REVISED 5TH GRADE SCIENCE PACING GUIDE
2017- 2018 School Year
*This Pacing Guide Assumes the SOL Test Will Be Within the First Week of May*
Strands: Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic (3 weeks)
Living Systems & Life Processes (7 weeks)
Matter, Force, Motion, Energy (7 weeks)
Earth Patterns (7 weeks)
Review (3 weeks)
Extra Bonus Week (1)
Green ~ Integration of Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic Strand (4.1 and 5.1)
Red ~ iSTEM Activity
Blue ~ Approximate Days/Dates
Black ~ Strand, Topics, SOLs
STRAND: Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic (4.1 & 5.1) Approx. 3 Weeks (August 29 - September 19)
●Lessons and Hands On Activities (ex: Save Fred, Gummy Bear Lab, etc.)
●Variables & Constants / Scientific Method / Observation vs. Inference /Charts, Tables, & Graphs / Hypothesis / Qualitative vs. Quantitative Data /Conclusions / Measurement / Classification Keys
●Incorporate Scientific Method Within All Units Throughout the Year
●iSTEM ~ Variables Take Flight (Paper Rockets) 2 ½ days
○Variables/Data, constants, unusual results
○4.1c and 5.1b ~ Measurement
STRAND: Living Systems & Life Processes (4.4, 4.5, 5.5) (Approx. 8 Weeks - Sept. 20 - Nov. 22)
○4.1a,e and 5.1h,i ~ Observations, Inferences, Predictions and Conclusions
●Habitats & Ecosystems (4.5)(1 Week)
○Niche (4.5d,e)
○Community (4.5b)
○Population (4.5b)
○Food Web (4.5c)
○Life Cycles (4.5d,e)
○Human Influences (4.5f)
●Plants (4.4 / 4.8b / 4.9b) (2 ½ Weeks)
○Vascular vs. Nonvascular (5.5b)
○Classification Keys (5.1a)
○Parts of Plants and Flowers & Functions / Pollination/reproduction (4.4a,b)
○Plant Adaptations (4.4d and 4.5a)
○Photosynthesis (4.4c)
○Models (4.1l and 5.1j)
○Possible Activity: Wisconsin Fast Plants (from Carolina Biological Company)
●Animals (5. And 4.9b) (1 ½ Weeks)
○Vertebrates vs. Invertebrates (5.5b)
○Classification Keys (5.1a)
○Structural vs. Behavioral Adaptations (5.5c) (Possible Activity: Build a Beaver)
○Life Cycles (4.5e)
○Possibly iSTEM lesson on building an animal (2-3 days)
●Cells (5.5) (2 ½ Weeks)
○Parts & Functions (5.5a)
○Guest Speaker (How Sugar Affects Cells)
○Models (4.1l and 5.1j)
○Activities: Drawing/Gallery Walk, Readers Theater, etc.
STRAND: Force, Motion, Energy & Matter (Start After Thanksgiving Break) (Nov. 28 - Feb. 24)
○4.1a,e and 5.1h,i ~ Observations, Inferences, Predictions and Conclusions
●Kinetic vs Potential Energy (4.2d) (2-3 days) (5.1c elapsed time)
●Force and Motion (4.2a,b,c) (2-3 days)
○Motion as direction and speed
○Changes in motion related to force and mass
○Friction is a force that opposes motion
○Moving objects have kinetic energy
●Matter(5.4) (Approx. 2 weeks Before Winter Break and 1 Week After for a TOTAL OF 3 Weeks)
○Phases of Matter Their Properties (5.4a)
○Matter Changing States (How Heat/Energy Affects Matter) (5.4b) (design an investigation for the effects of heat) (5.1c elapsed time)
○Atoms (5.4c)
○Compounds/Molecules/Elements (5.4c,d)
○Mixtures vs. Solutions (5.4e)
○4.1c and 5.1b ~ Measurement
●Electricity (4.3a-d, f) (After Winter Break ~ 2 weeks)
○Static Electricity (4.3c)
○Conductors vs. Insulators (4.3a)
○Circuits (4.3b)
○Energy Transformations (Electricity Into Light, Motion, and Heat) (4.3d)
○Historical Scientists and Their Contributions (4.3f)
■Franklin, Faraday, Edison
○iStem: Little Bits ~ 2 ½ days
■Open Inquiry, Draw House, Some sort of circuitry in each room, Label and Write the Energy Transformations
●Magnetism (4.3e) (After Winter Break)(2 days)
○Electromagnets
○Magnetic Fields
○Attract & Repel
●Sound (5.2) 2 weeks
○Vibrations and Compression/Longitudinal Waves (5.2a,b)
○Sound Waves and Matter (5.2c)
○Pitch / Frequency (5.2b)
○Volume / Amplitude (5.2b)
○Uses and Applications of Sound (5.2d)
■Instruments
■Echolocation vs. SONAR
●4.1c and 5.1b ~ Measurement
●4.1i,j,k and 5.1g,h ~ Qualitative vs Quantitative Data, Outliers (Unusual Results), Charts, Graphs, Tables
●Light (5.3) 2 weeks
○Transverse Waves (5.3a)
○Visible Light Spectrum / Colors of Rainbow (5.3b)
○Reflection and Refraction (5.3d,e)
○Opaque, Transparent, & Translucent (5.3c)
○5.1 hypothesis, conclusions, variables, constants (with testing opaque, transparent and translucent)
STRAND: Earth Patterns, Cycles and Changes February 27 - April 7
○4.1a,e and 5.1h,i ~ Observations, Inferences, Predictions and Conclusions
●Geology (5.7) (3 Weeks)
○Layers of Earth (5.7d) (Models 4.1l and 5.1j)
○Plates & Boundaries and Their Effects On/Changes To Earth’s Crust (5.7e)
○Rocks and Rock Cycle (5.7a,b and 4.9c and Classification Keys 4.1b and 5.1a)
○Earth’s History and Fossils (5.7c and 4.9c)
○Weathering and Erosion and Deposition, Human Imapct (5.7f,g)
■Watershed Table (4.9a and 5.7f,g and Models 4.1l and 5.1j)
○iStem: Shakey Quakey 3 ½ - 4 days
○4.1c and 5.1b ~ Measurement
○4.1i,j,k and 5.1g,h ~ Qualitative vs Quantitative Data, Outliers (Unusual Results), Charts, Graphs, Tables (earthquakes)
●Oceans (5.6) (2 weeks)
○Geological Features of the Ocean Floor (5.6a)
○Depth and Light, Pressure, Temperature, & Pressure (5.6b)
○Salinity (5.6b) (5.1e could bring in variables...constant=water / IV= salt / DV=position of egg)
○Waves, Tides, & Currents (5.6b)
○Plankton and Food Webs (5.6c)
●Earth, Moon, Sun (4.8) (Review Days) (3 days)
○Revolve vs. Rotate (Cause and Effect) (4.8a,b,c)
○Moon Phases
○Relative Size, Composition, Position, & Age of Earth, Moon, & Sun (4.8d)
○Historical Understandings (4.8e)
■Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, & Galileo (Earth-centered vs. Sun-centered)
■Apollo Missions
●Solar System (4.7) (Review Days) (2 days)
○Planets (4.7a)
○Classification (4.1b and 5.1a) of Terrestrial Planets vs. Gas Giants
○Order of Planets ~ Distance from Sun (4.7b)
○Order of Planets ~ Relative Sizes (4.7c)
○Models (4.1l and 5.1j)
●Weather (4.6) (Review Days) (3 days)
○Clouds (4.6a,c)
○Weather Tools (4.6b)
○Fronts & Storms (4.6a,c)
○4.1i,j,k and 5.1g,h ~ Qualitative vs Quantitative Data, Outliers (Unusual Results), Charts, Graphs, Tables
SPRING BREAK: APRIL 10 - 14
SOL REVIEW: April 17-28 and Hopefully May 1-5
●All 4th and 5th grade units
●Test taking strategies
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION, REASONING, AND LOGIC (4.1 / 5.1) BY TOPICS:
●4.1a,e and 5.1h,i ~ Observations, Inferences, Predictions and Conclusions
●4.1b and 5.1a ~ Objects are Classified and Arranged
●4.1c and 5.1b ~ Measurement
●4.1d and 5.1c ~ Elapsed Time
●4.1f,g and 5.1e,f ~ Variables and Constants
●4.1h and 5.1d ~ Hypothesis and Testable Questions
●4.1i,j,k and 5.1g,h ~ Qualitative vs Quantitative Data, Outliers (Unusual Results), Charts, Graphs, Tables
●4.1l and 5.1j ~ Models
●4.1m and 5.1k ~ Current Applications