Lessons in the Science Grade 5 Student's Book are organized in four units: Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, and Space and Technology. Each unit contains a balance between important science content and hands-on activities (through scaffolded inquiry) that support every lesson. You'll also find biographies, careers, and a NASA Connection in all units.
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UNIT A Life Science CHAPTER 1: Classifying Organisms - Lesson 1: Why do we classify? - Lesson 2: How do we classify vertebrates? - Lesson 3: How do we classify invertebrates? - Lesson 4: How are other organisms classified? CHAPTER 2: Cells to Systems - Lesson 1: What is inside a cell? - Lesson 2: How do cells work together? - Lesson 3: How do organs work together? CHAPTER 3: Human Body Systems - Lesson 1: What is the circulatory system? - Lesson 2: What is the respiratory system? - Lesson 3: What are the digestive and urinary systems? CHAPTER 4: Plants - Lesson 1: How do leaves help a plant? - Lesson 2: How do stems and roots help a plant? - Lesson 3: How do plants reproduce? - Lesson 4: How do plants grow? CHAPTER 5: Interactions in Ecosystems - Lesson 1: What is an ecosystem? - Lesson 2: What are land biomes? - Lesson 3: What are water ecosystems? - Lesson 4: How do organisms interact? - Lesson 5: How does energy move in ecosystems? - Lesson 6: What cycles occur in ecosystems? CHAPTER 6: Changes in Ecosystems - Lesson 1: How do ecosystems change? - Lesson 2: How do species change? - Lesson 3: How do changes cause more changes?
UNIT B Earth Science CHAPTER 7: Water on Earth - Lesson 1: How can the oceans be described? - Lesson 2: Where is fresh water found? - Lesson 3: What is the water cycle? - Lesson 4: How do clouds form? CHAPTER 8: Weather Patterns - Lesson 1: How does air move? - Lesson 2: What are air masses? - Lesson 3: What causes severe weather? - Lesson 4: How are weather forecasts made? - Lesson 5: What is climate? CHAPTER 9: Earth's Changing Surface - Lesson 1: What is the structure of Earth? - Lesson 2: What causes earthquakes and volcanoes? - Lesson 3: What is weathering? - Lesson 4: What is erosion? - Lesson 5: How are minerals identified? - Lesson 6: How are rocks classified? CHAPTER 10: Protecting Earth's Resources - Lesson 1: What are nonrenewable energy resources? - Lesson 2: What are other energy resources? - Lesson 3: What are other resources? - Lesson 4: Can resources be conserved?
UNIT C Physical Science CHAPTER 11: Matter and its Properties - Lesson 1: What are properties of matter? - Lesson 2: How do atoms combine? - Lesson 3: How do phase changes occur? - Lesson 4: What are mixtures and solutions? CHAPTER 12: Changes in Matter - Lesson 1: What are chemical changes? - Lesson 2: What are some kinds of chemical reactions? - Lesson 3: How are chemical properties used? - Lesson 4: How is chemical technology used in our lives? CHAPTER 13: Forces in Motion - Lesson 1: How can you describe motion? - Lesson 2: What are forces? - Lesson 3: What are Newton’s laws of motion? - Lesson 4: What are simple machines? CHAPTER 14: Changing Forms of Energy - Lesson 1: What is energy? - Lesson 2: What is sound energy? - Lesson 3 :What is light energy? - Lesson 4: What is thermal energy? CHAPTER 15: Electricity - Lesson 1: What are the effects of moving charges? - Lesson 2: What are simple circuits? - Lesson 3: What are complex circuits?
UNIT D Space and Technology CHAPTER 16: Stars and Galaxies - Lesson 1: What is the history of astronomy? - Lesson 2: What is a star? - Lesson 3: How are stars grouped together? CHAPTER 17: Earth in Space - Lesson 1: In what ways does Earth move? - Lesson 2: What are the parts of the solar system? - Lesson 3: What are comets and asteroids? - Lesson 4: What is known about the Moon? CHAPTER 18: Technology in Our Lives - Lesson 1: What is technology? - Lesson 2: How has technology changed transportation? - Lesson 3: How have computers changed society? - Lesson 4: What technology is used in space?