Skill Sharpeners Science Gr. 5

Build your child’s understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Engaging activities and hands-on projects will motivate your fifth grader to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards.
 
The simple experiments, using materials that can easily be found at home, help your child understand and retain science concepts in a memorable way.
 
Each lesson includes reading selections and activities that focus on one science concept, covering the following fifth grade topics:
 
Organisms and Ecosystems

• How Plants Get Food                                  
• Food Webs                                            
• Adaptations                                           
• Decomposers 

  
Earth’s Systems

• The Atmosphere                                      
• The Water Cycle                                      
• Water on Earth                                        
• Weathering and Erosion 

  
Space Systems

• Gravity                                                
• Day and Night                                         
• The Sun and Stars                                     
• Patterns of Stars 

  
Structure and Properties of Matter

• Physical Properties                                    
• Mixtures and Solutions                                  
• Chemical Properties                                  
• Chemical Reactions                                   

 
Ideal for practice at home and classroom enrichment, Skill Sharpeners: Science:

• provides practice of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills
• offers striking photography and scientific illustrations to help children connect science to the real world
• is based on Next Generation Science Standards and state science standards
• includes an answer key

Preview Table of Contents + Work Unit

Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishing

SKU: 9781629381572