UNIT DESCRIPTION: Students will understand how the Sun warms the Earth to create the weather (winds, clouds, and precipitation). Students will comprehend that water can exist in 3 states on Earth and a finite amount of water makes up the water cycle. They will be able to summarize the different types of severe storms and explain how they form.
SCI.5.1.1.C.a
Describe how changes in state (i.e., freezing/melting, condensation/evaporation/boiling) provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen
SCI.5.1.1.D
SCI.5.1.1.I.a
Observe the mass of water remains constant as it changes state (as evidenced in a closed container)
SCI.5.1.2.C.a
Identify the Sun as the primary source of energy for temperature change on Earth
SCI.5.5.1.B
Classify major bodies of surface water (e.g., rivers, lakes, oceans, glaciers) as fresh or salt water, flowing or stationary, large or small, solid or liquid, surface or groundwater
SCI.5.5.1.C.a
Recognize the atmosphere is composed of a mixture of gases, water, and minute particles
SCI.5.5.2.E
SCI.5.5.2.F
SCI.5.5.3.A
SCI.5.7.1.A
SCI.5.7.1.B
SCI.5.7.1.C
SCI.5.7.1.D.a
Communicate the procedures and results of investigations and explanations through:
SCI.5.8.1.B.a
Describe how new technologies have helped scientists make better observations and measurements for investigations (e.g., telescopes, electronic balances, electronic microscopes, x-ray technology, computers, ultrasounds, computer probes such as thermometers)
SCI.5.8.1.C.a
Identify how the effects of inventions or technological advances (e.g., complex machinery, technologies used in space exploration, satellite imagery, weather observation and prediction, communication, transportation, robotics, tracking devices) may be helpful, harmful, or both (Assess Locally)
Describe how changes in state (i.e., freezing/melting, condensation/evaporation/boiling) provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen
SCI.5.1.1.D
- Classify matter as a solid, a liquid, or a gas, as it exists at room temperature, using physical properties (i.e., volume, shape, ability to flow)
- Predict the effect of heat (thermal energy) on the physical properties of water as it changes to and from a solid, liquid, or gas (i.e., freezes/melts, evaporates/condenses/boils)
SCI.5.1.1.I.a
Observe the mass of water remains constant as it changes state (as evidenced in a closed container)
SCI.5.1.2.C.a
Identify the Sun as the primary source of energy for temperature change on Earth
SCI.5.5.1.B
Classify major bodies of surface water (e.g., rivers, lakes, oceans, glaciers) as fresh or salt water, flowing or stationary, large or small, solid or liquid, surface or groundwater
SCI.5.5.1.C.a
Recognize the atmosphere is composed of a mixture of gases, water, and minute particles
SCI.5.5.2.E
- Describe and trace the path of water as it cycles through the hydrosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere (i.e., the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface run-off/ groundwater flow)
- Identify the different forms water can take (e.g., snow, rain, sleet, fog, clouds, dew) as it moves through the water cycle
SCI.5.5.2.F
- Identify and use appropriate tools (i.e., thermometer, anemometer, wind vane, rain gauge, satellite images, weather maps) to collect weather data( i.e., temperature, wind speed and direction, precipitation, cloud type and cover.)
- Identify and summarize relationships between weather data (e.g., temperature and time of day, cloud cover and temperature, wind direction and temperature) collected over a period of time.
SCI.5.5.3.A
- Explain how major bodies of water are important natural resources for human activity(e.g., food recreation, habitat, irrigation, solvent, transportation)
- Describe how human needs and activities (e.g., irrigation damming of rivers, waste management, sources of drinking water) have affected the quantity and quality of major bodies of fresh water
- Propose solutions to problems related to water quality and availability that result from human activity
SCI.5.7.1.A
- Formulate testable questions and explanations (hypotheses)
- Recognize the characteristics of a fair and unbiased test
- Conduct a fair test to answer a question
- Make suggestions for reasonable improvements or extensions of a fair test
SCI.5.7.1.B
- Make qualitative observations using the five senses
- Determine the appropriate tools and techniques to collect data
- Use a variety of tools and equipment to gather data (e.g., hand lenses, magnets, thermometers, metric rulers, balances, graduated cylinders, spring scales)
- Measure length to the nearest centimeter, mass to the nearest gram, volume to the nearest milliliter, temperature to the nearest degree Celsius, force/weight to the nearest Newton
- Compare amounts/measurements
- Judge whether measurements and computation of quantities are reasonable
SCI.5.7.1.C
- Use quantitative and qualitative data as support for reasonable explanations
- Use data as support for observed patterns and relationships, and to make predictions to be tested
- Evaluate the reasonableness of an explanation
- Analyze whether evidence supports proposed explanations
SCI.5.7.1.D.a
Communicate the procedures and results of investigations and explanations through:
- oral presentations
- drawings and maps
- data tables
- graphs (bar, single line, pictograph)
- writings
SCI.5.8.1.B.a
Describe how new technologies have helped scientists make better observations and measurements for investigations (e.g., telescopes, electronic balances, electronic microscopes, x-ray technology, computers, ultrasounds, computer probes such as thermometers)
SCI.5.8.1.C.a
Identify how the effects of inventions or technological advances (e.g., complex machinery, technologies used in space exploration, satellite imagery, weather observation and prediction, communication, transportation, robotics, tracking devices) may be helpful, harmful, or both (Assess Locally)
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Energy and Matter (video)
Properties of Matter (video)
Solids, Liquids, Gases (video)
Physical and Chemical Changes of Matter (video)
Acids and Bases (video)
Mixtures (video)
Periodic Table (video)
Atoms: Protons, Neutrons, Electrons (video)
Elements and Compounds (video)
KEYWORDS
force / motion / work / magnitude / direction / simple machines / kinetic energy / chemical energy / mechanical energy / potential energy / electrical energy / thermal energy / weight / matter / density / volume / mass / condensation / liquid / solid / evaporation / gas / property / acidity / bases / neutral / acids / alkalinity / mixture / substance / solution / compound / element / metal / proton / neutron / electron / nucleus / symbol
Energy and Matter (video)
Properties of Matter (video)
Solids, Liquids, Gases (video)
Physical and Chemical Changes of Matter (video)
Acids and Bases (video)
Mixtures (video)
Periodic Table (video)
Atoms: Protons, Neutrons, Electrons (video)
Elements and Compounds (video)
KEYWORDS
force / motion / work / magnitude / direction / simple machines / kinetic energy / chemical energy / mechanical energy / potential energy / electrical energy / thermal energy / weight / matter / density / volume / mass / condensation / liquid / solid / evaporation / gas / property / acidity / bases / neutral / acids / alkalinity / mixture / substance / solution / compound / element / metal / proton / neutron / electron / nucleus / symbol
LESSON PLAN #1 Teaching Method:
Title: MATTER AND ENERGY
Topic Description: Students will know the Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun and the planets appear to move across the sky among the stars, reflecting the sun's light. Students will know every objects exerts a gravitational force on every object, depending on size, and this accounts for weights changing on the other planets and moons.
Behavioral Objective: After learning about matter and energy, the students will
Learning Targets:
SCI.5.1.1.C Properties of matter can be explained in terms of moving particles too small to be seen without tremendous magnification
- a. Describe how changes in state (i.e., freezing/melting, condensation/evaporation/boiling) provide evidence that matter is made of particles too small to be seen
Keywords:
force / motion / work / magnitude / direction / simple machines
LESSON PLAN #2 Teaching Method:
Title: MATTER AND ENERGY
Topic Description: Students will know
Behavioral Objective: After learning about matter and energy, the students will
Learning Targets:
SCI.5.1.1.D Physical changes in the state of matter that result from thermal changes can be explained by the Kinetic Theory of Matter
- a. Classify matter as a solid, a liquid, or a gas, as it exists at room temperature, using physical properties (i.e., volume, shape, ability to flow)
- SKILL: Identify and sort solids, liquids, and gases
- b. Predict the effect of heat (thermal energy) on the physical properties of water as it changes to and from a solid, liquid, or gas (i.e., freezes/melts, evaporates/condenses/boils)
- SKILL: Change-of-state diagrams: melting, freezing, vaporizing, and condensing
- SKILL: Change-of-state diagrams: melting, freezing, vaporizing, condensing, and sublimating
- SKILL: Heating, cooling, and changes of state
- SKILL: Predict heat flow and temperature change
- SKILL: Thermal energy, temperature, and mass
LESSON PLAN #3 Teaching Method:
Title: MATTER AND ENERGY
Topic Description: Students will know
Behavioral Objective: After learning about matter and energy, the students will
Learning Targets:
SCI.5.1.1.I Mass is conserved during any physical or chemical change
Title: MATTER AND ENERGY
Topic Description: Students will know
Behavioral Objective: After learning about matter and energy, the students will
Learning Targets:
SCI.5.1.1.I Mass is conserved during any physical or chemical change
- a. Observe the mass of water remains constant as it changes state (as evidenced in a closed container)
LESSON PLAN #4 Teaching Method:
Title: MATTER AND ENERGY
Topic Description: Students will know
Behavioral Objective: After learning about matter and energy, the students will
Learning Targets:
SCI.5.1.2.A Forms of energy have a source, a means of transfer (work and heat), and a receiver
- a. Observe and explain light being transferred from the source to the receiver (eye) through space in straight lines
- b. Observe and explain how an object (e.g., moon, mirror, objects in a room) can only be seen when light is reflected from that object to the receiver (eye)
LESSON PLAN #5 Teaching Method:
Title: MATTER AND ENERGY
Topic Description: Students will know
Behavioral Objective: After learning about matter and energy, the students will
Learning Targets:
SCI.5.1.2.A Forms of energy have a source, a means of transfer (work and heat), and a receiver
- a. Observe and explain light being transferred from the source to the receiver (eye) through space in straight lines
- b. Observe and explain how an object (e.g., moon, mirror, objects in a room) can only be seen when light is reflected from that object to the receiver (eye)