River Valley School District Curriculum Template |
Course name: 5th Grade General Science | Credit(s) or Grade Level: 5 |
Academic Standards: NGSS & Wisconsin Science | Prerequisite(s): 4th Grade |
Course Description: Students use science and engineering practices to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of physical science, earth science and life science concepts. They will use and/or build models, work in a lab setting, and take quizzes and/or tests to demonstrate what they learn about the various concepts.
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Units: | Duration: | Essential Learning/Outcomes: |
Safety
| September | General Lab Safety |
Science Processes
| October November | Scientific Method and science processes - Asking questions and defining problems
- Scientific modeling
- Planning and designing investigations
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Using mathematical and computational thinking
- Constructing scientific explanation
- Arguing from evidence
- Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
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Physical Science
| December January | - States of Matter
- Model particles too small to be seen
- Physical/Chemical Properties and Changes to determine if mixing creates a new substances
- Conservation of matter through heating, cooling and mixing
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Earth & Space
| February March | - Star Brightness
- Earth’s spheres
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Life Science
| April May June | - Plants get materials needed to grow from air and water
- Movement of matter from plants, animals, decomposers, and environment.
- Energy in animal’s food comes from the sun
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Engineering & Technology
| Throughout the year | - Define a simple design problem reflecting on criteria and constraints.
- Generate and compare multiple solutions based on criteria and constraints for the problem.
- Plan and carry out fair tests identifying success and failure of the model and prototype that can be improved.
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