2006/7 Life Science Unit Plan
8/21 First day of school. 5th grade orientation.
8/22 Go over 5th grade science syllabus.
8/23 Get to know your textbook
8/24 Lab safety rules.
8/25 Lab safety posters.
8/28 Living and non-living organisms(2AB) Classifications(2.4A)
8/29 Lab – Use of Microslide viewer(5.4A)
8/30 What are cells?(5.5AB)
8/31 Lab- Observation of cells(5.5AB)
9/1 Plant and animal cells(5.5AB)
9/4 Holiday
9/5 Lab- How muscles cause movement(5.5AB)
9/6 Human Body Systems(5.5AB)
9/7 Picture Day – Review for test
9/8 3 weeks test – Cells, Organs, Systems
9/11 Organisms Grow(5.6C)
9/12 Lab – Growing(5.6C)
9/13 Stages of Life(5.6C)
9/14 Lab- Inherited Traits(5.10AB)
9/15 Inherited Traits(5.10AB)
9/18 Dominant and recessive traits(5.10AB)
9/19 Lab
9/20 Punit Squares(5.10AB)
9/21 Lab- Plant anatomy(5.5AB)
9/22 Plant anatomy and function(5.5AB)
9/25 Different types of plants(5.6C)
9/26 Lab- Uses of plants(5.6C)
9/27 Review for test
9/28 Lab- Seed anatomy(5.6C)
9/29 6 weeks test
10/2 Photosynthesis(5.6B,9A)
10/3 Lab- Bean seeds(5.6C)
10/4 Animal and Plant interdependence(5.6B,9A-C)
10/5 Lab- Water Cycle(5.6B)
10/6 Cycles(Carbon, Nitrogen, Water)(5.6B)
10/9 Ecosystems(5.9A-C, 10AB)
10/10 Lab- What eats what? (5.9A-C, 10AB)
10/11 Energy transfer(5.9A-C, 10AB)
10/12 Lab- (5.9A-C, 10AB)
10/13 Organisms compete for limited resources(5.9A-C, 10AB)
10/16 Prepare for Field Trip (5.9A-C, 10AB)
10/17 Field trip
10/18 Terrestrial Biomes(5.9A-C, 10AB)
10/19 Lab- Body color(5.9A-C, 10AB)
10/20 Aquatic Ecosystems(5.9A-C, 10AB)
10/23 Reduce, reuse, recycle
10/24 Lab- water filtering(5.9A-C, 10AB)
10/25 Review for test
10/26 Lab
10/27 Life science benchmark test
All dates are subject to change if needed.