Curriculum Map: Fifth Grade Science
August/September
Chapter 3: Plant Growth and Reproduction
Vocabulary: vascular tissue, xylem, phloem, photosynthesis
spore, gymnosperm, angiosperm, germinate
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 How Do Plants Grow? |
5L 1.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 How Do Plants Reproduce? |
5L 2.2 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
|
|
Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
Chapter 4: Animal Growth and Heredity
Vocabulary: life cycle, mitosis, chromosome, inherited trait, dominant trait, recessive trait, gene, instinct, learned behavior, environment
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 How Does Cell Division Affect Growth? |
5L 2.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 How Are Characteristics Inherited? |
5L 2.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
Lesson 3 What Other Factors Affect Characteristics? |
5L 2.1 |
Comprehension and Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
October
Chapter 5: Energy and Ecosystems
Vocabulary: transpiration, photosynthesis, chlorophyll, producer, consumer, ecosystem, herbivore, carnivore, food chain, decomposer, food web, energy pyramid
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 How Do Plants Produce Food? |
5L 1.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 How is Energy Passed Through an Ecosystem? |
5L 3.2 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
|
|
Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
Chapter 6: Ecosystems and Change
Vocabulary: population, community, competition, adaptation, symbiosis, predator, prey, succession, extinction, pollution, acid rain, habitat, conservation, reclamation
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 How Do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem? |
5L 3.2 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 How Do Ecosystems Change Over Time? |
5L 3.3 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
Lesson 3 How Do People Affect Ecosystems? |
5L 3.1 and 5S 2.1 |
Comprehension and Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
November
Chapter 9: Changes to Earth’s Surface
Vocabulary: landform, topography, glacier, sand dune, delta, sinkhole, plate, earthquake, earthquake, epicenter, fault, magma, lava, volcano
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 What Are Some of Earth’s Landforms? |
5E 1.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 What Causes Changes to Earth’s Surface? |
5E 1.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
Lesson 3 How Do Movements of the Crust Change Earth? |
5E 1.1 |
Comprehension and Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
December
Chapter 13: Earth, Moon, and Beyond
Vocabulary: sun, rotate, axis, revolve, orbit, equator, moon, crater, moon phase, eclipse, refraction, star, solar system, constellation, planet, universe, galaxy
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 How Does Earth’s Orbit Affect the Seasons? |
5E 2.2 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 How Do Earth and the Moon Compare? |
5E 2.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
Lesson 3 What Makes Up Our Solar System? |
5E 2. , 5E 2.2 |
Comprehension and Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
January
Chapter 14: Properties of Matter
Vocabulary: volume, atom, molecule, nucleus, element, periodic table, physical change, chemical change, density, mixture, solution, combustibility, reactivity
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 What is the Structure of Matter? |
5P 1.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 What Are Physical Properties and Change? |
5P 1.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
Lesson 3 What Are Chemical Properties and Change? |
5P 1.1 |
Comprehension and Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
Chapter 15: Energy
Vocabulary: energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, energy transfer, solar energy, light, chemical energy, mechanical energy, electric energy, heat, system, conduction, convection, radiation, reflection, fossil, resource, nonrenewable resource, conservation, renewable resource, pollution
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 What Are Kinetic and Potential Energy? |
5P 3.2 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 What Are Some Forms of Energy? |
5P 3.2 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
Lesson 3 How Is Heat Transferred? |
5P 3.1 |
Comprehension and Chapter review |
|
Lesson 4 How Do People Use Energy Resources? |
5P 3.1 , 5P 3.2, 5S 1.1, 5S 2.2 |
Chapter Test |
February
Chapter 16: Electricity
Vocabulary: electricity, electromagnet, static electricity, electric current, current electricity, conductor, insulator, electric circuit, series circuit, parallel circuit
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 How Are Electricity and Magnetism Related? |
5P 3.2 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 What Are Static and Current Electricity? |
5P 3.2 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
Lesson 3 What Are Electric Circuits? |
5P 3.2 |
Comprehension and Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
Chapter 17: Sound and Light
Vocabulary: vibration, volume, pitch, frequency, reflection, opaque, translucent, translucent, transparent, refraction, concave lens, convex lens
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 What is Sound? |
5P 3.3 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 What Is Light? |
5P 3.3 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
|
|
Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
March
Chapter 18: Forces
Vocabulary: force, friction, gravity, gravitational force, magnetic, magnetic force, balanced forces, unbalanced forces, net force, buoyant force, work, simple machine, lever, fulcrum, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 What Forces Affect Objects on Earth Every Day? |
5P 2.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 What are Balanced and Unbalanced Forces? |
5P 2.1 and 5P 2.2 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
Lesson 3 What is Work and How is it Measured? |
5P 2.1 and 5P 2.2 |
Comprehension and Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
Chapter 19: Forces
Vocabulary: position, speed, velocity, acceleration, inertia
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 What Factors Affect Motion? |
5P 2.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 What Are the Laws of Motion? |
5P 2.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
|
|
Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
*One week of review allotted for Dakota STEP testing in March
April/May
Chapter 1: Cells to Body Systems (at the request of the 6th grade teachers)
Vocabulary: cell, microscopic, organism, cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, protist, tissue, organ, organ system, digestive system, circulatory system, respiratory system, skeletal system, muscular system, nervous system, excretory system
|
Lessons: |
Standards: |
Assessments: |
|
Lesson 1 What Are Cells? |
6L 1.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary activities |
|
Lesson 2 How Do Cells Work Together? |
6L 1.1 |
Comprehension and vocabulary worksheets |
|
Lesson 3 How Do Body Systems Work Together? |
6L 1.1 |
Comprehension and Chapter review |
|
|
|
Chapter Test |
List of 5th Grade Science Standards
Physical Science:
5.P.1.1 Students are able to define matter on the basis of observable physical properties.
5.P.2.1 Students are able to identify forces in specific situations that require objects to interact, change directions, or stop.
5.P.2.2 Students are able to analyze the structure and design of simple and compound machines to determine how the machines make work easier by trading force for distance.
5.P.3.1 Students are able to demonstrate and explain how to measure heat flow into an object.
5.P.3.2 Students are able to describe the Sun’s ability to produce energy in the forms of light and heat.
5.P.3.3 Students are able to describe basic properties of light.
Life Science:
5.L.1.1. Students are able to describe the basic process of photosynthesis and the role of light as a source of energy in plants.
5.L.2.1. Students are able to predict physical characteristics with family lineage.
5.L.2.2. Students are able to describe structures and processes involved in plant reproduction.
5.L.3.1. Students are able to describe how natural events and/or human influences may help or harm ecosystems.
5.L.3.2. Students are able to analyze the roles of organisms to determine the transfer of energy using an energy pyramid model.
5.L.3.3. Students are able to describe how interrelationships enable some organisms to survive.
Earth Science:
5.E.1.1. Students are able to describe the basic structure of Earth’s interior.
5.E.2.1. Students are able to describe the components (Sun, planets, and moons) of the solar system.
5.E.2.2. Students are able to explain how the Earth’s rotation affects the appearance of the sky.
Science and Technology:
5.S.1.1. Students are able to identify scientific changes that have affected transportation, health, sanitation, and communication.
5.S.1.2. Students are able to describe how designing a solution may have constraints.
5.S.2.1. Students are able to explain the interrelationship of populations, resources, and environments.