HPISD Science Grade 5 Curriculum

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1 HPISD Science Grade 5 Curriculum Unit Name Unit 4: Earth and Space Science Unit Overview Students will identify and discover the formation of fossil fuels as well as alternative energy resources such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biofuels. Students will identify Earth's renewable resources such as air, plants, water, and animals. Students will discover that landforms are the result of weathering, erosion, and deposition. They explore the formation of sedimentary rocks and identify fossils as evidence of past living organisms. Involve student investigations of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas), alternative energy sources such as geothermal, hydropower, wind energy, nuclear energy and nanotechnology. Students will also classify these sources as renewable, nonrenewable, and inexhaustible. Students will explore weather and climate including maps, symbols, map keys, and be able to differentiate between the two. Students will explore the Earth, Moon, Sun system. They will compare, describe the orbits of, and predict observable patterns such as seasons, moon phases, and tides. Generalizations/Enduring Understandings Concepts Cycles, Systems, Similarities and Differences, Cause and Effect, Change Growth, Environment, History Force causes change Guiding/Essential Questions What led to the formation of sedimentary rock layers and fossil fuels? Identify alternative energy resources. What processes are responsible for the formation of landforms and what evidence can we infer from the discovery of fossils? What is solar energy and how is it beneficial? Energy, Cause & Effect, Predicting, Natural Resources, Conservation, Inquiry What is the difference between weather and climate? How do the characteristics of the Earth, moon, and Sun compare? What is the relationship of positions and orbits of the Earth, Moon, and Sun? What causes day and night on the Earth and the movement of the Sun across the sky?

2 Performance Levels Learning Progression (***Decision Points) Learning Targets Identify forces and their effects on the shape of the Earth. Differentiate and identify Earth's natural resources as fossil fuels and/or alternative energy sources Recognize and identify patterns in the natural world and among the sun, earth and moon have an understanding of how sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels form. distinguish between alternative energy resources such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biofuels. recognize how landforms are created such as deltas, canyons, and sand dunes. describe changes to earth s surface as a result of wind, water, and ice. investigate changes in earth s surface resulting from volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and landslides. differentiate between weather and climate. explain how the sun and the ocean interact in the water cycle. identify and compare physical characteristics of the sun, earth, and moon. predict changes in shadows, tides, seasons, and the appearance of the moon over time. identify the planets in our solar system and their position related to the sun. measure and record changes in earth s weather while making predictions using weather maps, weather symbols, and a map key. demonstrate that earth rotates on its axis.

3 Formative Assessments Formation of Fossil Fuels sentence strips Alternative Energy Advertisement Project; Sedimentary sandwiches Fossil Project Fold-ables Earth-Moon comparison Moon phase calendar Reading in Science Chocolate Mining Venn Diagram Natural Resources Sort Graphic Organizer Fossils Lab Mechanical Weathering labs Erosion labs Rock layers Alternative Energy Advertisement Mount WED Landforms Journal -rotation and revolution Weather symbols foldable Fold-ables- portfolio project Weather Maps gizmo NOAA Weather Activity SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS Quiz Earth and Its Neighbors Test TEKS (grade level) SPECIFICATIONS explore the processes that led to the formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels.[.7a] recognize how landforms such as deltas, canyons, and sand dunes are the result of changes to Earth's surface by wind, water, and ice.[.7b] identify alternative energy resources such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biofuels.[.7c] identify fossils as evidence of past living organisms and the nature of the environments at the time using models.[.7d] differentiate between weather and climate.[.8a] explain how the Sun and the ocean interact in the water cycle.[.8b] demonstrate that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours causing the day/night cycle and the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky.[.8c] identify and compare the physical characteristics of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. Processes and Skills Observe, Infer, Measure, Interpret Data, Generate Ideas, Predict, Construct Graphs Create Models, Predict Analyze, Topics Fossil fuels Alternative energy resources Weathering erosion deposition Earth moon sun Weather climates

4 Seasons Moon phases Tides Weather maps Weather symbols Weather map keys Rotation Revolution Facts Fossil fuels come from remains of once living organisms Alternative energy include geothermal, solar, wind, hydropower, nuclear and nanotechnology Renewable resources include oxygen, water, animals, soil, plants The earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours and revolves around the sun once every 365 days Seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth s axis and its position along the orbit Moon phases are the result of the position of the moon with respect to the earth and sun Tides are caused by the pull of gravity from the moon Climates are average weather conditions of a specific region, weather is a daily snapshot Language of Instruction Cycles, constructive forces, destructive forces, weathering, erosion, plate tectonics, Earth s layers, sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous Resources Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Fusion Chocolate Chip Mining Lab; Formation of Coal Sentence Strips; Brain Pop on Gas and Oil; Formation of Oil and Gas Sentence Strips; Youtube: Thermal Electricity and How it Works; Brain Pop on natural Resources; Natural Resources Sort; Alternative Energy Advertisement; Mt. WED activities; Landforms Paper slide; Sedimentary Sandwiches Lab; Sedimentary Rock Layer Bulletin Board; Fossil Formation Lab; Brain Pop: Weathering; Demo. Mechanical Weathering and Erosion; Sedimentary Sandwiches; ; How Do We Know the Ages of Fossils and Rocks Moon Observation Chart; Brain Pop: Moon; Earth and Its Neighbors Worksheet; Characteristics of the Sun; Star Notes, Sun Diagram; The Stars Above/ Classifying Stars;

5 Planetary Particulars; Rank the Planets; Earth/Moon Comparison; Triple Venn Diagram of Earth, Moon, and Sun; Elementary Video adventures: Weather and Climate; Weather Map Worksheet p. 75 and 78; Campout Website; Discovery Map Activity: Gizmo: Weather Symbols and Maps; Water Cycle Wheel