Alberta Science Earth Systems Unit Grade 5 Bundle | Paper and Digital

Get a unit about earth systems planned in minutes. This unit includes all our resources for the Alberta science curriculum related to weather and climate through activities, experiments, and complete lessons. Everything you need to teach the whole unit is included!

This resource is included in our Alberta Science Grade 5 Full Year Bundle.

This unit was designed specifically for Alberta Grade 5 science teachers. It includes:

• 14 lesson plans with step-by-step instructions and options for modifications.
• instructions for how to use our activities with and without technology so you can be flexible for your students and classroom environment.
• instructions for printing student workbooks while still offering differentiated options.
• detailed outlines of each activity with a list of materials along with a centralized list and reminders in each section of the lesson plan.
• optional Teacher Slides to support instruction and content delivery. You can choose to teach with or without them.
• vocabulary list with phonetic pronunciations and definitions to help support your students.
• “I can” statements written in student-friendly language so students can self-assess their learning.
• student pages and templates.
• answer keys and suggested answers.
• photos of student examples.
• activities to support learning content specific vocabulary.
• background information for teachers so you don't need to be an expert.
• simple assessments like quizzes. Rubrics are included for teachers to use for marking projects.
• ideas for how to use this resource in the classroom, online, or a mix.
• digital versions of all the student reading and writing pages that use Google Slides. You must download the PDF files and use the access links in the files to get your digital copies.
• an alignment guide for Alberta Outcomes in each resource broken down by lesson and activity.
  

The unit includes additional bonus materials:

• a unit plan to assist with sequencing.
• a list of Alberta Social Studies outcomes to help with planning.
• a list of materials outlined for each activity.
• vocabulary support materials: word wall words, glossary pages, definition worksheets, digital flashcards, word with with phonetic pronunciations and definitions.
• extra assessments to assess student learning of the whole unit.

These resources are included in this bundle:

• Weather Patterns & Climate: an introduction to weather, weather phenomena, seasonal changes and how the rotation of Earth in the Solar System impacts seasons, how the position of the Sun impacts temperature, different ways to predict weather (modern and historical technologies), airflow and convection, differences between weather and climate, weather systems such as thunderstorms, blizzards, atmospheric rivers, polar vortexes, low-pressure systems, high-pressure systems, tornados, hurricanes, cyclones, droughts, floods, heatwaves, coldwaves, fronts, and so much more, weather symbols, maps and charts, comparing El Niño and The Pineapple Express, introduction to climate change and conservation.
• Types of Clouds and Cloud Cover: how clouds are formed, types of clouds: nimbus, stratus, cumulus and cirrus, recording types of clouds and cloud cover in the sky, and how cloud cover impacts temperature.
• Types of Precipitation: the definition of each type of common precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and hail (and how they are created), dew and frost (and why they are not precipitation), and comparing hoar and rime frost.
• Wind Speed and Direction: wind speed and direction and how they are measured, scales of wind: Beaufort Scale, Douglas Sea Scale, Fujita Scale, wind measuring instruments for speed and direction: wind vane, wind sock, anemometer.
• Weather Instruments: weather instruments: rain gauge, snow gauge, thermometer, barometer, anemometer, hygrometer, wind vane and windsock, design a weather instrument STEM activity
• Alberta's Climate: definition of climate, global climate zones: tropical, dry, temperate, continental and polar, climate zones in Alberta and Canada (with maps), Alberta's climate data, how climate impacts humans, infrastructure, agriculture and animals, how humans, infrastructure, agriculture and animals impact climate, decisions that are made based on climate, types of biases, conservation agriculture: harvesting practices, how air, water and soil are conserved, and reading charts, tables, and maps.
• Weather Forecasting: common forecasting symbols and weather maps, ways to predict the weather, why weather prediction is important, and an open-ended project to design a weather forecast.

This resource aligns with:

• Alberta Science Curriculum © 2022 Grade 5 (new outcomes)

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