Experiment with the characteristics of light. Design a solar powered car. Follow the chain of energy as it passes through the organisms in a habitat. Learn to identify potential and kinetic energy in its various forms. Build your own calorimeter to discover the number of calories in a variety of foods.

This unit can be used independently, but it is also designed to be used concurrently with the literature unit, The View from Saturday.

*You may also want to purchase the Age 9-11 Semester 1 Science Kit which has materials for all of the science units in the first semester.

This item includes free online access to Beyond the Page Online for 18 months. This includes Learning Gates, Portfolio and any curriculum or student activity pages that you have purchased.