Grade 5 Science Pacing Guide 2016-2017
1st Nine WeeksUnit Title / Standards / Weeks / Textbook Correlation / Resources
Think like a scientist / 5.S.A.3 Lab safety/procedures
5.S.1.A.1 Testable questions
-Inference vs. observation
-Prediction vs. hypothesis
-Qualitative vs. quantitative
-Variables / 1
(5-7 days) / Raisins in Mountain Dew
Penny Droplets
Safety brochures/analyzing safety pictures
Study Jams videos-Scientific Method
Unit 1-Life Science
Relationships in Ecosystems / 5.L4A.1 Abiotic factors (light, water, temperature, salinity, soil composition) of terrestrial & aquatic ecosystems
5.L4A.2 Biotic factors (organisms, populations, communities) of terrestrial & aquatic ecosystems
5.L4B.1 Classify organisms as producers, consumers (herbivore, carnivore, omnivore), or decomposers
5.L4B.2 Food chains/food webs
5.L4B.3 Interactions-predator/prey; parasite/host
5.L4B.4 -Limiting factors (food, water, space, shelter) or new organism effects / 2-9 / Chapter 5 Interactions in Ecosystems / Oh, Deer!
Predation or Starvation
Food web game
Make food chains
Ecosystems research (brochure, song, poem, poster, etc)
Owl Pellets
Peach and Blue
The Lorax
Map skills
Ravenous Raptors class-Ruth Patrick Science Center
It Skinks!-Barrier Island trip
Study Jams videos-Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems, Changes in Ecosystems, Biomes, Food Chains, Food Webs, Symbiosis, Population Growth
2nd Nine Weeks
Unit Title / Standards / Weeks / Textbook Correlation / Resources
Unit 2-Earth Science
Changes in Landforms & Oceans / 5.E.3A.1 Watersheds/drainage basins
5.E.3A.2 Continental and oceanic landforms (cont. shelf & slope, mid-ocean ridge, rift zone, trench, abyssal plain)
5.E.3B.1 Weathering, erosion, deposition, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and storms=Earth’s surface
5.E.3B.2 Waves, currents, tides effect on ocean shore zone (beach, barrier island, estuary, inlet)
5.E.3B.3 Human activities (conservation & pollution)
5.E.3B.4 Problems causes by nature or humans & possible solutions to reduce impact / 10-18 / Chapter 3 Erosion and Deposition
Chapter 4 Earth’s Surface and Human Activity / Build/create landforms (clay, shoeboxes, etc)
Conservation & pollution posters (3 R’s, don’t pollute)
Nike Shoe PBL (chart lost shoes-currents)
Sugar cube weathering/crackers
Candy weathering (Gobstoppers)
Glacier erosion
Water erosion (rain/drain tray); Home on the beach (build structures; test in storm)
Corks/waves
Project-recycle(make new product)
Oil spill simulation
Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor, Magic School Bus Goes to Mussel Beach
Read alouds-A River Runs Wild, The Wartville Wizard, Just a Dream
Ocean shore zone text set
Waves, currents, tides text set
Natural Resources text set
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle song (Jack Johnson remake-Youtube)
Barrier Island trip-Land and Sea (mud pit)
Study Jams-Landforms: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Weathering & Erosion; Weather and Climate-Waves and Currents, Tides, The Ocean Floor; Energy Light & Sound-Fossil Fuels, Renewable Fuels, Natural Resources
3rd Nine Weeks
Unit Title / Standards / Weeks / Textbook Correlation / Resources
Unit 3-Physical Science
Matter and Mixtures / 5.P.2.A.1 Physical properties of matter (volume, shape, movement, spacing of particles); classify solid, liquid, gas
5.P.2B.1 Properties of mixtures
5.P.2B.2 Mass of mixtures
5.P.2B.3 Characteristics of mixtures & solutions
5.P.2B.4 Solute/solvent/concentration
5.P.2B.5 Dissolving rate (temperature change, particle size, stirring)
5.P.2B.6 Separating mixtures (filtration, sifting, magnetic attraction, evaporation, chromatography, floatation) / 19-27 / Chapter 1 Matter
STC Kit/Materials / STC Mixtures and Solutions kit (approx. 15 labs/investigations)
Oobleck
Choice project-matter poster, research element/science field, gummy bear lab, cleaning pennies lab
Mystery boxes
Models of matter (marbles, balloons)
Borax crystals
Elephant toothpaste
CSI Solutions class-Ruth Patrick Science Center
Study Jams videos-Matter: Properties of Matter, Solids, Liquids, Gases, Physical & Chemical Changes of Matter, Mixtures
4th Nine Weeks
Unit Title / Standards / Weeks / Textbook Correlation / Resources
Unit 4
Physical Science
Forces and Motion / 5.P.5A.1 Describe and predict motion (position, direction, speed)
5.P.5A.2 Amount or type of force (contact & non-contact) affect motion
5.P.5A.3 Balanced and unbalanced forces
5.P.5A.4 Change of force, change in mass, friction affects motion
5.P.5A.5 Reduce friction / 28-36 / Chapter 2 Forces and Motion / Project-science tools catalog (review for testing)
Gravity lab
Toy car/surfaces
Toy car/forces
Friction lab-different balls/sizes
Speed challenge (walking or with hot wheels cars)
Hoop gliders
Egg drop
Speed text set
Study Jams: Force and Motion: Force & Motion, Newton’s First Law, Newton’s Second Law, Newton’s Third Law, Gravity & Inertia