Science Fusion
Volume 1-2 Units & Lessons
Volume 1: The Nature of Science and S.T.E.M.
Unit 1- How Scientists Work
Lesson 1: What is Science?
Lesson 2 (Inquiry): How Do Scientists Learn About the Natural
World?
Lesson 3: What Are Some Types of Investigators?
Lesson 4: How Do You Perform a Controlled Experiment?
Lesson 5: What Are Some Science Tools?
Lesson 6: How Can Scientists Learn from Observations?
Unit 1 Review
Unit 2- The Engineering Process
Lesson 1: What is the Design Process
Lesson 2: How Can You Design a Solution to Solve a Problem?
Lesson 3: How Does Technology Improve Our Lives?
Lesson 4 (Inquiry): How Can You Use Engineering to Solve a
Problem?
Unit 2 Review
Unit 3- Cells to Body Systems
Lesson 1: What Are Cells?
-S.T.E.M.: Pumping Blood
Lesson 2 (Inquiry): How Can We Observe Cells?
Lesson 3: How Do Cells Work Together?
Lesson 4: How Do Our Bodies Move, Breathe, and Circulate Blood?
Lesson 5: How Do Our Bodies Digest Food, Remove Wastes, and
Send Messages?
Lesson 6 (Inquiry): How Does the Body Stay Cool?
Unit 3 Review
Unit 4- How Living Things Grow and Reproduce
Lesson 1: How Are Living Things Grouped?
Lesson 2 (Inquiry): What is a Dichotomous Key?
Lesson 3: How Do Plants Grow and Reproduce?
-S.T.E.M.: How It Works: Tracking Wildlife
Lesson 4: What Factors Affect Germination Rate?
Lesson 5: How Do Animals Grow and Reproduce?
Lesson 6: What Are Physical and Behavioral Adaptations?
Unit 4 Review
Unit 5- Ecosystems
Lesson 1: What is an Ecosystem?
Lesson 2 (Inquiry): What Makes Up A Land Ecosystem?
Lesson 3: How Do Environmental Changes Affect Organisms?
-S.T.E.M.: How It Works: Life in a Box
Lesson 4 (Inquiry): How Does a Drought Affect Plants?
Unit 5 Review
Unit 6- Energy and Ecosystems
Lesson 1: What Are Roles of Organisms in Ecosystems?
Lesson 2: How Does Energy Move Through Ecosystems?
-S.T.E.M.: Designing a New Dog
Lesson 3 (Inquiry): What Role Do Decomposers Play?
Unit 6 Review
Unit 7-Natural Resources
Lesson 1: How Do People Use Resources?
-S.T.E.M.: How It Works: Getting to Oil
Lesson 2: How Do People Conserve Resources?
Lesson 3 (Inquiry): How Can We Conserve Resources?
Unit 7 Review
Volume 2: Earth Science
Unit 8- Changes to the Earth’s Surface
Lesson 1: How Do Weathering and Erosion Shape Earth’s Surface?
-S.T.E.M.: Extreme Weather Gear
Lesson 2 (Inquiry): How Does Water Change Earth’s Surface?
Lesson 3: How Do Movements of the Crust Change Earth?
Lesson 4 (Inquiry): How Do Plates Move?
Unit 8 Review
Unit 9- The Rock Cycle
Lesson 1: What Are Minerals?
Lesson 2 (Inquiry): What Are Properties of Minerals?
Lesson 3: How Can Rocks Be Classified?
-S.T.E.M: Tools That Rock
Lesson 4 (Inquiry): How Can You Model Changes in Rock?
Unit 9 Review LessLes
Unit 10- Fossils
Lesson 1: What Are Fossils?
-S.T.E.M: How It Works: Design A Fossil Exhibit Hall
Lesson 2: What Was Ancient Earth Like?
Lesson 3 (Inquiry): How Can Scientists Use Fossils?
Unit 10 Review
Unit 11- Earth’s Oceans
Lesson 1: What Are the Oceans Like?
-S.T.E.M.: How It Works: Seeing the Ocean Floor
Lesson 2: How Does Ocean Water Move?
Lesson 3 (Inquiry): How Can You Model Ocean Water?
Lesson 4: What Are Some Ocean Ecosystems?
Unit 11 Review
Unit 12- The Solar System and the Universe
Lesson 1: What Objects Are Part of the Solar System?
Lesson 2 (Inquiry): How Do We Observe Objects in the Solar
System?
Lesson 3: What Are Stars and Galaxies?
-S.T.E.M.: Tools in Space
Unit 12 Review
Unit 13- Matter
Lesson 1: What Are Solids, Liquids, and Gases?
-S.T.E.M.: Strong, Light, or Both?
Lesson 2 (Inquiry): How Does Water Change?
Lesson 3: How Does Matter Change?
Lesson 4: What Are Mixtures and Solutions?
Lesson 5 (Inquiry): What Affects the Speed of Dissolving?
Lesson 6: What is the Atomic Theory?
Unit 13 Review
Unit 14- Light and Sound
Lesson 1: What is Sound?
Lesson 2 (Inquiry): How Does Sound Travel Through Solids,
Liquids, and Gases?
Lesson 3: What is Light?
Lesson 4: What Are Some Properties of Light?
-S.T.E.M.: Play It Again
Lesson 5 (Inquiry): What Happens When Light is Reflected?
Unit 14 Review
Unit 15- Forces and Motion
Lesson 1: What Are Forces?
-S.T.E.M.: Football Safety Gear
Lesson 2 (Inquiry): How Do Forces Affect Motion?
Lesson 3 (Inquiry): What Are Balanced and Unbalanced Forces?
Lesson 4: What Are Newton’s Laws?
Unit 15 Review