Northwestern Consolidated Schools of ShelbyCounty

Curriculum

5th grade Science

Prepared by:

Rory Moody

2012

TritonCentralMiddle School

Mission Statement

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TritonCentralMiddle School

5th grade science

Narrative Description

Fifth grade science consists of a mix of earth science, physical science, and life science. Many of the concepts overlap and build on each other throughout the year allowing repetition to better enable students to retain the information.

Course Concepts and Generalizations

The Nature of Science and Technology

Students gain scientific knowledge by observing the natural and constructed world, performing and evaluating investigations, and communicating their findings. These principles should guide student work and be integrated into the curriculum along with the content standards on a daily basis.

Physical Science

Explain the properties of solids, liquids, and gases as defined through color, mass, volume, temperature, and texture.

Explain how to measure the properties of matter and how physical and chemical changes can affect the properties of matter.

Earth and Space Systems

Explain that the solar system is made up of the sun and the planets, as well as moons, asteroids, and comets.

Life Science

Understand how living things interact in their surrounding environment and that living things have body systems such as circulatory system, respiratory system, muscular and skeletal systems, and the nervous system.

The Design Process

As citizens of the constructed world, students will participate in the design process. Students will learn to use materials and tools safely and employ the basic principles of the engineering design process in order to find solutions to problems.

Science, Engineering and Technology

Design and construct a device that mimics an arm and shoot a small ping pong ball 5 feet in to a trash can

Curriculum 5th grade

Unit 1 Nature of Science

Students gain scientific knowledge by observing the natural and constructed world, performing and evaluating investigations and communicating their findings. These principles should guide student work and be integrated into the curriculum along with the content standards on a daily basis.

Indiana Academic Standards:

5.NS.1 Make predictions and formulate testable questions.

5.NS.2 Design a fair test.

5.NS.3 Plan and carry out investigations as a class, in small groups, or independently, often over a period of several class lessons.

5.NS.4 Perform investigations using appropriate tools and technology that will extend the senses.

5.NS.5 Use measurement skills and apply appropriate units when collecting data.

5.NS.6 Test predictions with multiple trials.

5.NS.7 Keep accurate records in a notebook during investigations and communicate findings to others using graphs, charts, maps, and models through oral and written reports.

5.NS.8 Identify simple patterns in data and propose explanations to account for the patterns.

5.NS.9 Compare the results of an investigation with the prediction.

Essential Questions

  • What do scientists do?
  • How do scientists investigate?
  • How do scientists collect and interpret data?
  • How do scientists support their conclusions?

Lessons/Topics

Lesson 1- What scientists do

Lesson 2- How scientists investigate

Lesson 3- How scientists collect and interpret data

Lesson 4- How scientists support their conclusions

Assessments

Unit Pre-Post Exam

Unit Project: for group scientific investigation

Wind Vane

Robot arm

Lesson Quizzes

Essential Vocabulary Tests

Outline of Key Topics

Lesson 1- What Scientists do

  • Problems and new ideas
  • Scientific research and knowledge
  • Predict and hypotheses
  • Observations
  • Draw conclusions

Lesson 2- What Scientists investigate

  • Scientific investigation
  • Models
  • Surveys and sampling
  • Steps for investigation
  • Document procedures

Lesson 3- How Scientists collect and interpret data

  • Data collecting
  • Precision and accuracy
  • Tools
  • Safety
  • Organize data
  • Interpret data
  • Make inferences

Lesson 4- How Scientists support their conclusions

  • Draw and defend conclusions
  • Evidence
  • Review and retest

Key Vocabulary

Accuracy, control group, data, evidence, experiment, hypothesis, inference, observation, precision, procedures, variable

Unit 2- Design and Function

As citizens of the constructed world, students will participate in the design process. Students will learn to use materials and tools safely and employ the basic principles of the engineering design process in order to find solutions to problems.

Indiana Academic Standards

5.DP.1 Identify a need or problem to be solved.

5.DP.2 Brainstorm potential solutions

5.DP.3 Document the design throughout the entire design process

5.DP.4 Select a solution to the need or problem

5.DP.5 Select the most appropriate materials to develop a solution that will meet the need

5.DP.6 Create the solution through a prototype

5.DP.7 Test and evaluate how well the solution meets the goal

5.DP.8 Evaluate and test the design using measurement

5.DP.9 Present evidence using mathematical representations (graphs, data tables)

5.DP.10 Communicate the solution including evidence using mathematical representations (graph, data tables) drawings or prototypes

5.DP.11 Communicate how to improve the solution

5.4.1 Investigate technologies that mimic human or animal musculoskeletal systems in order to meet a need

5.4.2 Investigate the purpose of prototypes and models when designing a solution to a problem and how limitations in cost and design features might affect their construction.

5.4.3 Design a solution to a problem in the context of musculoskeletal body systems. Using suitable tools, techniques and materials, draw or build a prototype or model of a proposed design

Essential Questions

  • How does technology solve problems and provide solutions?
  • How can technology mimic muscular and skeletal systems?
  • What are the design process steps?

Lessons/Topics

Lesson 1- What is technology

Lesson 2- How can technology mimic living things

Lesson 3- What is the design process

Assessments

Unit Pre-Post Exam

Unit Project: For group investigation

Zip Line Balloon Rocket

Paper Airplane

Lesson Quizzes

Essential Vocabulary Quiz

Outline of Key Topics

Lesson 1- What is technology

  • Problems and solutions
  • Tools in medicine
  • Computer technology

Lesson 2- How can technology mimic living things

  • Technology and the human body
  • Prosthetic limbs
  • Animals and technology

Lesson 3- What is the design process

  • Design process
  • Steps of the design process
  • Designing robotic arms

Key Vocabulary

Design process, microchip, technology, prosthetic limb

Unit 3- Properties of Matter Qtr. 2/3

Students will learn about matter, what it is, and what it is composed of. They will also learn about the forms matter can take, and the features of each form. They will also learn about the features of mixtures and solutions. This will help them understand the various states of matter and how you can change those states of matter.

Indiana Academic Standards

5.1.1 Describe and measure the volume and weight of a sample of a given material

5.1.2 Describe the difference between weight and mass, with the understanding that weight is dependent on gravity and mass is the amount of matter in a given substance/ material.

5.1.3 Demonstrate that regardless of how parts of an object are assembled, the weight of the whole object is identical to the sum of the weight of the parts, but the volume can differ from the sum of the volumes.

5.1.4 Determine if matter has been added or lost by comparing weights when melting, freezing, or dissolving a sample of a substance

Essential Questions

  • How do you measure matter?
  • How do physical changes affect properties?
  • How do chemical changes affect properties?
  • What makes up matter?
  • What are solids, liquids, and gases?
  • What are mixtures and solutions?

Lessons/Topics

Lesson 1- What makes up matter

Lesson 2- What are solids, liquids, and gases

Lesson 3- What are mixtures and solutions

Lesson 4- How do you measure matter

Lesson 5- How do physical changes affect properties

Lesson 6- How do chemical changes affect properties

Assessments

Unit Pre-Post Exam

Unit Project: group investigation

Triple Balance Activity

Water/Food color Activity

Lesson Quizzes

Essential Vocabulary Quiz

Outline of Key Topics

Lesson 1- What makes up matter

  • Matter
  • Atoms
  • Atomic Arrangement
  • Compounds

Lesson 2- What are solids, liquids, and gases

  • States of Matter
  • Freezing and melting
  • Evaporation
  • Condensation

Lesson 3- What are mixtures and solutions

  • Mixtures
  • Separating Mixtures
  • Solutions
  • Solubility

Lesson 4- How do you measure matter

  • Volume
  • Mass
  • Weight

Lesson 5- How do physical changes affect properties

  • Physical changes
  • Temperature and physical change
  • Parts and whole
  • Effects of melting
  • Effects of freezing
  • Effects of dissolving
  • Correct blend

Lesson 6- How do chemical changes affect properties

  • Chemical changes
  • Effects on volume and weight
  • Conservation of mass
  • Same components, different products

Key Vocabulary

Atom, atomic theory, compound, gas, liquid, mixture, molecule, solid, solution, chemical change, freezing, law of conservation of mass, mass, melting, physical change, volume, weight

Unit 4- Earth Science Qtr. 3

Students will learn the object in space that make up the solar system, including Earth, the Sun, the Moon, other planets, asteroids, and comets. They will also learn how the Earth moves and the phases of the moon.

Indiana Academic Standards

5.2.1 Recognize that our Earth is part of the solar system in which the sun, an average star, is the central and largest body. Observe that our solar system includes the sun, moon, seven other planets and their moons, and many other smaller objects, such as asteroids and comets.

5.2.2 Observe and use pictures to record how the sun appears to move across the sky in the same general way everyday but rises and sets in different places as the seasons change.

5.2.3 In monthly intervals, observe and draw the length and direction of shadows cast by the sun at several chosen times during the day. Use the recorded data as evidence to explain how shadows are affected by the relative position of the earth and sun.

5.2.4 Use a calendar to record observations of the shape of the moon and the rising and setting times over the course of a month. Based on the observations, describe patterns in the moon cycle.

Essential Questions

  • What objects in space make up our solar system?
  • What are the physical characteristics of the sun?
  • What are some common characteristics of the inner planets?
  • What are some common characteristics of the outer planets?
  • How does the Earth rotate and revolve, and why do the sun, moon, and stars appear to move across the sky?
  • What are the phases of the moon?

Lesson/Topics

Lesson 1- What is the solar system

Lesson 2- What is the sun

Lesson 3- What are the inner planets

Lesson 4- What are the outer planets

Lesson 5- How does Earth move

Lesson 6- What are the phases of the moon

Assessments

Unit Pre-Post Exam

Unit Project: group investigation

Draw Phases of Moon for 1 Month

Draw Sun’s Exact Location in East Sky at Sunrise 1 Month

Lesson Quizzes

Essential vocabulary quiz

Outline of Key Topics

Lesson 1- What is the solar system

  • Galaxies
  • Our star
  • Objects in our solar system

Lesson 2- What is the sun

  • The sun as a star
  • Characteristics of the sun
  • Constellations
  • Stars on the move

Lesson 3- What are the inner planets

  • Planets
  • Orbiting objects
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth and moon
  • Mars

Lesson 4- What are the outer planets

  • Gas giants
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Exploring the giants

Lesson 5- How does Earth move

  • Earth and sun
  • Earth’s rotation
  • Earth’s revolution
  • Seasons

Lesson 6- What are the phases of the moon

  • Sun, moon, and Earth
  • Phases of the moon

Key Vocabulary

Axis, constellation, eclipse, inner planet, lunar eclipse, moon, orbit, outer planet, planet, revolution, rotation, solar eclipse, solar flare, solar system, star

Unit 5- Life Science Qtr. 3/4

Students will learn about some of Indiana’s ecosystems and how organisms and all types of ecosystems interact with each other. Students will also learn about human body systems. They will also understand how the parts of your body interact to help you survive.

Indiana Academic Standards

5.3.1 Observe and classify common Indiana organisms as producers, consumers, decomposers, predator and prey based on their relationships and interactions with other organisms in their ecosystem.

5.3.2 Investigate the action of different decomposers and compare the role they play in an ecosystem with that of producers and consumers.

Essential Questions

  • What are some ecosystems in which organisms live and interact?
  • What are some different ways organisms interact?
  • How are some organism classified?
  • How do planets use energy from the sun?
  • How can people affect the environment and change ecosystems?
  • What does the circulatory system do?
  • What does the respiratory system do?
  • What are the functions of the skeleton and muscles?
  • What are the parts of the nervous system?
  • What are the digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems?

Lessons/Topics

Lesson 1- What are the parts of an ecosystem

Lesson 2- How do organisms interact

Lesson 3- How do some Indiana organisms interact

Lesson 4- How do organisms get and use energy

Lesson 5- How do people impact ecosystems

Lesson 6- What is the circulatory system

Lesson 7- What is the respiratory system

Lesson 8- What are the skeletal and muscular systems

Lesson 9- What is the nervous system

Lesson 10- What are some other systems

Lesson 11- How do physical structures compare in living things

Assessments

Unit Pre-Post Exam

Unit Project: group investigation

Shoe Classification

Ecosystem Mural

View Cells Through Microscope

Lesson Quizzes

Essential vocabulary quiz

Outline of Key Topics

Lesson 1- What are the parts of an ecosystem

  • Ecosystems
  • Types of ecosystems
  • Other types of ecosystems
  • Balance in ecosystems
  • Limiting factors

Lesson 2- How do organisms interact

  • Interactions in ecosystems
  • Energy rolls in ecosystems
  • Food chains
  • Food webs
  • Competition
  • Symbiosis

Lesson 3- How do some Indiana organisms interact

  • Indiana organisms
  • Decomposers
  • Interactions in Indiana ecosystems

Lesson 4- How do organisms get and use energy

  • Energy sources
  • Photosynthesis
  • Respiration

Lesson 5- How do people impact ecosystems

  • People change ecosystems

Lesson 6- What is the circulatory system

  • Cells to organs
  • Circulatory system
  • Parts of the heart
  • Blood flow through the heart

Lesson 7- What is the respiratory system

  • The respiratory system
  • Parts of the respiratory system
  • Getting oxygen to cells

Lesson 8- What are the skeletal and muscular systems

  • Skeletal system
  • Muscular system
  • Systems working together
  • Muscle and bone building materials

Lesson 9- What is the nervous system

  • Nervous system
  • Nerves
  • Brain functions
  • Senses and sense organs

Lesson 10- What are some other systems

  • Digestive system
  • Stomach
  • Intestines, liver, and pancreas
  • Excretory system
  • Reproductive system

Lesson 11- How do physical structures compare in living things

  • Physical structures
  • Structures for support
  • Structures for reproduction
  • Structures for respiration and circulation

Key Vocabulary

Cellular respiration, community, conservation, consumer, deciduous plant, decomposer, ecosystem, evergreen plant, habitat, photosynthesis, pollution, population, predator, prey, producer, bladder, brain, circulatory system, diaphragm, digestive system, excretory system, exoskeleton, heart, intestines, kidneys, lungs, muscles, muscular system, nervous system, organ, respiratory system, skeletal system, skeleton, skin, stomach, system, tissue, trachea