5th Grade - Science
Physical Science: Forces and Motion
Understand force, motion and the relationship between them
5.P.1.1
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Explain how factors such as gravity, friction, and change in mass affect the motion of objects.
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Notebook Files:
Parachute Drop w/b The Physics Classroom - images and explanations w/b Brain Pop Gravity |
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5.P.1.2
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Infer the motion of objects in terms of how far they travel in a certain amount of time and the direction in which they travel.
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5.P.1.3
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Illustrate the motion of an object using a graph to show a change in position over a period of time.
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Web Games
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5.P.1.4
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Predict the effect of a given force or a change in mass on the motion of an object.
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Physical Science: Matter: Properties and Change
Understand the interactions of matter and energy and the changes that occur
5.P.2.1
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Explain how the sun’s energy impacts the processes of the water cycle (including, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation and runoff).
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5.P.2.2
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Compare the weight of an object to the sum of the weight of its parts before and after an interaction.
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5.P.2.3
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Summarize properties of original materials, and the new material(s) formed, to demonstrate that a change has occurred.
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Physical Science: Energy Conservation and Transfer
Explain how the properties of some materials change as a result of heating and cooling
5.P.3.1
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Explain the effects of the transfer of heat (either by direct contact or at a distance) that occurs between objects at different temperatures. (conduction, convection or radiation)
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Notebook Files:
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5.P.3.2
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Explain how heating and cooling affect some materials and how this relates to their purpose and practical applications.
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Web Games
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Notebook Files:
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Earth Science: Earth Systems, Structures and Processes
Understand weather patterns and phenomena, making connections to the weather in a particular place and time
5.E.1.1
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Compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns.
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Web Games
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Notebook Files:
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5.E.1.2
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Predict upcoming weather events from weather data collected through observation and measurements.
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Web Games
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Notebook Files:
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5.E.1.3
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Explain how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
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Notebook Files:
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Life Science: Structures and Functions of Living
Understand how structures and systems of organisms (to include the human body) perform functions necessary for life.
5.L.1.1
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Explain why some organisms are capable of surviving as a single cell while others require many cells that are specialized to survive.
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5.L.1.2
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Compare the major systems of the human body (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, muscular, skeletal, cardiovascular) as it relates to their functions necessary for life.
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Web Games
Skeletal:
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Notebook Files:
Skeletal:
Digestive: Respiratory System: Muscular System: Circulatory: |
Life Science: Ecosystems
Understand the interdependence of plants and animals with their ecosystem
5.L.2.1
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Compare the characteristics of several common ecosystems, including estuaries and salt marshes, oceans, lakes and ponds, forests, and grasslands).
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Notebook Files:
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5.L.2.2
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Classify the organisms within an ecosystem according to the function they serve producers, consumers, or decomposers (biotic factors).
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Web Games
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Notebook Files:
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5.L.2.3
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Infer the effects that may result from the interconnected relationship of plants and animals to their ecosystem.
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Notebook Files:
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Life Science: Evolution and Genetics
Understand why organisms differ from or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism
5.L.3.1
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Explain why organisms differ from or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.
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5.L.3.2
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Give examples of likenesses that are inherited and some that are not
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Web Games
Inherited/Not Inherited |
Additional Resources:
Science Interactives: http://interactivesites.weebly.com/science.html
General:
Science Kids:
http://sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities.html
Science 4 us:
http://www.science4us.com/demo/
Utah Education Network:
http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/science.shtml
PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/science/games/elementary/
How things are made:
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/hetm.html
Magic Schoolbus:
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/index.htm
Ology:
http://www.amnh.org/explore/ology
Planet Games:
http://games.noaa.gov/
Animals:
4-H Virtual Farm:
http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualfarm/main.html
San Diego Zoo Cams:
http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/video-more
Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Web Cams:
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals-and-experiences/live-web-cams
Astronomy/Space:
Mars Virtual Tour:
http://mars.arounder.com/
Moon Virtual Tour:
http://moon.arounder.com/
Ask an Astronomer:
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/ask_astronomer/video/index.html
Nasa for students:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/index.html
Chemistry:
Chem 4 Kids:
http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html
Earth Science (weather, geology, water cycle, etc):
Global Climate Change:
http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
Beyond Weather and the water cycle:
http://beyondweather.ehe.osu.edu/
Earthquakes for Kids:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/
Nasa Wild Weather Adventure:
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/wild-weather-adventure/en/
Thirstin’s water cycle:
http://www3.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
usda air quality images:
http://www.fsvisimages.com/descriptions.aspx
Weather wiz kids:
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
Habitats and Biomes:
What’s it like where you live?
http://www.mbgnet.net/index.html
Paelontology:
The field exhibit museum online exhibits
http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/online_exhib.htm
Kids dig Reed:
http://www.kidsdigreed.com/
Physics (matter, forces, light, etc):
States of matter:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html
Building big forces lab:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.html
5th grade science livebinder:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=146428
Science Interactives: http://interactivesites.weebly.com/science.html
General:
Science Kids:
http://sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities.html
Science 4 us:
http://www.science4us.com/demo/
Utah Education Network:
http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/science.shtml
PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/science/games/elementary/
How things are made:
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/hetm.html
Magic Schoolbus:
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/index.htm
Ology:
http://www.amnh.org/explore/ology
Planet Games:
http://games.noaa.gov/
Animals:
4-H Virtual Farm:
http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualfarm/main.html
San Diego Zoo Cams:
http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/video-more
Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Web Cams:
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals-and-experiences/live-web-cams
Astronomy/Space:
Mars Virtual Tour:
http://mars.arounder.com/
Moon Virtual Tour:
http://moon.arounder.com/
Ask an Astronomer:
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/ask_astronomer/video/index.html
Nasa for students:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/index.html
Chemistry:
Chem 4 Kids:
http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html
Earth Science (weather, geology, water cycle, etc):
Global Climate Change:
http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
Beyond Weather and the water cycle:
http://beyondweather.ehe.osu.edu/
Earthquakes for Kids:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/
Nasa Wild Weather Adventure:
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/wild-weather-adventure/en/
Thirstin’s water cycle:
http://www3.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
usda air quality images:
http://www.fsvisimages.com/descriptions.aspx
Weather wiz kids:
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
Habitats and Biomes:
What’s it like where you live?
http://www.mbgnet.net/index.html
Paelontology:
The field exhibit museum online exhibits
http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/online_exhib.htm
Kids dig Reed:
http://www.kidsdigreed.com/
Physics (matter, forces, light, etc):
States of matter:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html
Building big forces lab:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.html
5th grade science livebinder:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=146428