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Grade Level Recommendations for K-5

Listed below are the grade level recommendations for some of the classes offered by Chabot Space & Science Center along with which subject and reading unit requirements they meet for the Open Court Reading program science topics. 
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GRADE LEVEL

CHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER CLASS

READING UNIT

SUBJECT

K

Garden Plan-It Unit 1 Life Science

1

Garden Plan-It

Unit 7

Earth Science
How the World Works

Unit 9

Physical Science
Life on Earth

Unit 1, 2

Life Science
Outer Space to Forest Place

Unit 2, 3

Life Science

2

Fossils: Clues to Earth’s Past Unit 4 Life Science
Garden Plan-It Unit 4, 5 Earth Science
How the World Works Unit 2, 4, 5 Physical Science
Life on Earth Unit 3, 5 Life Science
Redwood Biosphere Unit 4, 6 Life Science

3

Dance of the Planets

Unit 1, 6

Astronomy
Explorers of the Ocean

Unit 4, 5

Life Science
Moonstruck

Maria's Comet*

Astronomy
Redwood Biosphere

Unit 5

Life Science
Shooting Stars & Rocks from Outer Space

Unit 1, 6

Astronomy
Watershed Ecology

Unit 3, 5

Earth Science

4

All Charged Up Unit 5 Physical Science
Garden Plan-It Unit 2 Earth Science
Planet Trek Unit 3, 4 Astronomy
Surviving In Space Unit 1, 3, 5 Life Science
Water World Unit 6 Life Science
Watershed Ecology Unit 3, 4 Earth Science

5

Anatomy of a Life Form

Unit 1

Life Science
Atmospheres in Balance

Unit 2, 6

Earth Science
Challenger Learning Center Missions

Unit 2

Astronomy
Mars Exploration

Unit 2

Physical Science
Micro Adventures

Unit 1

Life Science
Planet Trek

Unit 2

Astronomy
Red Rover, Red Rover

Unit 2

Physical Science
Shooting Stars and Rocks from Outer Space

Unit 2

Astronomy
Spaceship Earth

Unit 2

Earth Science


Maria's Comet* is part of the Leveled Classroom Library collection of reader and is highly recommended for the Moonstruck class.

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