5th Grade
Curriculum
The 5th grade science curriculum is
divided into the following Topics:
Science Inquiry-ongoing throughout
all units.
The Five Kingdoms of Life
Unit 1-microscopes and cells
Unit 2-protists
Unit 3-fungi, moneran, and animal kingdoms
Unit 4-plants
Human Body I
Unit 1-immune system and disease
Unit 2-muscular and nervous systems
Unit 3-nutrition and the digestive and excretory systems
The Earth's Plates
Unit 1-layers of the Earth
Unit 2-plate tectonics
Unit 3-volcanoes and earthquakes
Simple Machines
Unit 1-transformation of energy
Unit 2-simple machines