Grade 5 Science
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18 ready-to-teach lessons
Physical Science · Engineering Simple Machines
Simple Machines: How Levers and Pulleys Change the Effort
Compare lever and pulley designs with fair tests. Explain how a lower effort can require a greater movement distance, and improve a lifting design using measurements.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Physical Science · Matter
Particles Too Small to See
Use models and observable evidence to explain that matter can be made of particles too small to see directly.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Physical Science · Matter & Properties
Acids & Bases: Properties, Indicators & pH
Use safe indicator evidence to compare acidic, neutral, and basic solutions and interpret the pH scale without relying on taste or touch.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Earth Science · Earth's Water Systems
How Water Moves Underground: Infiltration, Permeability & Aquifers
Model how water infiltrates Earth materials, compare permeability, and explain how groundwater can collect and move through aquifers.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Physical Science · Matter
Conservation of Matter
Measure the same complete setup before and after matter changes form or mixes, then use the data to explain what stayed the same and why a scale reading can change when matter leaves what is being measured.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Physical Science · Matter
Physical & Chemical Changes
Compare a familiar physical change with evidence from a safe mixing investigation. Record before-and-after properties, use more than one observation, and make a careful claim about whether new substances formed.
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Physical Science · Matter
Mixtures & Solutions: Dissolve, Separate & Recover Matter
Compare mixtures and solutions, use material properties to choose separation methods, and use recovery evidence to decide whether mixing formed a new substance.
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Life Science · Matter and Energy in Ecosystems
Microorganisms: Helpful, Harmful & Decomposers
Use microscope images, role evidence, and decomposition models to compare bacteria, yeast, molds, and other microorganisms as decomposers, helpful organisms, or harmful organisms.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Physical Science · Forces & Gravity
Gravity Pulls Toward Earth
Use observations, diagrams, and models to support an argument that Earth's gravitational force pulls nearby objects toward Earth's center.
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Life Science · Matter & Energy in Living Things
Where Does Plant Growth Come From?
Use mass evidence and models to argue that plant-growth materials come chiefly from air and water.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Life Science · Matter and Energy in Ecosystems
Food Webs: Matter & Energy in Ecosystems
Build and read food webs to trace how matter and food energy move through an ecosystem. Use arrows carefully and make predictions from direct feeding relationships.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Earth Science · Earth Systems
Earth's Systems Working Together
Classify Earth components and build focused models of interactions between two systems.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Earth Science · Earth's Water
Where Is Earth's Water?
Use a rounded 100-part model and scaled graphs to describe how Earth's water and freshwater are distributed among major reservoirs.
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Earth Science · Earth and Human Activity
Protecting Earth’s Resources: Community Science Solutions
Obtain and combine prepared source information to explain and monitor community resource solutions.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Space Science · Stars and the Sun
Why Does the Sun Look So Bright?
Use a controlled model and relative-distance evidence to explain apparent brightness.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Space Science · Earth & Space Patterns
Earth’s Rotation, Shadows & Sky Patterns
Analyze shadow measurements and sky records to identify daily and seasonal patterns, then support careful claims with graphed evidence.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Life Science · Body Structures & Movement
Finger & Muscle Model: How Do Pulling Structures Move Joints?
Build and test a finger model to explain how bones, joints, tendons, and muscles work together to produce bending and straightening.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
Physical Science · Motion & Measurement
Speed Experiment: Measure Distance, Time & Motion
Measure how long a cart takes to travel a fixed distance, calculate average speed, and use repeated trials to test how one change in a ramp setup affects motion.
Interactive Activity · Worksheet · Investigation · Teacher Slides
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Life Science
Microorganisms: Helpful, Harmful & Decomposers · Where Does Plant Growth Come From? · Food Webs: Matter & Energy in Ecosystems · Finger & Muscle Model: How Do Pulling Structures Move Joints?
4 lessons
Physical Science
Simple Machines: How Levers and Pulleys Change the Effort · Particles Too Small to See · Acids & Bases: Properties, Indicators & pH · Conservation of Matter · Physical & Chemical Changes · Mixtures & Solutions: Dissolve, Separate & Recover Matter · Gravity Pulls Toward Earth · Speed Experiment: Measure Distance, Time & Motion
8 lessons
Earth Science
How Water Moves Underground: Infiltration, Permeability & Aquifers · Earth's Systems Working Together · Where Is Earth's Water? · Protecting Earth’s Resources: Community Science Solutions
4 lessons
Space Science
Why Does the Sun Look So Bright? · Earth’s Rotation, Shadows & Sky Patterns
2 lessons