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Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science.
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SC.5.N.1.1 Define a problem, use appropriate reference materials to support scientific understanding, plan and carry out scientific investigations of various types such as: systematic observations, experiments requiring the identification of variables, collecting and organizing data, interpreting data in charts, tables, and graphics, analyze information, make predictions, and defend conclusions.>>> Teacher Page: Nature of Science and Dissolving
What is Science? video, ClosedCaptions The Importance of Observation video -
SC.5.N.1.2 Explain the difference between an experiment and other types of scientific investigation.>>> Teacher Page: Nature of Science and Dissolving
What is Science? video, ClosedCaptions What is an Experiment? video, text page, learnalong Experiments text page, learnalong Click here for teacher notes
It is important for students to understand that there is no single, correct definition for a scientific experiment. The methods used for scientific experimentation vary tremendously from one field of science to another. Be sure to read this: http://thehappyscientist.com/content/basics-experiments -
SC.5.N.1.3: Recognize and explain the need for repeated experimental trials.>>> Teacher Page: Nature of Science and Dissolving
What is Science? video, ClosedCaptions What is Science?: Repeat and Replicate video Review Scientific Process-7 practice Review Scientific Process-10 practice Click here for teacher notes
You can illustrate the need for repetition and replication by using an activity such as using static charges to stick a balloon to their hair. ( Static Charges) Students will quickly see that the wide range of variables (hair length, hair type, humidity, etc.) cause different results for different students. For some, it will instantly work wonderfully, while others may need help from a hair drier, or may need to use a piece of clothing instead of their hair.Even when researchers work hard to manage variables, there is always the possibility of one being overlooked, skewing the results. That is why repetition and replication are important. If the results vary from one test to another, that is an indication that some other variable is influencing the result.
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SC.5.N.1.4 Identify a control group and explain its importance in an experiment.Bacteria and Antibiotics video, ClosedCaptions Testing a Leaf for Starch video, ClosedCaptions Review Scientific Process-1 practice Review Scientific Process-2 practice Review Scientific Process-9 practice Review Scientific Process-11 practice -
SC.5.N.1.5 Recognize and explain that authentic scientific investigation frequently does not parallel the steps of "the scientific method."The Right Answer video What is an Experiment? video, text page, learnalong -
SC.5.N.1.6 Recognize and explain the difference between personal opinion/interpretation and verified observation.Mobius Strip video Going Through a Card video, ClosedCaptions Feeding Bread to Birds text page Fact checking GMOs text page I Saw It on the Internet, part four text page I Saw It on the Internet, part three text page I Saw It on the Internet, part two text page I Saw It on the Internet, part one text page Is Your Project Scientifically Testable? text page Click here for teacher notes
With all of our access to news and social media, fact checking is a very important skill for students to learn. Try picking non-controversial science topics, such as a super moon or blue moon, having students research and fact check to see what these really are. Help your students see that there is nothing astronomically different about a blue moon, and that a super moon is only a tiny bit larger than other full moons. This can help them learn to fact check posts, to see if they are fact, opinion, or hype.
Big Idea 2: The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
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SC.5.N.2.1 Recognize and explain that science is grounded in empirical observations that are testable; explanation must always be linked with evidence.My Position on Science and Religion video What is Science?: Objective video Mobius Strip video Is Your Project Scientifically Testable? text page Is Your Project Scientifically Testable? Part 2 text page Review Scientific Process-3 practice Review Scientific Process-4 practice Review Scientific Process-8 practice Click here for teacher notes
The Mobius Strip experiment is a very intriguing way to have students compare opinion with actual evidence. Have them make the Mobius strip, and then ask them questions about it BEFORE you demonstrate its unusual properties. Then explore those properties to gather evidence, and compare that with their original opinions. -
SC.5.N.2.2 Recognize and explain that when scientific investigations are carried out, the evidence produced by those investigations should be replicable by others.>>> Teacher Page: Nature of Science and Dissolving
What is Science? video, ClosedCaptions What is Science?: Repeat and Replicate video Review Scientific Process-6 practice Review Scientific Process-5 practice Review Scientific Process-10 practice Click here for teacher notes
You can illustrate the need for repetition and replication by using an activity such as using static charges to stick a balloon to their hair. ( Static Charges) Students will quickly see that the wide range of variables (hair length, hair type, humidity, etc.) cause different results for different students. For some, it will instantly work wonderfully, while others may need help from a hair drier, or may need to use a piece of clothing instead of their hair.Even when researchers work hard to manage variables, there is always the possibility of one being overlooked, skewing the results. That is why repetition and replication are important. If the results vary from one test to another, that is an indication that some other variable is influencing the result.
Big Idea 5: Earth in Space and Time
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SC.5.E.5.1 Recognize that a galaxy consists of gas, dust, and many stars, including any objects orbiting the stars. Identify our home galaxy as the Milky Way.Review Space-2 practice Review Space-1 practice Review Space-10 practice -
SC.5.E.5.2 Recognize the major common characteristics of all planets and compare/contrast the properties of inner and outer planets.>>> Teacher Page: Our Solar System
Making a Scale Model of the Solar System video, ClosedCaptions Planets and Pennies video, ClosedCaptions Review Space-4 practice -
SC.5.E.5.3 Distinguish among the following objects of the Solar System – Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets – and identify Earth’s position in it.>>> Teacher Page: Our Solar System
Making a Scale Model of the Solar System video, ClosedCaptions Global Science video, ClosedCaptions Planets and Pennies video, ClosedCaptions How Far is That Planet? text page Review Space-3 practice
Big Idea 7: Earth Systems and Patterns
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SC.5.E.7.1 Create a model to explain the parts of the water cycle. Water can be a gas, a liquid, or a solid and can go back and forth from one state to another.>>> Teacher Page: Water Cycle
Cloud Formation, part 2 video Cloud Types video Making a Solar Still video A Watched Pot video Photographing Snowflakes video, checked The Water Cycle video, checked A Model of the Water Cycle video, ClosedCaptions, checked Review Weather-1 practice Review Weather-2 practice Review Weather-8 practice Review Weather-10 practice -
SC.5.E.7.2 Recognize that the ocean is an integral part of the water cycle and is connected to all of Earth's water reservoirs via evaporation and precipitation processes.>>> Teacher Page: Water Cycle
Wonderful Water video, checked The Water Cycle video, checked 75% Water video, checked -
SC.5.E.7.3 Recognize how air temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, and precipitation determine the weather in a particular place and time.Nephoscope video, checked Building a Rain Gauge, part 2 video, checked Building a Rain Gauge, part 1 video, checked Pine Cone Weather text page, free Review Weather-5 practice Review Weather-4 practice -
SC.5.E.7.4 Distinguish among the various forms of precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, and hail), making connections to the weather in a particular place and time.Photographing Snowflakes video, checked Building a Rain Gauge, part 2 video, checked Building a Rain Gauge, part 1 video, checked Snow Rollers text page Review Weather-6 practice Review Weather-3 practice Click here for teacher notes
Try having students make rain gauges. Then have them measure the school playground. After the next rain, have them calculate the total amount of rain that fell on the playground. For example, if one inch of rain fell, and the playground is 2000 square feet, how much water would that be? One square foot has 144 square inches (12 X 12). Adding an inch of rain makes that 144 cubic inches of water for each square foot. Multiply that by the 2000 square feet of the playground, and you have 288,000 cubic inches of water.One cubic inch of water weighs 0.036 pounds. (If you are working in metric, one cubic centimeter of water weighs 1 gram, making the math very easy.) 288,000 times 0.036 pounds equals 10,368 pounds of water that fell on the playground. Realizing that more than five tons of water fell on their playground can really get their attention.
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SC.5.E.7.5 Recognize that some of the weather-related differences, such as temperature and humidity, are found among different environments, such as swamps, deserts, and mountains.Pine Cone Weather text page, free -
SC.5.E.7.6 Describe characteristics (temperature and precipitation) of different climate zones as they relate to latitude, elevation, and proximity to bodies of water.Weather and Climate video Review Weather-7 practice Review Weather-9 practice -
SC.5.E.7.7 Design a family preparedness plan for natural disasters and identify the reasons for having such a plan.Understanding the Richter Scale text page, free Hurricane Winds text page
Big Idea 8: Properties of Matter
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SC.5.P.8.1 Compare and contrast the basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases, such as mass, volume, color, texture, and temperature.>>> Teacher Page: States of Matter
A Bouncing Water Balloon video Egg States video, checked Experimenting with Dry Ice video, free, checked Wax and Wood, part 1 video, checked Wax and Wood, part 2 video, checked Ice Cream Science video, checked Raw Egg or Boiled? video, checked Air Space video Air has Weight text page Teach It Right the First Time. text page, free Review Matter-1 practice Review Matter-3 practice Review Weather-10 practice Review Matter-2 practice -
SC.5.P.8.2 Investigate and identify materials that will dissolve in water and those that will not and identify the conditions that will speed up or slow down the dissolving process.>>> Teacher Page: Nature of Science and Dissolving
Igneous Sugar video, checked Microscopes: Growing Crystals video, free, learnalong, Updated A Watched Pot video Growing Crystals Under the Microscope video, free, learnalong, checked A Cool Change text page Growing Crystals from Solution text page, checked Making Egg Geodes text page, learnalong, checked -
SC.5.P.8.3 Demonstrate and explain that mixtures of solids can be separated based on observable properties of their parts such as particle size, shape, color, and magnetic attraction.Iron Cereal video, ClosedCaptions, checked Making Butter video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated Wax and Wood, part 1 video, checked Wax and Wood, part 2 video, checked Sorting Salt and Pepper video, checked Fats and Emulsions video, ClosedCaptions, checked Sorting Salt and Pepper, How Many Ways? text page, free -
SC.5.P.8.4 Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also called atomic theory) by recognizing that all matter is composed of parts that are too small to be seen without magnification.Making a Cloud Chamber video, Updated, checked
Big Idea 9: Changes in Matter
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SC.5.P.9.1 Investigate and describe that many physical and chemical changes are affected by temperature.The Chemistry of Milk video, ClosedCaptions, checked Why Wet Things Don't Burn video, checked Igneous Sugar video, checked Changing How We Look at Changing text page, free Growing Crystals from Solution text page, checked Review Matter-4 practice
Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy
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SC.5.P.10.1 Investigate and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, chemical, and mechanical.Electricity video, free, Updated The Science of Pizza video, checked Measuring Calories video, ClosedCaptions, checked Measuring Kinetic and Potential Energy video, checked Solar Power video, checked Why Things Go Bang video Sunglass Science: Birefringence video, free, Updated Noisy String video, checked Spoon Bells video, checked Making a Screamer video, free, Updated The Singing Glass video, checked Radioactive video, Updated, checked Calories: Measuring the Energy text page, free Review Energy-5 quest Review Energy-2 practice -
SC.5.P.10.2 Investigate and explain that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change. -
SC.5.P.10.3 Investigate and explain that an electrically-charged object can attract an uncharged object and can either attract or repel another charged object without any contact between the objects.>>> Teacher Page: Electrostatic Charges
Challenge: Paper, Coin, Cup, part 1 video Electrostatic Charges video The Leyden Jar video, checked Versorium video, checked Electrostatics and Water video, ClosedCaptions, checked Challenge: Paper, Coin, Cup, part 2 video Sorting Salt and Pepper video, checked Electricity video, free, Updated Making Water Wiggle video Review Energy-6 quest Review Energy-7 quest Review Energy-8 quest -
SC.5.P.10.4 Investigate and explain that electrical energy can be transformed into heat, light, and sound energy, as well as the energy of motion.Introduction to the LED video, checked Light a Bulb with a Balloon video, checked Electricity video, free, Updated Review Energy-3 practice
Big Idea 11: Energy Transfer and Transformations
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SC.5.P.11.1 Investigate and illustrate the fact that the flow of electricity requires a closed circuit (a complete loop).>>> Teacher Page: Electrical Circuits
Bird on a Wire video Simple Circuits video, checked The Leyden Jar video, checked Light a Bulb with a Balloon video, checked -
SC.5.P.11.2 Identify and classify materials that conduct electricity and materials that do not.>>> Teacher Page: Electrical Circuits
Simple Circuits video, checked The Leyden Jar video, checked Light a Bulb with a Balloon video, checked
Big Idea 13: Forces and Changes in Motion
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SC.5.P.13.1 Identify familiar forces that cause objects to move, such as pushes or pulls, including gravity acting on falling objects.The Slow Race video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated Magic Coin video Making a Compass video, checked Torque video Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked Obedient Coin video, checked Balancing a Meter Stick text page Review Space-13 quest -
SC.5.P.13.2 Investigate and describe that the greater the force applied to it, the greater the change in motion of a given object.Floating Cups video, checked Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked Obedient Coin video, checked High Bounce video, checked Smoke Rings video -
SC.5.P.13.3 Investigate and describe that the more mass an object has, the less effect a given force will have on the object's motion.The Difference Between Weight and Mass video, checked Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked Obedient Coin video, checked Wrong Way Balloon video, checked High Bounce video, checked Review Force and Motion-1 practice Review Force and Motion-2 practice -
SC.5.P.13.4 Investigate and explain that when a force is applied to an object but it does not move, it is because another opposing force is being applied by something in the environment so that the forces are balanced.Science Friction video, checked Raw Egg or Boiled? video, checked More Science of Balance video, checked Science of Balance video, checked The Old Tablecloth Trick video Force, Pressure, and Shoes video, checked Bernoulli Effect video Hanging a Hammer video, checked Torque video Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked Newton's First Law of Motion video, ClosedCaptions Obedient Coin video, checked Strange Flame, part 2 video, checked Strange Flame, part 1 video, checked Exploring Friction text page Balancing a Meter Stick text page Review Force and Motion-4 practice
Big Idea 14: Organization and Development of Living Organisms
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SC.5.L.14.1 Identify the organs in the human body and describe their functions, including the skin, brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, intestines, pancreas, muscles and skeleton, reproductive organs, kidneys, bladder, and sensory organs.Bird Bones video, free Kneesy, Earsy, Nosey video, checked Bendable Bones video, checked Just a Suggestion video Reaction Time video Reading a Skeleton video, free, checked Muscles Don't Push text page Review Anatomy-1 practice Review Anatomy-2 practice Review Anatomy-3 practice -
SC.5.L.14.2 Compare and contrast the function of organs and other physical structures of plants and animals, including humans, for example: some animals have skeletons for support — some with internal skeletons others with exoskeletons — while some plants have stems for support.Bird Bones video, free Reading a Skeleton video, free, checked Orange Slices video, ClosedCaptions Thoughts on an Exoskeleton text page, free Review Plants-5 practice Review Plants-6 practice Review Plants-7 practice
Big Idea 15: Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms
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SC.5.L.15.1 Describe how, when the environment changes, differences between individuals allow some plants and animals to survive and reproduce while others die or move to new locations.Who Evolved on First? text page, free, checked Review Adaptation-1 practice Review Adaptation-5 practice Review Adaptation-6 practice
Big Idea 17: Interdependence
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SC.5.L.17.1 Compare and contrast adaptations displayed by animals and plants that enable them to survive in different environments such as life cycles variations, animal behaviors and physical characteristics.Onion Crystals video A Walk in the Park video, checked Nature Watching video, checked Calling a Woodpecker video, checked Selective Smelling video, checked Seed Search video, ClosedCaptions, checked Flowers video, ClosedCaptions Review Plants-1 practice Review Adaptation-2 practice Review Adaptation-3 practice Review Adaptation-4 practice Review Adaptation-5 practice Review Adaptation-6 practice