TEKS:  5.1,  5.2,  5.9,  5.10

 

Monday

Bean plant observations continue.

Grade #6:  Ecosystems fill – in – blank activity.  Introduce Activity 2:  Comparing Structures and Functions (Back of Webbed Feet lab sheet). 

Resources:   Plant data sheets, Google Classroom fill in blank (multiple choice) graded assignment,  MMinds 16 / 17  pg. 322.   

 

Tuesday

Bean plant observations continue

Activity 2:  Comparing Structures and Functions (Back of Webbed Feet lab sheet).  Students choose examples of various organisms (Mammal,  bird, fish,  etc).  Fully sketch and color organism,  zoom in on a structure the organism has that helps it survive in an ecosystem,  sketch and color.  Then, explain use of the structure.

Resources:  Plant data sheets,  MMinds 16 / 17 pg. 322,  hardback books with organism examples,  internet (Facts for me),  student experiences.

 

Wednesday

Bean plant observations;  Weather Observations.

Continue working on Activity 2:  Comparing Structures and Functions.  Begin discussion of how these structures help organisms become a part of a food chain and food web.  Introduce the concepts of Food Chain / Food Web.  

Resources:  Weather / plant data sheets,  Activity 2 sheet MMinds 16/17 pg. 322.

 

Thursday

Bean plant observations;  Weather Observations.

Continue Food Chain / Food Web discussions.   Begin Grade #7:  Food Chains / Food Webs. 

Resources:  Weather / plant data sheets,  lab folders,  food chain / web examples.

 

Friday

Bean plant observations

Continue and complete Grade #7:  Food Chains / Food Webs.  Introduce Inherited Traits / Learned Behaviors.

Resources:  Plant data sheet,  Brainpop “Heredity”,  Red Science Books pg. A52-A55.

TEKS:  5.1,  5.2, 5.5A,  5.9,  5.10

 Monday

School Holiday – Labor Day

Tuesday   

Weather observations continue.   Stress weather as an important NONLIVING part of ecosystems.   Google Classroom activity:  Nonliving Weather Changes and Ecosystem Interactions.   Discuss inherited traits that are structural –  (possible spinner activity).  Introduce / begin lab activity:  Comparative Investigations-Webbed Feet,  Structures,  & Functions.  Model (lab groups)  structures on organisms such as webbed feet (hand in baggie),  food pick – up, (sticks,  spoons,  balls,  kernels).   Large metal spoons for water ecosystems like ponds and lakes.  

Resources:  Lab sheet (MM  2017/2018 student ed. pgs 321-322),  lab equipment,  stations.

  Wednesday

Weather observations continue.  

Bean plant observations continue.  Continue lab experiment / observations – Comparative Investigations – Webbed Feet,  Structures,  & Functions.  Talk about  reasonable / unreasonable inherited structures on organisms that may /may not allow them to survive in an ecosystem.  (solid white bunny fur vs brownish;  feathers on a lion??)   Intro.  Grade #4: Unit 30: Characteristics.

Resources:  MM  17/18 Student ed. pgs  324 – 325,  lab activity.

Thursday

Weather observations continue

Bean plant life cycle activity continues.  Continue Grade #4:  Unit 30: Characteristics.  

Turn in Grade #5:  Ecosystem Observations / Vocabulary Sketchings.

Friday

September 11 events / timeline activities.  Photos,  videos,  live news coverage from the day.  Local East Texas reactions.  

5th Grade Science Lesson Plans

August 23rd – 27th, 2021

TEKS:  5.1,  5.2, 5.5A,  5.9

 

Monday

Life Science study continues.  Weather permitting,  students will observe and interact with our forest ecosystem in the Nature Center (behind school building).  Begin 

Grade #2: Activity 2 Observing an Ecosystem / Vocabulary Builder.   This serves as a guide for observing,  interacting with,  and describing interactions of living and nonliving elements in an ecosystem.  Students complete short answer questions, definitions,  and full color illustrations as they observe.

Resources:  Mentoring Minds ‘18 – ‘19 student pgs. 196, 201, folders, Nature Center.

                    Brainpop video:  Ecosystems

Tuesday

Continue Ecosystem observations / activities / Grade #2  from Monday.

Wednesday

Continue Ecosystem observations and Grade #2 from Monday / Tuesday.   Wrap up Grade #2 / Nature Center Observations.  Back in the classroom,  introduce Grade #3:  Unit 23:  Ecosystems.  10 questions covering Life Science research thus far.  Students may use lab folder contents (Science glossary,  Grade #2 from Mon/Tues).

Thursday

Continue and complete Grade #3:  Unit 23: Ecosystems from Wednesday.  Students may finish up any incomplete Grade #2 areas.

Friday

Begin Life Cycles discussion.  Students investigate and compare life cycles of various organisms including producers and consumers.  Introduce

 

August 23rd – 27th,  2021  5th Grade Science Agenda:

TEKS:  5.1,  5.2, 5.5A,  5.9

Monday

Life Science study continues.  Weather permitting,  students will observe and interact with our forest ecosystem in the Nature Center (behind school building).  Begin – 

Grade #2: Activity 2 Observing an Ecosystem / Vocabulary Builder.   This serves as guide for observing,  interacting with,  and describing interactions of living and nonliving elements in an ecosystem.  Students complete short answer questions, definitions,  and full color illustrations as they observe.

Resources:  Mentoring Minds ‘18 – ‘19 student pgs. 196, 201, folders, Nature Center.

                    Brainpop video:  Ecosystems

Tuesday

Continue Ecosystem observations / activities / Grade #2  from Monday.

Wednesday

Continue Ecosystem observations and Grade #2 from Monday / Tuesday.   Wrap up Grade #2 / Nature Center Observations.  Back in the classroom,  introduce Grade #3:  Unit 23:  Ecosystems.  10 questions covering Life Science research thus far.  Students may use lab folder contents (Science glossary,  Grade #2 from Mon/Tues).

Thursday

Continue and complete Grade #3:  Unit 23: Ecosystems from Wednesday.  Students may finish up any incomplete Grade #2 areas.

Friday

Begin Life Cycles discussion.  Students investigate and compare life cycles of various organisms including producers and consumers.  Introduce Bean Plant hands on activity.

Monday  8/16

Continue Science lab procedures and safety guidelines using lab folder info.  Introduce the first Hands – on lab experiment – Using Reasonable Science Lab Equipment Safely.  Students measure mass, weight,  water temperature, and sharpen observation skills using reasonable lab equipment.

Tuesday  8/17

Continue hands – on lab experiment – Using Reasonable Science Lab Equipment Safely,  from Monday.

Wednesday  8/18

Review and get feedback from Monday / Tuesday lab.  Introduce Grade #1:  Lab Procedures, Equipment, & Safety.    Set expectations for graded work and corrections (which can raise the grade if student chooses to do them).

Thursday  8/19

Finish up Grade #1.  Again review expectations.  Allow students time for corrections in class.  Introduce first unit of study –  Life Science.

Friday  8/20

Begin LIFE SCIENCE and Ecosystem interactions.  Utilizing (weather permitting)  Nature Center,  students observe the local ecosystem using Activity 2:  Observing an Ecosystem / Unit 23 Vocabulary Builder.  (Grade 2).  Students describe,  illustrate,  record data about interactions between living / nonliving parts of a forest ecosystem.

REMEMBER – Life Science is everywhere.  Here in East Texas,  we are blessed with a deciduous forest ecosystem that has a lotta life to observe.  It’s right in your own backyard.  Remind your student that the best study of what we are doing is outside.

I’m Billy McBride,  your child’s 5th Grade Science Teacher.  Thanks for subscribing to the MacXtreme Science Blog.

This is my 20th year at White Oak ISD,  and I learn something new every day.  My wife Melissa teaches at Spring Hill,  and we are proud to call White Oak home.  I am a 13 – year Pine Tree Pirate,  and attended Kilgore College and U. T.  Tyler.  If it is on a bike,  hiking,  or anything outside,  I’ll probably do it.

Check regularly for information and updates about what we are researching and studying,  graded assignment titles,  and general information about Science in grade 5.

General Outline for this year:

August – late October – Life Science:  Ecosystems,  inherited traits,  learned behaviors,  living / nonliving,  life cycles,  producers,  consumers,  decomposers,  food chains,  food webs,  adaptive characteristics,  physical structures.

Late October – right before Thanksgiving break – Physical Science:  Characteristics of matter,  solid, liquid, gas,  changing states of matter,  conductor,  insulator,  weight,  mass,  forms of energy-sound, heat, electric, light, solar,  mechanical, work, forces – gravity, friction, magnetism, push / pull from wind, water, or human.

Right before Thanksgiving – Christmas break – THE AMERICAN CENTURY – Students will examine the inventions / technology / Science,  cultural / social,  and important events  from 1900 – 2000,  that occurred in or were heavily influenced by the United States,  making America the most important and powerful nation in the world.

January – March –  Finish Physical Science,  then –  Earth Science:  Solar System,  Earth/Moon/Sun System,  weather and climate,  water cycle,  changes to Earth’s surface due to erosion, deposition,  weathering,  human activity,  fossils ,  rocks,  evidence of Earth’s characteristics many years ago,  changes to Earth over time,  characteristics of soil.

We are going to have a great year.  Thanks again for stopping by the MacXtreme blog.  Check back regularly.

All the best,

Billy Don McBride