VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 944 STATE ROUTE 17K

MONTGOMERY, NY 12549 Telephone Number: (845) 457-2400 ext. 8121

Fax Number: (845) 457-4254

SCIENCE CURRICULUM GRADE 5

JULY 2009

Approved by the Board of Education

July 27, 2009

VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUM- GRADE 5- UNIT A

Standard 4: Science, Living Environment

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5 days 5 days

Standard 4: The Living Environment Key Idea 1: Living things are both similar to and different from each other and from nonliving things. Essential questions: -What are cells? -How are cells organized? -What is the function of a cell? -How do plants & animal cells differ? -When similar cells work together, what do they form? -How do the human body systems work together? -What is the importance of the human body systems?

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Cells A. Single B. Animal C. Plants See Attached Health Curriculum: Introduce Body Systems (Covered in depth in 7th grade) Human Body System A.Digestive B.Circulatory C.respiratory D.Excretory

-describe structures that are found in cells -analyze processes that take place in cells -discuss interactions that take place in cells -explain how multicellular animals have similar organs & specialized systems -analyze how parts of the digestive, circulatory, respiratory & excretory systems function -verify the components that each system functions with

1.1a 1.1b 1.1c 1.1d 1.1e 1.1f 1.1g 1.1g 1.2a 1.2b 1.2c 1.2d 1.2e 1.2f

Textbook pg.A2 Internet sites Textbook pg.A14 Internet sites

VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUM -GRADE 5- UNIT A

Standard 4: Science, Living Environment

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7-8 days

Key Idea 4: The continuity of life is sustained through reproduction and development. Essential questions: -Where is heredity found? -What does a gene carry? -Where can you find copies of genes needed to produce a human being? -How are characteristics inherited?

Animal Growth & Heredity

-describe the role of mitosis in the growth of an organism -identify meiosis as a process of sexual reproduction -understand that hereditary information is contained in genes; that each gene carries a single unit of information -compare offspring from sexual & asexual reproduction

2.1a 2.1b 2.1c 2.1d 4.3d 4.3e

Textbook pgs.A60-76

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SCIENCE CURRICULUM - GRADE 5- UNIT B Standard 4: Science, Living Environment

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10 days 5 days

Key Idea 6: Plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment. Essential questions: -What are the parts of an ecosystem? -How does the environment affect living organisms? -Why do all animals in a community depend on producers? -How do organisms compete for & share resource -What are land biomes? -What are water ecosystems?

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Living Things Interact A. Ecosystems B. Communities C. Relationships among organisms D. Biomes

-describe interactions that occur within an ecosystem -analyze adaptive characteristics that result in an organism’s niche in an ecosystem -justify relationships among organisms which lead to dependency upon each other -recognize that the climate of an area determines which biome will develop there. -identify characteristics of each of the six major land biomes in North America -compare the adaptive characteristics of species that improve their ability to survive in a particular biome. -identify three types of water ecosystems.

6.1a 6.1b 6.2c 7.1a 7.1b 7.1c 7.1e

Textbook pgs.B24-48 Internet Sites B60-B87

VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUM - GRADE 5- UNIT B

Standard 4: Science, Living Environment

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3 days

Key Idea 7: Human decisions and activities have had a profound impact on the physical and living environment. Essential questions: -What happens to an ecosystem after a natural disaster? -How does human activity change an ecosystem?

Protecting & Preserving Ecosystems

-identify ways humans can work to maintain a healthy environment

7.2a Textbook Pg. B88

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SCIENCE CURRICULUM GRADE 5 – UNIT C Standard 4: Science, Physical Setting

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4 days

Key Idea 2: Many of the phenomena that we observe on Earth involve interactions among components of air, water, and land. Essential questions: -What are the differences between weathering & erosion? -How do water, wind & ice cause weathering? -How does gravity drive erosion? -What are some of the forces that change landforms? -What new landforms are created by erosion?

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Changes to the Earth’s Surface A.Within crust B.In atmosphere

-distinguish between erosion & deposition -explain how Earth’s crust is broken down into soil -describe how water, wind, & ice change landforms -identify gravity as the driving force behind erosion -compare water as a major agent of erosion, to wind & ice

2.1g 2.1h 2.1i

Textbook pgs. C4-11 Internet sites

VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUM GRADE 5 – UNIT C

Standard 4: Science, Physical Setting

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4 days

-What parts of the Earth are solid? -What are the properties of the Earth’s layers? -What causes the Earth’s crust to move? -What are some results of plates colliding, moving, & sliding apart or past each other?

Journey to the Center of the Earth A. Three layers B. Creation of Mountains, volcanoes

-assess the layers of the Earth, understanding that the interior is hot -classify each layer with its properties -identify that heat flow & movement of materials cause sections of crust to move -translate/predict that heat flow & movement of materials may result in earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, & creation of mountains & ocean basins

2.2a 2.2b 2.2c 2.2f

Textbook pgs. C12-19 Internet sites

VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUM GRADE 5 – UNIT C

Standard 4: Science, Physical Setting

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2 days

Key Idea 2: Many of the phenomena that we observe on Earth involve interactions among components of air, water, and land. -Why is looking at the Grand Canyon like looking at the Earth’s history?

How has Earth’s surface changed A.Continental Drift

-explain the theory of continental drift -describe how features of Earth’s surface have changed over millions of years -analyze displaced rock layers as suggested past crustal movement -explain how fossils help scientists learn about Pangea, plants, & animals of the past

2.2f 2.2g

Textbook pg. C22-25 Internet sites

VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUM GRADE 5 – UNIT C

Standard 4: Science, Physical Setting

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Key Idea 2: Many of the phenomena that we observe on Earth involve interactions among components of air, water, and land. Essential questions: - What are some features materials must have to be called a mineral? - What processes help form sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks? -How can one type of rock change into another? -What does the rock cycle demonstrate?

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Minerals Types of Rocks A. Sedimentary B. Igneous C. Metamorphic Rock Cycle

-Compare and contrast minerals -Identify minerals by physical properties -distinguish the difference btw the three classes of rocks -identify the formation process of sedimentary, igneous & metamorphic rocks -give examples -describe the relationship btw rocks and minerals -describe how types of rock may be transformed from one type

2.1e 2.1f 2.2g 3.2c 2.2h

Textbook Pg C32-39 Internet Sites Textbook pg. C42-47 Internet sites Textbook pg. C48-C53

VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUM GRADE 5 – UNIT D

Standard 4: Science, Physical Setting

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2 days

Key Idea 1: The Earth and celestial phenomena can be described by principles of relative motion and perspective. Essential Questions: How do the Earth and Moon compare?

Tests/Quizzes Labs ( May include but are not limited to Investigate D4-D5

About the Earth-moon system What causes lunar and solar eclipses How Earth and the moon are alike and different Definition of: Revolve, orbit, rotate, axis, eclipse

-describe the motions of Earth and the moon -model the causes of each season using a globe -list and describe moon phases

1.1a

Pgs. D4-D11

VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUM GRADE 5 – UNIT D

Standard 4: Science, Physical Setting

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2 days

Key Idea 1: The Earth and celestial phenomena can be described by principles of relative motion and perspective. Essential Questions: How do the Earth, the moon, and Sun move through space?

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Cycles in Solar System

-create phases of the moon, showing how light is refracted -identify earth’s daily and seasonal cycles in relation to the sun -compare objects in the solar system

1.1c 1.1d 1.1e 1.1g 1.1h

Pgs. D12-19

VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUM GRADE 5 – UNIT E

Standard 4: Science, Physical Setting

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3-4 days

Standard 4 – Phys. Setting Key Idea 3: Matter is made up of particles whose properties determine the observable characteristic of matter and its reactivity Essential Questions: -What are some examples of physical properties? -What are the ways to measure liquids & solids? -Will different volumes of the same substance have the same density?

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Matter & Its Properties A. Physical B. Measure Liquids and Solids

-identify observable properties -measure a liquid & solid’s definite volume -determine that a denser object has more mass

3.1a 3.1e 3.1f 3.1h

Pg. E4-E11 Internet sites

VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUMGRADE 5 – UNIT E

Standard 4: Science, Physical Setting

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Key Idea 3: Matter is made up of particles whose properties determine the observable characteristic of matter and its reactivity Essential Questions -What is matter made of? -What does the atomic theory tell us? -What is an element? -Which two things determine the arrangement of elements in the periodic table? -How do compounds form? -What does a chemical formal show?

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A. Classification B. Compounds

-identify an atom as the smallest unit of an element -construct a model element & understand that atoms from one element are different from atoms of another element -recognize how elements are grouped in the periodic table -identify a compound as a combination of two or more elements -classify an element by its properties

3.3a 3.3e 3.3f 3.3g

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VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUMGRADE 5 – UNIT F

Standard 4: Science, Physical Setting

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4 days

5.2a Quizzes/test Everyday Forces -demonstrate gravitational forces on an

everyday object

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Energy exists in many forms, and when these forms change energy is conserved

-explain how the forces of friction magnetism & gravity act in our everyday lives

Essential Questions: -What is force? -What is friction? -What is magnetism?

5.2d

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VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUMGRADE 5 – UNIT F

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3 days 5.1a Quizzes/test Motion -recognize & describe the relationship among speed, velocity, acceleration & momentum

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A. Velocity

Energy exists in many forms, and when these forms change energy is conserved

5.1d B. Laws of Motion -describe the three laws of motion and provide an example

Essential Questions: -Why does motion need a frame of reference?

5.1e

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VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUM GRADE 5 – UNIT F

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9 days

Key Idea 4 Energy exists in many forms, and when these forms change energy is conserved Essential Questions: -How can potential energy be transformed into kinetic energy? -What is electric energy? -What does an electric circuit do? -What materials make good conductors? -What are the characteristics of light & sound energy? -What is heat? -What are three ways thermal energy can be transferred?

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Forms of Energy A. Potential & Kinetic B. Electrical C. Light & Sound D. Thermal & Chemical

-list various forms of energy 4.1e Pgs. F58-85

4.1c -describe potential & kinetic energy 4.5a 4.4d -verify that energy can only be changed from one form into another & not created or destroyed

4.4e 4.1d 4.4b 4.4c -explain electric energy & its sources 4.2b 4.3a -construct a functioning electric circuit 4.1d -describe the characteristics of light &

sound energy -identify & compare light & sound waves

-explain how heat can be transferred -analyze & interpret energy transfer in a chemical reaction

VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCIENCE CURRICULUM

GRADE 5 Unit C

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4 days

Key Idea 2: Many of the phenomena that we observe on Earth involve interactions among components of air, water, and land. Essential questions: -What causes local winds? - What causes prevailing winds? -How are air masses formed? -What happens to the energy form the sun’s rays that reach Earth?

Weather & Climate A. Air Masses B. Prevailing Winds C. Heating of Earth’s Surface D. The Causes of Weather

-discuss conditions under which each type of air mass forms -justify the local weather changes by the movement of air masses -show that prevailing winds move air masses. -describe changing weather conditions along warm and cold fronts -examine the uneven heating of the Earth’s surface

2.2i 2.2j 2.2l 2.2m 2.2n 2.2k

Textbook Pg. C64-85 Internet sites