Fifth Grade Science Curriculum

These are the curriculum objectives that will be tested on the Science EOG.

Science Goal 1 - Ecosystems

The learner will conduct investigations to build an understanding of the interdependence of plants and animals.

Science Goal 2 - Landforms

The learner will make observations and conduct investigations to build an understanding of landforms.

Science Goal 3 - Weather

The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of weather and climate.

Science Goal 4 - Motion and Design

The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technologies to build an understanding of forces and motion in technological designs.

Science Calendars

July	August	September	October	November	December
January	February	March	April	May	June

Science Study Guide

Cycles in Nature Study Sheet

Ecosystems Study Sheet

Science Websites

www.fantasticcontraptions.com

Science Notebook - Ecosystem Vocabulary

Producer any of the plants and algae that produce oxygen and food that the animals need. Ecosystem All the living and non-living things in an area and their interactions with each other. Decomposers any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plant and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil. Fungi members of a kingdom that contain one celled and many-celled living things that absorb food through their environment. A decomposer- mushrooms are an example. Biome one of Earth’s large ecosystems, whit its climate, soil, plants, and animals. Consumers any animal that eats plants or eats other plant-eating animals. Scavengers a meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals. Habitat the place where a population lives. Organisms living things that are capable of reacting to stimuli, reproduction and growth. Taiga a cool, forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere. Alfalfa a flowering plant in the pea family. Grown to feed livestock. Elodea is a perennial aquatic plant often called water weeds. Often used in aquariums. Mustard a plant species that grows very small seeds that can be ground to use as a spice. The plant itself can be eaten as greens as well. Wheat A world wide cultivated grass that is harvested and the seed is ground into flour to make bread. Second largest crop in the world. Tundra a cold, treeless biome of the far North, marked by spongy topsoil. Sun the source of all energy to our planet. Symbiosis/Symbiotic a relationship between two kinds of organisms over time. Acid Rain moisture that falls to the Earth after being mixed with wastes from burned fossil fuels. Photosynthesis the food making process in green plants that uses sunlight. Germination the sprouting of a seed into a new plant. Individual a single member of a species. Population all the members of one species in an area. Community all the populations living in one area. Niche the role an organism has in its ecosystem. Desert a sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life. Food Chain the path of the energy in food from one organism to another. Food Web the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem. Energy Pyramid An energy pyramid is the graphical representation of the levels (nutritional) by which the incoming solar energy is transferred into an ecosystem. Competition active demand by two or more organisms or kinds of organisms for some environmental resource in short supply Deciduous Forest a forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn. Learned Behavior a learned behavior is a behavior that was observed by an individual that they find it to be beneficial to them in some way. Increased Nutrients increased nutrients added to the environment can create algae blooms which can choke out existing organisms in an aquatic ecosystem. Extinct no longer exists. This organism will no longer be found alive on the earth. Tropical Rainforest a hot, humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life. Endangered a species threatened with extinction; broadly: anyone or anything whose continued existence is threatened. Threatened having an uncertain chance of continued survival <a threatened species> specifically: likely to become an endangered species Pollutant an unnatural substance added to the Earth’s land, water or air. Grasslands a biome where grasses, not trees, are the main plant life. Prairies are one kind of grassland region. Ph-Paper Used to determine the measure of its ph which tells the level of acidic, neutral or basic of a substance. Instinct a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason