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Science
Course: Pre- AP 5th Grade
Unit: Sun/Earth/Moon Comparison and Relationships/Water Cycle/
Weather
TEKS
Guiding
Sample
Questions/
Assessment
Specificity
Designated Unit: 3rd Instructional Period
Days to teach: 27 days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
(8) Earth and Space: The student know that there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among the Sun, Earth and
5.8C-demonstrate that Earth rotates
Rotation
Guiding Questions:
Sample Assessment
Examples of
on its axis once approximately every What causes day and
Questions:
Axis
Instructional Strategies:
24 hours causing the day/night cycle night?
Revolution
Journals
and the apparent movement of the
1. Which of these
Lunar Phases
Cooperative learning
Sun across the sky
What causes our
causes day and night
Reflect
Discovery Learning
seasons?
on Earth?
Gravity
Graphic Organizers
(Supporting Standard)
a. Earth orbiting
Tides
KWL Chart
5.8D-identify and compare the
How can you compare
the sun
Craters
Scaffolding
physical characteristics of the Sun,
the Earth vs. the Moon? b. The moon
Solar energy
Moon, and Earth
orbiting earth
Solar flares
Link to ELPS
Why is the sun so
c. Earth rotating on Sun spots
(Supporting Standard)
Instructional Strategies:
important to our solar
its axis
Radiate
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/
system and to Earth?
d. The moon
Orbit
rules/tac/chapter074/ch07
.
blocking
Outer Planets
4a.html
What is the planet order
sunlight
4F – Graphic
in relation to the sun?
Inner planets
Organizers,
2.A student observed
Visual/Videos, and
Manipulatives (soil)
Teacher Notes:
the apparent shape of
Review the following
3H- Accountable
the moon every night
TEKS
conversation stems
for a period of 60
1C – Word Wall,
days. On Day 10 the
* 3.8 (C)
Word Sort
student observed a
Construct models that
2H – Book Review
full moon. On which
demonstrate the
2D - KWL
other day did the
relationship of the Sun,
student most likely
Earth, and Moon,
observe a full moon?
including orbits and
positions
Resources/
Weblinks
Moon system
MISD Teacher Resources:
Google Drive:
MISD Science
Use MISD log in information
STEMscopes:
Accelerate Learning
Next Step Inquiry 5.8CD
PBL Activities 5.8CD
Science A-Z
Science A-Z
Teacher Notes
Content Resources
Safari Montage:
Bill Nye Earth’s Seasons
Bill Nye Moon
Bill Nye Planets
*Also available on Netflix
Discovery Education:
Our Amazing Sun --Video
Ask an Astronomer (Sun)-Link
Ask an Astronomer (Earth)-Link
Adopted by the School Board 2007- Revised Spring 2016
Science
Course: Pre- AP 5th Grade
Unit: Sun/Earth/Moon Comparison and Relationships/Water Cycle/
Weather
TEKS
Guiding
Sample
Questions/
Assessment
Specificity
Designated Unit: 3rd Instructional Period
Days to teach: 27 days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
Ask an Astronomer (Moon)-Link
*4.8.(C)
Collect and analyze
data to identify
sequences and predict
patterns of change in
shadows, tides,
seasons and the
observable
appearance of the
Moon over time.
(Supporting standard)
(8) Earth and Space: The student know that there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among the Sun, Earth and Moon system
Water Cycle
5.8B-explain how the Sun and the
ocean interact in the water cycle
(Supporting Standard)
Guiding Questions:
-How is a cloud
formed?
-What is water vapor?
-Where does the water
go that does not
evaporate?
Teacher Notes:
Review
*3.8(B) describe and
illustrate the Sun as a
star composed of gases
that provides light and
heat energy for the
water cycle
Sample Assessment
Questions:
1.Which of these
supplies the energy
that drives the water
cycle?
a. Sun
b. Planets
c. Oceans
d. Moon
*4.8(B) describe and
Adopted by the School Board 2007- Revised Spring 2016
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
Runoff
Transpiration
Ground water
Water vapor
Examples of
Instructional Strategies:
Journals
Cooperative learning
Discovery Learning
Graphic Organizers
KWL Chart
Scaffolding
Link to ELPS
Instructional Strategies:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/
rules/tac/chapter074/ch07
4a.html
4F – Graphic
Organizers,
Visual/Videos, and
Manipulatives (soil)
3H- Accountable
MISD Teacher Resources:
Google Drive:
MISD Science
Use MISD log in information
STEMscopes:
Accelerate Learning
Next Step Inquiry 5.8B
PBL Activities 5.8B
Science A-Z
Science A-Z
Teacher Notes
Content Resources
Safari Montage:
Bill Nye Water Cycle
Science
Course: Pre- AP 5th Grade
Unit: Sun/Earth/Moon Comparison and Relationships/Water Cycle/
Weather
TEKS
Guiding
Sample
Questions/
Assessment
Specificity
Designated Unit: 3rd Instructional Period
Days to teach: 27 days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
illustrate the continuous
conversation stems
*Also available on Netflix
movement of water
1C – Word Wall,
Water Cycle Flip Chart:
above and on the
Word Sort
http://www.prometheanplanet.co
surface of Earth
2H – Book Review
m/en/Resources/Item/69879/wat
through the water cycle
2D - KWL
er-cycle-game
and explain the role of
the Sun as a major
source of energy in this
process(Supporting
Standard)
(8) Earth and Space: The student know that there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among the Sun, Earth and Moon system
5.8A-differentiate between weather
Weather
Guiding Questions:
Sample Assessment
Examples of
MISD Teacher Resources:
and climate
-Is cold air more or less Questions:
Climate
Instructional Strategies: Google Drive:
dense than warm air?
Which of these tools
warm front
Journals
(Supporting Standard)
MISD Science
-How do you measure
measures
cold front
Cooperative learning
Use MISD log in information
wind speed, wind
atmospheric
high pressure
Discovery Learning
direction, amount of
pressure?
low pressure
Graphic Organizers
STEMsccpes:
rainfall, and
a. Rain gauge
rain gauge
KWL Chart
Accelerate Learning
temperature?
b. Anemometer
weather/wind vane
Scaffolding
Next Step Inquiry 5.8A
c. Barometer
anemometer
PBL Activities 5.8A
Link to ELPS
Teacher Notes:
d. Thermometer
barometer
Instructional Strategies:
Review
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/ Science A-Z
*3.8(A) observe,
rules/tac/chapter074/ch07 Science A-Z
measure, record, and
4a.html
compare day-to-day
4F – Graphic
Teacher Notes
weather changes in
Organizers,
Content Resources
different locations at
Visual/Videos, and
the same time that
Manipulatives (soil)
Safari Montage:
include air temperature,
3H- Accountable
Meteorology
wind direction, and
conversation stems
Bill Nye Climates
precipitation
1C – Word Wall,
*Also available on Netflix
Adopted by the School Board 2007- Revised Spring 2016
Science
Course: Pre- AP 5th Grade
Unit: Sun/Earth/Moon Comparison and Relationships/Water Cycle/
Weather
TEKS
Guiding
Sample
Questions/
Assessment
Specificity
*4.8(A) measure and
record changes in
weather and make
predictions using
weather maps, weather
symbols, and a map
key.
(Supporting Standard)
Adopted by the School Board 2007- Revised Spring 2016
Designated Unit: 3rd Instructional Period
Days to teach: 27 days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Word Sort
2H – Book Review
2D - KWL
Resources/
Weblinks