Grade 5 Science
Scope
How is everything connected and related on Earth?
Units
Unit — Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System
Essential Questions
How can you use observations to make predictions?
What is the universe, and what is Earth’s place in it?
Guiding Questions
How can one explain and predict interactions between objects and within systems of objects?
What underlying forces explain the variety of interactions observed?
What is the universe, and what is Earth’s place in it?
What is the universe, and what goes on in stars?
What are the predictable patterns caused by Earth’s movement in the solar system?
What underlying forces explain the variety of interactions observed?
What is the universe, and what goes on in stars?
What are the predictable patterns caused by Earth’s movement in the solar system?
Resources
QFT Materials
Teacher Manual
Source guide
Worksheets
Sci 21 Kit
Skills Taught
Students will:
ask questions and define problems.
develop and use models.
plan and carry out investigations.
analyze and interpret data.
use mathematics and computational thinking.
construct explanations and design solutions.
engage in arguments from evidence.
obtain, evaluate, and communicate information.
5-ESS1-1
5-ESS1-2
5-PS2-1
Unit — Structure and Properties of Matter
Essential Questions
How can one explain and predict interactions between objects and within systems of objects?
How can one explain the structure, properties, and interactions of matter?
How do the structure and properties of matter explain how particles of materials move or interact?
Guiding Questions
How do substances combine or change (react) to make new substances?
How does one characterize and explain these reactions and make predictions about them?
How do particles combine to form the variety of matter one observes?
Resources
QFT Materials
Teacher Manual
Worksheets
Sci 21 Kit
Skills Taught
Students will:
ask questions and define problems.
develop and use models.
plan and carry out investigations.
analyze and interpret data.
use mathematics and computational thinking.
construct explanations and design solutions.
engage in arguments from evidence.
obtain, evaluate, and communicate information.
5-PS1-1
5-PS1-2
5-PS1-3
5-PS1-4
Unit — Earth's Systems
Essential Questions
How and why is Earth constantly changing?
How do Earth’s surface processes and human activities affect each other?
How do the interactions among Earth’s interconnected systems change Earth and how do humans impact these changes?
Guiding Questions
How do Earth’s major systems interact?
How do the properties and movements of water shape Earth’s surfaces? and affect its systems?
How do humans change the planet?
Resources
Teacher Manual
Source guide
Worksheets
Sci 21 Kit
Skills Taught
Students will:
ask questions and define problems.
develop and use models.
plan and carry out investigations.
analyze and interpret data.
use mathematics and computational thinking.
construct explanations and design solutions.
engage in arguments from evidence.
obtain, evaluate, and communicate information.
5-ESS2-1
5-ESS2-2
5-ESS3-1
Unit — Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Essential Questions
How is energy transferred and conserved?
How do organisms live, grow, respond to their environment, and reproduce?
How and why do organisms interact with their environment and what are the effects of these interactions?
What do we need to survive well on Mars?
Guiding Questions
How do food and fuel provide energy?
If energy is conserved, why do people say it is produced or used?
How do organisms obtain and use the matter and energy they need to live and grow?
How do organisms interact with the living and nonliving environments to obtain matter and energy?
How do matter and energy move through an ecosystem?
Resources
QFT Materials
Teacher Manual
Source guide
Worksheets
Sci 21 Kit
Skills Taught
Students will:
ask questions and define problems.
develop and use models.
plan and carry out investigations.
analyze and interpret data.
use mathematics and computational thinking.
construct explanations and design solutions.
engage in arguments from evidence.
obtain, evaluate, and communicate information.
5-LS2-1
5-LS1-1
5-PS3-1