In Grade 5, we will do many hands-on activities and some textbook/tradebook work:
Our Main Units of Study are:
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Environments - biomes, ecosystems, food webs, plant growth, types of soil
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Simple Machines - forces, motion, energy, work, hands-on experiments
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Landforms - rock types, weathering, erosion, deposition, how earth changes
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Changes of State - solid, liquid, gas, energy, molecules
In addition to the above, we will cover some shorter units as time permits.
These may include some of the following:
weather oceans water cycle space
rocks & minerals fossils magnets electricity
light & sound health & human body and other review topics as needed