5th Grade exploring matter and mixtures

Scope and sequence

Suggested Time Frame: 5th Grade Science Curriculum Map

• 3rd Nine Weeks- Consult the 5th Grade Science Curriculum Map for specific details.

The 5th Grade Science Curriculum Map outlines the following information:

• 1. Recommended pacing, scope, and sequence for each unit.

  2. Alignment with standards, conceptual understandings, and performance indicators

  3. Links to Unit Concept Storyboard Maps, Content and SEP Support Documents, and Curriculum Guides

  4. Details for Evidence of Understanding, Essential Learning Experiences, and Suggested Learning Engagements

  5. Where appropriate, alignment with specific FOSS, DSM, GEMS, and STC kit Activities and Investigations

Learning goals, skills, and concepts

Learning Goals

• Students will gather, analyze, and interpret data from observations and measurements in order to construct explanations for how the physical properties of matter allow something to be classified as a solid, liquid, or gas.

• Students will gather, analyze, and interpret data from investigations to describe what happens to the properties of matter when substances are mixed

• Students will gather, analyze, and interpret data from investigations to support claims regarding what happens to the mass of substances that are mixed together.

• Students will use data from their investigations to develop models that describe the characteristics of mixtures and solutions. Models can include but are not limited to:

  • Charts

  • Diagrams

  • Drawings

  • Illustrations

• Students will gather, analyze, and interpret data from investigations to construct explanations for how changing the amount of solute or solvent affects the concentration of a solution.

• Students will gather, analyze, and interpret data from investigations to determine how different factors affect the rate at which substances dissolve.

• Students will design and test methods for separating different types of mixtures, including solutions.

Skills and Concepts

• Analyze and Interpret Data- SEP Support Document

• Develop and Use Models- SEP Support Document

• Plan and Carry Out Investigations- SEP Support Document

• Construct Explanations- SEP Support Document

• Define Problems and Design Solutions- SEP Support Document

• Obtain and Communicate Information- SEP Support Document

• Properties of Matter- Essential Knowledge Support Document

• Properties of Mixtures- Essential Knowledge Support Document

• Conservation of Mass- Essential Knowledge Support Document

• Characteristics of Mixtures and Solutions- Essential Knowledge Support Document

• Solutes and Solvents- Essential Knowledge Support Document

• Rate of Dissolving- Essential Knowledge Support Document

• Separating Mixtures- Essential Knowledge Support Document

Science Concept Storyboard

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Lessons and activities

Matter and Mixtures Unit Planning Support Doc

Potential Instructional Strategies/Lessons/Examples

• 5.P.2A.1 Analyze and interpret data from observations and measurements of the physical properties of matter (including volume, shape, movement, and spacing of particles) to explain why matter can be classified as a solid, liquid or gas.

  • Pearson SC Interactive Science Textbook:

    • Lesson 2: What are solids, liquids, and gases? (p.16-23)

    • Lesson 1: How can matter be described? (p.6-9)

    • Quick Lab (p.5)

  • AIMS Activities: 2005 SC Science AIMS 5th Grade Physical Science

    • A Matter of States

• 5.P.2B.1 Obtain and communicate information to describe what happens to the properties of substances when two or more substances are mixed together.

  • Pearson SC Interactive Science Textbook:

    • Lesson 3: What are mixtures and solutions? (p.26-27)

  • AIMS Activities: 2005 SC Science AIMS 5th Grade Physical Science

    • Pleased as Punch

    • Messing with Mixtures

    • Sea Salt

    • Product Testing

• 5.P.2B.2 Analyze and interpret data to support claims that when two substances are mixed the total amount (mass) of the substances does not change.

  • Pearson SC Interactive Science Textbook:

    • Lesson 1: How can matter be described? (p.10-11)

  • AIMS Activities: 2005 SC Science AIMS 5th Grade Physical Science

    • Sea Salt

• 5.P.2B.3 Develop models using observations to describe mixtures, including solutions, based on their characteristics.

  • AIMS Activities: 2005 SC Science AIMS 5th Grade Physical Science

    • Pleased as Punch

    • Messing with Mixtures

    • Sea Salt

    • Product Testing

  • Chex Mix Activity

• 5.P.2B.4 Construct explanations for how the amount of solute and the solvent determine the concentration of a solution.

  • Pearson SC Interactive Science Textbook:

    • Lesson 3 p.30 and .31

  • AIMS Activities: 2005 SC Science AIMS 5th Grade Physical Science

    • Product Testing

    • Involving Dissolving

    • Concentrating on Color

• 5.P.2B.5 Conduct controlled scientific investigations to test how different variables (including temperature change, particle size, and stirring) affect the rate of dissolving.

  • Pearson SC Interactive Science Textbook:

    • Lab Investigation (p.32-33)

  • AIMS Activities: 2005 SC Science AIMS 5th Grade Physical Science

    • Souper Solubility

  • Winning the Dissolving Race

• 5.P.2B.6 Design and test the appropriate method(s) (such as filtration, sifting, attraction to magnets, evaporation, chromatography, or floatation) for separating various mixtures.

  • Pearson SC Interactive Science Textbook:

    • Lesson 3: What are mixtures and solutions? (p.28-29)

  • AIMS Activities: 2005 SC Science AIMS 5th Grade Physical Science

    • Messing with Mixtures

    • Chromatography Circles

    • Metal Detector

• Mixtures and Solutions (FOSS Kit) All Investigations

• Color and Light (DSM Kit) Investigation 3 (4th Grade Kit)

• AIMS Activities: 2005 SC Science AIMS 5th Grade Physical Science

  • A Matter of States

  • Pleased as Punch

  • Messing with Mixtures

  • Sea Salt

  • Product Testing

  • Involving Dissolving

  • Concentrating on Color

  • Chromatography Circles

  • Metal Detector

  • Souper Solubility

• Messin’ With Mixtures

  • This activity, from the TeachEngineering website, has students investigating the properties of heterogeneous mixtures and how such mixtures can be separated.

Additional Resources

• • Mixtues and Solutions Unit

  • The Solutions Song (5.P.2B.4)

    • Mr. Edmunds Solutions Song is a very engaging way to help reinforce what your students learn from investigations they do into how different amounts of solute and solvent affect the concentration of a solution.

      • Mr. Edmunds has an entire series of science songs to Classic Rock tunes.

• Rock Candy Activity

• National Geographic Video Resource:

  • As with any video resource, teachers should carefully preview and vet any videos before showing them to students.