Science Curriculum
Our science curriculum is a very comprehensive plan for students to explore scientific concepts throughout their elementary years in River Edge. With content being taught by classroom teachers and two science labs designed for hands-on exploration, students get a full experience in science.
Sixth Grade Curriculum
Welcome to an exciting year in science as a pre-middle schooler. We will begin the year continuing our 3D-VIEW curriculum. Students will also have access to Discovery Education using individual accounts to access an online science Techbook. This year we will be studying the Lithosphere (land) and the Hydrosphere (water) on earth. After two years of expanding our knowledge of the earth using 3D-VIEW, students will complete a culminating project. During this project, students will be explore all of earth's systems and learn how they work together. Students will learn how humans impact this process and what can be done to lessen this impact. Students also explore forces and motion and human body systems/ Students in the sixth grade are responsible for completing all lab reports and questions that go along with each lab. Labs are an integral part of the overall science grade.
Welcome to an exciting year in science as a pre-middle schooler. We will begin the year continuing our 3D-VIEW curriculum. Students will also have access to Discovery Education using individual accounts to access an online science Techbook. This year we will be studying the Lithosphere (land) and the Hydrosphere (water) on earth. After two years of expanding our knowledge of the earth using 3D-VIEW, students will complete a culminating project. During this project, students will be explore all of earth's systems and learn how they work together. Students will learn how humans impact this process and what can be done to lessen this impact. Students also explore forces and motion and human body systems/ Students in the sixth grade are responsible for completing all lab reports and questions that go along with each lab. Labs are an integral part of the overall science grade.
Fifth Grade Curriculum
Fifth grade is a very exciting year in science. Students will have their first experience with our 3D-VIEW curriculum which explores air, life, water and land on earth. This interactive curriculum makes science come alive using 3D animation and images to explain complex science content. We will begin our journey discussing the Atmosphere and weather and the factors that make up our weather in earth. We will continue our tour of earth's spheres by exploring the Biosphere which consists of all living things on Earth. Students will then blast into space to study the stars, constellations and comets.The annual Science Fair is a large part of the fifth grade science curriculum. Students are required to complete a group Science Fair project to put on display in May. Students learn the scientific process while creating their own experiment. Click Here for the Science Fair Handbook.