Grade Five/Cultural Curriculum for E2 students

Zoology

• Chinese Box: Non-chordate
• Vital Functions of Animals (timing of instruction varies w/individual teacher)

Botany

• Advanced Nomenclature (Garden Scavenger Hunt)

Human Anatomy

• The Great River

Earth Science

• Rocks/Minerals
• The Atmosphere and its Phenomena

Chemistry

• Acids and Bases

Physics*

• F.O.S.S Kit: Mixtures and Solutions

Geography

• Continent Study: Europe & Australia
• Physical
• Political
• Economic
• The Study of a Nation (U.S. Geography)
• The Atmosphere and its Phenomena

History

• Great Civilizations: Egypt through the Middle Ages
• American History: Forming a Nation

*Various physics concepts such as electricity, magnetism, buoyancy, flight, balance, inertia, simple machines, motion, light, and sound will be covered during your child’s three years, by means of traditional Montessori classroom experiments, or F.O.S.S. (Full Option Science System) kits. The kits listed are usually done as a whole group, not by grade. The above listing indicates age appropriate knowledge of certain physical concepts.