5.1.3: Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations that provide…
Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence for the effects of weathering and the rate of erosion on the geosphere.
The Utah Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards outcome 5.1.3 (Earth and Space Sciences) for Grade 5 says: “Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence for the effects of weathering and the rate of erosion on the geosphere.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: Utah Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards.
Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong Grades 4–5
Science and English together, for English learners (CEFR A2–B1). Three investigations from Vietnam: how salt farmers turn the sea into salt, how rice terraces stop a mountain washing away, and how a house in the Mekong Delta stays dry in the flood season.
- How do salt farmers turn the sea into salt? 60 min, plus a 10-minute check the next day
Science and English together, for English learners at CEFR A2–B1. Teams paint salt water on dark paper to find the salt hiding in sea water, then set out wide and narrow dishes in sun and shade to see what makes water leave fastest. They use the evidence to advise a salt farm in Khánh Hòa.
- How do rice terraces stop a mountain washing away? 60 min, or two 35-minute periods
Science and English together, for English learners at CEFR A2–B1. Teams make model hillsides from soil in trays: a bare slope, a terraced slope and a slope with plant cover. They pour the same storm of rain on each, measure the muddy water that runs off, and use the evidence to advise a mountain village in northern Vietnam.
- How can a house stay dry when the Mekong floods? 60 min, or two 35-minute periods
Science and English together, for English learners at CEFR A2–B1. Teams design and build a model house on stilts or on a floating base, then test it as the teacher raises the water in a tub and makes waves. They use their results to advise a village in the Mekong Delta.
Printable practice for 5.1.3
These pages practise a closely related idea; the match to 5.1.3 is partial.
- Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook included with the unit
2 readings, 1 word wall, 1 practice page, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
- Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape workbook included with the unit
4 readings, 3 English-support pages, 3 practice pages, 1 word wall, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
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Compared with NGSS: 4-ESS2-1 (partial).
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