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This is a full year subscription (12 Months) with full access to this course lessons, exams, gamifications, practices, educational games, and progress report.
Course Curriculum
The course objectives cover the teaching skills in the following main areas:
- Living organisms (humans, animals, plants)
- Matter
- Measurement & Temperature
- Light & Sound
- The environment
- The Earth & Sun
In order to teach the skills in this subject, the course uses a variety of teaching techniques to insure the mastery of the mentioned skills. In addition, there will be a focus on the correct applications of the mentioned skills and acquired knowledge.
The various teaching techniques will encompass: video narration , video lectures, advanced graphics and animations, interactive exercises, games, interactive explanations, various evaluation methods, and internet exams.
Below are highlights of the curriculum content, curriculum chapters, and science skills that are covered in the course.
Chapter One: Animals
Specifying the properties of living organisms ( response, reproduction, growth, etc.), explaining the life cycle of animals based on their method of reproduction (eggs, birth), distinguishing between the lif cycles of animals that reproduce using eggs and animals that reproduce by giving birth, providing examples of animals that reproduce using eggs (frogs, chickens), providing examples of animals that reproduce by giving birth (dogs, cats), naming the offspring of animals, defining inheritance, specifying the difference in characteristics of animals of the same type, specifying the difference in characteristics of animals and their offspring, specifying the difference in characteristics between males and females, defining adaptation, defining structure, specifying the structures that help living organisms adapt to their environments,
Chapter Two: Measurement
Clarifying how to measure lengths, classifying measuring tools as either accurate tools or inaccurate tools, explaining how to use the tools for measuring length, defining the measurement of mass, comparing masses using (weighing by hand, balance scale), explaining how to use the balance scale to measure mass, clarifying how to measure volume, learning about the liter
Chapter Three: Heat
Specifying the sources of heat (sun, friction, fire, etc.), explaining the benefits and uses of heat sources, understanding temperature, explaining how to measure temperature using touch, learning how to use a thermometer to measure temperature, distinguishing between hot and cold objects, classifying objects as either heat conductors or heat insulators, clarifying the benefits of heat conductors and insulators, clarifying the dangers of heat sources, explaining how to properly handle heat sources
Chapter Four: Light
Learning about light and its importance, classifying light sources as natural or manmade, specifying natural light sources, specifying manmade light sources, classifying objects as transparent or opaque, providing examples for transparent objects, providing examples for opaque objects, explaining how shadows are formed, explaining light reflection and its importance in our lives, providing examples of light reflecting materials, explaining the importance of light reflecting materials
Chapter Five: Plants
Specifying the importance of the flower, classifying plants as flowering or non flowering plants, understanding flowering plants, understanding non flowering plants, providing examples of flowering plants, providing examples of non flowering plants, specifying the conditions of growth for flowering plants, learning the life cycle of flowering plants, clarifying the relationship between the environment and plants, clarifying plant adaptations, specifying plant growth factors
Chapter 6: Matter
Understanding matter, specifying the properties of matter, understanding mass, understanding size, explaining the relationship between mass and the amount of matter, explaining how to measure mass, explaining how to measure size, classifying matter into three phases (solid phase, liquid phase, gas phase), understanding the process of melting, understanding the process of freezing, distinguishing between melting and dissolving, understanding the process of evaporation, understanding the process of condensation, clarifying the relationship between an objects surface area and evaporation speed
Chapter Seven: Sound
Clarifying how sound is made and transmitted, clarifying the relationship between vibration and sound formation, specifying the materials that allow sound to pass through, naming the sounds made by living organisms, specifying the type of sound based on its source, classifying sounds as high pitched and low pitched, classifying sounds as loud or low, clarifying how loud and low sounds are made.
Chapter Eight: The Environment
Defining environment, specifying the components of an environment, explaining the importance of non living environmental components to living organisms, defining habitat, specifying the properties of a habitat, classifying a habitat based on its properties, classifying energy sources as renewable or non renewable, understanding renewable energy sources, understanding non renewable energy sources, specifying renewable energy sources (sun, wind, etc.), specifying non renewable energy sources, clarifying the importance of renewable energy sources, clarifying the importance of non renewable energy sources, understanding pollution, specifying environmental pollutants, specifying water pollutants, specifying air pollutants, specifying soil pollutants, specifying ways to protect the environment from pollution, understanding recycling, understanding how to handle environmental pollutants
Chapter Nine: The Earth and Sun
Specifying the components of soil, clarifying the importance of soil, understanding the process of weathering, understanding the process of erosion, understanding the factors that can change the Earth’s surface, specifying the natural phenomena that were created as a result of weathering and erosion, defining a star, explaining the importance of the Sun, explaining the relationship between the size of stars and their distance from the Earth
Chapter Ten: The Human Body and its Health
The definition of an organ, classifying organs as sensory organs or internal organs, specifying the human sensory organs (the five senses), specifying the human internal organs, specifying the functions of sensory organs, specifying the functions of internal organs, understanding healthy behaviors, understanding unhealthy behaviors, providing examples of healthy behaviors that should be followed, providing examples of unhealthy behaviors that should be avoided, clarifying the importance of following healthy behaviors
