Standard Pace Schedule
Standard Pace Schedule
This says three years, but it could also be completed in two years if you take classes year-round by completing three semesters each year: fall, spring, and summer.

Year 1 — Semester 1 (Weeks 1–15)
WeekLessonTopic
1A/B-1Organizing Things into Categories
2A-2 Pt.1Solids, Liquids, and Gases and Change with Temperature
3D-1 Pt.1Gravity I: The Earth's Gravity; Horizontal and Vertical
4A-2 Pts.2+3Solids, Liquids, and Gases and Change with Temperature
5D-1 Pts.2+3Gravity I: The Earth's Gravity; Horizontal and Vertical
6C-1 Pt.1Concepts of Energy I: Making Things Go
7A-3 Pt.1Air Is a Substance and the Concept of the Atmosphere
8C-1 Pts.2+3Concepts of Energy I: Making Things Go
9A-3 Pt.2Air Is a Substance and the Concept of the Atmosphere
10B-2 Pt.1Distinguishing Living or Biological, Natural Earth, and Human-Made Things
11A-4 Pt.1Matter I: Its Particulate Nature
12B-2 Pt.2Distinguishing Living or Biological, Natural Earth, and Human-Made Things
13A-4 Pt.2Matter I: Its Particulate Nature
14B-2 Pt.3Distinguishing Living or Biological, Natural Earth, and Human-Made Things
15A-4 Pt.3Matter I: Its Particulate Nature


Year 1 — Semester 2 (Weeks 16–30)
WeekLessonTopic
16C-2 Pt.1Sound, Vibrations, and Energy
17C-3 Pt.1Concepts of Energy II: Kinetic and Potential Energy and the Flow of Energy
18C-2 Pt.2Sound, Vibrations, and Energy
19B-3 Pt.1The Plant and Animal Kingdoms: Distinguishing between Plants and Animals
20C-3 Pt.2Concepts of Energy II: Kinetic and Potential Energy and the Flow of Energy
21A-5 Pt.1Distinguishing Materials
22B-3 Pt.2The Plant and Animal Kingdoms: Distinguishing between Plants and Animals
23A-5 Pt.2Distinguishing Materials
24B-4 Pt.1Life Cycles
25C-3A Pt.1Energy and Force
26B-4 Pts.2+3Life Cycles
27C-3A Pts.2+3Energy and Force
28B-5 Pt.1Concepts of Adaptations, Food Chains, and Energy Flow
29D-3Reading and Drawing Maps
30B-5 Pt.2Concepts of Adaptations, Food Chains, and Energy Flow

Year 2 — Semester 1 (Weeks 1–15)
WeekLessonTopic
1C-4Concepts of Energy III: Distinguishing between Matter and Energy
2B-4A Pt.1Identification of Living Things and Why Plants and Animals Live Where They Do
3A-6 Pt.1Matter II: Air Pressure, Vacuums, and the Earth's Atmosphere
4B-4A Pt.2Identification of Living Things and Why Plants and Animals Live Where They Do
5D-2Day and Night and the Earth's Rotation
6D-3A Pt.1North, East, South, and West
7A-6 Pt.2Matter II: Air Pressure, Vacuums, and the Earth's Atmosphere
8A-5A Pt.1Magnets and Magnetic Fields
9D-3A Pt.2North, East, South, and West
10A-6 Pt.3Matter II: Air Pressure, Vacuums, and the Earth's Atmosphere
11A-5A Pt.2Magnets and Magnetic Fields
12B-4B Pt.1What Is a Species?
13A-5A Pt.3Magnets and Magnetic Fields
14B-4B Pt.2What Is a Species?
15A-6 Pt.4Matter II: Air Pressure, Vacuums, and the Earth's Atmosphere


Year 2 — Semester 2 (Weeks 16–30)
WeekLessonTopic
16B-5A Pts.1+2+3Adaptations and Survival
17A-7 Pt.1Air: A Mixture of Gases (Mixtures and Chemical Reactions)
18D-4 Pt.1Land Forms and Major Biomes of the Earth
19A-7 Pt.2Air: A Mixture of Gases (Mixtures and Chemical Reactions)
20B-10 Pt.1Plant Science I: Basic Plant Structure and Reproduction
21A-7 Pts.3+4Air: A Mixture of Gases (Mixtures and Chemical Reactions)
22B-10 Pt.2Plant Science I: Basic Plant Structure and Reproduction
23A-8 Pt.1Matter III: Evaporation and Condensation; The Basis of the Water Cycle
24B-10 Pts.3+4Plant Science I: Basic Plant Structure and Reproduction
25A-8 Pts.2+3Matter III: Evaporation and Condensation; The Basis of the Water Cycle
26B-11 Pt.1Plant Science II: Germination, Seedling Growth, and Responses
27D-4 Pt.2Land Forms and Major Biomes of the Earth
28B-11 Pts.2+3Plant Science II: Germination, Seedling Growth, and Responses
29D-4 Pt.3Land Forms and Major Biomes of the Earth
30B-12 Pts.1+2+3Plants, Soil, Water, and Erosion
YYear 3 — Semester 1 (Weeks 1–15)
WeekLessonTopic
1D-6 Pt.1Seasonal Changes and the Earth's Orbit
2A-9 Pt.1Matter IV: Dissolving, Solutions, and Crystallization
3C-5 Pt.1Inertia
4B-6 Pt.1How Animals Move I: The Skeleton and Muscle System
5D-7 Pt.1Gravity II: Rate of Fall, Weightlessness in Space, and Distinction between Mass and Weight
6A-9 Pt.2Matter IV: Dissolving, Solutions, and Crystallization
7B-6 Pt.2How Animals Move I: The Skeleton and Muscle System
8A-9 Pt.3Matter IV: Dissolving, Solutions, and Crystallization
9C-5 Pt.2Inertia
10D-7 Pt.2Gravity II: Rate of Fall, Weightlessness in Space, and Distinction between Mass and Weight
11B-7 Pt.1How Animals Move II: Different Body Designs; Major Animal Phyla
12B-8How Animals Move III: Coordinating Body Movements; The Nervous System
13D-7 Pt.3Gravity II: Rate of Fall, Weightlessness in Space, and Distinction between Mass and Weight
14B-7 Pt.2How Animals Move II: Different Body Designs; Major Animal Phyla
15C-7Push Pushes Back


Year 3 — Semester 2 (Weeks 16–30)
WeekLessonTopic
16C-6 Pt.1Friction
17A-10 Pt.1Rocks, Minerals, Crystals, Dirt, and Soil
18D-8 Pt.1Rocks and Fossils
19C-6 Pt.2Friction
20A-10 Pt.2Rocks, Minerals, Crystals, Dirt, and Soil
21D-8 Pt.2Rocks and Fossils
22C-6 Pt.3Friction
23A-10 Pt.3Rocks, Minerals, Crystals, Dirt, and Soil
24D-5 Pts.1+2Time and the Earth's Turning
25D-8 Pt.3Rocks and Fossils
26C-6 Pt.4Friction
27D-8 Pt.4Rocks and Fossils
28B-9 Pts.1+2+3+4How Animals Move IV: Energy to Run the Body (Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology)
29E-1 Pt.1Resources: Developing an Overview
30E-1 Pts.2+3Resources: Developing an Overview