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Unit 1: Safety,
5
Measurement,
45 min lessons
and Claims
Students conduct
Suggested Pacing
field and
laboratory
Part 1
investigations
using appropriate Aug. 22-23
tools for
measurement and Part 2
following safety
Aug. 24-25
procedures.
Part 3

Part 1: Safety (2 Lessons)

SCI.5.1A Demonstrate safe practices and the use of safety equipment as described in the
Texas Safety Standards during classroom and outdoor investigations.
SCI.5.1B Make informed choices in the conservation, disposal, and recycling of materials.
SCI.5.4B Use safety equipment, including safety goggles and gloves.
Part 2: Metric Measurement and Tools (2 Lessons)SCI.5.2A Describe, plan, and implement
simple experimental investigations
testing one variable.
SCI.5.2B Ask well-defined questions, formulate testable hypotheses, and select and use
appropriate equipment and technology.

Aug. 26

TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

SCI.5.2C Collect information by detailed observations and accurate measuring

SCI.5.2F Communicate valid conclusions in both written and verbal forms.
SCI.5.2G Construct appropriate simple graphs, tables, maps, and charts using technology,
including computers, to organize, examine, and evaluate information.
SCI.5.4A Collect, record, and analyze information using tools, including calculators,
microscopes, cameras, computers, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, prisms,
mirrors, pan balances, triple beam balances, spring scales, graduated cylinders, beakers, hot
plates, meter sticks, magnets, collecting nets, and notebooks; timing devices, including clocks
and stopwatches; and materials to support observations of habitats or organisms such as

terrariums and aquariums.

Part 3: Product Claims (1 Lesson)SCI.5.3B Evaluate the accuracy of the information related
to promotional
materials for products and services such as nutritional labels.SCI.5.3A In all fields of
science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific
explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and
observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific
explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student.
Unit 2: Force and Motion (10 Lessons)S SCI.5.6D Design an experiment that tests the effect
of force on an object.
Unit 2: Force and 10
Motion Students
45 min lessons
conduct
investigations and
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identify how
variables affect
Aug. 29 - Sept. 12
data.
Labor Day Sept. 5

SCI.5.2A Describe, plan, and implement simple experimental investigations testing one
variable.
SCI.5.2B Ask well-defined questions, formulate testable hypotheses, and select and use
appropriate equipment and technology.
SCI.5.2D Analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct
observable and indirect inferred evidence.
SCI.5.2E Demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase the reliability of results.
SCI.5.2G Construct appropriate simple graphs, tables, maps, and charts using technology,
including computers, to organize, examine, and evaluate information.

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TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

SCI.5.3C Draw or develop a model that represents how something works or looks including
systems and processes that cannot be seen.
SCI.5.3D Connect grade-level appropriate science concepts with the history of science,
science careers, and contributions of scientists.

Unit 3: Matter

Part 1: How Temperature Affects Matter (2 Lessons)R SCI.5.5A Classify matter based on
physical properties, including mass, magnetism, physical state solid, liquid, and gas, relative
45 min lessons
density sinking and floating, solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal
energy or electric energy.S SCI.5.5B Identify the boiling and freezing/melting points of water
Suggested Pacing on the Celsius scale.
Part 1 Sept. 13-14
18

Students review
and classify the
states of matter
according to the
type of physical
properties objects Part 2
possess.
Sept. 15-16
Part 3

Part 2: Relative Density (2 Lessons)R SCI.5.5A Classify matter based on physical properties,
including mass, magnetism, physical state solid, liquid, and gas, relative density sinking and
floating, solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy or electric
energy.

Sept. 19-20
Part 4
Sept. 22-27

Part 3: Magnetism (2 Lessons)R SCI.5.5A Classify matter based on physical properties,

including mass, magnetism, physical state solid, liquid, and gas, relative density sinking and
floating, solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy or electric
energy.

Part 5
Sept. 28 - Oct. 3
Part 6
Oct. 4-7
Sept. 21, Oct. 10-

Part 4: Mixtures (4 Lessons)S SCI.5.5C Demonstrate that some mixtures maintain physical
properties of their ingredients such as iron filings and sand.

Part 5: Solubility (4 Lessons)R SCI.5.5A Classify matter based on physical properties,

including mass, magnetism, physical state solid, liquid, and gas, relative density sinking and
floating, solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy or electric

energy.S SCI.5.5D Identify changes that can occur in the physical properties of the ingredients
of solutions such as dissolving salt in water or adding lemon juice to water.

21 Extend Review
Assess Reteach
Early Dismissal
Sept. 21, Oct. 11
Snapshot 1
Suggested
Window

Part 6: Conductors and Insulators of Thermal and Electrical Energy

(4 Lessons)R SCI.5.5A Classify matter based on physical properties, including mass,
magnetism, physical state solid, liquid, and gas, relative density sinking and floating, solubility
in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy or electric energy.R SCI.5.6A
Explore the uses of energy, including mechanical, light, thermal, electrical, and sound energy.

Oct. 18-20
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for

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Oct. 24 Dec. 16, 2016

Unit

Unit 4: Energy

#ofLessons

10

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TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

Part 1: Uses of Mechanical Energy (2 Lessons)R SCI.5.6A Explore the uses of energy,
including mechanical, light, thermal, electrical, and sound energy.

45 min lessons

Part 2: Light, Reflection, and Refraction (2 Lessons)R SCI.5.6C Demonstrate that light
travels in a straight line until it strikes an

Suggested
Pacing

object or travels through one medium to another and demonstrate that light can be reflected
such as the use of mirrors or other shiny surfaces and refracted such as the appearance of an
object when observed through water.

Part 1
Oct. 24-25

Part 2
Students explore
the uses of energy Oct. 26-27
and how it can be
Part 3
transferred from
one form to
Oct. 28-31
another.

Part 3: Uses of Light Energy (2 Lessons)R SCI.5.6A Explore the uses of energy, including
mechanical, light, thermal, electrical, and sound energy.

Part 4: Uses of Thermal Energy (2 Lessons)R SCI.5.6A Explore the uses of energy, including
mechanical, light, thermal, electrical, and sound energy.

Part 4
Nov. 1-2

Part 5: Uses of Sound Energy (2 Lessons)R SCI.5.6A Explore the uses of energy, including
mechanical, light, thermal, electrical, and sound energy.

Part 5
Nov. 3-4

Unit 5: Electricity 5
Students will
45 min lessons
investigate
electricity and how
Suggested
it is used.
Pacing
Part 1
Nov. 7-8

Part 1: Electrical Circuits (2 Lessons)R SCI.5.6B Demonstrate that the flow of electricity in
circuits requires a complete path through which an electric current can pass and can produce
light, heat, and sound.

Part 2: Electrical Flow in Parallel and Series (2 Lessons)R SCI.5.6B Demonstrate that the
flow of electricity in circuits requires a complete path through which an electric current can pass
and can produce light, heat, and sound.

Part 2

Part 3: Uses of Electrical Energy (1 Lesson)R SCI.5.6A Explore the uses of energy, including
mechanical, light, thermal, electrical, and sound energy.

Nov. 9-10
Part 3
Nov. 11
Nov. 14-16
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Window Nov. 14-
16

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Unit 6: Earths
Resources
Students will
explore Earths
natural resources
and identify fossils
as evidence of
past living
organisms and
environments.

#ofLessons

TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

8
45 min lessons
Suggested
Pacing Nov. 17Dec. 1

Unit 7: Alternative 8
Energy
45 min lessons
Resources
Students will
explore alternative Suggested
energy resources. Pacing Dec. 213
Dec. 14-16
Extend Review
Assess Reteach
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Window
Dec. 14-16
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Unit 6: Earths Resources (8 Lessons)R SCI.5.7A Explore the processes that led to the
formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels.S SCI.5.7D Identify fossils as evidence of past
living organisms and the nature of the environments at the time using models.

Unit 7: Alternative Energy Resources (8 Lessons)R SCI.5.7C Identify alternative energy

resources such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biofuels.

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Winter Break
Dec. 19 - Jan 2

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Unit 8: Weather
Students will
record weather
changes,
investigate climate,
and explore the
processes of the
water cycle.

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Jan. 4 Mar. 10, 2017

45 min
lessons

TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

Part 1: Water Cycle (2 Lessons)S SCI.5.8B Explain how the Sun and the ocean interact in the
water cycle.

Suggested
Pacing Part 1
Jan. 4-5

Part 2: Weather and Climate (3 Lessons)S SCI.5.8A Differentiate between weather and climate.

Part 2
Jan. 6-10

Unit 9: Landforms 10
Students will
45 min
explore how the
lessons
forces of
weathering,
Suggested

Unit 9: Landforms (10 Lessons)R SCI.5.7B Recognize how landforms such as deltas, canyons,
and sand dunes are the result of changes to Earth's surface by wind, water, and ice.

Pacing Jan.
11-26
Jan. 25, Jan.
27 Feb. 1
Extend
Review
Assess
Reteach
MLK Jr. Day
Jan. 16
Early
Dismissal Jan.
erosion, and
deposition change 25
Earths landscape.
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Window
Jan. 30- Feb.
1

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Unit 10: The Sun,

8
Earth, Moon
SystemStudents
45 min
will investigate the
lessons
day and night cycle
as well as the
Suggested
interactions
Pacing Feb.
between the Sun, 2-13
Moon, and Earth.
Unit 11:
Ecosystems
Students will
explore the
elements that
make up an
ecosystem.

12
45 min
lessons
Suggested
Pacing Feb.
15 - Mar. 3
Feb. 14, 22
Mar. 6-10
Extend
Review
Assess
Reteach
Early
Dismissal
Feb. 22

TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

Unit 10: The Sun, Earth, Moon System (8 Lessons)RSCI.5.8C Demonstrate that Earth rotates on
its axis once approximately every 24 hours causing the day/night cycle and the apparent
movement of the Sun across the sky.SSCI.5.8D Identify and compare the physical characteristics
of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.

Unit 11: Ecosystems (12 Lessons)R SCI.5.9A Observe the way organisms live and survive in
their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements.R SCI.5.9B Describe how the
flow of energy derived from the Sun, used by producers to create their own food, is transferred
through a food chain and food web to consumers and decomposers.S SCI.5.9C Predict the effects
of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the
overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways.S SCI.5.9D Identify the significance of the
carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle to the survival of plants and animals.

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Window
Mar. 7-9
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Spring Break
Mar. 13-17

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Unit

Unit 12:
Adaptations
Students will
compare the
structure and
functions of
organisms.

#ofLessons

7
45 min lessons

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TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

Unit 12: Adaptations (7 Lessons)R SCI.5.10A Compare the structures and functions of
different species that help them live and survive such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed
feet in aquatic animals.

Suggested
R SCI.5.10B Differentiate between inherited traits of plants and animals such as
Pacing Mar. 2024, Apr. 3-4
spines on a cactus or shape of a beak and learned behaviors such as an animal learning tricks
or a child riding a bicycle.
Math & Reading

STAAR Testing
Mar. 28 & 29

Mar. 27-31
Extend Review
Assess Reteach
4
45 min lessons
Suggested
Pacing Apr. 5-10
Apr. 11-13
Extend Review
Assess Reteach

Unit 13:
Metamorphosis
Students will
Snapshot 6
describe the
differences
between complete Suggested
Window
and incomplete
metamorphosis.
Apr. 11-13

Unit 13: Metamorphosis (4 Lessons)S SCI.5.10C Describe the differences between complete
and incomplete metamorphosis of insects.

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Spring Holiday
Apr. 14
Unit 14: Physical
Science Review
Students will
review matter and
energy concepts.

Unit 14: Physical Science Review (5 Lessons)R SCI.5.5A Classify matter based on physical
properties, including mass, magnetism, physical state solid, liquid, and gas, relative density
sinking and floating, solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy or
electric energy.

5
45 min lessons
Suggested
Pacing Apr. 1721

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TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:

Unit 15: Earth and Space Science Review (5 Lessons)R SCI.5.7C Identify alternative
Unit 15: Earth and 5
energy resources such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biofuels.R SCI.5.8C
Space Science
45 min lessons
Demonstrate that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours causing the
Review Students
day/night cycle and the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky.S SCI.5.8D Identify and
will review earth
Suggested Pacing compare the physical characteristics of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.
science concepts. Apr. 24-28

Unit 16: Life

5
Unit 16: Life Science Review (5 Lessons)R SCI.5.9A Observe the way organisms live and
Science Review
survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements.R SCI.5.10A
45 min lessons
Students will
Compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive such
review life science
as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals.R SCI.5.9B Describe how the
Suggested
Pacing
concepts.
flow of energy derived from the Sun, used by producers to create their own food, is transferred
May 1-5
through a food chain and food web to consumers and decomposers.
May 8-10 Extend
Review Assess
Reteach
Science STAAR

Testing May 10
Unit 17:
Investigations
Students will
conduct three
types of
investigations;
experimental,
comparative, and
descriptive.

7
45 min lessons

Unit 17: Investigations (7 Lessons)SCI.5.2A Describe, plan, and implement simple

experimental investigations

Suggested Pacing testing one variable.

May 11-19
SCI.6.2A Plan and implement comparative and descriptive investigations by making
May 22-25 Extend observations, asking well-defined questions, and using appropriate equipment and
Review Assess
technology.
Reteach