Grade 05 Science - EC: S5.A.1.1.1
Grade 05 Science - EC: S5.A.1.1.1
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
5th Grade
Course, Subject
Science
Activities
- What is a hypothesis?
- What does a scientist do when they need to revisit their hypothesis at the end of the scientific method?
- Create a hypothesis for the following investigation topics.
Examples:
The life cycle of a frog
Mold growing on bread
A seed germinating - Create your own experiment; design using the following materials: water, food coloring, and celery stalks.
- Write a paragraph explaining observations that support [a given scientific fact.]
Example scientific fact:
Life on earth depends on energy from the Sun.
Example observations to support the scientific fact:
Plants depend on sunlight to photosynthesize.
Herbivores and omnivores depend on plants for energy.
Cold blooded animals depend on the Sun to regulate body temperatures.
- Choose one of the following examples, then write 2 predictions of what would occur if the organism no longer received energy from the sun.
Examples:
A sunflower blooms in the summer and into fall.
A squirrel collects acorns for the winter season.
A scorpion’s habitat is typically the desert.
- Read the following scenario.
It is mid-summer and you are riding your bike through the park near your house. 1-You look above and see a flock of Canadian geese. You notice 7 birds in the flock. 2- Farther into your ride you see a chipmunk darting quickly across the path and into the brush. 3- There is a stream of water flowing about 2 feet below the path you ride on. 4- In the stream you can see an insect on the surface swimming.
Now, write a journal entry listing 3 possible scientific inquiry questions for you to later investigate. For each question indicate which observation you are referring to (#1-4)
- Using the scenario above and your 3 possible scientific inquiry questions, list a form of technology you would use to help you investigate further. (Note- once listed, technologies cannot be repeated). Compare your list with a classmate. Determine which form of technology would be ideal.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Hypothesis: a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
- Student can adequately articulate how the scientist(s) will need to change their experiment, or the hypothesis.
- Student states realistic hypothesis on the given topics.
- Student uses the scientific method to design an experiment using the materials listed.
- See rubric below.
- Student is able to create 2 predictions.
- Student is able to investigate the scenario and formulate possible scientific inquiry questions.
- Student is able to determine a form of technology to aid the inquiry question(s). Student adequately critiques his/her own list and reconsiders other possible technologies with a classmate.
Suggested Rubric: This rubric may be used to assess a student’s overall mastery of the standard or eligible content:
