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5th Grade Science Curriculum Resources

TCAP Review PowerPoints

1st Nine Weeks

0507.1.1

SPI 0507.1.1 Identify the major parts of plant and animal cells such as, the nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, and cytoplasm.
BrainPOP: Cells
BrainPOP: Cell Structures
DE: The Living Cell
Video: 20 min.
SMART: Animal and Plant Cells
Use the Senteo interactive response system to learn about the structure of plant and animal cells.
Study Jams! Animal Cells
Video Slideshow & Quiz
Study Jams! Plant Cells
Video Slideshow, Karaoke, & Quiz
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 2 and 34

0507.1.2

SPI 0507.1.2 Compare and contrast basic structures and functions of plant and animal cells.
BrainPOP: Cell Specialization
Cell Theory Rap
Rap to the cell parts & functions!
DE: Cells Parts in Plants & Animals
Video: 4:31 min.
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 16
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 50

0507.2.1

SPI 0507.2.1 Describe the different types of nutritional relationships that exist among organisms.
BrainPOP: Ecosystems
BrainPOP: Food Chains
DE: Food Chains & Webs
Video: 21:43 min.
Food Chain Quiz
Science: Food Chains
Study Jams! Biomes
Video & Quiz
Study Jams! Food Chains
Video & Quiz
Study Jams! Food Webs
Video & Quiz

0507.2.2

SPI 0507.2.2 Distinguish among symbiotic, commensal, and parasitic relationships.
BrainPOP: Symbiosis
DE: Oceans Alive: The Clownfish and the Anemone
Video: 5:00 min.
Study Jams! Symbiosis
Video & Quiz
Symbiosis
Teacher background & Pictures
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 11 and 27
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 52 and 67

0507.2.3

SPI 0507.2.3 Use information about the impact of human actions or natural disasters on the environment to support a simple hypothesis, make a prediction, or draw a conclusion.
BrainPOP: Air Pollution
Brain Pop: Extinction
Video & Quiz
BrainPOP: Natural Disasters
BrainPOP: Water Pollution
Brain Pop: Humans & the Environment
DE: Exploring the Diversity of Life: Act with the Facts
Video: 10 Min.
DE:Biologix: Succession & Climax Communities
Video: 29:07 min.
DE: People and the Environment
Video: 25:32 min.
Study Jams! Changes in Ecosystems
Video & Quiz
Study Jams! Population Growth
Video & Quiz
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 42

0507.3.1

SPI 0507.3.1 Identify photosynthesis as the food manufacturing process in plants.
BioCoach: Photosynthesis Overview
Animated Overview of Concept
Brain Pop: Autumn Leaves
Video & Quiz
Brain Pop: Nitrogen Cycle
Video & Quiz
Brain Pop: Algae
Video & Quiz
BrainPOP: Photosynthesis
DE: Leaves and Photosynthesis
Video: 19:10 min.
DE: Plant Cells - Unique Roles
Video: 3:25 min.
DE: The World of Plants: Photosynthesis
Video & Quiz: 13:27 min.
Photosynthesis
Animated diagram: interactive
Photosynthesis: Putting Together with Light
Interactive Learning
SMART: Photosynthesis
Use the Senteo interactive response system to learn about photosynthesis.
Study Jams! Photosynthesis
Video, Karaoke, & Quiz
Study Jams! Roots & Stems
Video Slideshow & Quiz
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 23 and 35

0507.3.2

SPI 0507.3.2 Compare how plants and animals obtain energy.
BrainPOP: Food Chains
Study Jams! Food Chains
Video & Quiz
DE: You in the Food Web
Video: 18:48 min.
Science: Food Chains
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 18 and 28
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 60 and 65

0507.5.1

SPI 0507.5.1 Identify physical and behavioral adaptations that enable animals such as, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, and mammals to survive in a particular environment.
Adaptations Around the World
Animals Homework Links
BrainPOP: Invertebrates
BrainPOP: Vertebrates
DE: Adapting to Changes in Nature
Video: 14:06 min.
Study Jams! Invertebrates
Slideshow & Quiz
Study Jams! Vertebrates
Slideshow & Quiz
Study Jams! Animal Adaptations
Video & Quiz
Study Jams! Arthopods
Video & Quiz
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 1 and 8
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 62
Animal Adaptations: Website
Research: Adaptations

0507.5.2

SPI 0507.5.2 Explain how fossils provide information about the past.
BrainPOP: Fossils
BrainPOP: Geologic Time
DE: Fossils
Video: 20 min.
DE: Fossil Life - An Introduction
Video: 20:39 min.
Study Jams! Fossils
Slideshow & Quiz
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 19
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 41 and 59

Apps

Amazing Natural Effects of the Earth
BrainPOP Featured Movies
Dinosaurs Unleased
Dinosaurs
The American Museum of Natural History Collections
iCell
Animal, Plant, Bacteria Cells
Life Science: Language Central
Word Fly: featured
Photosynthesis in Plants
Virtual Cell Animations

2nd Nine Weeks

0507.4.1

SPI 0507.4.1 Recognize that information is passed from parent to offspring during reproduction.
BrainPOP: DNA
BrainPOP: Genetics
BrainPOP Heredity
DE: Heredity
Video Segment: 5:26 min.
DE: Offspring
Video Segment: 1:44 min.
Ology: The Gene Scene
What makes you? What makes me?
Study Jams! Heredity
Video & Quiz
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 3 and 29
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 55

0507.4.2

SPI 0507.4.2 Distinguish between inherited traits and those that can be attributed to the environment.
BrainPOP: Behavior
Behavior vs Instinct
DE: Manatee tail close- up
Traits caused by environment
DE: Scars on Manatee close- up
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 39 and 66
How Species Change

0507.4.3

Check: 0507.4.3 Distinguish between a scar and a birthmark in terms of their origins.
DE: Old Wounds
Video: 5:39 min.

0507.9.1

SPI 0507.9.1 Distinguish between physical and chemical properties.
Brain Pop: Acids & Bases
Video & Quiz
BrainPOP: Fire
Chemical Changes
Brain Pop: Measuring Matter
Video & Quiz
Brain Pop: pH Scale
Video & Quiz
BrainPOP: Property Changes
Brain Pop: Periodic Table of Elements
Video & Quiz
DE: Changes in the Properties of Matter: Physical and Chemical
Video: 28 min.
Reversible and Irreversible Changes
Science Clip, Activity, & Quiz
Study Jams! Acids & Bases
Video & Quiz
Study Jams! Periodic Table
Video & Quiz
Study Jams! Physical and Chemical Changes in Matter
Video & Quiz
Study Jams! Properties of Matter
Video & Quiz
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 32
JC Physical & Chemical Changes

0507.9.2

SPI 0507.9.2 Describe the differences among freezing, melting, and evaporation.
BrainPOP: Matter Changing States
BrainPOP: States of Matter
DE: Changes in the Properties of Matter: Physical and Chemical
Video: 28 min.
Study Jams! Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Video, Quiz, & Karaoke
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 24
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 64

0507.9.3

SPI 0507.9.3 Describe factors that influence the rate at which different types of material freeze, melt, or evaporate.
BrainPOP: Temperature
Changing State
Science Clip, Activity, & Quiz
DE: Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Video: 21 min.
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 4, 7, and 31
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 45 and 49

0507.10.1

SPI 0507.10.1 Differentiate between potential and kinetic energy.
BrainPOP: Kinetic Energy
BrainPOP: Potential Energy
DE: Getting to Know: Energy
Study Jams! Energy & Matter
Video & Quiz
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 10
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 36 and 63
What are Potential & Kinetic Energy

Apps

3rd Nine Weeks

0507.6.1

SPI 0507.6.1 Distinguish among the planets according to their known characteristics such as appearance, location, composition, and apparent motion.
DE: Closer Look at Planets
video: 20 min.
BrainPOP: Solar System
Pete's Powerpoint Presentations: Solar System
Schoolhouse Rock Video: Interplanet Janet
Songs About the Solar System
Order, rotation, revolution, orbiting
SMART: The Solar System
Students acquire a knowledge of planets and the solar system, then use this knowledge in activities.
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 69
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 33
Study Jams! Our Solar System: Inner Planets
Slideshow & Quiz
Study Jams! Our Solar System: Outer Planets
Slideshow & Quiz
Study Jams! The Universe
Video & Quiz
Study Jams! The Moon
Slideshow & Quiz
Earth, Sun, and Moon
Science Clip, Activity, and Quiz
Study Jams! A Day on Earth
Video & Quiz
Astronomy for Kids
Interactive Website
Welcome to the Planets: NASA
Planet Website Research
Photo Journal: NASA
Photos and Info: Universe

0507.6.2

SPI 0507.6.2 Select information from a complex data representation to draw conclusions about the planets.
Games: NASA for Students
Interactive: Kids' Astronomy
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 44, 48, and 53
Space Science: Solar System
Data & Comparisons

0507.6.3

SPI 0507.6.3 Identify methods and tools for identifying star patterns.
BrainPOP: Constellations (Student Made)
BrainPOP: Life Cycle of Stars
Information: Ask an Astronomer
Interactive Download: Night Sky Viewer
Pete's Powerpoint Presentations: Constellations
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 40, 43, and 56
Amazing Space: Tonight's Sky
Interactive Sky
A Closer Look at Space: The Sun & Stars
Video: 20 min.

0507.7.1

SPI 0507.7.1 Describe internal forces such as volcanoes, earthquakes, faulting, and plate movements that are responsible for the earth’s major geological features such as mountains, valleys, etc.
BrainPOP: Plate Tectonics
BrainPOP: Tsunami
BrainPOP: Volcanoes
Interactive: Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Lab: Plate Tectonics
Planet Diary: Earth's Journal
Interactive Current Events on Planet Earth
BrainPOP: Earthquakes
Video & Quiz
Study Jams! Earthquakes
Video & Quiz
Study Jams! Landforms
Video & Quiz/Karaoke
Study Jams! Volcanoes
Video & Quiz
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 15 and 30
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 58
DE: A Closer Look at Space: Earth
Video: Earth Changes Quickly
DE: A Closer Look at Space: Earth
Video: Earth Changes Slowly
DE: A Closer Look at Space: Earth
Video: Earth's Layers

0507.8.1

SPI 0507.8.1 Describe the effects of the oceans on weather and climate.
BrainPOP: Ocean Currents
BrainPOP: Weather
Ocean: Weather and Climate
DE: Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 9
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 47 and 68
Study Jams! Weather & Climate
Video & Quiz
Hooked on Science: Weather
Interactice Web Site
Study Jams! Earth's Atmosphere
Video & Quiz

0507.8.2

SPI 0507.8.2 Explain how mountains affect weather and climate.
BrainPOP: Mountain Systems
Mountains : Weather and Climates
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 12 and 22
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 37
Study Jams! Seasons
Slide Show & Quiz

Apps

Constellations...Careful You Might Learn Something!
Cosmic Discoveries
Explore Inside Mosaic & Stories
Earth Science: Language Central
NASA APP
Star Walk
Stars - New
Stellarium
Weather Report
Provide the latest city weather report world wide

4th Nine Weeks

0507.10.2

SPI 0507.10.2 Use data from an investigation to determine the method by which heat energy is transferred from one object or material to another.
BrainPOP: Forms of Energy
DE: Heat, Temperature, and Energy
Video: 23 min.
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 17
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 38
Study Jams! Energy & Matter
Video & Quiz
Teacher's Domain: Heat Transfer
Interactive: Conduction, Convection, Radiation

0507.11.1

SPI 0507.11.1 Explain the relationship that exist among mass, force, and distance traveled.
BrainPOP: Acceleration
BrainPOP: Force
DE: Rules of Force and Motion
Pete's Powerpoint Presentations: Force and Motion
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 13 and 26
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 54
Study Jams! Force & Motion

0507.12.1

SPI 0507.12.1 Recognize that the earth attracts objects without touching them.
DE: Gravity on Earth
Video Segment: 3:11 min.
Pete's Powerpoint Presentations: Gravity
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 25
Study Jams! Gravity & Inertia
Video & Quiz

0507.12.2

SPI 0507.12.2 Identify the force that causes objects to fall to the earth.
BrainPOP: Gravity
DE: Getting to Know Gravity
video: 19 min.
Science Lab: Magnetic Poles
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 6 and 20
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 46 and 61

0507.12.3

SPI 0507.12.3 Use data to determine how shape affects the rate at which a material falls to earth.
DE: Exploring: Gravity
Video: 16:20 min.
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 1 # 5
TCAP Practice PPT
Part 2 # 51
Study Jams! Investigations to Collect Data
Karaoke & Quiz
Study Jams! Identify Outcomes & Make Predictions
Video & Quiz

Apps

101-in-1 Physics Solver
Gravity: Games
Physical Science: Language Central
Word Fly Game: featured