5th GRADE SCIENCE CURRICULUM

1st Nine Weeks:    Systems and Cycles in Nature

Week 1      The 'Nature of Science' and learning to work together in investigative teams.

Week 2      Cycles in Nature: Nitrogen Cycle, Carbon Dioxide Cycle, Water Cycle

Week 3      Cycles in Nature: Nitrogen Cycle, Carbon Dioxide Cycle, Water Cycle

             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:   Landforms and Their Causes

3rd Nine Weeks:    Matter and It's Properties

4th Nine Weeks:     Forces and Energy