Elementary Science
Unit	Count
Process Skills	62
Physical Setting	55
Water Cycle	60
Earth Studies	107
Properties of Matter	54
Energy	77
The Living Environment (Living and Non-Living Things)	72
Genetic Information	35
Organisms Change Over Time	30
The Continuity of Life	37
Human Growth	32
TOTAL	621
Unit	Count	Section
Process Skills	5	Following Safety Procedures in the Classroom, Laboratory and Field
	21	Using Laboratory Tools Safely and Accurately
	4	Ordering and Sequencing Objects or Events
	5	Classifying Objects
	5	Cause/Effect Relationships
	6	Recording Data
	5	Interpreting Results
	6	Making Predictions
	5	Comparing and Contrasting Objects or Events
Physical Setting	7	Natural Patterns and Cycles
	4	Time
	4	Days and Seasons
	25	Weather
	15	Measurements of Weather
Water Cycle	25	Evaporation
	9	Condensation
	12	Precipitation
	7	Run-off
	7	Groundwater
Earth Studies	12	Earth
	10	Mountains/Plate Tectonics
	11	Volcanoes
	25	Natural Events
	21	Erosion/Weathering/Deposition
	10	Rocks
	18	Atmosphere/Air
Properties of Matter	3	Mass
	12	Measurements of Objects
	8	Properties of Objects
	13	States of Matter
	11	Changes in Properties
	7	Classifying Matter Based on Properties
Energy	8	Transferred Energy
	8	Energy and Matter Interact
	5	Electricity and Closed Circuits
	5	Heat
	6	Interactions with Forms of Energy (helpful, harmful)
	5	Change of Energy
	12	Utilizing the Interactions between Energy and Matter (Machines)
	10	Gravity
	6	Friction
	8	Magnetism
	4	Mechanical Energy
The Living Environment (Living and Non-Living Things)	17	Animals
	10	Plants
	8	Non-Living Things
	19	The Life Processes
	10	Animal Senses and their Environment
	8	Animal Changes based on Environmental Changes
Genetic Information	24	Inheritance of Traits
	11	Interactions with the Environment
Organisms Change Over Time	6	Changing Structures Over Time in Animals
	6	Changing Structures Over Time in Plants
	14	Adapting to the Environment
	4	Differences within Species
The Continuity of Life	12	Life Cycles of Plants and Animals
	12	Plant Growth
	6	Animal Growth
	7	Life Spans
Human Growth	15	Healthy Foods, Exercise and Rest
	9	Good Health Habits
	4	Humans Depend on Plants and Animals
	4	Effect of Human Change on the Environment
Theme	Count
Inquiry	40
Classifying	164
Communicating	3
Comparing and Contrasting	21
Creating Models	4
Gathering and Organizing Data	5
Generalizing	112
Identifying Variables	124
Inferring	40
Interpreting Data	12
Making Decisions	26
Manipulating Materials	6
Measuring	23
Observing	22
Predicting	19
Level	Count
Basic	161
Intermediate	370
Advanced	90
Attribute	Count
Graph	2
Chart	7
Diagram	254
Map	2
Calculation	3
Apparatus	26