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5.1 The student will plan and conduct investigations.
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5.2 The student will investigate and understand how sound is transmitted and is used as a means of communication.
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5.3The student will investigate and understand basic characteristics of visible light and how it behaves.
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5.4 The student will investigate and understand that matter is anything that has mass, takes up space, and occurs as a solid, liquid, or gas.
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5.5The student will investigate and understand that organisms are made of cells and have distinguishing characteristics.
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5.6The student will investigate and understand characteristics of the ocean environment.
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5.7The student will investigate and understand how the Earth’s surface is constantly changing.
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Objective:

 5.1The student will plan and conduct investigations in which
  • rocks, minerals, and organisms are identified using a classification key;
  • estimations of length, mass, and volume are made;
  • appropriate instruments are selected and used for making quantitative observations of length, mass, volume, and elapsed time;
  • accurate measurements are made using basic tools (thermometer, meter stick, balance, graduated cylinder);
  • data are collected, recorded, and reported using the appropriate graphical representation (graphs, charts, diagrams);
  • predictions are made using patterns, and simple graphical data are extrapolated;
  • manipulated and responding variables are identified; and
  • an understanding of the nature of science is developed and reinforced.

SOL Review

1. SOL 9 Question Scientific Method Test 1

2. SOL 7 Question Scientific Method Test 2

3. Scientific Method Put the 5 steps in the correct order

4. Matching Game on Scientific Method vocabulary

5. Scientific Method put the 7 steps in the correct order to uncover the hidden picture

Interactive Activities

 

 1. Learn the Scientific Method through this tutorial and cricket test The website gives good feedback on whether you understand the scientific method.

Study Guides/Research

 

 SOL 5.1 Study Book in Word

SMARTboard Activities

1. SOL 5.1 Measurement Instructional Lesson

2. Classification Instructional Notebook

3. Senteo (SMART Response) SOL Test

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Objective:

 5.2 The student will investigate and understand how sound is transmitted and is used as a means of communication. Key concepts include
  • frequency, waves, wavelength, vibration;
  • the ability of different media (solids, liquids, and gases) to transmit sound; and
  • uses and applications (voice, sonar, animal sounds, and musical instruments).

SOL Review

1. Who wants to be a Millionaire? Sound Game

2. Sound & light 17 Question Test

3. Sound Quiz 17 Questions.

4. Light & Sound Matching Game

5. SOL 11 Question Test

6. SOL 17 Question Test

Interactive Activities

 

1. Sound Webquest Answer questions using the websites provided

2. Sound Sketch Online Tool

3. The Soundry Webquest Learn about sound through these activities

4. BBC Sound Movie clips, Worksheets & Quiz

5. Good webquest on sound

6. Sound is Energy Webquest

7. Sound Game Learn about sound through this great educational game

Study Guides/Research

 

1. Excellent Sound wave explanation & sound activities

2. Download 2 page PDF Sound Study Guide with explanations of how sound works

3. The ear and hearing Pictures and information on sound

4. SOL Study Book Sound information in Word document

5. Sound Study Guide short summary

6. How musical instruments work Sound waves explained

7. What is Sonar? information and pictures

8. How does an echo work? information and pictures

 

SMARTboard Activities

1. Sound Wave SMARTboard Notebook

2. Ultrasound SMARTboard Notebook

3. Light & Sound Waves SMARTboard Notebook

4. Sound Waves of Moving Energy SMARTboard Notebook

5. Excellent SOL Light SMARTboard Notebook

Powerpoints

1. Sound Millionaire PowerPoint Game

2. Instructional Sound PowerPoint

3. SOL Sound Jeopardy PowerPoint Game
Kidspiration Templates 1. Label the Sound wave (Picture Preview)
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles

1. Sound: A First Look (17 min)

2. The Wonder of Sound (13 min)

Lesson Plans

1. Experiments on Sound Lots of great lesson plans

2. Would you hear an explosion in Outer Space Lesson Plan

Assessments & Strategies  
Teacher Resources 1. Download PDF of sound Questions 7 questions on SOL 5.2


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Objective:

 5.3 The student will investigate and understand basic characteristics of visible light and how it behaves. Key concepts include
  • the visible spectrum and light waves;
  • refraction of light through water and prisms;
  • reflection of light from reflective surfaces (mirrors);
  • opaque, transparent, and translucent; and
  • historical contributions in understanding light.

SOL Review

1.Sound & light 17 Question Test

2. Light & Sound Matching Game

3. SOL 5.3 Light Crossword Puzzle

4. 17 Question SOL Test

Interactive Activities

 

 1. Light Game -Learn about the facts about light through playing this educational game

Study Guides/Research

 

1. Download PDF SOL 5.3 Study Guide on Light

2. Light Study Guide Information and pictures

3. Download Light SOL Study Guide in Word

4. Download Light Study Guide in Adobe PDF

5. Learn about Light through this website

SMARTboard Activities

1. How we see light Notebook (Zipped file-use Firefox)

2. How we see light 2 Notebook (Zipped file-use Firefox)

3. Light SMARTboard Notebook

4. SOL 5.3 Light Instructional Lesson

5. Star Characteristics Instructional Notebook

6. Translucence Instructional Notebook

7. Visible Light Instructional Notebook

Powerpoints

1. Download Light Millionaire Review PowerPoint Game

2. Download SOL 5.3 Light Instructional PowerPoint

3. Download SOL Light Instructional PowerPoint 2

4. Download Light SOL 5.3 Instructional PowerPoint 3

5. SOL Light Jeopardy PowerPoint Game

Kidspiration Templates 1. SOL 5.3 Light-draw a line from the pictures to the correct vocabulary terms (Picture Preview)
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles 1. Basics of Physics: Exploring Light and Color (30 min)
Lesson Plans 1. Exploring Light Through Experiments With The Pinhole and Making An Opaque Projector Light Lesson Plan
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Objective:

 5.4 The student will investigate and understand that matter is anything that has mass, takes up space, and occurs as a solid, liquid, or gas. Key concepts include
  • atoms, elements, molecules, and compounds;
  • mixtures including solutions; and
  • the effect of heat on the states of matter.

SOL Review

1. SOLPass.org SOL 5.4 Matter (Get password from your teacher)

2. Several SOL Matter Games

Interactive Activities

 

1. Matter Information & Quiz

2. Flash song about the Periodic Table of Elements

3. Interactive multimedia Periodic Table of Elements

Study Guides /Research

 

1. Download Excellent SOL Study Guide in Word with great pictures

2. SOL 5.4 Matter Study Guide in Adobe PDF

SMARTboard Activities

1. Matter SOL 5.4 Notebook

2. Atoms SMARTboard Notebook

3. SOL 5.4 Matter Instructional Lesson

4. Matter Instructional Notebook

Powerpoints

1. Watch Matter SOL 5.4 PowerPoint Online

2. SOL Matter Jeopardy PowerPoint Game

3. Matter SOL Jeopardy PowerPoint

Kidspiration Templates

1. Mixtures vs. Solutions-Drag pictures to the correct box (Picture Preview)

2. Compare Atoms, Elements, Molecules, and Compounds-Drag pictures to the correct box (Picture Preview)

United Streaming Movie Clip Titles

1. Common Properties of Matter: Atoms, Elements, and States (24 min)

2. Matter and Its Properties: What Makes Up Matter? (17 min)

3. Heat, Temperature, and Energy (23 min)

4. Matter: Building Blocks of the Universe (15 min)

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Objective:

5.5 The student will investigate and understand that organisms are made of cells and have distinguishing characteristics. Key concepts include

  • basic cell structures and functions;
  • kingdoms of living things;
  • vascular and nonvascular plants; and
  • vertebrates and invertebrates.

SOL Review

1. Cell 25 Question SOL Test

2. Animal Kingdoms Columns Game

3. Vertebrates & Invertebrates Matching Game

4. Who wants to be a Millionaire SOL 5 Kingdoms Game

5. Invertebrate Test 20 questions

6. Label a cell correctly by dragging the terms to the correct box

7. Classification Test Practice with pictures and sounds

8. Plant & Animal Matching Game

9. Cell Millionaire Game

10. Label the Cell Quiz

Interactive Activities

 

1. Cells Information & Quiz

2. Kingdoms Information & Quiz

3. Animal and Plant Cell animations and information

4. Interactive Cell & its Functions

5. Name that bug Game. Use the clues to identify the bug.

6. Inside a Cell. Click on the cell parts to learn about them.

Study Guides/Research

 

1. 7 Slides online of 5 Kingdoms descriptions of each

2. 5 Kingdoms Study Guide with examples of each

3. Vertebrates & Invertebrates Study Guide

4. Interesting History of 5 Kingdoms

5. Good simple 5 kingdoms description and table

6. Simple information on 5 Kingdoms with pictures

SMARTboard Activities

1. SOL 5 Kingdoms SMARTboard Notebook

2. Living Systems SOL Review Notebook

3. Grouping Animals into Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Birds & Insects (zipped file-use Firefox)

4. Label a cell SMARTboard Notebook (zipped file-use Firefox)

5. Grouping Animals SMARTboard Notebook Review

6. Label parts of a cell SMARTboard Notebook

7. Animal Cell identification SMARTboard Notebook

8. Living Systems Senteo Notebook

Powerpoints

1. 5 Kingdoms Millionaire PowerPoint Game

2. 5 Kingdoms Jeopardy PowerPoint The powerpoint could use some pictures added to it

3. Cell Structure & Functions Instructional PowerPoint

4. Invertebrates Instructional PowerPoint

5. SOL Kingdoms Jeopardy PowerPoint Game

6. SOL Cells & Plants Jeopardy PowerPoint Game

7. 5 Kingdoms Instructional PowerPoint

8. SOL 5 Kingdoms Jeopardy PowerPoint

Kidspiration Templates

1. Label the Plant Cell-Draw a line between the terms and the plant cell (Picture Preview)

2. 5 Kingdoms-drag picture to correct Kingdoms (Picture Preview)

3. Vertebrates-drag pictures to correct box (Picture Preview)

4. Vascular-drag pictures to the right box (Picture Preview)
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles

1. Classification of Living Things (27 min) includes vascular plants

2. The Living Cell (20 min)

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Objective:

5.6 The student will investigate and understand characteristics of the ocean environment. Key concepts include

  • geological characteristics (continental shelf, slope, rise);
  • physical characteristics (depth, salinity, major currents); and
  • biological characteristics (ecosystems).

SOL Review

1. SOL 11 Question Test

2. Oceans Matching Vocabulary Game

3. Oceans Matching Vocabulary 2 Game

4. Interactive Ocean Food chain website

5. SOL Ocean Battleship Game

6. SOL Ocean Millionaire Game

Interactive Activities

 

1. Ocean Floor Regions Information & pictures

2. Interactive wave machine game

3. Deep Sea Simulation

Study Guides /Research

 

1. Ocean Information on water depth, life in the sea, and wind and waves

2. SOL Ocean Study Guide in Word with great pictures

3. Ocean Review in Word

4. SOL Study Book in Word

SMARTboard Activities

1. Ocean SOL SMARTboard Notebook

2. Aquatic Food Chain Notebook

Powerpoints

1. Oceans SOL Millionaire Game

2. SOL Oceans Jeopardy PowerPoint

3. SOL Ocean Jeopardy PowerPoint Game

4. SOL Ocean Jeopardy PowerPoint

5. Oceans-create your own Study Guide using this Template

6. Features of the Ocean Floor Instructional PowerPoint

7. Jeopardy Ocean SOL Game

8. Jeopardy SOL Ocean PowerPoint Game (Zipped-use Firefox)

Kidspiration Templates 1. Label the Ocean Floor (Picture Preview)
United Streaming Movie Clip Titles

1. Oceans: Earth's Last Frontier (25 min) on the Ocean Floor

2. The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten (25 min) on the Ocean Food Chain

3. What is the Ocean Food Chain (1 min)

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Objective:

5.7 The student will investigate and understand how the Earth’s surface is constantly changing. Key concepts include

  • the rock cycle including identification of rock types;
  • Earth history and fossil evidence;
  • the basic structure of the Earth’s interior;
  • plate tectonics (earthquakes and volcanoes);
  • weathering and erosion; and
  • human impact.

SOL Review

1. SOL Rock 12 Question Test

2. 10 Question Multiple-choice SOL Test

3. SOL Rock Games and Tests

4. SOLPass.org SOL 5.7 Rocks (Get password from your teacher)

5. 17 Question Multiple-choice SOL Test

6. 2 Rock Cycle Games (Drag pictures to correct location)

Interactive Activities

 

1. Rock & Mineral Webquest

2. Excellent Rock Cycle Pictures and information

3. Animated Rock Cycle

Study Guides /Research

 

 1. SOL 5.7 Rocks Study Guide in Adobe PDF

SMARTboard Activities

1. Geology SOL Review SMARTboard Notebook-Lab the structure of the Earth and types of rocks

2. Landforms SOL Notebook

3. Rock Cycle Instructional SMARTboard Notebook

4. Rocks SOL SMARTboard Notebook (Zipped file-Use Firefox)

5. Geology SOL Review SMARTboard Notebook (Zipped file-Use Firefox)

6. Earth's Crust Notebook

7. Igneous Rock Instructional Notebook

8. Senteo Earth & Space Systems Notebook

9. SMART Exchange Rocks & Minerals Notebook lesson

10. Soil Erosion Instructional Notebook

11. Plate Tectonics Instructional Notebook

12. Rock Types & Rock Cycle Notebook

Powerpoints

1. Rock Jeopardy PowerPoint Sedimentary, Metamorphic, or Igneous

2. Igneous Rock Instructional PowerPoint

3. Mineral Instructional PowerPoint

4. Mineral 2 Instructional PowerPoint with good pictures

5. Weathering & Erosion Instructional PowerPoint with great pictures

Kidspiration Templates

1. Label the Rock Cycle (Picture Preview)

2. Label the Earth's interior (Picture Preview)

United Streaming Movie Clip Titles

1. The Earth's Layers (5 min)

2. The Mantle: The Asthenosphere, Upper Mantle, and Lower Mantle (10 min)

3. What's Inside the Earth?: An Introduction to the Earth's Interior, Crust, and Mineral Resources (26 min)

4. TLC Elementary School: Geological Processes (25 min)

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SOL Review

1. Good SOL 5th Grade Science Review study guides, movie clips, and games

2. http://www.quia.com/pages/sol1.html SOL 5th tgrade webpage

3. Download SOL Study Guide Questions in Adobe PDF

4. Download SOL Released Tests PowerPoint

5. Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader PowerPoint SOL Review

6. SOL Senteo SMARTboard notebook

7. SOL 5th grade Science SMARTBoard Notebook game


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Teacher SOL Resources:

1. Buy SOL Review Books Games for Learning

2. Harcourt School Interactive Science Website

3. SOL Cards & Games 2nd grade SOL Review cards, games, and units)

4. Interactive Notebooks Buy excellent interactive notetaking notebooks for SOL)

5. Enhanced Scope and Sequence VDOE Lesson plans & websites for each SOL, download in word or pdf)

6. Kidspiration Templates Templates organized by subject and grade

7. Download Jeopardy Powerpoint Game Template Fill in the questions and answers and have fun playing Jeopardy! 25 questions board

8. Download Millionaire Powerpoint Game Template Fill in the questions and answers and have fun playing Millionaire!

9. Download Interactive Notebook Notes in Word Notes for each Social Studies SOL in Microsoft Word

10. Download Microsoft Word Tests for each SOL Tests, charts, resources, check out this super website!

11. Lesson Plans for all SOLS Social Studies SOL lesson plans

12. Brainpop Social Studies Movies Movie clips on Social Studies (Subscription)

13. SOL information presented in 9 Week Periods Good overview of SOLS for 2nd grade

14. Find SMARTboard Ready Made Lessons Enter the subject, grade, and Virginia Standards. Excellent SMARTboard resource

15. Free Pictures for Teachers

16. Free Clipart for Teachers


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