Science Teaching Resources for 5th Grade
- Plus Plan
Water Cycle Sort – Sorting Activity
Use knowledge of the steps in the water cycle to categorize examples with this sorting activity.
- Plus Plan
4th Grade Writing Worksheets: Tornado Text-Based Writing
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using 4th Grade writing worksheets and a high-interest reading passage about Tornadoes.
- Plus Plan
Understanding Insulators Teaching Slides
Teach your students about electrical and thermal insulators with this teaching presentation.
- Plus Plan
U.S. Landforms Brochure
Research and present knowledge of famous landforms in the United States with a brochure project.
- Plus Plan
Mars vs. Earth - Differentiated Paired Passage Worksheets
Learn about the planets with differentiated compare and contrast passages, activities, and writing opportunities.
- Plus Plan
Reading and Writing Nonfiction Text: Earth Day Close Read Worksheets
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Earth Day passage and accompanying activities.
- Plus Plan
Earth Day Activity Wheel
Encourage students to get involved in environmental responsibility with this collection of 8 Earth Day activities that focus on Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences.
- Free Plan
Producer, Consumer, Decomposer - Poster
A poster explaining the roles of the Sun, producers, consumers, and decomposers in the food chain.
- Plus Plan
Endangered Species Fact Cards
Explore 64 species and subspecies that are on the critically endangered list with this set of fact cards.
- Plus Plan
Spring Scale Poster – Diagram with Labels
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a spring scale.
- Plus Plan
Balance Scale Poster – Diagram with Labels
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a balance scale.
- Plus Plan
Bunsen Burner Poster – Diagram with Labels
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a Bunsen burner.
- Plus Plan
Triple Beam Balance Scale Poster – Diagram with Labels
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a triple beam balance scale.
- Plus Plan
Lab Equipment Poster – Diagram with Labels
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing standard lab equipment.
- Plus Plan
Refracting Telescope Poster – Diagram with Labels
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a refracting telescope.
- Free Plan
Predict and Prove – Template
A template to help introduce making a hypothesis before starting an investigation.
- Plus Plan
Biodiversity Poster
A poster to help your students explore the topic of biodiversity.
- Plus Plan
Microscope Poster - Diagram with Labels
A poster containing a diagram with labels showing the key parts of a microscope.
- Plus Plan
Weather Versus Climate Poster
A poster explaining the difference between weather and climate.
- Plus Plan
Observing Matter Worksheet
A worksheet to practice observing the properties of matter.
- Free Plan
Inquiry Project - Template
A diverse template to help students craft inquiry questions to produce different types of research projects.
- Plus Plan
Is It a Conductor or an Insulator? - Worksheet
With this hands-on worksheet, students will cut and sort conductors and insulators based on their ability to transfer heat energy.
- Plus Plan
Flood Vocabulary Worksheet
A vocabulary task for students to use when learning about floods.
- Plus Plan
Balloon Car Experiment – Speed Racer
Use this hands-on balloon car experiment when teaching your 5th grade students about thrust force and its effect on the speed of objects.
- Plus Plan
Identifying Forms of Energy Worksheet
A worksheet to practice identifying different forms of energy.
- Plus Plan
What Causes the Seasons? Informative Text Writing Task
Use this scaffolded writing task to have students write about how seasons change.
- Plus Plan
Forms of Energy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to practice identifying forms of energy found in everyday tasks.
- Plus Plan
English, Math and Science Definition Dictionaries
In order to assist with developing content comprehension and vocabulary, your students can become experts in a particular field and then publish their own definition in a class dictionary.
- Plus Plan
Antarctic Wildlife Poster
A poster highlighting some of the main wildlife found in Antarctica.
- Plus Plan
What is a Wetland? Poster
A poster with information about the plant life, climate, and annual rainfall that characterize a wetland environment.
- Plus Plan
Digestive System Word Wall Vocabulary
Learn about the vocabulary related to the digestive system with a printable word wall.
- Plus Plan
Wet and Dry Environments Word Wall Vocabulary
48 wet and dry environment vocabulary word wall cards.