JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS
CURRICULUM GUIDE
5th GRADE SCIENCE
QTR
ALLOCATED
DAYS*
STANDARDS
LEARNING CONTENT AND
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
RESOURCES
WORD WALL
WORTHY
WORDS
Science
Method
Communicate
Sequence
Collaborate
Analyze
Classify
Control
Variable
Process
Technology
www.studyjams.scholastic.com
www.discoveryeducation.com
www.wcti12.com
www.hurricanescience.org
www.nhc.noaa.org
www.wral.com
www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/sci
ence.php
Atmosphere
Weather
Climate
Rain guage
Thermometer
Wind vane
Anemometer
Barometer
Air pressure
Clouds
Opening Day … Rules & Procedures
5 ID’s
1 UA
No
Specific
Standards
What is Science?
Understand the working definition of Science.
Understand the process skills
(communication, sequencing, collaborating,
analyzing, data display with graphs,
classifying, etc.)
st
1
Understand how the Scientific Method works
How technology helps science advance
forward.
25 ID’s
1 UA
st
1
5.E.1.1
5.E.1.2
5.E.1.3
EARTH SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES, AND
PROCESSES
What type of weather is associated with the
different pressure systems?
What type of weather is associated with
each type of front?
EARTH SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES, AND
PROCESSES Con’t
How can you use weather maps to predict
weather patterns?
How can clouds be used to predict future
weather?
www.studyjams.scholastic.com
www.discoveryeducation.com
www.wcti12.com
www.hurricanescience.org
www.nhc.noaa.org
www.wral.com
www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/sci
ence.php
What type of weather is associated with
different cloud types?
How do global factors such as air and water
currents affect weather patterns?
What weather conditions are needed for
hurricanes to form?
How do land and sea breezes affect the
weather?
Cumulus
clouds
Stratus clouds
Nimbus clouds
La Nina
El Nino
Jet stream
Gulf stream
Latitude
Longitude
Hemisphere
Water cycle
Precipitation
Evaporation
Condensation
Percolation
Runoff
Why is the Sun important to the water cycle?
Why is the water cycle an important process
for Earth?
MATTER: PROPERTIES & CHANGES
20 ID’s
1 UA
How are mass and weight related?
How can we describe matter?
st
nd
1 /2
5.P.2.1
5.P.2.2
5.P.2.3
How can matter be changed into different
properties?
How can we describe the changes that take
place in matter?
Discovery Ed Tech Book Unit: Matter
Properties,
Forces and Motion
www.discoveryeducation.com
Study Jams Forces and Motion
www.studyjames.scholastic.com
General Physical Science
www.lauracandler.com
Physical Science Website
www.engineeringinteract.org
Matter
Mass
Weight
Physical
Properties
Chemical
Properties
FORCES AND MOTION
20 ID’s
1 UA
5.P.1.1
5.P.1.2
5.P.1.3
5.P.1.4
What is gravity?
How does gravity work?
How are gravity and mass connected?
How does each force affect the functions of a
plane?
How can we model the relationship of position,
motion, direction and speed?
2nd
What relationship do you see between the
distance and time on a graph?
Discovery Ed Tech Book Unit: Matter
Properties,
Forces and Motion
www.discoveryeducation.com
Study Jams Forces and Motion
www.studyjames.scholastic.com
General Physical Science
www.lauracandler.com
Physical Science Website
www.engineeringinteract.org
Gravity
Mass
Matter
Friction
Motion
Force
Speed
Rate
Velocity
Position
Axis
Momentum
Acceleration
How can we describe the relationship
between force and motion?
How does changing the force affect the
acceleration?
How does changing the mass affect the
acceleration?
ENERGY CONSERVATION AND TRANSFER
15 ID’s
1 UA
5.P.3.1
5.P.3.2
Does heat energy behave in predictable ways?
How does heat move from one place to
another?
2nd
How do we explain conduction?
How do we explain convection?
Discovery Ed Tech Book Unit: Matter
Properties,
Forces and Motion
www.discoveryeducation.com
Study Jams Forces and Motion
www.studyjames.scholastic.com
How do we explain radiation?
General Physical Science
www.lauracandler.com
What are some natural examples of each type
of heat transfer?
Physical Science Website
www.engineeringinteract.org
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Heat transfer
Conductors
Insulators
ECOSYSTEMS
25 ID’s
1 UA
5.L.2.1
5.L.2.2
5.L.2.3
How can changes in one ecosystem affect
another ecosystem?
How are producers, consumers and
decomposers interconnected within a food
pyramid?
2nd/3rd
Discovery Education Tech
Book Unit Ecosystems;
Organisms; Interactions
Among Organisms
www.discoveryeducation.com
General Ecosystems
www.lauracandler.com
How is organic matter used in a food pyramid?
What role does the sun have in a food pyramid?
What features do animals and plants have to
have to survive in a given ecosystem?
20 ID’s
1 UA
5.L.1.1
5.L.1.2
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF LIVING
THINGS
What are the systems of the human body?
What features of the human body
(structure and function) are common to
all humans?
How do human body systems function?
3rd /4th
How are parts of human body systems
independent, and interdependent?
Discovery Education Tech
Book Unit: Human systems
www.discoveryeducation.com
Cells and Cell structure
(interactive Model)
www.cellsalive.com
Insiders Guide to the Human
Body (by Getting Nerdy LLC)
www.teacherspayteachers.co
m
The Skeleton: Bones and Joints
www.wisc-online.com
Ecosystem(s)
Terrestrial
Aquatic
Biotic
Abiotic
Natural
resource
Food chain
Organisms
Producers
Consumers
Energy pyramid
Food web
Unicellular
Multicellular
Organism
Cell
Transport
system
Circulation
Respiration
Digestion
Skeletal
15 ID’s
1 UA
5.L.3.1
5.L.3.2
EVOLUTION AND GENETICS
How do some organisms differ from others?
Trait
Inherited
Genes
Behaviors
What are traits?
4th
What are inherited traits?
What are examples of traits not inherited?
4th
24 ID’s
3 UA
REVIEW
Adjustments to the calendar may change the actual number of review days before EOG testing. Testing
for Grade 5 EOGs will occur in the last ten instructional days of school.
*ALLOCATED DAYS
ID = Instructional Days
UA = Unit Assessment (Electronic via Schoolnet)