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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 5 Science): Sunlight & Earth Patterns

Graph sunlight, shadows, and temperature to reveal seasonal patterns—longer summer days and shorter winter days explain changes in weather and warmth.

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The Admin Angle: Administrators Should Own Parent Calls (So Teachers Can Teach)

Shift parent phone calls to admins with clear triage, SLAs, and scheduling so teachers protect instruction time while families get fast, consistent support.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 5 Science): Seasonal Star Patterns

Grade 5 unit where students graph seasonal constellation patterns and explain why star visibility changes through the year as Earth orbits the Sun.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 5 Science): Day/Night & Shadows

Grade 5 unit where students measure and graph shadow changes to reveal daily patterns and explain day/night as Earth rotates and the Sun’s position shifts.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 5 Science): Stars & Brightness Patterns

Grade 5 unit where students argue that the Sun looks brighter than other stars mainly because it’s much closer to Earth, using models and evidence.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 5 Science): Earth Systems — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 5 unit connecting Earth systems, water distribution, and community actions through models and graphs to show how humans interact with and protect resources.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade 5 Science): Engineering Water Solutions

Grade 5 engineering unit where students design, test, and improve water filtration or conservation solutions using data, fair tests, and the engineering design process.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 5 Science): Human Use of Earth’s Systems

Grade 5 unit where students research and explain how communities use science ideas to protect water, air, and land, creating action profiles with real examples.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade 5 Science): Water Cycle Connections

Grade 5 unit modeling evaporation, condensation, and precipitation to show how water moves through Earth’s systems, connecting air, land, and living things.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade 5 Science): Earth Materials & Weathering

Grade 5 unit investigating rocks, soil, weathering, and erosion to model how Earth’s geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere interact to shape land over time.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade 5 Science): Weather, Atmosphere & Climate Basics

Grade 5 unit where students track sunlight, shadows, and temperature to uncover daily and seasonal sky patterns, connecting Sun’s motion to day/night and constellations.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade 5 Science): Properties of Water

Grade 5 unit exploring how water’s unique properties shape landforms and support life by connecting Earth’s spheres and influencing where living things thrive.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 5 Science): Earth’s Water Sources

Grade 5 science unit where students graph and compare Earth’s water distribution—showing that almost all is ocean saltwater and only a tiny fraction is usable fresh water.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 5 Science): Earth’s Systems Overview

Grade 5 Earth systems unit where students model geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere interactions—showing how land, water, air, and living things connect.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 5 Science): Life Science — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 5 unit where students model plant growth from air and water, show sun’s energy flows to animals, and explain matter cycling in ecosystems daily.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 5 Science): Engineering for Ecosystems

Grade 5 unit using the engineering design process to create, test, and improve solutions that support ecosystems—like erosion control, filtration, or pollinator habitats.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 5 Science): Human Impacts on Ecosystems

Grade 5 unit researching how communities use science to protect ecosystems—reducing pollution, conserving resources, and supporting habitats and organisms.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 5 Science): Environmental Changes & Organisms

Grade 5 unit using food web models to show how environmental changes impact populations, disrupt ecosystem balance, and alter the cycling of matter.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 5 Science): Ecosystems & Energy Flow

Grade 5 unit modeling how matter cycles among plants, animals, decomposers, and environment while energy flows one-way from the sun through food webs and out as heat.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 5 Science): Decomposers & Nutrient Cycling

Grade 5 unit where students model how decomposers break down dead matter and waste, returning nutrients to soil, air, and water to keep matter cycling in ecosystems.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 5 Science): Food Chains & Food Webs

Grade 5 unit where students build food chains and food webs to model how matter cycles among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment in ecosystems.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 5 Science): Plants: Inputs & Growth

Grade 5 unit where students use evidence, models, and CER writing to argue that plants get the materials for growth mainly from air and water—not soil.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 5 Science): Energy from the Sun

Grade 5 unit where students model how sunlight becomes energy in food, flowing from sun to plants to animals to power growth, repair, movement, and warmth.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 5 Science): Matter & Reactions — Quarter Synthesis

Grade 5 capstone science unit where students synthesize matter, mass conservation, properties, and reactions, then engineer and test a solution using fair tests and data.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 5 Science): Engineering with Matter

Grade 5 science engineering unit where students design, test, and improve prototypes using mixtures, dissolving, or reactions to solve real problems with fair tests and data.