesson 3: Compare Fabrics

  Chapter 9: Motions in the Sky

  • Lesson 1: Light and Heat
  • Lesson 2: Observe Shadows
  • Lesson 3: Moon Phases
  • Lesson 4: Star Pictures

• Unit E: Matter and Energy

  Chapter 10: Comparing Matter

  • Lesson 1: Measure Matter
  • Lesson 2: Compare Matter
  • Lesson 3: Observe Objects

  Chapter 11: Making Sound

  • Lesson 1: Observe Sound
  • Lesson 2: Compare Sounds
  • Lesson 3: Making Sounds

• Unit F: Motion and Forces

  Chapter 12: Objects in Motion

  • Lesson 1: Observe Motion
  • Lesson 2: Make Things Move
  • Lesson 3: Measure Motion

  Chapter 13: Magnets

  • Lesson 1: Test Magnets
  • Lesson 2: Classify Objects
  • Lesson 3: Observe Force

Grade 3

• Unit A: How Living Things Function

  Chapter 1: Parts of Plants

  • Lesson 1: Bean Bags
  • Lesson 2: Leaf Detective
  • Lesson 3: Cactus Spine

  Chapter 2: Classifying Animals

  • Lesson 1: Model a Backbone
  • Lesson 2: Worm Work
  • Lesson 3: Fossil Clues

  Chapter 3: Living Things Grow and Reproduce

  • Lesson 1: Growing Greens
  • Lesson 2: Caterpillar Change
  • Lesson 3: Peas in a Pod

• Unit B: Living Things in Their Environment

  Chapter 4: Survival of Living Things

  • Lesson 1: Staying Alive
  • Lesson 2: Competition
  • Lesson 3: Best Bird Beak
  • Lesson 4: Feather Failure

  Chapter 5: Food Chains

  • Lesson 1: Soak Up the Sun
  • Lesson 2: Food-Chain Mobile
  • Lesson 3: Match Things Up

• Unit C: Earth's Surface

  Chapter 6: Earth's Crust

  • Lesson 1: Earth's Surface
  • Lesson 2: Volcano Blast!
  • Lesson 3: Stones and Sand

  Chapter 7: Protecting Earth's Resources

  • Lesson 1: What It's Made Of
  • Lesson 2: Solar Oven
  • Lesson 3: Long-Lived Litter

• Unit D: The Earth in Space

  Chapter 8: Patterns in Earth's Atmosphere

  • Lesson 1: Water and Ice
  • Lesson 2: Weather Report
  • Lesson 3: World Weather

  Chapter 9: Our Solar System

  • Lesson 1: Making a Telescope
  • Lesson 2: Planet Movements
  • Lesson 3: Orbiting the Sun

  Chapter 10: Cycles and Patterns in Space

  • Lesson 1: A Long Day
  • Lesson 2: Moon Motion
  • Lesson 3: Star Gazing

• Unit E: Matter

  Chapter 11: Matter Changes

  • Lesson 1: Sorting Shells
  • Lesson 2: Change It
  • Lesson 3: A Rusty Change

  Chapter 12: Mixtures

  • Lesson 1: The Great Mix-Up
  • Lesson 2: Un-mixing Mixtures
  • Lesson 3: Shake It Up!

• Unit F: Energy and Change

  Chapter 13: Forms of Energy

  • Lesson 1: Launch It!
  • Lesson 2: Seeing Sounds
  • Lesson 3: Circuit Search

  Chapter 14: Heat, Temperature, and Light

  • Lesson 1: Feel the Heat
  • Lesson 2: Track Temperature
  • Lesson 3: Shining Light

  Chapter 15: Force and Motion

  • Lesson 1: Polar Opposites
  • Lesson 2: Moving Marbles
  • Lesson 3: Load Them Up

Grade 4

• Unit A: Organization of Living Things

  Chapter 1: Life Processes

  • Lesson 1: Close Up!
  • Lesson 2: What's Needed

  Chapter 2: Human Body Systems

  • Lesson 1: Saliva Science
  • Lesson 2: How You Rate
  • Lesson 3: Modeling an Arm

  Chapter 3: Life Cycles

  • Lesson 1: Seed Search
  • Lesson 2: Monitor Mealworms
  • Lesson 3: Cats and Kittens

  Chapter 4: Responses of Living Things

  • Lesson 1: Straight Up or Sideways
  • Lesson 2: Fish School

• Unit B: Ecosystems

  Chapter 5: Parts of Ecosystems

  • Lesson 1: Life Support
  • Lesson 2: Right at Home
  • Lesson 3: Organisms Interact

  Chapter 6: Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

  • Lesson 1: A Tangled Web
  • Lesson 2: Growing Mold

  Chapter 7: Adaptation and Extinction

  • Lesson 1: A Mealworm Home
  • Lesson 2: Algae Growth
  • Lesson 3: Make a Fossil

• Unit C: The Solid Earth

  Chapter 8: Forces that Shape Earth's Surface

  • Lesson 1: Looking at Rocks
  • Lesson 2: Earthquaker
  • Lesson 3: A Model Glacier

  Chapter 9: Managing Earth's Resources

  • Lesson 1: Mix It Up
  • Lesson 2: Sample the Soil
  • Lesson 3: Now You See It

• Unit D: The Atmosphere and Beyond

  Chapter 10: Using Weather Data

  • Lesson 1: Balancing Air
  • Lesson 2: Water Cycle Model
  • Lesson 3: Local Forecast
  • Lesson 4: Land and Water

  Chapter 11: Looking at the Universe

  • Lesson 1: Sun Effects
  • Lesson 2: Outer Planets
  • Lesson 3: Earth-Moon Model
  • Lesson 4: Star Clock

• Unit E: The Nature of Matter

  Chapter 12: Properties of Matter

  • Lesson 1: Compare Matter
  • Lesson 2: Measure It
  • Lesson 3: Compare Liquids

  Chapter 13: How Matter Changes

  • Lesson 1: Matter Changes
  • Lesson 2: Balloon Bath
  • Lesson 3: Making Mixtures
  • Lesson 4: A Cool Change

• Unit F: Energy and Motion

  Chapter 14: Energy Changes

  • Lesson 1: Energy Swing
  • Lesson 2: Point of View
  • Lesson 3: Changing Sounds
  • Lesson 4: Moving Water

  Chapter 15: Electricity and Magnetism

  • Lesson 1: Build a Charge
  • Lesson 2: Make a Bulb Light
  • Lesson 3: Pick It Up
  • Lesson 4: Stick to It!

  Chapter 16: Motion and Machines

  • Lesson 1: Keep It Rolling!
  • Lesson 2: Away You Go!
  • Lesson 3: Balancing Act

Grade 5

• Unit A: The Life Processes

  Chapter 1: Cells

  • Lesson 1: Get Closer!
  • Lesson 2: Watch Yeast Feast!
  • Lesson 3: Sort What You See
  • Lesson 4: Exploring Tissues

  Chapter 2: Plant Systems

  • Lesson 1: Keeping Green
  • Lesson 2: Losing Water
  • Lesson 3: Inside a Flower

  Chapter 3: Traits of Living Things

  • Lesson 1: Trait Tabulation
  • Lesson 2: Chromosome Combinations?

• Unit B: Interactions Among Living Things

  Chapter 4: Ecosystems, Communities, and Biomes

  • Lesson 1: Look at Life
  • Lesson 2: Compare Biomes
  • Lesson 3: Model Energy Flow

  Chapter 5: Life in Ecosystems

  • Lesson 1: Worm and Fish Habitats
  • Lesson 2: Limits to Growth
  • Lesson 3: Rising Sea Level

• Unit C: Earth Systems

  Chapter 6: Earth's Changing Surface

  • Lesson 1: Model a Map
  • Lesson 2: Rock Erosion
  • Lesson 3: Set Up a Streaming Slope

  Chapter 7: Earth's Structure

  • Lesson 1: A Model World
  • Lesson 2: Picking Out a Pattern
  • Lesson 3: Make a Mountain!

  Chapter 8: Using Resources Wisely

  • Lesson 1: Just a Spoonful!
  • Lesson 2: A Mighty Wind!
  • Lesson 3: Recycling!

• Unit D: Atmosphere and Solar System

  Chapter 9: Weather and Climate

  • Lesson 1: Lighten Up!
  • Lesson 2: The Pressure's On!

  Chapter 10: Earth and Its Moon

  • Lesson 1: Reasons for Seasons
  • Lesson 2: It's Just a Phase!

  Chapter 11: Exploring Space

  • Lesson 1: A Very Long Trip!
  • Lesson 2: Scaling the Solar System
  • Lesson 2: Star Search!

• Unit E: Kinds of Matter

  Chapter 12: The Structure of Matter

  • Lesson 1: Smash It!
  • Lesson 2: Compare Elements
  • Lesson 3: Splitting Water

  Chapter 13: Characteristics of Matter

  • Lesson 1: Oil and Water
  • Lesson 2: Milk and Vinegar
  • Lesson 3: Sand, Salt, Solutions

  Chapter 14: Changes of State

  • Lesson 1: Vanishing Volume
  • Lesson 2: Making Rain

• Unit F: Forms of Energy

  Chapter 15: Forces, Motion, and Work

  • Lesson 1: Monster Trucks
  • Lesson 2: Ramping It Up
  • Lesson 3: Exploring Magnets

  Chapter 16: Energy and Waves

  • Lesson 1: Rollerball
  • Lesson 2: Getting in Tune
  • Lesson 3: Bouncing Beam

  Chapter 17: Temperature and Heat

  • Lesson 1: Melting and Ice
  • Lesson 2: The Melting Point

  Chapter 18: Electrical Energy

  • Lesson 1: Store a Charge!
  • Lesson 2: Light Bulb Circuit
  • Lesson 3: Motorized Electricity

Grade 6

• Unit A: Continuity of Life

  Chapter 1: Classifying Organisms

  • Lesson 1: A Closer Look
  • Lesson 2: Dichotomous Key
  • Lesson 3: Organizing Animals

  Chapter 2: Cell Structure and Function

  • Lesson 1: Building a Plant Cell
  • Lesson 2: Moving Through!
  • Lesson 3: Controlling Bacteria

  Chapter 3: Reproduction and Heredity

  • Lesson 1: New Plants!
  • Lesson 2: Split Your Sides
  • Lesson 3: Here's Looking at You!

  Chapter 4: Change Over Time

  • Lesson 1: Find Out About Fossils
  • Lesson 2: Out on a Limb

• Unit B: The Changing Environment

  Chapter 5: Cycles in the Biosphere

  • Lesson 1: You're in the Cycle
  • Lesson 2: Bag It!
  • Lesson 3: Identify Your Food

  Chapter 6: Earth's Ecosystems

  • Lesson 1: Studying Your Biome
  • Lesson 2: An Owl's Dinner
  • Lesson 3: Body Color and Survival

  Chapter 7: Populations

  • Lesson 1: Game of Numbers
  • Lesson 2: Disaster Recovery

• Unit C: The Dynamic Earth

  Chapter 8: The Rock Cycle

  • Lesson 1: Scratch It!
  • Lesson 2: Name That Rock!

  Chapter 9: The Dynamic Earth

  • Lesson 1: Be a Time Traveler!
  • Lesson 2: Model Pangaea!
  • Lesson 3: Shake It!

  Chapter 10: Earth's Energy Resources

  • Lesson 1: 3…2…1…Oil Game Over?
  • Lesson 2: Power It with Sunlight!

• Unit D: Earth in the Universe

  Chapter 11: Global Weather Systems

  • Lesson 1: Warming Up!
  • Lesson 2: Spin It!
  • Lesson 3: Being a Weather Forecaster

  Chapter 12: Earth, Moon, and Sun

  • Lesson 1: Make a Sundial
  • Lesson 2: Lights Out
  • Lesson 3: Turning the TIde

  Chapter 13: The Solar System and Beyond

  • Lesson 1: Model Fun!
  • Lesson 2: Super Star!

• Unit E: Matter and Its Properties

  Chapter 14: Composition of Matter

  • Lesson 1: A Giant Atom
  • Lesson 2: Penny Bright
  • Lesson 3: How Sweet
  • Lesson 4: Acid Test

  Chapter 15: Physical and Chemical Changes

  • Lesson 1: Cool the Air
  • Lesson 2: Making Change
  • Lesson 3: It's a Gas!

• Unit F: Energy, Forces, and Motion

  Chapter 16: Energy

  • Lesson 1: Swing Time!
  • Lesson 2: Make Waves!
  • Lesson 3: Circling Around!

  Chapter 17: Light and Its Properties

  • Lesson 1: Mix It Up!
  • Lesson 2: Let It Shine!

  Chapter 18: Electricity and Magnetism

  • Lesson 1: Get Wired
  • Lesson 2: Where Is North?

  Chapter 19: Motion, Gravity, and Work

  • Lesson 1: Make a Parachute
  • Lesson 2: Move a Cube
  • Lesson 3: Lifting, Lifting