IXL skill plan | Science grade 5 plan for the NWEA MAP® Growth™

Skill plan for the NWEA MAP^® Growth™ - Science grade 5

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Life Science
Physical Science
Earth and Space Science

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Life Science
RIT Score: Less than 181
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes		1. What do plants need to survive? 2. What do animals need to survive?
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
1. What do plants need to survive? 2. What do animals need to survive?

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits; Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity		1. Match animals to their parents 2. Match plants to their parents 3. Observe traits
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits; Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
1. Match animals to their parents 2. Match plants to their parents 3. Observe traits
RIT Score: 181–188
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes		1. Identify what plant parts do 2. How do animals use their body parts?
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
1. Identify what plant parts do 2. How do animals use their body parts?

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits; Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity		1. Compare young living things to their parents 2. Observe and compare traits
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits; Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
1. Compare young living things to their parents 2. Observe and compare traits
RIT Score: 189–197
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes		Animal life cycles 1. Construct animal life cycle diagrams 2. Compare stages of an animal's life cycle 3. Compare different animals' life cycles Plant life cycles 4. Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Animal life cycles 1. Construct animal life cycle diagrams 2. Compare stages of an animal's life cycle 3. Compare different animals' life cycles Plant life cycles 4. Read and construct flowering plant life cycle diagrams

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics		1. Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou 2. Benefits of group behavior: African wild dogs 3. Benefits of group behavior: leaf-cutter ants
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
1. Benefits of group behavior: North American caribou 2. Benefits of group behavior: African wild dogs 3. Benefits of group behavior: leaf-cutter ants

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits; Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity		1. Identify inherited and acquired traits 2. Match offspring to parents using inherited traits 3. Introduction to adaptations
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits; Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
1. Identify inherited and acquired traits 2. Match offspring to parents using inherited traits 3. Introduction to adaptations
RIT Score: 198–205
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes		Plant structures 1. How do plants make food? Body systems 2. Body systems: circulation and respiration 3. Body systems: digestion 4. Body systems: removing waste
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Plant structures 1. How do plants make food? Body systems 2. Body systems: circulation and respiration 3. Body systems: digestion 4. Body systems: removing waste

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics		1. How does matter move in food chains?
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
1. How does matter move in food chains?

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits; Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity		Traits 1. What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis 2. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement Adaptations 3. Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks 4. Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings 5. Animal adaptations: feet and limbs
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits; Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Traits 1. What affects traits? Use observations to support a hypothesis 2. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement Adaptations 3. Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks 4. Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings 5. Animal adaptations: feet and limbs
RIT Score: 206+
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes		1. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth?
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
1. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth?

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics		1. Interpret food webs II 2. Use food chains to predict changes in populations
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
1. Interpret food webs II 2. Use food chains to predict changes in populations

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits; Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity		1. Compare fossils to modern organisms 2. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits; Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
1. Compare fossils to modern organisms 2. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence

Physical Science
RIT Score: Less than 181
Matter and Its Interactions		1. Classify matter as solid or liquid 2. Identify solids and liquids
Matter and Its Interactions
1. Classify matter as solid or liquid 2. Identify solids and liquids

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions		1. Investigate pushes and pulls
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
1. Investigate pushes and pulls

Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer		1. Investigate sunlight and shade
Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
1. Investigate sunlight and shade
RIT Score: 181–188
Matter and Its Interactions		1. Changes caused by heating and cooling
Matter and Its Interactions
1. Changes caused by heating and cooling

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions		1. Design a race car track
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
1. Design a race car track

Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer		1. Investigate shadows 2. How do we use light and sound to communicate?
Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
1. Investigate shadows 2. How do we use light and sound to communicate?
RIT Score: 189–197
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions		1. Identify directions of forces 2. Identify magnets that attract or repel 3. Label magnets that attract or repel
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
1. Identify directions of forces 2. Identify magnets that attract or repel 3. Label magnets that attract or repel

Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer		1. Predict heat flow 2. Energy transformation
Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
1. Predict heat flow 2. Energy transformation
RIT Score: 198–205
Matter and Its Interactions		1. Understand conservation of matter using graphs 2. Particle motion and changes of state
Matter and Its Interactions
1. Understand conservation of matter using graphs 2. Particle motion and changes of state

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions		1. Introduction to static electricity and charged objects 2. Compare strengths of magnetic forces 3. Solve problems using magnets 4. How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion?
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
1. Introduction to static electricity and charged objects 2. Compare strengths of magnetic forces 3. Solve problems using magnets 4. How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion?

Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer		1. Predict temperature changes 2. Compare amplitudes and wavelengths of waves
Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
1. Predict temperature changes 2. Compare amplitudes and wavelengths of waves
RIT Score: 206–209
Matter and Its Interactions		1. Describe the atomic composition of molecules 2. Sort elementary substances and compounds using models 3. Count atoms and molecules in chemical reactions 4. How does particle motion affect temperature? 5. How does particle motion affect gas pressure?
Matter and Its Interactions
1. Describe the atomic composition of molecules 2. Sort elementary substances and compounds using models 3. Count atoms and molecules in chemical reactions 4. How does particle motion affect temperature? 5. How does particle motion affect gas pressure?

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions		1. Identify whether objects are accelerating 2. Balanced and unbalanced forces 3. Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
1. Identify whether objects are accelerating 2. Balanced and unbalanced forces 3. Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces

Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer		1. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy 2. Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride 3. Transverse waves 4. Longitudinal waves
Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
1. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy 2. Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride 3. Transverse waves 4. Longitudinal waves
RIT Score: 210+
Matter and Its Interactions		1. Identify chemical formulas for ball-and-stick models 2. How are substances represented by chemical formulas and models? 3. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure 4. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions
Matter and Its Interactions
1. Identify chemical formulas for ball-and-stick models 2. How are substances represented by chemical formulas and models? 3. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure 4. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions		1. How does mass affect force and acceleration? 2. Electric forces and fields
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
1. How does mass affect force and acceleration? 2. Electric forces and fields

Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer		1. Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves 2. Compare energy of waves 3. Explore energy transformations: bike ride
Energy; Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
1. Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves 2. Compare energy of waves 3. Explore energy transformations: bike ride

Earth and Space Science
RIT Score: Less than 181
Earth's Place in the Universe		1. The night sky 2. The daytime sky
Earth's Place in the Universe
1. The night sky 2. The daytime sky

Earth's Systems		1. Describe the weather 2. Weather patterns 3. How do living things change their environments to meet their needs? 4. How do gray squirrels change the forest to meet their needs?
Earth's Systems
1. Describe the weather 2. Weather patterns 3. How do living things change their environments to meet their needs? 4. How do gray squirrels change the forest to meet their needs?

Earth and Human Activity		1. Reduce, reuse, recycle 2. Severe weather: blizzards
Earth and Human Activity
1. Reduce, reuse, recycle 2. Severe weather: blizzards
RIT Score: 181–188
Earth's Place in the Universe		1. Changes to Earth's surface: erosion 2. Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes 3. Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions
Earth's Place in the Universe
1. Changes to Earth's surface: erosion 2. Changes to Earth's surface: earthquakes 3. Changes to Earth's surface: volcanic eruptions

Earth's Systems		1. Water on Earth 2. Bodies of water 3. Identify Earth's land features
Earth's Systems
1. Water on Earth 2. Bodies of water 3. Identify Earth's land features

Earth and Human Activity		Animals 1. Where do giraffes and beavers live? 2. Where do whale sharks and tree frogs live? Plants 3. Where do bearberries and powdery strap air plants live? 4. Where do turtle grass and giant sequoias live? Weather 5. Severe weather: tornadoes 6. Severe weather: hurricanes
Earth and Human Activity
Animals 1. Where do giraffes and beavers live? 2. Where do whale sharks and tree frogs live? Plants 3. Where do bearberries and powdery strap air plants live? 4. Where do turtle grass and giant sequoias live? Weather 5. Severe weather: tornadoes 6. Severe weather: hurricanes
RIT Score: 189–197
Earth's Place in the Universe		1. Earth's rotation and orbit 2. Day and night
Earth's Place in the Universe
1. Earth's rotation and orbit 2. Day and night

Earth's Systems		Weather and climate 1. Use climate data to make predictions 2. Collect and graph temperature data Earth's processes 3. Changes to Earth's surface: erosion Earth's systems 4. Describe and graph water on Earth 5. Label parts of water cycle diagrams 6. Label parts of rock cycle diagrams
Earth's Systems
Weather and climate 1. Use climate data to make predictions 2. Collect and graph temperature data Earth's processes 3. Changes to Earth's surface: erosion Earth's systems 4. Describe and graph water on Earth 5. Label parts of water cycle diagrams 6. Label parts of rock cycle diagrams

Earth and Human Activity		1. Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage
Earth and Human Activity
1. Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage
RIT Score: 198–205
Earth's Place in the Universe		1. Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers 2. Brightness of the Sun and other stars 3. Constellations and the changing night sky
Earth's Place in the Universe
1. Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers 2. Brightness of the Sun and other stars 3. Constellations and the changing night sky

Earth's Systems		Weather and climate 1. Use data to describe climates 2. Weather and climate around the world 3. Weather or climate? Cite text Maps 4. Read a topographic map 5. Select parts of a topographic map Earth's systems 6. Select parts of water cycle diagrams 7. Select parts of rock cycle diagrams 8. Describe the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere
Earth's Systems
Weather and climate 1. Use data to describe climates 2. Weather and climate around the world 3. Weather or climate? Cite text Maps 4. Read a topographic map 5. Select parts of a topographic map Earth's systems 6. Select parts of water cycle diagrams 7. Select parts of rock cycle diagrams 8. Describe the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere

Earth and Human Activity		1. Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding 2. Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles?
Earth and Human Activity
1. Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding 2. Science literacy: how can a community protect sea turtles?
RIT Score: 206–209
Earth's Place in the Universe		1. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 2. Identify phases of the Moon 3. What causes the seasons on Earth?
Earth's Place in the Universe
1. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 2. Identify phases of the Moon 3. What causes the seasons on Earth?

Earth's Systems		1. Introduction to the rock cycle
Earth's Systems
1. Introduction to the rock cycle

Earth and Human Activity		1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem 2. Analyze natural hazard maps
Earth and Human Activity
1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem 2. Analyze natural hazard maps
RIT Score: 210+
Earth's Place in the Universe		1. Solar eclipses 2. Lunar eclipses 3. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!
Earth's Place in the Universe
1. Solar eclipses 2. Lunar eclipses 3. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!

Earth's Systems		1. Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic 2. Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries 3. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world
Earth's Systems
1. Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic 2. Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries 3. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world

Earth and Human Activity		1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions
Earth and Human Activity
1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions

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