Click the photo below to access the science textbook. Click on the Grade 5 textbook (either with or without audio). The log in information is in your science notebook. You can also access the fourth grade textbook with the same link and login information.
PLEASE NOTE: The fifth grade SOL covers both 4th and 5th grade standards. It would be a good idea to study from both textbooks as you are preparing for the test.
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Here is a great site with information on the Scientific Method. It has a link in the upper right corner that allows you to practice with quiz-like questions.
www.ck12.org/Biology/Scientific-Investigation/lesson/Scientific-Investigation-BIO/ This site offers basic information about the scientific method in an easy-to-understand format. sciencebob.com/science-fair-ideas/the-scientific-method/ A game to test yourself on the parts of the scientific method. www.solpass.org/5s/Games/ScientificMethodPlank.html Here is a great website with videos, songs, quizzes, and more! Click on the Scientific Inquiry screen in the center. studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/index.htm A game to practice with scientific method and terminology. www.biomanbio.com/GamesandLabs/SciMethodGames/inkysm.html Animals are classified into two major groups- vertebrates and invertebrates. A vertebrate is an animal that has a backbone to provide its body support. An invertebrate is an animal that does NOT have a backbone (makes sense, since it has the prefix "in-" at the beginning of it!). Here is some more information about these two groups. VERTEBRATES Vertebrates can be quite small or extremely large or tall since they have a backbone to help support them. Remember in class when we made a worm and giraffe out of clay? We found how impossible it was to make a vertebrate stand upright without the skeletal structure and spine to hold its neck up! This activity helped to show how a backbone, or spinal column, helps some vertebrates to grow as large as a giraffe, or whale!!! Vertebrates can be classified into five smaller groups based on common characteristics: mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles.
Bill Nye: Amphibians Bill Nye: Birds Bill Nye: Reptiles Bill Nye: Fish Here are two dichotomous keys that show one way vertebrates are classified. A special note about SNAKES! A lot of people mistakenly believe that a snake is an invertebrate because it is kind of shaped like a worm. THIS IS FALSE! Just remember that reptiles are vertebrates and that a snake is a reptile, so therefore a snake is a vertebrate. Here are some pictures, too, to help you see that a snake has a bone structure. Without it, the snake wouldn't be able to "stand" as it is doing in the picture below. INVERTEBRATES In class, we've talked a lot about affixes, including the prefix in-. When added to the word vertebrate, knowing the prefix in- can mean "not" helps us to understand that invertebrates do NOT have a backbone. Invertebrates make up the largest population of animals on earth- some have estimated that as many as 96% of all animal species on earth are invertebrates! Bill Nye: Invertebrates video https://www.brainpop.com/science/cellularlifeandgenetics/cells/ http://www.cellsalive.com/ http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/structure-of-a-cell http://steppingstonesue.weebly.com/cells.html I've posted a lot of stuff on the main page of the blog and if you click this link, you'll be redirected to all of my MATTER posts!
We'll be starting our new unit on light this week. Here are some resources for the unit. Lots of great links: www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=light&selected_facets=grades_exact%3A5&selected_facets=supplemental_curriculum_hierarchy_nodes%3A8337&selected_facets= www.andor.com/learning-academy/what-is-light-an-overview-of-the-properties-of-light https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/fifth-grade-light-lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekeMJLgDrrA www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/ www.sciencekids.co.nz/light.html www.optics4kids.org/home/content/classroom-activities/ http://interactivesites.weebly.com/light.html http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/light.htm http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/energy-light-sound/light-absorb-reflect-refract.htm
Click this link to go to the Quizlet quizlet.com/_3tsavp
Here are some resources for our matter unit.
www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/liquids/character.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/science_8_9.shtml www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/chemistry.html www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/ http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/activity/matter-9-studyjams-interactive-science-activities www.learninggamesforkids.com/changes-in-matter-games.html interactivesites.weebly.com/matter-chemical--physical.html www.abcya.com/states_of_matter.htm https://www.turtlediary.com/games/matter.html Want to learn about the fourth state of matter, plasma? Click below! www.spaceweathercenter.org/amazing_plasmas/02/02.html This site has some great videos about light. This link will take you to one on reflection.
www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.phys.energy.lightreflect/light-and-the-law-of-reflection/ |