Expansion Core Fall 2024 Semester Curriculum

Expansion Core's Fall Semester Curriculum for Grades K-8

1. FALL 2024 CURRICULUM
KINDERGARTEN
SEPTEMBER 2024
OCTOBER 2024
NOVEMBER 2024
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH R&D
-Shapes and Colors
-Materials
-Intro to Computers -Intro to Building -Basic Emotions
-LEGO
Robotics
SPIKE
Essential
-States of Matter
-Building with
Materials
-Navigating Files -Intro to Materials -Sequence of Events
-Forces
-Motion
-Navigating
Applications
-Basic Assembling -Storytelling
ROBOTICS
SEPTEMBER 2024
OCTOBER 2024
NOVEMBER 2024
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH R&D ROBOTICS
-Plant Anatomy
-Plant Life Cycle
-Intro to
Computers
-The Mouse
-Construction
Paper Design
-Identification of
Material
-Emotions
-Senses
-LEGO Robotics
STEAM Park
-LEGO Robotics
Coding Express
-Animal Needs
-Animal Habitats
-Tablets and
Devices
-Internet Safety
-Comparison
-Shapes with
Materials
-Directions
-Sequence of Events
-The Arctic
-Earthworms
-Basic Coding
Scratch
-Rollercoaster
-Ramp Race
-Teamwork
-Communication
SEPTEMBER 2024
OCTOBER 2024
NOVEMBER 2024
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH R&D ROBOTICS
-Tools and Safety
-Scientific Method
-Digital Footprint
Privacy
-Sequencing in
Programming
-Measurement -Intro to R&D
-Properties of
Matter
-Materials
-Maze Debugging
--Art with Code
-Designing a Bridge -Diet and Exercise
-Changing States
of Matter
-Building Flappy
Bird
-Sleep
-Personal Hygiene
GRADE 1
GRADE 2
-Numbers 0-5
-Even and Odd
-Numbers to 10
-Compare Numbers
to 10
-Addition and
Subtraction with
Single Digits
-Numbers to 20
-Building a Bridge
-Numbers to 1000
-2-Digit Addition
-2-Digit
Subtraction
-Identify Numbers
up to 20
-Difference between
even and odd
numbers
-Addition and
Subtraction
-LEGO
Robotics
SPIKE
Essential

2. GRADE 3
SEPTEMBER 2024
OCTOBER 2024
NOVEMBER 2024
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH R&D
-Earth’s Surface
-Tectonic Plates
-Basic Programming
-Game Design
-Community Garden -Intro to R&D
-Volcanoes
-Weathering
-Environments
-Functions in
Minecraft
-Model Parking Lot -Endangered Species
-Erosion and
Deposition
-Rocks and
Minerals
-Conditionals
-Music Lab
-Playground
-Endangered
Animal Poster
ROBOTICS
SEPTEMBER 2024
OCTOBER 2024
NOVEMBER 2024
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH R&D ROBOTICS
-Weather
-Atmosphere
-Digital Citizenship
-Intermediate
Typing
-Furniture -Intro to R&D
-Temperature
-Water Cycle
-Star Wars Game
Creation
-Minecraft Block
Coding
-Tower
-What is
Deforestation?
-Climate Zone
-Weather-proofing
Project
-Sentences in
Programming
-”Until” Loops
-Helicopter
-Solutions to
Deforestation
GRADE 4
GRADE 5
-Place Values
-Advanced
Addition and
Subtraction
-Intro to
Multiplication
SEPTEMBER 2024
OCTOBER 2024
NOVEMBER 2024
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH R&D ROBOTICS
-Outer Space
-Solar System
-Creating Sprites
-Virtual Pets
-Introduction to
Energy
Intro to R&D
-The Moon
-Solar System
Planets
-Counting with
Variables
-Experiment
Simulation
-Sustainable
Energy
What is AI?
-Gravity
-Star Formation
-Outbreak
-Collector Game
-Building a
Wind Turbine
-Pros and
Cons of AI
-Order of Operations
-Multiplication and
Division
-Decimal Place Values
-Place Values
-Addition and
Subtraction
-Multiplication
-Division
-LEGO
Robotics
SPIKE
Essential
-LEGO
Robotics Spike
Prime
-LEGO
Robotics BricQ
Motion
-LEGO
Robotics Spike
Prime
-LEGO
Robotics Spike
Prime

3. GRADE 6
SEPTEMBER 2024
Environmental
Engineers
OCTOBER 2024
NOVEMBER 2024
Agricultural
Engineers
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH R&D ROBOTICS
-Green Practices
-Weather+Climate
-Air Quality
-Renewable Energy
-Presentations
-Hazardous+Solid Waste
-Water Disinfection
-Testing Materials+
Structures
-Presenting Reports
-Food+Nutrition
-Natural Resources
-Water Quality
-CAD Machinery
-Geographic
Information
Systems
-Farm Machinery+
Equipment
-Hydrology
-Environmental
Observations
-Analyzing Data
-Food Chain
-Hereditary Traits
-Environment
-CAD Enclosures
-Word Processing
-Health Tools
-Machinery
-Systematic Designs
-Genetic
Characteristics
-Documentation
Zoologist
GRADE 8
SEPTEMBER 2024
Computer Scientist
OCTOBER 2024
NOVEMBER 2024
Computer
Hardware Engineer
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH R&D ROBOTICS
-Electricity
-Programming
-Artificial Intelligence
-Computer Theory
-Computer Architecture
-App Development
-Snap Circuits -Operating Systems
-Computer
Components
-Infrastructure Design
-Analytical Systems
Development
-Optics
-Computer Memory
Management
-Data Breaches
-Computer RAM
-Designing a Secure
Program
Cybersecurity
Specialist
GRADE 7
SEPTEMBER 2024
Aerospace Engineer
OCTOBER 2024
NOVEMBER 2024
Automotive
Engineer
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH R&D ROBOTICS
-Astronomy
-Materials and
Fuels
-CAD
-Flight Simulation
-Aerodynamics
-Materials Engineering
-Matrix Theory
-Motion
-Thermal Systems
-CAD
-Graphic Design
-Powertrains
-Motors and Gears
-Model-based Systems
and Design
-Nutrition
-Environments
-Contact Tracing
Mobile Apps
-Public Health
Monitoring Tools
-Grant-writing
-Surveying
Public Health
Specialist
-Ratios and
Proportions
-Geometry
-Rational
functions
-Quadrant
System
-Expressions and
Inequalities
-Statistics
and
Probability
-Functions
-Graphing
-Exponential
Functions
-VEXiQ
Robotics
-VEXiQ
Robotics
-VEXiQ
Robotics