Grade 5 Science
A free Grade 5 course from the PGAMO Free K–12 School, built on Core Knowledge Science. Units: Investigating Matter, Energy and Matter in Ecosystems, Modeling Earth’s Systems, Protecting Earth’s Resources, Astronomy: Space Systems, Human Hormones and Reproduction.
Every lesson has the chapter’s pages to read right on screen, the Big Question, words to know, talk-it-over questions with answers for the teacher, and activity pages to print. Each unit ends with a short quiz, and every unit has a printable study pack for learning offline.
This course is based on an original work of the Core Knowledge® Foundation (www.coreknowledge.org) made available through licensing under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This does not in any way imply that the Core Knowledge Foundation endorses this work. PGAMO added the lesson pages, study packs and quizzes layout, and shares them under the same license. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Core Knowledge Science. Free for everyone — this course may never be sold.
Features
- 79 lessons in 6 units
- The books’ pages right in each lesson
- Unit quizzes
- Printable offline study packs
Target audiences
- Grade 5 students
- Homeschool families and co-ops
Requirements
- Nothing to buy — every book is included free
- A parent or teacher to read and talk with younger students
Curriculum
- 7 Sections
- 86 Lessons
- 36 Weeks
- Start here1
- Unit 1: Investigating Matter15
- 2.1Lesson 1: Introduction to Matter30 Minutes
- 2.2Lesson 2: Properties of Matter30 Minutes
- 2.3Lesson 3: Applying Properties of Matter30 Minutes
- 2.4Lesson 4: Particles of Matter30 Minutes
- 2.5Lesson 5: Too Small to Be Seen30 Minutes
- 2.6Lesson 6: Ice to Water and Back30 Minutes
- 2.7Lesson 7: How Matter Changes30 Minutes
- 2.8Lesson 8: Changing the Type of Matter30 Minutes
- 2.9Lesson 9: Matter Can Change Chemically30 Minutes
- 2.10Lesson 10: Investigating Chemical Change30 Minutes
- 2.11Lesson 11: The Language of Chemistry30 Minutes
- 2.12Lesson 12: Comparing Models of Different Molecules30 Minutes
- 2.13Lesson 13: Matter Review Game30 Minutes
- 2.14Unit 1 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 2.15Unit 1 words quiz: Investigating Matter20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 2: Energy and Matter in Ecosystems18
- 3.1Lesson 1: Living Things Grow and Change30 Minutes
- 3.2Lesson 2: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers30 Minutes
- 3.3Lesson 3: Living Things Use Energy30 Minutes
- 3.4Lesson 4: Modeling the Flow of Energy30 Minutes
- 3.5Lesson 5: Growing Plants Without Soil30 Minutes
- 3.6Lesson 6: What Plants Need30 Minutes
- 3.7Lesson 7: Modeling Photosynthesis30 Minutes
- 3.8Lesson 8: Energy Relationships Among Plants and Animals30 Minutes
- 3.9Lesson 9: Explaining Energy Relationships Among Plants and Animals30 Minutes
- 3.10Lesson 10: Ecosystems30 Minutes
- 3.11Lesson 11: A Local Ecosystem30 Minutes
- 3.12Lesson 12: Food Chains and Food Webs30 Minutes
- 3.13Lesson 13: Modeling the Cycle of Matter in an Ecosystem30 Minutes
- 3.14Lesson 14: Changes in Ecosystems30 Minutes
- 3.15Lesson 15: People and the Environment30 Minutes
- 3.16Lesson 16: Energy and Matter Review Game30 Minutes
- 3.17Unit 2 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 3.18Unit 2 words quiz: Energy and Matter in Ecosystems20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 3: Modeling Earth’s Systems15
- 4.1Lesson 1: Earth’s Spheres30 Minutes
- 4.2Lesson 2: The Hydrosphere30 Minutes
- 4.3Lesson 3: Distribution of Earth’s Water30 Minutes
- 4.4Lesson 4: The Geosphere30 Minutes
- 4.5Lesson 5: The Atmosphere30 Minutes
- 4.6Lesson 6: The Biosphere30 Minutes
- 4.7Lesson 7: Sphere Model Fair Preview30 Minutes
- 4.8Lesson 8: Hydrosphere Interactions30 Minutes
- 4.9Lesson 9: Geosphere Interactions30 Minutes
- 4.10Lesson 10: Atmosphere Interactions30 Minutes
- 4.11Lesson 11: Biosphere Interactions30 Minutes
- 4.12Lesson 12: Modeling Interaction Between Two Spheres30 Minutes
- 4.13Lesson 13: The Search for Earth II30 Minutes
- 4.14Unit 3 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 4.15Unit 3 words quiz: Modeling Earth’s Systems20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 4: Protecting Earth’s Resources17
- 5.1Lesson 1: Developing Solutions for Ecosystem Problems30 Minutes
- 5.2Lesson 2: Water Resources30 Minutes
- 5.3Lesson 3: Water Resources, Problems, and Solutions30 Minutes
- 5.4Lesson 4: Researching Water Stewardship30 Minutes
- 5.5Lesson 5: Water Protection Action Plan30 Minutes
- 5.6Lesson 6: Air Pollution30 Minutes
- 5.7Lesson 7: The Need for Clean Air30 Minutes
- 5.8Lesson 8: Researching Air Quality Protection30 Minutes
- 5.9Lesson 9: Air Quality Action Plan30 Minutes
- 5.10Lesson 10: Land Contamination30 Minutes
- 5.11Lesson 11: Living Off the Land30 Minutes
- 5.12Lesson 12: Researching Use of Land Resources30 Minutes
- 5.13Lesson 13: Land Resource Action Plan30 Minutes
- 5.14Lesson 14: Sharing the Environment30 Minutes
- 5.15Lesson 15: Researching Environmental Protection30 Minutes
- 5.16Unit 4 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 5.17Unit 4 words quiz: Protecting Earth’s Resources20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 5: Astronomy: Space Systems17
- 6.1Lesson 1: Exploring Space30 Minutes
- 6.2Lesson 2: The Solar System30 Minutes
- 6.3Lesson 3: The Vastness of Space30 Minutes
- 6.4Lesson 4: Modeling Earth’s Revolution and Rotation30 Minutes
- 6.5Lesson 5: Earth’s Movement30 Minutes
- 6.6Lesson 6: Modeling the Sun-Earth-Moon Relationship30 Minutes
- 6.7Lesson 7: The Moon from Earth30 Minutes
- 6.8Lesson 8: Changing Star Patterns30 Minutes
- 6.9Lesson 9: Brightness and Distance30 Minutes
- 6.10Lesson 10: Brightness of Stars30 Minutes
- 6.11Lesson 11: Constellations30 Minutes
- 6.12Lesson 12: Diagramming Seasonal Constellations30 Minutes
- 6.13Lesson 13: Gravity30 Minutes
- 6.14Lesson 14: Using Evidence About Gravity30 Minutes
- 6.15Lesson 15: Women and Studying Space30 Minutes
- 6.16Unit 5 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 6.17Unit 5 words quiz: Astronomy: Space Systems20 Minutes12 Questions
- Unit 6: Human Hormones and Reproduction9
- 7.1Lesson 1: Growth and Change30 Minutes
- 7.2Lesson 2: Glands and Hormones30 Minutes
- 7.3Lesson 3: The Hypothalamus, Pituitary, and Adrenal Glands30 Minutes
- 7.4Lesson 4: The Thyroid and the Pancreas30 Minutes
- 7.5Lesson 5: Human Adolescence30 Minutes
- 7.6Lesson 6: The Reproductive System30 Minutes
- 7.7Lesson 7: Sexual Reproduction30 Minutes
- 7.8Unit 6 review and assessment45 Minutes
- 7.9Unit 6 words quiz: Human Hormones and Reproduction20 Minutes12 Questions
Instructor

Founder and Director of Pentecostal Gospel Assemblies
