The cards correspond to the core science curriculum of the Philadelphia School District.

Notes:
Science curriculum themes are in bold.
Card names are in short hand; insert "Science is in..." for full card name

	K	1st grade	2nd grade	3rd grade	4th grade	Extra
1st Marking Period	Trees Finding Trees Leaves Senses Listening	Solids & Liquids Describing Liquids and Solids	Balancing & Weighing Balancing a Mobile Light and Shadow Shadows	Earth Materials Rock Collecting Evaporation	Land and Water Erosion Aerial Photographs	General* Everywhere
2nd Marking Period	Friction Floor Skating	Pebbles A Rock Walk Way Matter Settles	Air and Weather Air You Breathe Moon	Sound Rubber Band	Electricity Electricity	Human Body* Chewing Throwing
3rd Marking Period	Basic Needs of Organisms Animals Around Us Growing Plants	Organisms: Sim. and Diff. Observing Roots and Stems Sorting Animals	Insects Finding Insects Insect Sorting Game	Plants Plants We Eat Seeds	Characteristics of Organisms Habitat Game Wetland Plants and Animals	*Not a SDOP content standard

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