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5th grade 19 TAC §112.16 42 student expectations 10 activities

5th grade Science

Fifth graders compare matter by measurable properties, investigate balanced and unbalanced forces, trace energy transformations and circuits, study how light behaves, examine weather, the water cycle, and Earth's changing surface, and analyze ecosystems and inherited traits.

Practice activities

🦉Food Chain FrenzyBuild food chains and sort roles.
🦎Ecosystems and BehaviorsBiotic and abiotic factors, healthy ecosystems and human impact, structures that fit an environment, and instinct versus learned behavior.
⚡Conveyor Sort: Conductors and InsulatorsDoes electric energy flow through it easily? Sort conductors from insulators.
🧪Matter Lab: Separating MixturesSeparate mixtures and track mass in a solution.
🌿Memory Match: Science WordsFood webs, the water cycle, landforms, matter and light: match each word to its meaning.
⚗️Particles, Mixtures, and SolutionsTestable properties, mixtures that keep their parts, solutions and what dissolves, particles too small to see, and designing a force experiment.
💡Forces, Circuits, and LightBalanced and unbalanced forces, energy transformations, and how light behaves.
💡Circuit Builder: Energy OutWhat a circuit needs, and what it turns electricity into.
🌊Water Cycle, Rocks, and LandformsHow the Sun and ocean drive weather, how sedimentary rock forms, and how landforms are made.
🕸️Food Web Builder: ChangesPredict how a change moves through a food web.

The learning path

One stop per unit. Filled stops have practice activities today.

1Scientific and engineering practices. The student asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts cla2Scientific and engineering practices. The student analyzes and interprets data to derive meaning, identify features and 3Scientific and engineering practices. The student develops evidence-based explanations and communicates findings, conclu4Scientific and engineering practices. The student knows the contributions of scientists and recognizes the importance of5Recurring themes and concepts. The student understands that recurring themes and concepts provide a framework for making6Matter and energy. The student knows that matter has measurable physical properties that determine how matter is identif7Force, motion, and energy. The student knows the nature of forces and the patterns of their interactions.8Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that energy is everywhere and can be observed in cycles, patterns, and syst9Earth and space. The student recognizes patterns among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system and their effects.10Earth and space. The student knows that there are recognizable patterns and processes on Earth.11Earth and space. The student understands how natural resources are important and can be managed.12Organisms and environments. The student describes patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within environments.13Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures and beha

Units and standards preview

The knowledge-and-skills strands below are the state's, reproduced from Science, Grade 5, Adopted 2021. Open a unit to read each student expectation and jump to the activities that practice it.

1Scientific and engineering practices. The student asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models.0/7 practiced
  1. (A) ask questions and define problems based on observations or information from text, phenomena, models, or investigations;
    19 TAC 112.16(b)(1)(A)
  2. (B) use scientific practices to plan and conduct descriptive and simple experimental investigations and use engineering practices to design solutions to problems;
    19 TAC 112.16(b)(1)(B)
  3. (C) demonstrate safe practices and the use of safety equipment during classroom and field investigations as outlined in Texas Education Agency-approved safety standards;
    19 TAC 112.16(b)(1)(C)
  4. + 4 more expectations for members
2Scientific and engineering practices. The student analyzes and interprets data to derive meaning, identify features and patterns, and discover relationships or correlations to develop evidence-based arguments or evaluate designs.0/4 practiced
  1. (A) identify advantages and limitations of models such as their size, scale, properties, and materials;
    19 TAC 112.16(b)(2)(A)
  2. (B) analyze data by identifying any significant features, patterns, or sources of error;
    19 TAC 112.16(b)(2)(B)
  3. (C) use mathematical calculations to compare patterns and relationships; and
    19 TAC 112.16(b)(2)(C)
  4. + 1 more expectations for members

11 more units, 42 expectations, 10 activities

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How to help at home

Build a circuit with a battery, wire, and bulb; then break it and ask why it stopped.
Look at a food web and ask what happens if one animal disappears.
Encourage the question why, and if neither of you knows, look it up together.

Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, 19 TAC §112.16. Curriculum text on this site is reproduced from the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills as published by the Texas Education Agency and codified in Title 19 of the Texas Administrative Code. Baccare is an independent product of Brigade Management, Inc. and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Texas Education Agency, the State Board of Education, or the Texas Secretary of State. Sources and attribution.

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Course details

  • Grade5th grade
  • SubjectScience
  • Standard19 TAC §112.16
  • Units13
  • Expectations42
  • Activities10
  • PriceFree to play
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