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Objective 1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the nature of science.
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TAKS 5.2 A plan and implement descriptive and simple experimental investigations including asking well-defined questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and selecting and using equipment and technology. TAKS 5.2 C analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence
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Lesson Links: Vocabulary Word Search Puzzle Facts on File - Junior Edition - Science Projects - General Science - "Learning How to Hypothesize" Is there Method to this Madness? Groundwater (can also be used with Water Cycle) Read a Graph - Kids InfoBits Where We Get the Energy We Use
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Library Resources:
ChildrensEBooks Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Digital Curriculum
keyword: "scientific method" Facts on File -
Curriculum Resource Center: Junior Edition United Streaming - Search by
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Objective 1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the nature of science. 112.7.5.3A, 112.7.5.3B, 112.7.5.3C Scientific processes. The student uses critical thinking and scientific problem solving to make informed decisions.
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The
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TAKS 5.3 A analyze, review,[and critique ] scientific explanations, including hypotheses and theories, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientific evidence and information; TAKS 5.3 B draw inferences based on information [related to promotional materials ] for products and services; and TAKS 5.3 C represent the natural world using models and identify their limitations.
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Lesson Links: Ecology Convince Me Modeling Geologic Time Natural Resources |
Library Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks
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Objective 1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the nature of
science.
112.7.5.4A Scientific processes. The student knows how to use a variety of tools and methods to conduct science inquiry . |
The student is expected to TAKS 5.4 A collect and analyze information using tools including calculators, microscopes, [, balances,[hot plates,] meter sticks, timing devices, magnets, collecting nets, and safety goggles. cameras, sound recorders, computers,] hand lenses, rulers, thermometers, compasses
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Lesson Links: Collecting and Analyzing Information and Tools Using Microscopes |
Library Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks United Streaming - Search by
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Objective 2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the life sciences. 112.7.5.10A, 112.7.5.10B Science concepts. The student knows that likenesses between offspring and parents can be inherited or learned.
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The student is expected to TAKS 5.10 A identify traits that are inherited from parent to offspring in plants and animals; and
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Lesson Links:
The Gene Machine Lettuce Be Different Life Cycles: Human Body Inherited Traits Inherited Traits Activity Heredity Animal Behavior Animal Instincts Twins-Comparing Behaviors: Instinct v. Learned Behavior |
Library Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks PINPOINT: search "animal behavior" United Streaming - Search by
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| Objective 2: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the life sciences.
112.7.5.9A, 112.7.5.9B, 112.7.5.9C Science concepts. The student knows that adaptations may increase the survival of members of a species.
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The student is expected to TAKS 5.9 A compare the adaptive characteristics of species that improve their ability to survive and reproduce in an ecosystem;
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Lesson Links:
What Makes Up an Ecosystem? Classifying Critters Animal Habitats & Life Cycles Dirtmeister's Science Lab on Ecosystems |
Library
Resources: Books: Las Selvas by Seranno,1997. How do Animals Adapt? (The Science of Living Things) by Bobbie Kalman Claws, Coats, And Camouflage (The Ways Animals Fit into their World) by Susan E. Goodman The Ecosystem of a Fallen Tree by Pascoe,2003. Digital Curriculum -
click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) United Streaming - Search by
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| Objective 2: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the life sciences.
112.7.5.6C Science concepts. The student knows that some change occurs in cycles. |
The student is expected to TAKS 5.6 C describe and compare life cycles of plants and animals.
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Lesson Links:
Butterfly Life Cycle Printout Spiders Lesson (substitute for another book on spiders if necessary) Frog Life Cycle Life Cycles (can be used for 5th grade) All About Plants |
Library
Resources: Books: Life Cycles by Peter Riley, Gareth Stevens, 2004. Life cycle of an apple by Angela Royston, Heinemann, 1998. Incredible Life Cycles by Tim Knight,2003. El Autobus Magico Planta Una Semilla:Un Libro Como Crecen Los Seres Vivos by Scholastic,1995. A Parade of Plants by Stewart,2004. Digital Curriculum -
click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) United Streaming - Search by
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| Objective 2: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the life sciences.
112.7.3.8A, 112.7.3.8B, 112.7.3.8C, 112.7.3.8D Science concepts. The student knows that living organisms need food, water, light, air, a way to dispose of waste, and an environment in which to live.
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The student is expected to TAKS 3.8 A observe and describe the habitats of organisms within an ecosystem; TAKS 3.8 B observe and identify organisms with similar needs that compete with one another for resources such as oxygen, water, food, or space;
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Lesson Links:
Habitat For Sale Animal Habitats (adapt for 5th grade) Animal Habitats Scramble Protecting Our Planet Oil Pollution Beaver Tales Building a Bird's Nest |
Library
Resources: Books: El autobus magico salta hasta llegar a casa: un libro sobre los habitats de los animales, Scholastic, 1995. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey Falcon’s Nest on Skyscrapers by Priscilla Belz Jenkins
Digital Curriculum -
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| Objective 2: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the life sciences.
112.7.2.9A, 112.7.2.9B Science concepts. The student knows that living organisms have basic needs.
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The student is expected to TAKS 2.9 A identify the external characteristics of different kinds of plants and animals that allow their needs to be met; and
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Lesson Links:
Adaptations Game Quiz on Plants Ecosystems |
Library Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks United Streaming - Search by
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| Objective 2: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the life sciences.
112.7.5.5A, 112.7.5.5B Science concepts. The student knows that a system is a collection of cycles, structures, and processes that interact. |
The student is expected to TAKS 5.5 A describe some cycles, structures, and processes that are found in a simple system; and
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Lesson Links:
Bean Sprouts and Other Simple Systems Pollination Parties! |
Library Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks United Streaming - Search by
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| Objective 2: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the life sciences.
112.7.4.6A Science concepts. The student knows that change can create recognizable patterns.
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The student is expected to TAKS 4.6 A identify patterns of change such as in weather, metamorphosis, and objects in the sky.
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Lesson Links:
Frog Metamorphosis What Will I do this Winter? |
Library
Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks PINPOINT: search "metamorphosis" United Streaming - Search by
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Objective 3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the physical sciences. 112.7.5.8A, 112.7.5.8B Science concepts. The student knows that energy occurs in many forms.
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The student is expected to TAKS 5.8 A differentiate among forms of energy including light, heat, electrical, and solar energy;
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Lesson Links:
Be "Sun"-Sible About Heating Water The Energy Game: Finding Energy Resources Facts on File - Junior Edition - Science Projects - Physical Science - "Making a Water Lens" Light & Optics |
Library Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks United Streaming - Search by
Curriculum Standard (Texas, United Streaming - search "solar energy" - TLC Elementary Earth's Energy
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Objective 3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the physical sciences. 112.7.5.5A, 112.7.5.5B Science concepts. The student knows that a system is a collection of cycles, structures, and processes that interact.
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The student is expected to TAKS 5.5 A describe some cycles, structures, and processes that are found in a simple system; and
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Lesson Links:
Gravity & Friction Facts on File - Junior Edition - Science Projects - Physical Science - "Observing the Law of Action-Reaction Using Marbles" Metamorphic Rock Pancakes |
Library Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks United Streaming - Search by
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Objective 3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the physical sciences. 112.7.4.6A Science concepts. The student knows that change can create recognizable patterns. |
The student is expected to TAKS 4.6 A identify patterns of change such as in weather, metamorphosis, and objects in the sky.
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Lesson Links:
Moon Unit Newton's Law of Motion Sound Activities Sound Analysis |
Library Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks United Streaming - Search by
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Objective 4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the earth sciences. 112.7.5.12A, 112.7.5.12C Science concepts. The student knows that the natural world includes earth materials and objects in the sky. |
The student is expected to TAKS 5.12 A interpret how land forms are the result of a combination of constructive and destructive forces such as deposition of sediment and weathering; and
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Lesson Links: |
Library Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Digital Curriculum
keyword: "landforms" Digital Curriculum
keyword: "weathering" Video - The Case of the
Disappearing Dirt (1st 3:12 minutes only) United Streaming - Search by
Curriculum Standard (Texas,
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| Objective 4: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the earth sciences.
112.7.5.11C Science concepts. The student knows that certain past events affect present and future events.
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The student is
expected to
TAKS 5.11 C identify past events that led to the formation of the Earth’s renewable, non-renewable, and inexhaustible resources.
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Lesson Links:
Cookie Bar Coal Why Do We Need Petroleum? Where is Oil Found? |
Library
Resources: Books: The Librarian who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky, Little Brown, 1994. AP
Multimedia Archive - "coal" United Streaming - Search by
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Objective 4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the earth sciences. 112.7.5.6A, 112.7.5.6B Science concepts. The student knows that some change occurs in cycles. |
The student is expected to TAKS 5.6 A identify events and describe changes that occur on a regular basis such as in daily, weekly, lunar, and seasonal cycles; and
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Lesson Links:
Describing Changes that Occur in a Seasonal Cycle The Sun & the Earth Facts on File - Junior Edition - Science Projects - General Science - "Moon" Water Cycle Wet All Over Water, Carbon, and Nitrogen Cycles |
Library Resources: Books: Pieces: A Year in Poems & Quilts by Anna Grossnickle Hines, 2001. The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons Four Stories for Four Seasons by Tomie dePaola How Do Apples Grow? by Betsy Maestro The Moon Seems to Change by Franklyn M. Branley Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Berger The Drop in my Drink: The Story of Water on our Planet by Meredith Hooper, Viking, 1998. Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks PINPOINT: search "water cycle" United Streaming - Search by
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| Objective 4: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the earth sciences.
112.7.4.11B, 112.7.4.11C Science concepts. The student knows that the natural world includes earth materials and objects in the sky. |
The student is expected to TAKS 4.11 B summarize the effects of the oceans on land; and
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Lesson Links:
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Library
Resources: Books: Descubre la vieda en el oceano by Alice Fablonsky, HTS Books, 1992. Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean by Arthur Dorros Top Secret by John Reynolds Gardiner Digital Curriculum -
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| Objective 4: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the earth sciences.
112.7.3.11C, 112.7.3.11D Science concepts. The student knows that the natural world includes earth materials and objects in the sky. |
The student is expected to TAKS 3.11 C identify the planets in our solar system and their position in relation to the Sun; and
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Lesson Links:
Serving the Universe on a Paper plate Solar System Solar System Trading Cards Activity Characteristics of the Sun (movie) Characteristics of the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon |
Library Resources: Books: The Sky is full of stars by Franklyn Branley The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanne Cole Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks United Streaming - Search by
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| Objective 4: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the earth sciences.
112.7.3.6B Science concepts. The student knows that forces cause change. |
The student is expected to TAKS 3.6 B identify that the surface of the Earth can be changed by forces such as earthquakes and glaciers.
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Lesson Links:
The Living Earth/Glaciers Hands-on Earthquakes Moving the Earth |
Library Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks United Streaming - Search by
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| Objective 4: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the earth sciences.
112.7.5.5A, 112.7.5.5B Science concepts. The student knows that a system is a collection of cycles, structures, and processes that interact. |
The student is expected to TAKS 5.5 A describe some cycles, structures, and processes that are found in a simple system; and
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Lesson Links:
Cloud Lesson It's a Twister
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Library Resources: Digital Curriculum - click on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) Fifth Grade Science TEKSLinks United Streaming - Search by
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| Objective 4: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of the earth sciences.
112.7.4.6A Science concepts. The student knows that change can create recognizable patterns. |
The student is expected to TAKS 4.6 A identify patterns of change such as in weather, metamorphosis, and objects in the sky.
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Lesson Links:
Earth Patterns, Cycles, and Change Patterns in Weather Phases of the Moon Today"s Weather Weather Maps Weather Patterns |
Library Resources: Books: The Magic School Bus inside a Hurricane by Joanna Cole, 1995. The Magic School Bus kicks up a Storm by Joanna Cole, 1999. Series by Ted O'Hare: Studying Weather, The Weather and Us, Weather Signs, 2003. What Makes Weather? by Helen Orme, Gareth Stevens, 2003.
Digital Curriculum - click
on Standards - (Texas, Science, 5-5) United Streaming - Search by
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