One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.
-Evelyn Waugh
-Evelyn Waugh
We are constantly learning new vocabulary. Ask your child to give you a science lesson using a few new words each week.
First Nine Weeks
Week 1 relationships, symbiosis, commensalism, parasitism, mutualism, predator, prey, competition, mutually beneficial, competitive, parasite, host, population, community
Week 2-3 food web, food chain, consumer, decomposer, producer, scavenger, energy pyramid, predator, water cycle, nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen fixing, matter, recycle, energy, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, decomposition, photosynthesis, respiration, primary, secondary, tertiary consumers
Week 4-5 ecosystem, population, community, biotic, abiotic, adaptations, extinction, homeostasis
Week 6-7 biome, habitat, terrestrial, aquatic, Tundra, Taiga, Tropical Rainforest, Temperate Forest, Deciduous Forest, Temperate Grassland, Desert, Savanna, freshwater, estuary, marsh, swamp, marine, lakes, rivers, oceans
Second Nine Weeks
Weeks 1-3 mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosome, lysosome, golgi apparatus, vacuole, nuclear envelope, chloroplast, cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, cell wall, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, membrane cell/plasma, cell theory, fermentation
Weeks 4-6 osmosis, diffusion, endocytosis, exocytosis, passive transport, active transport, mitosis, DNA, chromosomes, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, permeable membrane
Week 7 cell, cellular organization, cell biologist, organ, organ system, tissue, organism, cellular, multicellular, unicellular, four basic types of tissue (connective, muscular, etc.)
Weeks 8-9 exocytosis, active transport, passive transport, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, digestive, respiratory, reproductive, circulatory/cardiovascular, excretory/urinary, skeletal, muscular, integumentary, immune/lymphatic, nervous, endocrine
Third Nine Weeks
Weeks 1-6 DNA, gene, chromosome, heredity, allele, trait, phenotype, genotype, dominant, recessive, homozygous, heterozygous, Punnett Square, hybrid, purebred, meiosis, binary fission, asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, cloning, conjunction, regeneration, external fertilization, internal fertilization
Fourth Nine Weeks
fossil, adaptation, ancestor, evolution, extinction, mass extinction, mutation, acquired trait, analogous structures, coevolution, mold, cast, punctuated equilibrium, natural selection, variation, speciation, geographic (allopatric) speciation, gradualism, absolute (radioisotope) dating, relative dating, fitness, phylogeny, convergent evolution, divergent evolution, homologous features
Week 1 relationships, symbiosis, commensalism, parasitism, mutualism, predator, prey, competition, mutually beneficial, competitive, parasite, host, population, community
Week 2-3 food web, food chain, consumer, decomposer, producer, scavenger, energy pyramid, predator, water cycle, nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen fixing, matter, recycle, energy, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, decomposition, photosynthesis, respiration, primary, secondary, tertiary consumers
Week 4-5 ecosystem, population, community, biotic, abiotic, adaptations, extinction, homeostasis
Week 6-7 biome, habitat, terrestrial, aquatic, Tundra, Taiga, Tropical Rainforest, Temperate Forest, Deciduous Forest, Temperate Grassland, Desert, Savanna, freshwater, estuary, marsh, swamp, marine, lakes, rivers, oceans
Second Nine Weeks
Weeks 1-3 mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosome, lysosome, golgi apparatus, vacuole, nuclear envelope, chloroplast, cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, cell wall, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, membrane cell/plasma, cell theory, fermentation
Weeks 4-6 osmosis, diffusion, endocytosis, exocytosis, passive transport, active transport, mitosis, DNA, chromosomes, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, permeable membrane
Week 7 cell, cellular organization, cell biologist, organ, organ system, tissue, organism, cellular, multicellular, unicellular, four basic types of tissue (connective, muscular, etc.)
Weeks 8-9 exocytosis, active transport, passive transport, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, digestive, respiratory, reproductive, circulatory/cardiovascular, excretory/urinary, skeletal, muscular, integumentary, immune/lymphatic, nervous, endocrine
Third Nine Weeks
Weeks 1-6 DNA, gene, chromosome, heredity, allele, trait, phenotype, genotype, dominant, recessive, homozygous, heterozygous, Punnett Square, hybrid, purebred, meiosis, binary fission, asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, cloning, conjunction, regeneration, external fertilization, internal fertilization
Fourth Nine Weeks
fossil, adaptation, ancestor, evolution, extinction, mass extinction, mutation, acquired trait, analogous structures, coevolution, mold, cast, punctuated equilibrium, natural selection, variation, speciation, geographic (allopatric) speciation, gradualism, absolute (radioisotope) dating, relative dating, fitness, phylogeny, convergent evolution, divergent evolution, homologous features