5th+Grade+Science


 * ~ Unit ||~ Start Date (duration) ||~ Essential Questions ||~ Content / Concepts ||~ Skills ||~ Texts ||~ Supporting / Supplementary Materials ||
 * Human Anatomy || First Quarter || How do the major parts of the human body work together for our health?

What are the major bones of the human body?

What are the systems of the body? (skeletal, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, etc.) || The human body is an amazingly complex "machine". Understanding how our body works is key to understanding health concepts for healthy living later in life. || The HumanBody Corporation Project: Write a letter to the Head of the corporation explaining your role in the body, organs you work with, how you work, how important you are to the body corporation so you don't get fired.

Create a powerpoint presentation to accompany your letter, to further convince your "boss".

Build a model of a skeleton and label the major bones. || //Bones: Our Skeletal System// by Seymour Simon

//The Skeletal System// by Caroline Arnold || www.brainpop. com

Standards:

0507.5.2 Design a model to illustrate how an animal’s physical characteristics enable it to survive in a particular environment. || Gravity, Force and Motion || 2nd Quarter || **Question**: Who was Isaac Newton?
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 * Earth and Space:**

What scientific principles did he observe and write about.

Why do we consider his writings as scientific law? || Concepts:

Gravity keeps all things on the Earth.

Gravity pulls things toward the Earth.

Not all planets have the same level of gravitational pull. Therefore, movement on these planets would be much different.

Newton's Laws of Motion help us to classify why things move the way they do on Earth. || Skills:

Making a tri-fold graphic organizer to help understand Newton's 3 Laws of Motion.

Writing a letter to a friend AS Isaac Newton talking about his work, life and what he was observing.

Working in cooperative learning groups to create demonstrations with everyday objects to illustrate and describe Newton's Laws.

Working with legos and kinex parts to construct vehicles that allow us to test distance traveled vs. force applied. || Text:

//Who Was IsaacNewton?//

//Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion// by Andrea Gianopolous

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Standards: GLE 0507.11.1 Design an investigation, collect data and draw conclusions about the relationship among mass, force, and distance traveled. 0507.11.1 Predict how the amount of mass affects the distance traveled given the same amount of applied force. SPI 0507.11.1 Explain the relationship that exist among mass, force, and distance traveled. Conceptual Strand 12 0507.11.2 Prepare statements about the relationship among mass, applied force, and distance traveled. 0507.11.3 Design and conduct experiments using a simple experimental design to demonstrate the relationship among mass, force, and distance traveled. || How do plants function and grow?
 * **Photosynthesis** || Quarter 4 || Question:

What is photosynthesis?

How is all life dependent upon photosynthesis? || **Concept:** The process of photo-synthesis is complex and unique.

Plants use resources from the environment to make their own specialized food. || **Skills:**

Illustrating and explaining the process of photosynthesis by building a model plant. || Texts: //Living Sunlight// by Molly Bang

//Photosynthesis// by Alvin Silverstein || Standards

SPI 0507.3.1 Identify photosynthesis as the food manufacturing process in plants.

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rely on the process of photosynthesis to obtain energy. enable plants to conduct photosynthesis.

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 * Earth Processes:
 * Cell Mitosis and Meiosis || 3rd Quarter || Questions:
 * Cell Mitosis and Meiosis || 3rd Quarter || Questions:

How do cells make more cells?

What has to happen inside a cell in order for cell reproduction to be successful?

What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis? || **Concept:** Cells have special processes to allow organisms to grow and change. || Skills: || Text || Supplemental Materials:

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Standards Addressed: GLE 0507.4.1 Describe how genetic information 0507.4.1 Explain how genetic information SPI 0507.4.1 Recognize that information is passed from parent to offspring during reproduction. is passed from parents to offspring during reproduction. is transmitted from parents to offspring. GLE 0507.4.2 Recognize that some characteristics are inherited while others result from interactions with the environment. 0507.4.2 Create a chart that compares hereditary and environmental traits. SPI 0507.4.2 Distinguish between inherited traits and those that can be attributed to the environment. || Science Expo ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
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 * Interdependence || Quarter 4 || **Questions:**

How do humans impact their environment and play a key role in some natural disasters? || **Concepts**: Some of the things that human do actually create disasters in our world.

We will look at farming and forestry policies of the past that have caused longterm drought and famine. || Skills: We will create concept maps of cause and effect to better understand the causes of some natural disasters.

We will look specifically at the Dust Bowl era and how poor conservation techniques in farming on the plains in the 1920's actually caused the drought and dust storms.

We will also look at the efforts taken to reverse the damage:(1)planting trees as wind breaks. (2)Finding drought tolerant crops and plants to keep soil in place. Etc. || Text || **Supple-**
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Standards Addressed

GLE 0507.2.3 Establish the connections between human activities and natural disasters and their impact on the environment. || Symbiosis || __Fourth Quarter__ || Questions: What are symbiotic relationships?
 * || Interdependence

What is the difference between commensalism, parasitism, and mutualism? || Concepts:

All life is interdependent.

Lifeforms sometimes create unique relationships that benefit each form, only one form. || Skills: Working in cooperative learning groups to research and explain the 3 different types, using a rubric provided by the teacher.

Work with the teacher and whole group to create a 3-way Venn Diagram to compare and contrast each type.

Create a digital presentation and explain your findings to the rest of the group.

Create a tri-fold diorama that shows each type of relationship. || Texts || Supplementa l Materials

Standards Addressed: GLE 0607.2.4 Analyze the environments and the interdependence among organisms found in the world’s major biomes. || ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||