SCI0500: 5th Grade Science
05/01/2023 to 04/30/2024 • Modified 11/07/2023Course Description
This science course emphasizes the importance of selecting appropriate instruments for measuring and recording observations. Students are introduced to more detailed concepts of sound and light and the tools used for studying. Students explore the fundamental concepts of matter, including atoms, molecules, elements, and compounds, through a biblical worldview. This scientific view defines the idea that explanations of nature are developed and tested using observation, experimentation, models, evidence, and systematic processes. Students will use the engineering design process to create prototypes and develop an understanding of the steps used. They will use the process to create new ideas and develop these into workable models.
Prerequisite
Fourth Grade Science
Schedule
Module 1: Creation
- Week 1: Introduction to Creation
- Week 2: Creation
Module 2: Scientific Method and Engineering Design Process
- Week 3: Introduction to the Scientific Method
- Week 4: Designing an Experiment
- Week 5: Conducting and Experiment
- Week 6: Introduction to Engineering Design Process
- Week 7: Engineering Design Process
- Week 8: Engineering Design Process in Action
- Week 9: Review Week
Module 3: Matter
- Week 10: Matter
- Week 11: States of Matter
Module 4: Energy and Machines
- Week 12: Introduction to Energy
- Week 13: Forms of Energy
- Week 14: Machines
Module 5: Force and Motion
- Week 15: Introduction to Force and Motion
- Week 16: Work
- Week 17: Motion
- Week 18: Review Week
Module 6: Electricity and Circuits
- Week 19: Electricity
- Week 20: Circuits
- Week 21: Magnetism
Module 7: Sound
- Week 22: Introduction to Sound
- Week 23: Sound
Module 8: Light
- Week 24: Introduction to Light
- Week 25: Light
- Week 26: Transmission of Light
- Week 27: Review Week
Module 9: Geology
- Week 28: Introduction to Geology
- Week 29: Rocks
- Week 30: Natural Science
- Week 31: The Earth’s Surface
Module 10: Earth’s Resources
- Week 32: Introduction to Resources
- Week 33: Energy Resources
- Week 34: Resources
- Week 35: Conservation
- Week 36: Review Week
