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.