Utah Grade 5 science standards

5.1.1 Analyze and interpret data to describe patterns of Earth's features.

Lessons: Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates (Where do volcanoes and earthquakes happen?)

Practice: Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates workbook

5.1.2 Use mathematics and computational thinking to compare the quantity of saltwater and freshwater in various reservoirs to provide evidence for the distribution of water on Earth.

Lessons: The Water Cycle, Start to Finish (Where is all of Earth's water?)

Practice: The Water Cycle, Start to Finish workbook

5.1.3 Ask questions to plan and carry out investigations that provide evidence for the effects of weathering and the rate of erosion on the geosphere.

Lessons: Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong (How do salt farmers turn the sea into salt?, How do rice terraces stop a mountain washing away?, How can a house stay dry when the Mekong floods?)

Practice: Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook · Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape workbook

5.1.4 Develop a model to describe interactions between Earth's systems including the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere.

Lessons: The Water Cycle, Start to Finish (Where has the water in your glass been?, Can you make a mini water cycle?) (partly) · Weather Detectives (Why does a chinook feel like spring in January?) (partly)

Practice: The Water Cycle, Start to Finish workbook · Weather Detectives workbook · Our Living Planet workbook

5.2.1 Develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles on a scale that is too small to be seen.

Lessons: Earth and Sky at Home (How do crystals grow?, How does a cloud form?) (partly) · Kitchen Chemistry for Families (Why do the blobs in a lava lamp go up and down?, What makes a volcano erupt?) (partly) · Winter Science at Home (Can you make frost in a can?) (partly) · Solids, Liquids and Gases (Where does a puddle go?, Why does ice float?) · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong (How do salt farmers turn the sea into salt?, How do rice terraces stop a mountain washing away?, How can a house stay dry when the Mekong floods?)

Practice: Earth and Sky at Home workbook · Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook · Winter Science at Home workbook · Solids, Liquids and Gases workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook

5.2.3 Plan and carry out investigations to determine the effect of combining two or more substances.

Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry for Families (What makes a volcano erupt?, How do spies write secret messages?)

Practice: Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook

5.2.4 Use mathematics and computational thinking to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or combining substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.

Lessons: Clean Water Challenge: Mixtures, Dissolving and Separating (Where does the salt go when it disappears in water?, How can you get fresh water out of salt water?) (partly) · Solids, Liquids and Gases (Why does ice float?)

Practice: Clean Water Challenge: Mixtures, Dissolving and Separating workbook · Solids, Liquids and Gases workbook

5.3.2 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information that animals obtain energy and matter from the food they eat for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain body warmth.

Lessons: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? (Where does a plant get its food?, What would happen if the wolves disappeared?) (partly)

Practice: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? workbook

5.3.1 Construct an explanation that plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce plant matter needed for growth.

Lessons: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? (Where does a plant get its food?)

Practice: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? workbook

5.3.3 Develop and use a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Lessons: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? (What would happen if the wolves disappeared?, Who cleans up?)

Practice: Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? workbook · Our Living Planet workbook