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5th GRADE SCIENCE CURRICULUM
1st Nine Weeks: Systems and Cycles in Nature Week 1 Body Systems: Compare plant and animal cells Quiz on Body Systems Week 2 Cycles in Nature: Nitrogen Cycle, Carbon Dioxide Cycle, Water Cycle Week 3 Cycles in Nature: Nitrogen Cycle, Carbon Dioxide Cycle, Water Cycle Relate functions of systems in nature to systems in body Foss Lab #1, Terrariums Week 4 Plant Life Cycle/Parts of a Plant/ Reproduction of plants Plant Dispersal/ Photosynthesis FOSS Lab #1 Terrariums, con't Test on Nitrogen Cycle, Carbon Dioxide Cycle, Water Cycle Week 5 Foss Lab #2, Bugs and Beetles Introduction to Research Projects Ecosystems/Biomes/Food Chain Week 6 Ecosystems, cont'd Adaptations Foss Lab #3 Water Tolerance Testing Test on Plant Life Cycles, Photosynthesis, and Adaptations Week 7 Animal Life Cycles, Stages of Life Complete and Incomplete Metamorphorsis Compare Plant and Animal Life Cycles Inherited Traits Foss Lab #3 Water Tolerance, Con't Week 8 Present Biome Projects Start FOSS Lab #4 Test on Life Cycles and Inherited Traits Week 9 Review all of the above for the 9 week checkpoint. Foss Lab #4, Con't Checkpoint Test on Systems
2nd Nine Weeks: Matter and It's Properties 3rd Nine Weeks: Forces and Energy 4th Nine Weeks: Landforms and Their Causes |