N o r t h E a st I n d ep en d e nt S c h o o l D i st ric t
5th Grade Science
Unit 1
Resources
December, 2004
The Natural World
* See Key at the bottom of the page
Textbook: Information and Activities
TEKS
TEXTBOOK:
Pages/Content
Effects of events over time
 C4-5 How water changes Earth’s surface, Activity (*WB
118-119)
 C6-7 Water erosion, deposition, weathering
 C8 Wind and Ice
5.11 A,B
 B117 (top) Chemical weathering activity-acid rain
5.12 A,C
 C9 Mass movement
 C10-11 New landforms (*TAAS 44-use after finishing C611)
 *TH 33-36 Dunes, erosion, change
 B92-95 Natural Succession
Landforms
 C16-17 Mountain formation (also WB124)
 C18-19 Earthquakes
5.11A
 C28 Geologist-Reading passage
5.12A
 C29 (bottom) How landforms change-Activity
 C22-25 Rock sequences/fossil record (TAAS 46)
Natural Resources
5.11C
 C36-38 Nonrenewable
 C38-39 Renewable & reusable (inexhaustible) (TAAS 48)
5.11C,
 C40-41 Petroleum Activity (WB 136-137)
5.12B
 42-47 Fossil fuel formation
5.1B,5.11C
 F98-101 Fossil fuel use (TAAS 102)
 C48-53, B104-105 Conservation (TAAS 50)
*Key: WB – Workbook
TE – Teacher’s Edition
TH – Take Home Book
TAAS – TAAS Practice Book
This publication is the property of North East Independent School District. Duplication in whole or in part, outside of NEISD, is
prohibited without express written permission from NEISD.
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5th Grade Science
Unit 1
Resources
December, 2004
TEKS
TEXTBOOK:
Pages/Content
Characteristics of Earth and Moon
 C12-13 Layers of the Earth-Activity (WB 122-123)
 C14 Earth’s layers
5.12C
 C15 Earth’s plates
 C29 (top) Model Earth
5.5A,5.6A,5.12C
 C98 –C99 (top)
5.12D
 D4-5 How the Earth, moon, & sun move-Activity (WB 1745.5A,5.6A,5.12C
175)
5.12C
 D6-11 Comparing the Earth & moon (TAAS 65)
5.12C
 D12-13 Moon’s craters-Activity (WB 178-179)
 D23 (top) The moon as a calendar-Activity
Gravity
5.12D
 F8-9 Gravity
 F46-47 Activity (WB 244-245)
 F48-51 Orbits of the planets and the moon (TAAS 95)
 TH 69-72 Gravity & Orbits
Several activities are included to provide choices and to meet individual teaching styles.
It is not intended that all of these activities be completed for every content piece.
AIMS Activities
TEKS
AIMS BOOK
Erosion and Weathering
5.11A,
5.12A
Water Precious
Water
5.12A
Primarily Earth
5.11A, 5.6B
Primarily Earth
Pages/Activity/Content
30-33 “Pond Today-Meadow Tomorrow”succession
70-73 “Rain Away, Don’t Rain Away”-effect of
vegetation on erosion
46-50 “Freezing Water”- changes Earth
91 “Hydrosphere”-reading passage or
background
*Key: WB – Workbook
TE – Teacher’s Edition
TH – Take Home Book
TAAS – TAAS Practice Book
This publication is the property of North East Independent School District. Duplication in whole or in part, outside of NEISD, is
prohibited without express written permission from NEISD.
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5th Grade Science
TEKS
AIMS BOOK
Evidence from the past
5.11B
Our Wonderful
World
Budding Botanist
Unit 1
Resources
December, 2004
Pages/Activity/Content
16 (front), 19-22 (back) “Tree Cookies”-clues
to the
past
40-43 “History of a Tree”
Landforms
Primarily Earth
5.12A
AIMS Magazine
Nov. 2003
Characteristics of Earth/Moon
1-2 “Geosphere”-landforms-reading passage
3-6 Landform information-reading passage
31-35 “Earth Forces”-effects of push and pull
forces on Earth
75-79 “What’s Inside”-Earth’s layers
7-23 “Earth’s Features”-compare physical
5.12C
Primarily Earth
features of various places, Earth’s Features
game
AIMS Magazine
6-11 “Lunar Looking”-lunar cycle,
5.6A, 5.12C
Nov. 2002
Characteristics of the moon
Cycles of Knowing and 124-141 “Look at the Moon”-lunar cycle
5.6A, 5.5A
Growing
Gravity
Hardhatting in
23-26 “Space Olympics”-effects of varying
Geo World
gravity
5.12D
45-49 “Galactic Games”-effects of gravity on
Out of This World
various
tasks
Day/Night cycle
AIMS Magazine
5.6A
12-17 “Night and Day”-comparison of length
March 2000
30-34 “Spin Cycle”-use of a model helps
AIMS Magazine
5.12C, 5.6A
students discover the direction of the
May/June 2004
Earth’s rotation
*Key: WB – Workbook
TE – Teacher’s Edition
TH – Take Home Book
TAAS – TAAS Practice Book
This publication is the property of North East Independent School District. Duplication in whole or in part, outside of NEISD, is
prohibited without express written permission from NEISD.
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Unit 1
Resources
December, 2004
Gems Activities
TEKS
GEMS BOOK
Erosion and Weathering
5.11A
Environmental
Detectives
5.11B
Stories in Stone
Characteristics of Earth
5.12C,D
Earth, Moon, and
Stars
Lunar Cycle/Moon Characteristics
5.6A, 5.12C
Earth, Moon, and
Stars
Pages/Activity/Content
91-111, 244-246 “Sedimental Journey”erosion,
weathering, effects
217 Teacher background
65-73, 144-145 “Formation of Sedimentary
Rocks”
119-132 Teacher background
9-14, 54, 66 “The Earth’s Shape and
Gravity”
17-23, 67-68 “Observing Moon Changes”
24-31, 68-69 “Modeling Moon Phases and
Eclipses”
Additional Resources
Vista:
Texas Down Under - (Forces, constructive & Destructive)
Properties, Patterns, & Models
http://www.tenet.edu/teks/science/instruction/vistas/pdf/ppm5.pdf
Snapshots:
Fifth
http://www.tenet.edu/teks/science/teks/snapshots/index.html?5th
Benchmarks:
Benchmarks for Science Literacy (Project 2061)
http://www.project2061.org/tools/benchol/bolframe.htm
*Key: WB – Workbook
TE – Teacher’s Edition
TH – Take Home Book
TAAS – TAAS Practice Book
This publication is the property of North East Independent School District. Duplication in whole or in part, outside of NEISD, is
prohibited without express written permission from NEISD.
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Unit 1
Resources
December, 2004
Additional Resources (cont’d)
Safety:
Texas Safety Standards
http://www.tenet.edu/teks/science/safety/safety_manual.html
Materials Lists - By grade level, required and recommended
http://www.tenet.edu/teks/science/safety/pdf/safety_manual/Appendix_H.pdf
TEKS:
Fifth-science
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter112/ch112a.html#112.7
*Key: WB – Workbook
TE – Teacher’s Edition
TH – Take Home Book
TAAS – TAAS Practice Book
This publication is the property of North East Independent School District. Duplication in whole or in part, outside of NEISD, is
prohibited without express written permission from NEISD.
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