Description
This year-long science bundle allows students to tap into their inner scientists and make their teaching days easier. Closely aligned with the NGSS standards for fifth grade and can be used alongside any lessons you already have.
This bundle addresses the following TWENTY Big Questions:
- What Is Matter Made Of?
- Why Are Materials Different?
- How Can Substances Be Identified?
- How Do Scientists Know When Substances Change?
- How Is Matter Conserved When Substances Change?
- What Is an Ecosystem and the Organisms Within?
- Where Do Plants Get the Material They Need for Growth?
- How Does Matter and Energy Flow in an Ecosystem?
- How Do We Know If an Ecosystem is Healthy or Unhealthy?
- How Do Humans Change Ecosystems?
- What Are Earth’s Four Systems?
- How Do Earth’s Systems Develop Weather and Climate?
- How Is Earth’s Surface Changed By Earth’s Systems?
- How Do Humans Affect Earth’s Systems?
- How Can Humans Protect Earth’s Systems?
- Gravity, What Does It Do?
- Is the Sun the Brightest Star?
- Why Do We Have Day and Night?
- Why Do We Have Shadows?
- Why Do the Moon and Stars Seem To Move and Change Shape?
Included in this current bundle:
- 178-day lesson plan outline (with a digital notebook link included on Google Drive)
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- Full guided student notebooks and reading passages to support the following topic units:
- Structures and Properties of Matter (5 Lessons)
- The Flow of Matter and Energy Within an Ecosystem (5 Lessons)
- Earth's Systems and Human Activity (5 Lessons)
- Earth, Sun, and Gravity (5 Lessons)
- Full guided student notebooks and reading passages to support the following topic units:
- Interactive PowerPoint slideshow to assist with notes and lesson plans. A bonus “Show What You Know” set of printable questions is derived from the slideshow.
- Editable PowerPoint Slides (3 templates to match the interactive slides if you need to make your slides/update for each lesson)
- Thirty-two investigations for a hands-on and presentation experience with editable group presentation slides, record sheets, and separate activities.
- Photographs for Investigations are included in Units 1, 3, and 4.
- Supporting study guides.
- 10-question assessments.
- Outlined Scope and Sequence for each lesson.
- START HERE guide with additional tips to support using the material for each lesson.
- Bonus Word Scramble for each unit included.
- Binder cover and spine pages for notebook organization.
Look for the START HERE guide first when opening each zipped file. There is a separate file with the digital links if you prefer to have students follow along using a digital notebook (Google Slides). Additionally, you can assign your students a digital partially self-grading assessment (Google Forms), as well as the same with a digital partially self-grading study guide. You will need to make a copy and save it in Google Drive, and you can assign using Google Classroom (perfect for students who may be absent).
IMPORTANT: WHEN DOWNLOADING THIS PRODUCT:
When you download this product, it will come with four separate files. Each file is a “unit” and has five lessons stored within each. Each lesson (20 total) has a PDF/printable notebook, PDF/printable assessment, PDF/printable study guide, and a folder of “All Digital” materials. ALL DIGITAL LINKS TO DOWNLOAD AND SAVE IN GOOGLE DRIVE can be found in their separate folder.
BONUS MATERIAL: This bundle includes a scope and sequence to help guide your planning using this year-long bundle. It includes the why, what is in each lesson, and how each NGSS standard applies. There is also a word scramble for each unit to share with your students.
Next Generation Science Standards Addressed:
5-PS1-1
5-PS1-2
5-PS1-3
5-PS1-4
5-PS2-1
5-PS3-1
5-ESS1-1
5-ESS1-2
5-ESS2-1
5-ESS2-2
5-ESS3-1
5-LS1-1
5-LS2-1
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