West Virginia Grade 5 science standards

S.5.4 Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

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

Practice: Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook

S.5.9 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment.

Lessons: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better (partly) · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact (How can a town use less and waste less?)

Practice: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook

S.5.10 Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

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

S.5.11 Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

Lessons: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better (Is our classroom wasting electricity?) (partly) · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact (Will our energy ever run out?) · Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From (Where does our classroom's electricity come from?, Why don't we use solar power everywhere?)

Practice: Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook · Our Changing Planet: Resources and Human Impact workbook · Power Up: Where Electricity Comes From workbook

S.5.12 Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on the human population.

Lessons: Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates (What do moving plates do, and can a building survive?) · 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: Restless Earth: Fossils, Soils, Volcanoes and Plates workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook · Rocks and Erosion: How Land Changes Shape workbook

S.5.16 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

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 · Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook

S.5.17 Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Lessons: Build It, Launch It (Can you drop an egg without breaking it?, What makes a paper plane fly farthest?) · How Your Body Works (Where do germs hide?) (partly) · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable (Which wrap keeps a drink coldest?, Can you build a cool box that beats the heat?) (partly) · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm (Which mitten keeps a hand warmest?, Can snow keep things warm?) (partly) · Think Like a Scientist: The Scientific Method (What is a fair test?, How do scientists turn results into answers?) (partly) · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers (Does salt make water boil faster?, Is that AI answer true?, Which source should we trust?) (partly) · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe (How does a felt yurt keep a family warm at −30 °C?) · 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: Build It, Launch It workbook · How Your Body Works workbook · Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook · Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook · Think Like a Scientist: The Scientific Method workbook · Test the Claim: Science Facts, Myths and AI Answers workbook · Steppe Science: Staying Warm on the Kazakh Steppe workbook · Evidence Lab workbook · Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook