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Writing Workshop:
5th Grade
Magazine Article Project
Write an article for a Children’s magazine about one of the topics
given to you.
Your article should provide information on all the questions/areas
included on the topic card.
You want to make your article interesting and informative!
Include at least three text features in your report.
You may include other information that you feel is important.
All work needs to be cited. Information used in article must be
paraphrased (put in your own words).
Friction
What is friction?
How does friction affect the motion of
objects?
What are some examples of friction?
Why is friction important?
How does a change in mass (less mass/more
mass) affect friction?
Energy Transfer
Radiation
Conduction
Convection
How does heating cooling affect some
materials and how does this relate to the
use of some materials?
Gravity
What is gravity?
How does gravity affect the motion of
objects?
What are some examples of gravity?
Why is gravity important?
How is gravity different in different locations?
How does a change in mass (less mass/more
mass) affect friction?
Ecosystems
Tell the characteristics of each:
-Estuaries and Salt Marshes
-Oceans
-Lakes and Ponds
-Forests
-Grasslands
Water Cycle
How does the sun’s energy affect the water
cycle?
Terms to use/explain: Evaporation,
transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and
runoff.
Role of Organisms in an Ecosystem
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Food Web
Food Chain
Examples of a food chain and food web
Weather
Jet stream
High Pressure/Low Pressure
Temperature
Climate
Tools for predicting weather
Matter
What is matter?
What has matter?
States of matter
Properties of matter
How matter can change
Compare matter before and after changes
Unicellular Organisms
What are unicellular organisms?
What characteristics do they have?
Why are they important?
What are some examples of unicellular
organisms?
Human Body (Multicellular Organism)
Give a brief overview of each body system.
Digestive
Respiratory
Circulatory
Muscular
Skeletal
Cardiovascular
Include how each system’s function is
necessary for life.