General

Announcements

August 12 - August 18

What is Science?

August 19 - August 25

How Do Scientists Learn About the Natural World?

What Are Some Type of Investigation?

How Do You Perform a Controlled Experiment?

What Are Some Science Tools?

August 26 - September 1

How Can Scientists Learn From Observations?

How can Scientists learn from observation? Experiment: The Paper Airplane Experiment

September 2 - September 8

Unit I Test

The Engineering Design Process: Quiz

The Engineering Design Process: Invent Your Own Technology

September 9 - September 15

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Research Question

September 16 - September 22

The Technology Zone – Meeting People’s Needs

September 23 - September 29

Living Technology and Technology Risks and Benefits

September 30 - October 6

The Engineering Design Process: Design and Make a Box

Unit II Test

October 21 - October 27

Recognizing Common Characteristics of All Planets

Compare and Contrast the Properties of Inner and Outer Planets

Identifying and understanding celestial objects in the solar system.

Science Fair: Choosing a topic a topic and writing project question

Science Fair: Present research topic and get approval from the teacher.

October 28 - November 3

Describing the characteristics of inner and outer planets

November 4 - November 10

Identifying the characteristics of the planets in the solar system.

November 11 - November 17

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November 18 - November 24

Summarizing information about stars and galaxies through idea web.

Applying concepts about stars and galaxies.

November 25 - December 1

Unit III Benchmark Review: The Solar System and the Universe

Understanding weather. How do we measure weather?

December 2 - December 8

Applying Concepts of Water Cycle

December 9 - December 15

Understanding the stages of the water cycle.

Science Fair Project

January 6 - January 12

Understanding Weather

Identify different types of clouds and explain their role in weather patterns.

Science - Grade Five