Science Schedule

Following is a table that breaks down the order in which we have planned our science units.

If we were to follow the lessons as they are in the curriculum lesson plans, we would have 45 weeks of science study. Since that goes a little over what we want, we turned a few of the animal lessons into 1 week studies and incorporated them with Harcourt materials. We also decided to combine the human body units of study with the Harcourt corresponding unit. Of course, we can always just omit what we want.

Science is not a big deal in terms of grading, so our main objective is to fulfill the needs of the kids. They are big science buffs (as is DH) and we want to be able to satisfy their curiosity in a fun way while getting them to learn along the way. The great thing is that I feel like we are being completely flexible with our schedule. We are not committing to this many units, but I know that with DH teaching science, it will probably all get done.

To put things in perspective. We school year-round and we will be starting with this first grade science plan within the next couple of weeks. Maybe if time permits, I'll make a list of all the books we will be using to go along with each unit.

LLB = Living Learning Books

*= Units to shorten or omit

Whales (LLB)	2 Weeks
Elephants (LLB)	2 Weeks
Snakes (LLB)	2 Weeks
Ants (LLB)	2 Weeks
Eagles (LLB)	2 Weeks
Butterflies (LLB)	2 Weeks
Primates (LLB)	2 Weeks
Leaves and Roots (LLB)	2 Weeks
Growing Things (LLB)	1 Week
Flowers (LLB)	1 Week
Trees (LLB)	1 Week
Carnivorous Plants (LLB)	1 Week
Pandas* (LLB)	1-2 Weeks
Frogs* (LLB)	1-2 Weeks
Penguins* (LLB)	1-2 Weeks
Harcourt Intro	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.1/Lesson1	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.1/Lesson2	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.1/Lesson3	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.1 Review/Links	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.2/Lesson1	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.2/Lesson2	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.2 Links	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.3/Lesson1 Exploring the Five Senses (LLB)	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.3/Lesson2 Sight (LLB)	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.3/Lesson3 Hearing(LLB)	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.3/Lesson4 Touch (LLB)	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.3 Links Smell (LLB)	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.3 Review and Activities Taste (LLB)	1 Week
Harcourt Chp.3 Activities Digestion (LLB)	1 Week
Muscles & Bones (LLB)	1 Week
Respiration (LLB)	1 Week
Skin (LLB)	1 Week
Immune System (LLB)	1 Week