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NC.5.E.Earth Science

Earth Science

Earth Systems, Structures & Processes

5.E.1. Understand weather patterns and phenomena, making connections to the weather in a particular place and time.

5.E.1.1. Compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns.

Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather

Virtual Lab Weather Forecasting

Presentations Predicting Weather

Flip Charts Science Grade 4

Flip Charts Weather & Climate

Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather

Vocabulary Terms Weather and climate

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather

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

5.E.1.2. Predict upcoming weather events from weather data collected through observation and measurements.

Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather

Presentations Predicting Weather

Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather

5.E.1.3. Explain how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.

Multimedia Lesson Atmosphere and Weather

Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate

Presentations Climate and Its Causes

Presentations Weather

Presentations Weather Patterns

Flip Charts Science Grade 4

Flip Charts Weather & Climate

Vocabulary Terms Atmosphere and Weather

Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Atmosphere and Weather

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

NC.5.L.Life Science

Life Science

Ecosystems

5.L.2. Understand the interdependence of plants and animals with their ecosystem.

5.L.2.1. Compare the characteristics of several common ecosystems, including estuaries and salt marshes, oceans, lakes and ponds, forests, and grasslands).

Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate

Interactive/Simulation Biomes

Presentations Climate Zones and Biomes

Presentations The Temperate Zone

Flip Charts Cycles of Life & Biomes

Flip Charts Ecosystems, Food Chains & Food

Flip Charts Invertebrates - Animals Without Backbones

Flip Charts Science Grade 4

Flip Charts Science Grade 5

Flip Charts Science Grade 6

Vocabulary Terms Cycles of life and Biomes

Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate

Vocabulary Terms Ecosystems and changes in ecosystems

Vocabulary Terms Energy and ecosystems

Vocabulary Terms Interactions among living things

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

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

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ecosystems and changes in ecosystems

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Energy and ecosystems

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

5.L.2.2. Classify the organisms within an ecosystem according to the function they serve: producers, consumers, or decomposers (biotic factors).

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life

Presentations Animal-Like Protists

Presentations Animals

Presentations Cell Energy

Presentations Energy Flow

Presentations Food Chains

Presentations Food Webs

Presentations Overview of Cellular Respiration

Presentations Owl Food Web

Flip Charts Cycles of Life & Biomes

Flip Charts Fishes, Amphibians & Reptiles

Flip Charts Food Chains & Food Webs

Flip Charts Mollusks, Arthropods & Echinoderms

Flip Charts Science Grade 4

Flip Charts Science Grade 5

Flip Charts Science: Life Science

Flip Charts Sponges, Cnidarians & Worms

Vocabulary Terms Cycles of life and Biomes

Vocabulary Terms Food webs/food chains

Vocabulary Terms Interactions among living things

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration

Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife

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

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 Protists: Pond Microlife

5.L.2.3. Infer the effects that may result from the interconnected relationship of plants and animals to their ecosystem.

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Interactive/Simulation Food Webs

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

Flip Charts The Barn Owl

Vocabulary Terms Cycles of life and Biomes

Vocabulary Terms Food webs/food chains

Vocabulary Terms Interactions among living things

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

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

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

Evolution and Genetics

5.L.3. Understand why organisms differ from or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.

5.L.3.1. Explain why organisms differ from or are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.

Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Multimedia Lesson Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Multimedia Lesson Meiosis

Presentations Chromosomes

Presentations Codominance

Presentations Crossing-Over

Presentations Dominant and Recessive

Presentations Genes

Presentations How Traits Are Inherited

Presentations Mendel's Experiments

Presentations Phenotypes and Genotypes

Flip Charts Animal Growth & Reproduction

Flip Charts Genetics - The Study of Heredity

Flip Charts Genetics: Study of Heredity

Flip Charts Modern Genetics

Flip Charts Science Grade 4

Flip Charts Science Grade 6

Flip Charts Science: Life Science

Vocabulary Terms Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Vocabulary Terms Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Vocabulary Terms Meiosis

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis

5.L.3.2. Give examples of likenesses that are inherited and some that are not.

Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Multimedia Lesson Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Presentations Genes

Presentations How Traits Are Inherited

Presentations Mendel's Experiments

Flip Charts Animal Growth & Reproduction

Flip Charts Science Grade 4

Vocabulary Terms Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Vocabulary Terms Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Structures & Functions of Living Organisms

5.L.1. Understand how structures and systems of organisms (to include the human body) perform functions necessary for life.

5.L.1.1. Explain why some organisms are capable of surviving as a single cell while others require many cells that are specialized to survive.

Multimedia Lesson Cells

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life

Presentations Amoeba

Presentations Animal-Like Protists

Presentations Animals

Presentations Archaebacteria and Eubacteria

Presentations Euglena

Presentations Fungi

Presentations Organization of Cells

Presentations Paramecium

Presentations Plant-Like Protists

Presentations Plants

Presentations Protists

Presentations Spirogyra

Presentations Volvox

Presentations What Is a Protist?

Vocabulary Terms Cells

Vocabulary Terms Cells- The building blocks of living things

Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife

Vocabulary Terms The 6-Kingdoms of life

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Cells- The building blocks of living things

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

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The 6-Kingdoms of life

5.L.1.2. Compare the major systems of the human body (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, muscular, skeletal, and cardiovascular) in terms of their functions necessary for life.

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 1: Moving and Controlling the Body

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

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 3: Protection, Reproduction and Cooperation

Interactive/Simulation Cardiovascular System

Interactive/Simulation Digestive System

Interactive/Simulation Respiratory System

Interactive/Simulation Types of Joints

Interactive/Simulation Types of Muscles

Presentations Body Organization

Presentations Cardiovascular System - Transporting Fuel and Waste

Presentations Digestive System - Fuel from Food

Presentations Muscular System

Presentations Process of Digestion

Presentations Respiratory System - The Need for Oxygen

Presentations Skeletal System

Presentations Systems Working Together

Vocabulary Terms Cells, tissues and organs

Vocabulary Terms Organ systems

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Cells, tissues and organs

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Organ systems

NC.5.P.Physical Science

Physical Science

Matter, Properties and Change

5.P.2. Understand the interactions of matter and energy and the changes that occur.

5.P.2.1. Explain how the sun's energy impacts the processes of the water cycle (including, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation and runoff).

Flip Charts Earth’s Freshwater & Atmosphere

Flip Charts Science Grade 5

Flip Charts Science: Earth Science

Flip Charts Understanding Weather

Vocabulary Terms Earth's freshwater and atmosphere

Vocabulary Terms Earth's Waters

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

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

5.P.2.2. Compare the weight of an object to the sum of the weight of its parts before and after an interaction.

Flip Charts Chemical Reactions

Flip Charts Science: Physical Science

5.P.2.3. Summarize properties of original materials, and the new material(s) formed, to demonstrate that a change has occurred.

Multimedia Lesson Chemical Reactions

Interactive/Simulation Chemical and Physical Changes

Interactive/Simulation Types of Reactions

Virtual Lab Evidence of Chemical Reactions

Presentations Balancing Equations

Presentations Chemical Reactions

Presentations Reactions and Reaction Rates

Flip Charts Acids & Bases

Flip Charts Acids, Bases & Salts

Flip Charts Chemical Reactions

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

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

Energy: Conservation and Transfer

5.P.3. Explain how the properties of some materials change as a result of heating and cooling.

5.P.3.1. Explain the effects of the transfer of heat (either by direct contact or at a distance) that occurs between objects at different temperatures. (conduction, convection or radiation)

Multimedia Lesson Energy: Forms and Changes

Presentations Heat and Heat Technology

Vocabulary Terms Energy: Forms and Changes

Vocabulary Terms Properties of matter and Energy

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

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

5.P.3.2. Explain how heating and cooling affect some materials and how this relates to their purpose and practical applications.

Multimedia Lesson Properties and States of Matter

Presentations Changes of State

Vocabulary Terms Properties and States of Matter

Vocabulary Terms Properties of matter and Energy

Vocabulary Terms Solids, liquids and gases