5th Grade NGSS™ Matter and Its Interactions Unit

This NGSS-aligned unit includes materials to teach about atoms and their structure, conservation of mass, properties of matter, and physical and chemical changes. It also includes close reading, math activities, science labs, and an art lesson.

Resources for Input:

- Unit essential question

- Inquiry chart printable

- 5 pages of observation chart photos

- Printable CCD (3 templates) and teacher samples

- The Important Book About Chemistry and Matter (1 title page, 5 content pages and corresponding header/footer, 5 pages of pictures)

- PPT version of the big book

- Super Scientist Awards

- 5 pictorial and/or comparative input charts to project and trace. Titles:

• Structure of Matter
• Isotopes and Ions
• Properties of Matter
• Types of Substances
• Chemical Reactions

- 3 chants

- Printable sentence pattern chart and teacher sample

- Properties of Substances Expert Groups (set of 8) with mind map graphic organizer and process grid

- Physical and Chemical Changes (set of 5) with mind map graphic organizer and process grid

- 3 writing prompts (narrative, informational, and opinion)

Close Reading

- 3 leveled close reading sets, each with 3 printable question sets aligned to CCSS and 2 journal prompts

- each text is available at a beginning, middle, and end of fifth grade reading level

Titles:

- Ancient Theories on Matter (Democritus/Aristotle)

- Experiments of Antoine Lavoisier (Experiment First/Experiment Third)

- Mixtures and Solutions/Air: A Perfect Balance of Gases

The readings are available digitally as Google Slides presentations.

Note: these are the same passages that are in the 5th Grade Matter Close Reading packet.

Math Activities

5 math activities (3 hands-on activities, 2 printable, worksheet-type activities)

Titles:

- Particles to the Powers of 10

- Unit Fraction Compounds

- Conversion Conservation Sort

- Race to 1000 (cubic units)

- Molecular Multiplication

Science Labs

6 science activities with teacher directions and printable recording sheets

Titles:

- Subatomic Models

- Experimenting with Balloons

- Periodic Table Instamatter Project

- Powder Identification Stations

- Mixing Substances Stations

- Matter Model Design Challenge

Art Integration

- Printables of 7 works of art

- Guiding questions to integrate art and science

- 1 Art Lesson

Assessment

- 2 Assessments (29 questions in all)

- Answer Key for All Questions

NOTE: The assessment is available separately here.

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