In this class your learner will learn all 5th grade Science Common core objectives that are typically covered in the Fall semester.  Students will be provided with opportunities to apply their knowledge in various content areas.   We will have fun as we dive into the various topics.  Students will first be introduced to the material through video content that will be delivered weekly by the teacher.  Students will then have the opportunity to participate in interactive activities to help fortify their new knowledge.  Students will engage with both the teacher and each other through the use of interactive activities such as: ice breakers,  vocabulary games, puzzles, projects, quizzes and brainstorming sessions.  A few short written activities will be assigned, with the opportunity for students to receive written feedback.  

Please come and join us for this fun and enriching class! 

   Week 1 Learning Goals:
  Earth and Space 
o Water cycle
o Weather


  Week 2 Learning Goals: 
Earth and Space
o Solar system
o Seasons


   Week 3 Learning Goals: 
o Moon phases
o Rotation of the Earth

Week 4 Learning Goals: 
Landforms
o Rapid changes in the Earth’s surface
o Slow changes in the Earth’s surface
o Impact of wind, water, or ice

Week 5 Learning Goals:
Renewable and Nonrenewable
Resources
o Renewable resources
o Nonrenewable resources
o Conservation


Week 6 Learning Goals:
Renewable and Nonrenewable
Resources
 o Sedimentary rocks
o Properties of soil

Week 7 Learning Goals: 
Renewable and Nonrenewable
Resources
o Fossils
o Fossil fuels
   

Week 8 Learning Goals: 
 FLEX week: Students will have a chance to work on any missing assignments. ***

Week 9 Learning Goals:
    Organisms and Environments 
o Living and nonliving components
o Photosynthesis
o Producers, consumers, decomposers
 
Week 10  Learning Goals:
   Organisms and Environments 
o Food web
o Food chain
o Changes to the ecosystem

Week 11 Learning Goals: 
  Adaptations and Behaviors
o Adaptations
o Life cycles
o Subtopics

Week 12 Learning Goals:  
   Adaptations and Behaviors Continued
o Adaptations
o Inherited traits
o Learned behaviors

The course will continue for 12 weeks.  We will cover all Science content that is typically covered in the 5th Grade Science classroom including states of matter, principles of electricity, and all other content taught during the Fall Semester.  

This class then continues on to Part 2 which includes Spring Semester material such  as weathering, erosion, and deposition.  Other big themes include biomes, organisms and their relationships to their environments, and patters of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.