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UT.5.I. Students will understand that chemical and physical changes occur in matter.
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UT.5.I.1. Describe that matter is neither created nor destroyed even though it may undergo change.
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UT.5.I.1.a Compare the total weight of an object to the weight of its individual parts after being
disassembled.Review Matter-6 practice -
UT.5.I.1.b Compare the weight of a specified quantity of matter before and after it undergoes melting or freezing.Ice Cream Science video, checked Review Matter-2 practice -
UT.5.I.1.c Investigate the results of the combined weights of a liquid and a solid after the solid has been dissolved and then recovered from the liquid (e.g., salt dissolved in water then water evaporated).Microscopes: Growing Crystals video, free, learnalong, Updated A Watched Pot video Growing Crystals Under the Microscope video, free, learnalong, checked -
UT.5.I.1.d Investigate chemical reactions in which the total weight of the materials before and after reaction is the same (e.g., cream and vinegar before and after mixing, borax and glue mixed to make a new substance).Changing Colors, part 1 video Changing Colors, part 2 video The Chemistry of Milk video, ClosedCaptions, checked Polymers and Slime video, free, ClosedCaptions, checked Review Matter-6 practice
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UT.5.I.2. Evaluate evidence that indicates a physical change has occurred.
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UT.5.I.2.a Identify the physical properties of matter (e.g., hard, soft, solid, liquid, gas).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 Crushed Can video, checked Review Matter-1 practice Review Matter-3 practice -
UT.5.I.2.b Compare changes in substances that indicate a physical change has occurred. -
UT.5.I.2.c Describe the appearance of a substance before and after a physical change.Egg States video, checked Making Butter video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated A Model of the Water Cycle video, ClosedCaptions, checked Crushed Can video, checked Going Through a Card video, ClosedCaptions
UT.5.I.3. Investigate evidence for changes in matter that occur during a chemical reaction.
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UT.5.I.3.a Identify observable evidence of a chemical reaction (e.g., color change, heat or light given off, heat absorbed, gas given off).Changing Colors, part 1 video Changing Colors, part 2 video Chemical and Physical Changes video, ClosedCaptions, checked A Hot Change text page Changing How We Look at Changing text page, free -
UT.5.I.3.b Explain why the measured weight of a remaining product is less than its reactants when a gas is produced.Review Matter-6 practice -
UT.5.I.3.c Cite examples of chemical reactions in daily life.Relighting Candles video, checked Catalysts video, ClosedCaptions, checked -
UT.5.I.3.d Compare a physical change to a chemical change.Changing Colors, part 1 video Changing Colors, part 2 video The Chemistry of Milk video, ClosedCaptions, checked Making Butter video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated Chemical and Physical Changes video, ClosedCaptions, checked Paper Petals video, ClosedCaptions Changing How We Look at Changing text page, free Review Matter-4 practice -
UT.5.I.3.e Hypothesize how changing one of the materials in a chemical reaction will change the results.
UT.5.II. Students will understand that volcanoes, earthquakes, uplift, weathering, and erosion reshape Earth's surface.
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UT.5.II.1. Describe how weathering and erosion change Earth’s surface.
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UT.5.II.1.a Identify the objects, processes, or forces that weather and erode Earth’s surface (e.g., ice, plants, animals, abrasion, gravity, water, wind)Change: Fast and Slow video Erosion video, checked Continuous Change video, checked Weathering and Erosion video, learnalong, checked Review Erosion-1 practice Review Erosion-2 practice Review Erosion-3 practice Review Erosion-4 practice Review Erosion-5 practice -
UT.5.II.1.b Describe how geological features (e.g., valleys, canyons, buttes, arches) are changed through erosion (e.g., waves, wind, glaciers, gravity, running water).Change: Fast and Slow video Erosion video, checked Continuous Change video, checked Weathering and Erosion video, learnalong, checked -
UT.5.II.1.c Explain the relationship between time and specific geological changes.
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UT.5.II.2. Explain how volcanoes, earthquakes, and uplift affect Earth’s surface.
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UT.5.II.2.a Identify specific geological features created by volcanoes, earthquakes, and uplift.Faults video, free, Updated Making Fault Blocks text page -
UT.5.II.2.b Give examples of different landforms that are formed by volcanoes, earthquakes, and uplift (e.g., mountains, valleys, new lakes, canyons). -
UT.5.II.2.c Describe how volcanoes, earthquakes, and uplift change landforms.Faults video, free, Updated Understanding the Richter Scale text page, free Making Fault Blocks text page -
UT.5.II.2.d Cite examples of how technology is used to predict volcanoes and earthquakes.
UT.5.II.3.Relate the building up and breaking down of Earth’s surface over time to the various physical land features.
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UT.5.II.3.a Explain how layers of exposed rock, such as those observed in the Grand Canyon, are the result of natural processes acting over long periods of time.Imagining Geologic Time video Continuous Change video, checked -
UT.5.II.3.b Describe the role of deposition in the processes that change Earth’s surface.Change: Fast and Slow video Erosion video, checked Weathering and Erosion video, learnalong, checked -
UT.5.II.3.c Use a time line to identify the sequence and time required for building and breaking down of geologic features on Earth. -
UT.5.II.3.d Describe and justify how the surface of Earth would appear if there were no mountain uplift, weathering, or erosion.
UT.5.III. Students will understand that magnetism can be observed when there is an interaction between the magnetic fields of magnets or between a magnet and materials made of iron.
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UT.5.III.1. Investigate and compare the behavior of magnetism using magnets.
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UT.5.III.1.a Compare various types of magnets (e.g., permanent, temporary, and natural magnets) and their abilities to push or pull iron objects they are not touching.A Compass at the South Pole text page -
UT.5.III.1.b Investigate how magnets will both attract and repel other magnets.A Compass at the South Pole text page -
UT.5.III.1.c Compare permanent magnets and electromagnets. -
UT.5.III.1.d Research and report the use of magnets that is supported by sound scientific principles.Iron Cereal video, ClosedCaptions, checked The Compass and Magnetic Fields video, ClosedCaptions, checked
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UT.5.III.2. Describe how the magnetic field of Earth and a magnet are similar.
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UT.5.III.2.a Compare the magnetic fields of various types of magnets (e.g., bar magnet, disk magnet, horseshoe magnet).Magnetic Lines? text page -
UT.5.III.2.b Compare Earth’s magnetic field to the magnetic field of a magnet.The Compass and Magnetic Fields video, ClosedCaptions, checked A Compass at the South Pole text page -
UT.5.III.2.c Construct a compass and explain how it works.Making a Compass video, checked The Compass and Magnetic Fields video, ClosedCaptions, checked -
UT.5.III.2.d Investigate the effects of magnets on the needle of a compass and compare this to the effects of Earth’s magnetic field on the needle of a compass (e.g., magnets effect the needle only at close distances, Earth’s magnetic field affects the needle at great distances, magnets close to a compass overrides the Earth’s effect on the needle).Making a Compass video, checked A Compass at the South Pole text page
UT.5.IV. Students will understand features of static and current electricity.
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UT.5.IV.1. Describe the behavior of static electricity as observed in nature and everyday occurrences.
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UT.5.IV.1.a List several occurrences of static electricity that happen in everyday life.The Leyden Jar video, checked Versorium video, checked Electrostatics and Water video, ClosedCaptions, checked Light a Bulb with a Balloon video, checked Sorting Salt and Pepper video, checked -
UT.5.IV.1.b Describe the relationship between static electricity and lightning.The Leyden Jar video, checked Electrostatics and Water video, ClosedCaptions, checked -
UT.5.IV.1.c Describe the behavior of objects charged with static electricity in attracting or repelling without touching.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 Making Water Wiggle video Review Energy-6 quest Review Energy-7 quest -
UT.5.IV.1.d Compare the amount of static charge produced by rubbing various materials together (e.g., rubbing fur on a glass rod produces a greater charge then rubbing the fur with a metal rod, the static charge produced when a balloon is rubbed on hair is greater than when a plastic bag is rubbed on hair).Electrostatic Charges video The Leyden Jar video, checked Versorium video, checked Electrostatics and Water video, ClosedCaptions, checked Sorting Salt and Pepper video, checked -
UT.5.IV.1.e Investigate how various materials react differently to statically charged objects.The Leyden Jar video, checked Versorium video, checked Electrostatics and Water video, ClosedCaptions, checked Making Water Wiggle video
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UT.5.IV.2. Analyze the behavior of current electricity.
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UT.5.IV.2.a Draw and label the components of a complete electrical circuit that includes switches and loads (e.g., light bulb, bell, speaker, motor).Simple Circuits video, checked -
UT.5.IV.2.b Predict the effect of changing one or more of the components (e.g., battery, load, wires) in an electric circuit.Light a Bulb with a Balloon video, checked -
UT.5.IV.2.c Generalize the properties of materials that carry the flow of electricity using data by testing different materials.Simple Circuits video, checked -
UT.5.IV.2.d Investigate materials that prevent the flow of electricity. -
UT.5.IV.2.e Make a working model of a complete circuit using a power source, switch, bell or light, and a conductor for a pathway.Bird on a Wire video Simple Circuits video, checked
UT.5.V. Students will understand that traits are passed from the parent organisms to their offspring, and that sometimes the offspring may possess variations of these traits that may help or hinder survival in a given environment.
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UT.5.V.1. Using supporting evidence, show that traits are transferred from a parent organism to its offspring.
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UT.5.V.1.a Make a chart and collect data identifying various traits among a given population (e.g., the hand span of students in the classroom, the color and texture of different apples, the number of petals of a given flower).Quadrats and Population Sampling video, ClosedCaptions -
UT.5.V.1.b Identify similar physical traits of a parent organism and its offspring (e.g., trees and saplings, leopards and cubs, chickens and chicks). -
UT.5.V.1.c Compare various examples of offspring that do not initially resemble the parent organism but mature to become similar to the parent organism (e.g., mealworms and darkling beetles, tadpoles and frogs, seedlings and vegetables, caterpillars and butterflies).Review Life Cycle-1 practice Review Life Cycle-2 practice Review Life Cycle-3 practice Review Life Cycle-4 practice -
UT.5.V.1.d Contrast inherited traits with traits and behaviors that are not inherited but may be learned or induced by environmental factors (e.g., cat purring to cat meowing to be let out of the house; the round shape of a willow is inherited, while leaning away from the prevailing wind is induced).Extracting Your Own DNA video Color Changing Flowers video, checked -
UT.5.V.1.e Investigate variations and similarities in plants grown from seeds of a parent plant (e.g., how seeds from the same plant species can produce different colored flowers or identical flowers).Review Plants-4 practice
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UT.5.V.2. Describe how some characteristics could give a species a survival advantage in a particular environment.
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UT.5.V.2.a Compare the traits of similar species for physical abilities, instinctual behaviors, and specialized body structures that increase the survival of one species in a specific environment over another species (e.g., difference between the feet of snowshoe hare and cottontail rabbit, differences in leaves of plants growing at different altitudes, differences between the feathers of an owl and a hummingbird, differences in parental behavior among various fish).Feathers video, checked Calling a Woodpecker video, checked Flowers video, ClosedCaptions Thoughts on an Exoskeleton text page, free -
UT.5.V.2.b Identify that some environments give one species a survival advantage over another (e.g., warm water favors fish such as carp, cold water favors fish such as trout, environments that burn regularly favor grasses, environments that do not often burn favor trees). -
UT.5.V.2.c Describe how a particular physical attribute may provide an advantage for survival in one environment but not in another (e.g., heavy fur in arctic climates keep animals warm whereas in hot desert climates it would cause overheating; flippers on such animals as sea lions and seals provide excellent swimming structures in the water but become clumsy and awkward on land; cacti retain the right amount of water in arid regions but would develop root rot in a more temperate region; fish gills have the ability to absorb oxygen in water but not on land).Review Adaptation-1 practice Review Adaptation-5 practice Review Adaptation-6 practice -
UT.5.V.2.d Research a specific plant or animal and report how specific physical attributes provide an advantage for survival in a specific environment.Onion Crystals video
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