Spectra Science · Grade 5
12 chapters · 156 pages
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- Assessment
Getting Started
How Scientists Work
Practice
Learn
- 1.1 Getting to the Bottom of Things
- 1.2 The Anatomy of an Atom
- 1.3 Molecules on the Move
- 1.4 Molecules in Motion
- 1.5 Investigation: Where Does Dissolved Sugar Go?
- 1.6 The Conservation of Matter
- 1.7 Investigation: Weigh It Before and After
- 1.8 Identify a Material by Measuring Its Properties
- 1.9 Rising Up
- 1.10 Tough Stuff
- 1.11 Mercury: The Liquid Metal
- 1.12 An Elegant Arrangement
- 1.13 Full of Air
- 1.14 A Burning Question
- 1.15 A Sticky Situation
- 1.16 Design: Choose the Best Material for a Job
Unit 2
Energy and Living Things
Learn
- 2.1 Where the Energy in Food Comes From
- 2.2 Ready to Eat
- 2.3 The Leaf: Nature’s Green Machine
- 2.4 Investigation: Plants Grow Mostly from Air and Water
- 2.5 Light Energy Becomes Food Energy
- 2.6 Microscopic Marvels
- 2.7 Life in the Grasslands
- 2.8 Poisoning the Food Chain
- 2.9 Decomposers: Earth’s Stomach
- 2.10 Underground Farmers
- 2.11 Under a Log
- 2.12 A Good Relationship
- 2.13 Bringing Back the Wolves
- 2.14 Design: A Compost Bin That Breaks Food Down Fastest
Assessment
Mid-Test · Units 1–2
Learn
- 3.1 Four Parts of Earth: Land, Water, Air, and Life
- 3.2 Recycled Air
- 3.3 Blowin' in the Wind
- 3.4 Bottled Raindrops
- 3.5 Investigation: How Much of Earth’s Water Is Fresh?
- 3.6 A Body of Water
- 3.7 A Watery Problem
- 3.8 The Problem with Plastic
- 3.9 A Fishy Story
- 3.10 The Great Stink
- 3.11 Spreading the Word
- 3.12 Rising Tide
- 3.13 Design: A Plan to Save Water in Our Community
Learn
- 4.1 Earth's Gravity Pulls Things Down
- 4.2 A Weighty Matter
- 4.3 Investigation: Dropping Objects
- 4.4 The Pull of the Moon
- 4.5 Looking to the Skies
- 4.6 The Speedy Planet
- 4.7 At the Center of Our Lives
- 4.8 Why the Sun Looks Brighter Than Other Stars
- 4.9 Hubble's Galaxies
- 4.10 Investigation: A Record of Shadows Through the Day
- 4.11 Seasons, and the Stars We See in Each
- 4.12 Seeing the Stars in Ancient Egypt
- 4.13 The Ever-Changing Moon
- 4.14 Not Just Planets
- 4.15 Rocks from Space
- 4.16 Design: A Tool That Tells the Time from the Sun
Bonus
Extra Readings
Learn
- Lesson 1 · Flying into History
- Lesson 2 · Out of This World
- Lesson 3 · Super Foods
- Lesson 4 · Sharp as a Laser
- Lesson 5 · The Birth of Photography
- Lesson 6 · Everywhere You Go
- Lesson 7 · Cleaning Up
- Lesson 8 · Safe Surfing
- Lesson 9 · A World Beyond
- Lesson 10 · An Atomic Time Line
- Lesson 11 · The Golden Age of Islamic Science
- Lesson 12 · The Industrial Revolution: Dawn of the Machine Age
- Lesson 13 · The Need for Speed
- Lesson 14 · Carving Out a Place in History
- Lesson 15 · Playing with Your Television