BETHEL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

5th Grade Science

BETHEL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | School Year 2014-2015

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FIRST SEMESTER

FIRST QUARTER- LIFE SCIENCE

A. Science Process Skills and Safety
a. Experiments and Scientific Methods
b. Safety and Precautions
c. Fire Drill
d. Earthquake Drill

B. Natural Cycles
a. Elements
b. Water
c. Carbon and Oxygen
d. Nitrogen
e. Disruption
f. Pollution

C. Life Cycles
a. Humans
b. Bacteria
c. Fungi
d. Plants
e. Salmon
f. Brine Shrimp
g. Malaria

D. Cells
a. The Puzzle Life
b. Cell Structure
c. Genetics
d. Cell Cycle
e. Cell Organization
f. Cell Observation
g. Cancer







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E. Ecological Succession
a. Interruptions
b. Primary Succession
c. Glacier Bay
d. Secondary Succession
e. Forest Fires
f. Dioramas
g. Historic Studies



SECOND QUARTER- PHYSICAL SCIENCE


A. Measuring Matter
a. Standards
b. Systems
c. Area and Volume
d. Mass and Temperature
e. Density
f. Measurement Olympics
g. Buoyant Force

B. Changing Matter
a. Attention to Detail
b. Physical Change
c. Mixtures and Solutions
d. Chemical Change
e. Nuclear Change
f. Investigating Change
g. Combustibility

C. Force and Work
a. Getting it Done
b. Describing Motion
c. Work
d. Simple Machines
e. Types of Levers
f. Investigating Levers
g. The Advantage of Machines

D. Electricity and Magnetism
BETHEL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
5th Grade Science

BETHEL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | School Year 2014-2015

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a. No Electrical Energy
b. Static Electricity
c. Current Electricity
d. Circuit Types
e. Electromagnetism
f. Buildup and Discharge
g. Producing Electricity

BETHEL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
5th Grade Science

BETHEL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | School Year 2014-2015

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SECOND SEMESTER

THIRD QUARTER- EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE


A. Earths Processes
a. Predictable Changes
b. Rock Cycle
c. Recycling the Crust
d. Ocean Floor
e. Ocean Currents
f. Magnetic Reversals

B. Natural Resources
a. Survival
b. Renewability
c. Fossil Fuels
d. Minerals to Metals
e. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
f. Minerals and Oil
g. Alternative Fuel Sources

C. Weather and Climate
a. Air
b. Local Winds
c. Global Winds
d. Masses and Fronts
e. Weather Maps
f. Weather Predictions
g. More Wind

D. Sun, Earth, and Moon
a. Moon Lore
b. Earths Motions
c. Seasons
d. Phases and Eclipses
e. Tides
f. Space Instruments
g. Moon Mission



BETHEL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
5th Grade Science

BETHEL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | School Year 2014-2015

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FOURTH QUARTER- LIFE SCIENCE


A. Transitions
a. Metamorphosis
b. Endocrine System
c. Skin
d. Growth
e. Teeth
f. Balance and Self-Control
g. Body Clock

B. Disease
a. Malfunctions
b. Pathogens
c. Infectious Diseases
d. Noninfectious Diseases
e. Immune System
f. Tracking and Spreading
g. Immunity

C. Project- Based Learning


References:

1
Purposeful Design 5- Changes
Purposeful Design Publications ACSI
2
Harcourt Science 5
Harcourt School Publishers