Welcome to 5th Grade Science!
What's Going On in Science?
In 5th Grade Science, we are covering:
It is imperative that your child do THEIR Homework NIGHTLY - it will greatly help them succeed this year in 5th Grade Science!!!
This will be the first year that your child will be taking the SCIENCE FCAT 2.0 and it will be challenging, but I guarantee that they will be prepared if they put in the effort and study! I will be giving all Science Assessments and Checkpoints on paper and Chromebooks to help your child prepare this year.
All of the Science Anchor Charts that I am making throughout the year are available below to help you brush up on your Science concepts and also to help your child study and complete their homework if they need assistance.
- Scientific Method
- Physical Science: forms of energy, electrical charges, electrical circuits
- Inherited traits, acquired traits, and learned behaviors
- Body Systems: brain, sensory structures, skin, bones, muscles,lungs, heart, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, kidneys, bladder; and how all of the systems work together in the human body.
- Ecosystems: relationship between a population, community, and ecosystem; the specific aquatic ecosystems (freshwater, saltwater, estuary, salt marsh), the specific terrestrial ecosystems (tundra, desert, taiga, deciduous forest, grassland, tropical rainforest), the components of a food chain (producer, consumer, decomposer, herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, scavenger, etc.), the difference between a food chain and a food web, how energy pyramids work, how all of the organisms in a food chain/web are interconnected and 1 change can affect everything else
- Force & Motion: Newton's 3 laws of motion, forces & motion, gravity, friction, air resistance, distance-time graphs, speed-time graphs,
- Heat Transfer: The difference between conductors & insulators and movement of heat energy.
- Matter: 3 states of matter (solid, liquid, & gas), how different materials react to heating and cooling, the difference between physical changes and chemical changes, sum of parts equaling the whole, stages of the water cycle (and how the Sun DRIVES every stage)
- Weather: weather vs. climate, weather tools (hygrometer, anemometer, weather vane, rain gauge, barometer, thermometer), clouds (cirrus, cumulus, stratus, cumulonimbus, nimbostratus), weather conditions (air pressure, temperature, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, precipitation), high air pressure (happy highs), low air pressure (lowsy lows), seasons, air masses, weather fronts (cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts), the differences between tornadoes & hurricanes, local winds (sea breeze & land breeze), interpreting weather data (on weather calendars, maps, tables, and graphs) and making predictions about future weather based on the data.
- I review all third and fourth grade standards. They include:
It is imperative that your child do THEIR Homework NIGHTLY - it will greatly help them succeed this year in 5th Grade Science!!!
This will be the first year that your child will be taking the SCIENCE FCAT 2.0 and it will be challenging, but I guarantee that they will be prepared if they put in the effort and study! I will be giving all Science Assessments and Checkpoints on paper and Chromebooks to help your child prepare this year.
All of the Science Anchor Charts that I am making throughout the year are available below to help you brush up on your Science concepts and also to help your child study and complete their homework if they need assistance.
Science Anchor Charts!
AssignmentsHomework:
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Quizzes & TestsGiven throughout the week and Thursday and Friday. |
Extra Resources
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