Curriculum Map 2010-2011
Chappaqua Central School District
5 Fifth Grade, maps / Science 5 / Grade 5 (Grade-Level Maps)
 
Essential Questions
Content (what students should know)
Skills (what students should be able to do)

Getting Ready for Science

What is science?

What are the attributes of a scientist, and what do they do?


LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS

BRANCHES OF SCIENCE

THINKING LIKE A SCIENTIST, USING APPROPRIATE TOOLS AND ATTITUDE

LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS
• Determine the differences between living and nonliving things

BRANCHES OF SCIENCE
• Identify that there are many branches of science

TOOLS AND ATTITUDES OF A SCIENTIST
• Identify science tools

Interactions of Matter

What is matter?

How can we learn about interactions of matter using controlled studies?

MATTER

SCIENTIFIC METHOD
• Controlled Studies

MATTER

SCIENTIFIC METHOD
• Identify the physical and chemical properties of matter
• Summarize the steps of a controlled study
• Define and describe what variables are
• Work cooperatively
• Observe, describe and record the properties of matter using controlled studies

Interactions in the Microworld

How can we explore our world using the tools of magnification?

How does our understanding of the cell help us better understand how organisms function and interact with the environment?

How can we classify living organisms in our world?

TOOLS OF MAGNIFICATION
• Hand lens
• Microscope

CELLS
• Cell theory
• Plant cell
• Animal cell

CLASSIFICATION

TOOLS OF MAGNIFICATION
• Use magnifying tools to study living and nonliving things
• Compare and contrast magnifying tools
• Prepare a slide

CELLS
• Recognize that cells carry on life functions
• Identify the basic parts of plant and animal cells
• Compare and contrast the basic structures of plant and animal cells

CLASSIFICATION
• Identify the basic characteristics of living things

Interactions in the Human Body

How do organs work together to create body systems?

What do humans need to survive and be healthy?

What internal and external factors affect the way we are?

BODY SYSTEMS
• Respiratory system
• Circulatory system
• Immune system

HEALTH AND DISEASE
• Diseases (communicable and non-communicable)
• Drug use and abuse

GENETICS

BODY SYSTEMS
• Identify the basic structure and function of these and other various body systems
• Measure and record the effect of exercise on related body systems
• Illustrate the relationship between the circulatory and respiratory systems
• Determine the role of the immune system to maintain a healthy body

HEALTH AND DISEASE
• Identify factors that contribute to healthy body systems
• Identify factors that cause body systems to break down

GENETICS
• Explore factors that make us who we are

Interactions in the Environment

How do living and non-living things interact with each other?

HUMAN IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT
• Food chains
• Food webs
• Ecosystem
• Environmental, physical and chemical changes


HUMAN IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT
• Identify organisms in a food chain/web
• Explore predator/prey relationship