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NGSS.5-ESS.EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

5-ESS1. Earth’s Place in the Universe

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

5-ESS1-2. Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.

Multimedia Lesson The Sun-Earth-Moon System

Presentations How the Earth Moves

Presentations Seasons on Earth

Flip Charts Earth’s Freshwater & Atmosphere

Flip Charts Science Grade 5

Flip Charts Science Grade 6

Flip Charts Sun, Earth, Moon Systems

Vocabulary Terms Earth's freshwater and atmosphere

Vocabulary Terms Our Solar system and beyond

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's freshwater and atmosphere

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Our Solar system and beyond

5-ESS2. Earth’s Systems

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

5-ESS2-1. Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather

Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate

Multimedia Lesson Earth's Surface

Multimedia Lesson Earthquakes

Interactive/Simulation Forces of Erosion and Deposition

Presentations Atmosphere Overview

Presentations Faults in the Earth's Crust

Presentations Forces of Erosion and Deposition

Presentations Layers of the Atmosphere

Presentations Mechanical and Chemical Weathering

Presentations Ozone depletion

Presentations The Erosion and Deposition Cycle

Presentations Weather

Presentations Weathering and Erosion Overview

Flip Charts Earth - Inside & Out

Flip Charts Earth’s Atmosphere

Flip Charts Earth’s Freshwater & Atmosphere

Flip Charts Landforms, Rocks & Soil

Flip Charts Science Grade 4

Flip Charts Science Grade 5

Flip Charts Science: Earth Science

Flip Charts Understanding Weather

Flip Charts Weather & Climate

Flip Charts Weathering of Rocks & Soil Formation

Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather

Vocabulary Terms Earth - Inside and Out

Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate

Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Surface

Vocabulary Terms Earth's freshwater and atmosphere

Vocabulary Terms Earth's Waters

Vocabulary Terms Earthquakes

Vocabulary Terms Landforms, Rocks and soil

Vocabulary Terms Minerals of Earth's crust

Vocabulary Terms Weather and climate

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth - Inside and Out

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Surface

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's freshwater and atmosphere

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's Waters

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earthquakes

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Landforms, Rocks and soil

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Minerals of Earth's crust

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Weather and climate

5-ESS3. Earth and Human Activity

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

5-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes

Presentations Sources of Energy

Vocabulary Terms Energy resources

Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Energy resources

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Energy: Forms and Changes

NGSS.5-LS.LIFE SCIENCE

LIFE SCIENCE

5-LS1. From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

5-LS1-1. Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life

Interactive/Simulation Photosynthesis

Presentations Cell Energy

Presentations Connection between Photosynthesis and Respiration

Presentations Energy Flow

Presentations Euglena

Presentations Food Chains

Presentations Food Webs

Presentations Leaf Structure and Photosynthesis

Presentations Overview of Photosynthesis

Presentations Plant-Like Protists

Presentations Plants

Presentations Process of Photosynthesis

Presentations Spirogyra

Presentations Volvox

Flip Charts Food Chains & Food Webs

Flip Charts Photosynthesis & Respiration

Flip Charts Roots, Stems & Leaves

Flip Charts Science Grade 4

Flip Charts Science Grade 5

Flip Charts Science: Life Science

Vocabulary Terms Food webs/food chains

Vocabulary Terms Interactions among living things

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration

Vocabulary Terms Plant Structure and function

Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife

Vocabulary Terms Roots, Stems and Leaves

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Food webs/food chains

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Interactions among living things

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Plant Structure and function

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Roots, Stems and Leaves

5-LS2. Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

5-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Interactive/Simulation Food Webs

Presentations Cell Energy

Presentations Energy Flow

Presentations Food Chains

Presentations Food Web Balance

Presentations Food Webs

Presentations Owl Food Web

Flip Charts Cycles of Life & Biomes

Flip Charts Ecosystems, Food Chains & Food

Flip Charts Food Chains & Food Webs

Flip Charts Owl Food Web

Flip Charts Science Grade 4

Flip Charts Science Grade 5

Flip Charts Science Grade 6

Flip Charts Science: Owls and Owl Pellets

Vocabulary Terms Cycles of life and Biomes

Vocabulary Terms Earth's Waters

Vocabulary Terms Food webs/food chains

Vocabulary Terms Interactions among living things

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Cycles of life and Biomes

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Earth's Waters

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Food webs/food chains

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Interactions among living things

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration

NGSS.5-PS.PHYSICAL SCIENCE

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

5-PS1. Matter and Its Interactions

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

5-PS1-1. Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Multimedia Lesson Atoms and Chemical Bonding

Multimedia Lesson Elements and the Periodic Table

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Interactive/Simulation Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids

Interactive/Simulation Scientists and their model of the atom

Virtual Lab Flame Test

Presentations Classes of Elements

Presentations Introduction to Matter

Presentations Models of the Atom

Vocabulary Terms Atoms and Chemical Bonding

Vocabulary Terms Elements and the periodic table

Vocabulary Terms Matter

Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter

Vocabulary Terms Properties of matter and Energy

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atoms and Chemical Bonding

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Matter

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Properties of matter and Energy

5-PS1-2. Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.

Flip Charts Chemical Reactions

Flip Charts Science: Physical Science

5-PS1-3. Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Multimedia Lesson Chemical Reactions

Multimedia Lesson Elements and the Periodic Table

Multimedia Lesson Light and Optics

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Multimedia Lesson Sound

Interactive/Simulation Identifying Elements

Virtual Lab Evidence of Chemical Reactions

Virtual Lab Flame Test

Virtual Lab Mirrors and Lenses

Virtual Lab Speed of Sound

Presentations Changes of State

Presentations Chemical Reactions

Presentations Introduction to Matter

Presentations Measuring Matter

Flip Charts Acids & Bases

Flip Charts Science Grade 5

Vocabulary Terms Chemical and physical changes of matter

Vocabulary Terms Chemical Reactions

Vocabulary Terms Elements and the periodic table

Vocabulary Terms Light and Optics

Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter

Vocabulary Terms Solids, liquids and gases

Vocabulary Terms Sound

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Chemical and physical changes of matter

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Elements and the periodic table

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Light and Optics

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Solids, liquids and gases

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Sound

5-PS1-4. Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Multimedia Lesson Chemical Reactions

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Interactive/Simulation Chemical and Physical Changes

Presentations Changes of State

Presentations Chemical Reactions

Flip Charts Acids & Bases

Flip Charts Acids, Bases & Salts

Flip Charts Science Grade 5

Flip Charts Science: Physical Science

Vocabulary Terms Chemical and physical changes of matter

Vocabulary Terms Chemical Reactions

Vocabulary Terms Matter

Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Chemical and physical changes of matter

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chemical Reactions

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Matter

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Properties and States of Matter

5-PS2. Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Multimedia Lesson Forces and Motion

Presentations Gravity

Flip Charts Force, Motion & Energy

Flip Charts Forces & Motion

Flip Charts Newton’s Laws of Motion

Flip Charts Science Grade 4

Flip Charts Science Grade 5

Flip Charts Science: Physical Science

Vocabulary Terms Force, motion and energy

Vocabulary Terms Forces and Motion

Vocabulary Terms Newton's Laws of motion

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Force, motion and energy

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Forces and Motion

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Newton's Laws of motion

5-PS3. Energy

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

5-PS3-1. Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 2: Providing Fuel and Transportation

Interactive/Simulation Food Webs

Presentations Cell Energy

Presentations Energy Flow

Presentations Energy Pyramid

Presentations Food and Nutrients

Presentations Food Chains

Presentations Food Web Balance

Presentations Food Webs

Presentations Overview of Photosynthesis