a resource for grades 5 - 8
| 5th Grade HW |
| Science Starters |
| Blog |
|
Units |
Handouts |
| Intro to Life Science top | |
Big Ideas: Scientists use scientific processes to study the patterns of natural events and to solve problems. Living things must be able to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions Organisms can be classified into groups based on their characteristics. |
|
| The Cell top | |
Big Ideas: All organisms are composed of one or more cells. Cells carry out important life functions including taking in nutrients and releasing materials, obtaining energy, and growing |
|
| Genetics top | |
Big Idea: Heredity is the passage of traits from one generation to the next DNA is the genetic material of living organisms and is located in the chromosome of each cell. |
|
| Body Organization | top |
Big Idea: The human body is composed of major systems that have different functions, but all of the systems work together to maintain homeostasis. |
|
| Reproduction | top |
Big Idea: Humans reproduce sexually. they have specialized organs that are responsible for reproduction. Between fertilization and birth, many changes occur. Humans continue to grow and develop until death. |
|
| Immunology/Diseases top | |
Big Ideas: |
|
| Cardiovascular/Blood top | |
Big Ideas: The cardiovascular system circulates blood, gases, and nutrients through your body. Blood transports many things through the body, including oxygen, nutrients, wastes, heat, immune system cells, and hormones. |
|
| Respiration/Excretion top | |
|
Big Ideas: The respiratory system is responsible for taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide. |
|
| Digestion top | |
Big Ideas: |
|
| Skeletal/Muscular/Integumentary top | |
Big Ideas: The skeletal system is an organ system. The functions of the skeletal system include support, protection, movement, and the production of blood cells The muscular system is an organ system. The skeletal and muscular systems work together to provide a structural framework for movement. |
|
| Nervous System top | |
Big Ideas: The human body has organ systems that respond to its internal and external environments. |
|
copyright 2000-2011