5th Grade Science Assignments
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- Term
- 2013-2014
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- 5th Grade
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Week of May 5-9
Monday: Last work day for technology project; Part two due at the end of your science class period
HW: None
Tuesday: Technology Presentations
HW: None
Wednesday: Layers of the Earth and Composition
HW: None
Thursday: Layers of the Earth Model and Song
HW: None
Friday: Journey to the Center of Earth
HW: Have a great weekend!
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Week of April 21-25
Monday: Inherited vs. Learned Traits
Tuesday: Review Scavenger Hunt
Wednesday: STAAR Science
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Friday:
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April 14- April 18
Monday: Porosity Gizmo and notes
Homework: Unit 4 Foldable due tomorrow; Porosity Gizmo due April 22
Tuesday: Ecological Relationships Notes and Match Game
Homework: Gizmo due April 22
Wednesday: Life Cycles
Homework: Reading Science Create a Butterfly Garden due tomorrow
Thursday: Animal Adaptations
Homework: Enjoy the three day weekend!
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Week of April 7-11
Monday: Water Cycle
Homework: Finish the rest of Earth and It's Neighbor's Review; Study for Wednesday's test
Tuesday: Water Cycle continued and Review for test
Homework: Test tomorrow; Unit 4 Portfolio due next Tuesday, April 15
Wednesday: Unit 4 Earth and It's Neighbors Test
Homework: Unit 5 Cover Page due Friday; Unit 4 Portfolio due Tuesday, April 15
Thursday: Photosynthesis and the Food Chain
Homework: Cover Page due tomorrow; Unit 4 Portfolio due Tuesday, April 15
Friday: Food Chain continued
Homework: Finish food web; Unit 4 Portfolio due Tuesday, April 15
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Week of March 24-28
Monday: Stars and Sun; Work on Sun Layer Foldable
Tuesday: Scaled Model of Solar System; Inner/Outer Planet Foldable
Wednesday: Finish Solar System Foldables and begin "Earth and It's Neighbors" Test Review
Thursday: Weather Maps Gizmo
Friday: Weather Map Stations; Begin Weather Foldable
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Week of March 17-21
Monday: Moon Phases Calendar
Tuesday: Pgs. 386-397 in textbook, work on W.S. 5/6
Wednesday: Moon Phases and Changing Faces
Thursday: Rotation vs. Revolution
Homework: Bring a glue stick and scissors by Monday
Friday: Finish all foldables
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Week of March 3-7
Monday: Bad Weather Day
Tuesday: Survival on the Moon Work Day
homework: Survival on the Moon due on Friday
Wednesday: Earth and Moon Comparison
homework: Survival on the Moon due on Friday
Thursday: Complete Earth and Moon Comparison; Earth/Moon Foldable
homework: Survival on the Moon due on tomorrow
Friday: NASA Moon Landing
homework: Enjoy your Spring Break
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Week of February 24-28
Monday: Constructive and Destructive Landforms
homework: Test review due tomorrow, Test on Wednesday, and Landform foldable due on Thursday
Landform foldable: must have 6 landforms we have discussed in class, illustration of each and a brief description of how it was formed (see constructive vs. destructive notes for help). See examples attached.
Tuesday: Review for Test
homework: Test tomorrow, Landform foldable due Thursday
Wednesday: Earth Changes Test
homework: Landform foldable due tomorrow
Thursday: Survival on the Moon Lab
Friday: Survival on the Moon Lab continued
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Week of February 17-21
Monday: Stream Tables and Erosion/Landform Vocabulary (SJ pgs. 110/111)
homework: Work on Foldable
Tuesday: Weathering and Erosion Scavenger Hunt around the School
homework: Bring a photo of yourself that can be cut by Thursday
Wednesday: Sedimentary Sandwiches
homework: Bring a photo of yourself that can be cut by tomorrow; Unit 4 Test next Wednesday
Thursday: Geologic Time, Rock Layers and Fossils
homework: Unit 4 Test on Wednesday
Friday: Mount WED in lab journals
Homework: Test Review due on Tuesday, Test on Wednesday
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Week of February 10-14th
Monday: Natural Resources
homework: None
Tuesday: Fossil Labs
homework: Finish Fossil Lab Conclusion
Wednesday: Weathering and Acid Rain Encounters
Thursday: Acid Rain Encounters day 2
Friday: Mechanical Weathering and Ice Wedging
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Week of February 3rd-7th
Monday: Energy Quiz, Unit 4 Cover Page, and Discuss Foldables
HW: None
Tuesday: Unit 4 Foldable Set-Up (See example picture)
HW: None
Wednesday: Fossil Fuels (Chocolate Chip Mining) and Formation of Fossil Fuels
HW: None
Thursday: Formation of Oil and Gas, and Nonrenewable Resources
HW: None
Friday: Energy Sources, Read pgs. 466-475 in text, W.S. pg. 90 and 94
HW: W.S. 90 and 94
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Week of January 27-31st
Monday: Heat Absorption Gizmo, and Energy Quiz Review
HW: Bring in any colored poster board by Monday; Heat Gizmo due on Wednesday, Energy Quiz next Monday
Tuesday: Sunlight and Heat Energy Lab
HW: Quiz review due Friday
Wednesday: BP Color, Forms of Energy and Vocabulary
HW: Quiz review due Friday, Poster board and quiz on Monday
Thursday: Energy Transformations
HW: Reading Passage: Energy Transformations; Quiz review due tomorrow
Friday: Energy Transformations continued and quiz review
HW: Quiz Monday and poster board due Monday
Activity: Energy Quiz Review
URL: http://www.quia.com/rr/940825.html
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Week of January 20-24
Monday: Student Holiday
Tuesday: Physical Science Quiz (Force, Sound, and Electricity)
homework: none
Wednesday: Light Labs
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Thursday: Copy Cat CD, Bent Ruler, and Spoon Images
Friday: Light Objects, Reading Science: Rainbows, and "Clozeing" in on Science
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Week of January 13-17
Monday:
in-class: Sound Lab
homework: Biome of the Month due tomorrow, Ants on a Slant due Wednesday
Tuesday:
in-class: Finish Sound Lab
homework: Ants on a Slant due tomorrow
Wednesday:
in-class: Straw Racer Lab, More things to know about Motion and Force, begin homework
homework: Quiz review
Thursday:
in-class: Read pgs. 194-203 in textbook, begin Worksheet 5-6,
homework: Worksheet 5-6, Kites Reading Passage
Friday:
in-class: Discovery School Sound, and check quiz review
homework: No School Monday, Force and Sound quiz on Tuesday
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Week of January 6-January 10
Monday:
in-class: "I have, Who Has.." Electricity and Magnetism
homework: Complete "I Have, Who Has..." #1-7 vocabulary
Tuesday:
in-class: Check 1-7, introduce Biome of the Month assignment, Unit 3 Cover Page
homework: Unit 3 cover page, Biome of Month due on Jan. 14 (rubric and example attached)
Wednesday:
in-class: Computer Lab- Ants on a Slant Gizmo
homework: Ants on a Slant due on Jan. 15, Biome of the month due Jan. 14
Thursday:
in-class: What is Force? Lab
homework: Ants on a Slant due on Jan. 15, Biome of the month due Jan. 14
Friday:
in-class: Go over "Motion and Force" notes, Newton's Laws, and Bowling Ball assignment
homework: Finish Bowling Ball, Ants on a Slant due on Jan. 15, Biome of the month due Jan. 14
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Week of December 16-20
Monday- Wednesday: Work on Houses (Due on Wednesday at the end of the period)
Thursday: Parade of Homes
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Week of December 9th- December 13th
Monday: Snow Day
Tuesday:
in-class: Making a Switch, Introduced "Let It Light"
homework: Circuit Builder Gizmo due tomorrow, Bring a small Ziploc baggie
Wednesday:
in-class: Circuit Builder gizmo check, "Let it Light" (Electric House) project
homework: Electric House due on December 18th
Thursday:
in-class: "Let it Light" (Electric House) project
homework: Electric House due on December 18th
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Week of December 2nd-6th
Monday:
in-class: Exploring Electromagnets (pg. 58/59 in SJ) and begin "Two Kinds of Current" Reading passage
homework: Two Kinds of Current
Tuesday:
in-class: Circuit Circus and Science expo
homework: Money for expo if needed
Wednesday:
in-class: Circuit Builder Gizmo and Science expo
homework: Circuit Builder gizmo due next Wednesday
Thursday:
in-class: Conductor or Insulator?
Homework: Circuit Builder Gizmo due Wed. December 11
Friday: Snow Day!
Homework: Gizmo due on Wednesday! Have a safe and warm weekend!
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Monday:
in-class: Magnetism Gizmo as a class (If absent, gizmo due by Dec. 6)
homework: none
Tuesday: Continue Gizmo and look at Biome of the Month
homework: Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break!
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Week of November 18-22
Monday
in-class: Took notes on Solution vocab (pg. 52- see notes attached) and set up for puzzling solutions lab (pg. 53- tape into journal); worked on Matter Review- answer questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Homework: Density Laboratory Gizmo due by Wednesday, Matter Test on Thursday, Electric House material due by Friday
Tuesday
in-class: Puzzling Solutions Lab (pg. 53 in journal)
Homework: Test Review and Gizmo due tomorrow, Matter test on Thursday, Electric House materials due by Friday
Wednesday
in-class: Review for Matter test; Test review key attached
Homework: Study for test!
Thursday
in-class: Matter 2 Test
Homework: Electric House materials due tomorrow
Friday
in-class: Magnetic Attraction and discuss Electric Houses
homework: Have a great weekend!
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November 11-15
Monday: History of the Thermometer
Tuesday night: Finish Conduction/Insulation Conclusion
Data:
Glass: 1,1,1,1,1,2,4
Styrofoam: 7,7,7,7,7,7
Metal: 3,10,13,15,16,17,20
Plastic: 6,6,6,6,8,6,6
Wednesday night: Density Laboratory Gizmo in class...finish for Homework. Due by November 20th
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November 4-8
Monday night: Physical properties quiz on Wednesday- review is attached
***Use your science journal (physical properties of matter lab, BP Matter Activity) to help you answer the review sheet***
Tuesday night: Quiz tomorrow- Review answer key is attached to make sure you are studying the correct information
Wednesday night: NONE
Thursday night: Finish Super Submarine Conclusion
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Read pages 324-333 in your science textbook.
Complete worksheet pages 31, 32, 33, 38
HW: Any unfinished classwork
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Read and answer the questions to "Matter and Molecules in Matter"
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Complete pg. 28/29 of your science journal
Pg. 28 of Science Journal:
Answer the questions based on the "I have, who has" activity today in class:
1. What information did you already know?
2. What information did you learn? or What information was new to you?
3. I want to learn more about....
4. What I found interesting while doing this "I have, who has" puzzle was....
Pg. 29- Page attached
Pg. 28 of Science Journal:
Answer the questions based on the "I have, who has" activity today in class:
1. What information did you already know?
2. What information did you learn? or What information was new to you?
3. I want to learn more about....
4. What I found interesting while doing this "I have, who has" puzzle was....
Pg. 29- Page attached
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Attached is the Unit 1 Test Study Guide and an extra set of testable questions to practice.
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Today we learned how to take non-testable questions and turn them into testable questions. Attached are the notes, powerpoint, and homework assignment with the first question completed.
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Pg. 20 of Journal: Variable Practice
Pg. 21 of Journal: Three Kinds of Variables
HW: Finish Variable Practice- remember to use your red, green, and yellow colored pencils to identify the constant, responding, and manipulating variables.
Pg. 21 of Journal: Three Kinds of Variables
HW: Finish Variable Practice- remember to use your red, green, and yellow colored pencils to identify the constant, responding, and manipulating variables.
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"Dinosaur Observation and Inferences" due on Wednesday if you did not finish in class. Use the picture to help you decide if the statement is an observation or an inference.
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Finish "Measuring Mass 2" for HW
Remember to show your work, line up your decimal places, and label your answers!
Remember to show your work, line up your decimal places, and label your answers!
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Lab Equipment Notecards due on Thursday to help you study for Friday's quiz
Front: Lab Equipment Name
Back: purpose and picture
Please put your initials on all of your notecards
You should have 24 notecards
Front: Lab Equipment Name
Back: purpose and picture
Please put your initials on all of your notecards
You should have 24 notecards
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Lab Equipment Notecards due tomorrow
Measuring Mass #1 Worksheet due tomorrow if you did not finish in class today (sheet is attached)
Measuring Mass #1 Worksheet due tomorrow if you did not finish in class today (sheet is attached)
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Thursday August 29th:
Discussed classroom duties
Lab Saftey Contract- page 8 of your Science Journal
Lab Behavior- page 9 of your Science Journal
Created skits regarding Bad Lab Safety Tips by turning them into the correct safety procedures.
HW: Finish your science journal cover- due tomorrow
Review your lab safety contract and get it signed by a parent- due Tuesday
Discussed classroom duties
Lab Saftey Contract- page 8 of your Science Journal
Lab Behavior- page 9 of your Science Journal
Created skits regarding Bad Lab Safety Tips by turning them into the correct safety procedures.
HW: Finish your science journal cover- due tomorrow
Review your lab safety contract and get it signed by a parent- due Tuesday
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Finish designing and coloring your "Unit 1 Cover Page: How Do Scientists Work?"; and "Unit 1 Big Ideas"- due tomorrow
Science journal cover due Friday
- Cover can be covered with your interests or hobbies
- You can duck tape your cover and put your name on it
- You may tape a picture of you on the cover
Science journal cover due Friday
- Cover can be covered with your interests or hobbies
- You can duck tape your cover and put your name on it
- You may tape a picture of you on the cover
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Finish T.O.C. and numbering your interactive science journal