60 minute Program | All Ages

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Kindergarten Science: Humans interact with matter every day through familiar materials Properties of familiar materials Science 1: Matter is useful because of its properties, observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape • Specific properties of materials allow us to use them in different ways Science 2: Materials can be changed through physical and chemical processes • Physical ways of changing materials, chemical ways of changing materials Science 4: Matter has mass, takes up space, and can change phase • Phases of matter Science 5: Earth materials change as they move through the rock cycle and can be used as natural resources • The rock cycle, local types of earth material Science 6: Everyday materials are often mixtures • Mixtures Science 7: Elements consist of one type of atom, and compounds consist of atoms of different elements chemically combined • Elements and compounds are pure substances, crystalline structure of solids, chemical changes Science 9: The electron arrangement of atoms impacts their chemical nature • The arrangement of electrons determines the compounds formed by elements Earth Science 11: Earth materials are changed as they cycle through the geosphere and are used as resources, with economic and environmental implications • Earth materials can be identified and classified based on their properties Earth Science 12: Minerals and rocks are the foundation of the rock cycle and can be used as resources that drive industry and global economies • Minerals can be classified and grouped based on their properties and composition
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