Name the five senses and describe an object using at least three of them.

Sort objects and pictures into living and nonliving, and state two things every living thing needs.

Observe and record the weather daily for twenty consecutive school days using a simple symbol chart.

Produce ten dated nature journal entries, each with a drawing made from direct observation out of doors.

Describe the life cycle of four organisms — including one insect and one flowering plant — in correct sequence.

Form a hypothesis, conduct a controlled investigation, record data in a table, and state a conclusion that either supports or contradicts the hypothesis.

Name six body systems, their main organs, and their function.

Identify the six simple machines, give a household example of each, and explain how each reduces the effort required.

Construct a food chain and a food web for a local habitat, and describe the three rock types and the cycle that relates them.

Write ten formal lab reports containing purpose, hypothesis, materials, procedure, data, analysis, and conclusion, identifying the independent, dependent, and controlled variables.

Label the organelles of plant and animal cells and state the function of each, and explain the difference between the two cell types.

Describe atomic structure, read an entry on the periodic table, and identify the first twenty elements by symbol.

Describe six forms of energy and their transformations, and explain energy flow and nutrient cycling in an ecosystem.

Distinguish an empirical claim from a philosophical one in a science text, state what Scripture affirms about creation and providence, and identify where a naturalistic assumption has been smuggled into an argument as though it were an observation.