Science

Fifth Grade Science:
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__**5th Grade Curriculum Map for Science and Social Studies 2008-2009:**__

**October/November:**
Science: Body Systems/Health/Human Growth and Development //Special: District Wide 5th grade Body Walk// =Human Body= [|UbD] • Persuasive writing: persuade someone to make a more healthy lifestyle choice (poster)• Persuasive writing: Commercial/Podcast (60 second spot) - Ways to Stay Healthy or other health topics.• Persuasive letters to the principal - how to make the school more healthy (bottled water, playground equipment)• Expository writing: Students could choose to write a picture book, life-size human body poster, keynotes on different body systems • Expository writing: Alphabet book on human body • Technical reading/writing: How the blood flows the body, blood cells, etc. (poster, sidewalk art) • Technical - Write a personal fitness plan • NEEDS: vocabulary list and plan for incorporating usage into writing Visit [|Nutrition Exploration] for cross-curricular lessons covering the food pyramid and nutrition

//**Human Body Links**//

[|Fossweb] has several science modules. In the human body module, students can put Mr. Bones together. You'll want to look at the other modules also. [|Human Heart] - This is a map of the human heart. Pretty awesome. [|Virtual Body] - This has 4 sections: digestive tract, the brain, the heart, and the skeleton. [|Human Body Adventure]- Lots of information on the layers of the body. The following resources are from [|eMints]. [|Human Body: Eyes] [|Human Body: Human Development] [|Human Body: Support System] [|Human Body: Teeth] [|Human Body Systems]

**December / January**
(Dec.) Science: Erosion, Layers of Earth, (properties of solid earth); Model Water Cycle (Jan.) Model Rock Cycle =Earth Science= [|UbD] • Technical reading/writing: Keynote presentation, podcast the water cycle, rock cycle, game and comic strip writing as students' life as a rock/rock cycle or water/water cycle• Create a water or rock cycle poster • Persuasive - hot topic - water conservation, 3rd world country connection • importance of clean water • City of Embers • Compare & contrast a mineral and rock • Expository or Persuasive connections: Discovery magazine (Tammy has tons!), National Geographic Reading Expeditions books • Narrative Connections: Everyone Needs a Rock • NEEDS: vocabulary list and plan for incorporating usage into writing Visit [|WISE - Web-based Inquiry Science Environment] for clasroom projects (note - you have to set up a free account and create your classroom so you can see your students' work). [|Online Schoolyard & Classroom Investigations] is a great resource for investigations both inside and outside the classroom.

[| Rocks: The Solid Earth Materials #2] (27:00)Travel deep inside the Earth to discover how **rock**s and minerals are formed, to learn about the three types of **rock**, and to understand how **rock**s change over time through weathering and erosion. See the entire **rock** **cycle** and learn how geologists determine the properties of **rock**s. Learn about the structure and composition of minerals. [| Three Rocks] (11:00) with Teacher Guide and Student Blackline Masters This video looks at three stones - a piece of igneous, a piece of sedimentary, and a piece of metamorphic **rock** - and investigates how they formed, and how they relate to one another through the **rock** **cycle**.
 * Videos from United Streaming:**

Here's a great informative page on the rock cycle. There are also links for teachers and students at the bottom of the page. [| http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season3/rocks/facts.html] This site has a great illustration of the rock cycle. Very kid-friendly. [| http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html] Another great site from the BBC explaining the types of rocks and illustrating the rock cycle. [| http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/chemistry/changestoearthandatmosphere/0rocksrev1.shtml] Rock and Rock Cycle - This site offers a little interaction. [| http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/geology/rocks_intro.html]
 * Model Rock Cycle**

**February:**
Science: ID characteristics of stars, planets, and moons

**March**:
Science: ID characteristics of stars, planets, and moons: cause of seasons, day, month, and year Special: STATE TESTING

**April:**
Science: ID characteristics of stars, planets, and moons Special: Cosmosphere; Star gazing =Space Science= [|UbD] ]• Narrative reading/writing: picture book- If I Went to the Moon (S. Kellogg), Miss Frizzle books• Narrative writing: possible 6 Trait writing assignment or journals/reflections: planet topics- What would you do with 36 hours each day? etc. (Rachel has space unit stuff to share)• Expository writing and technology connection- write a documentary and create an iMovie• Shift emphasis to include more than planets - celestial bodies (essential understandings),• Expository reading/writing: compare and contrast celestial bodies, • Expository essay to possible prompts: How would the earth be diff. if there were no moon?, Why is the position of sun important to the earth and solar system, Is life possible on other planets? • NEEDS: picture books, supplemental text, websites • NEEDS: vocabulary list and plan for incorporating usage into writing [|StarChild] is a kid friendly site relating to the general characteristics of each planet. There is even the option of having the computer read along with you. Very cool! Intergalactic games keep kids interested in the planets [|KidsAstronomy]

May:
Science: Scientific Inquiry

AIMS If we have AIMS books in the district this database will be very helpful. Choose the Activities Tab, then choose Activities Database. http://www.aimsedu.org/#