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Canton Public School District
Office of Curriculum and Instruction
Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
Term 1 Objectives Suggested Resources
August 10-17 Building Level Procedures
Week 1 Administer Diagnostic Tests
Unit 1: The Nature of Science
1. Develop and demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry using Textbook
process skills. Supplemental Resources
a. Form a hypothesis, predict outcomes, and conduct a fair investigation
that includes manipulating variables and using experimental controls.
(DOK 3)
g. Evaluate results of different data (whether trivial or significant).
August 20-24
(DOK 2)
Week 2 Common Core- Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
8. Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular
points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which
points.
Common Core- Research to Build and Present Knowledge
7. Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge
through investigation
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Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
1. Develop and demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry using Textbook
process skills. Supplemental Resources
c. Use precise measurement in conjunction with simple tools and
technology to perform tests and collect data. (DOK 1)
August 27-31 e. Use drawings, tables, graphs, and written and oral language to
Week 3 describe objects and explain ideas and actions. (DOK 2)
Common Core- Research to Build and Present Knowledge( Writing)
7. Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build
knowledge through investigation
September 3- 7 Mid- term Testing
Week 4
Unit Two: Living Things
3b. Research and classify the organization of living things. Textbook
Differences between plant and animal cells Supplemental Resources
Examples of organisms as single- celled and multi-celled
Common Core: Craft and Structure
September 10-14 5. Compare and contrast the overall structure ( e.g. chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem /solution) of events ,ideas, concepts, or information in
Week 5 the text.
Common Core: Research to Build and Present Knowledge
8. Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information
from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes
and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
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Textbook
3. Predict characteristics, structures, life cycles, environments, evolution, and
diversity of organisms.
Supplemental Resources
b. Research and classify the organization of living things. ( DOK 2)
Function of the major parts of body systems( nervous,
circulatory, respiratory, digestive, skeletal, muscular) and
September 17-21 ways they support one another.
Week 6 c. Research and cite evidence of the work of scientists (e.g. Pasteur,
Fleming, Salk.) as it contributed to the discovery and prevention of
disease. ( DOK 2)
Common Core- Research to Build and Present Knowledge
7. Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge
through investigation.
8. Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information
from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes
and finished work, and provide a list of resources.
COMPETENCY 1A AND E EMBEDDED
Unit Three: Classifying Life
3. Predict characteristics, structures, life cycles, environments, evolution, Textbook
and diversity of organisms. Supplemental Resources
a. Compare and contrast the diversity of organisms due to adaptations to
show how organisms have evolved as a result of environmental changes. (
DOK2)
September 25-28 Diversity based on kingdoms, phyla, and classes (e.g.
internal/external structure, body temperature, size, shape)
Week7 Common Core: Craft and Structure
5. Compare and contrast the overall structure ( e.g. chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem /solution) of events ,ideas, concepts, or information in
the text.
COMPETENCY 1D EMBEDDED
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Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
3. Predict characteristics, structures, life cycles, environments, evolution, and Textbook
diversity of organisms. Supplemental Resources
a. Compare and contrast the diversity of organisms due to adaptations
to show how organisms have evolved as a result of environmental
changes ( DOK2)
Diversity based on kingdoms, phyla, and classes (e.g.
October 1-5 internal/external structure, body temperature, size, shape).
Week 8
Common Core: Craft and Structure
5. Compare and contrast the overall structure ( e.g. chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem /solution) of events ,ideas, concepts, or information in
the text.
COMPETENCY 1E EMBEDDED
October 8-12
District Nine Weeks Testing
Week 9
School Year 2012 – 2013
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Office of Curriculum and Instruction
Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
Term 2 Objectives Suggested Resources
Unit Four: Reproduction and Survival
Textbook
3. Predict characteristics, structures, life cycles, environments, evolution, and Supplemental Resources
diversity of organisms.
d. Distinguish between asexual and sexual reproduction. (DOK 1)
Asexual reproduction processes in plants and fungi( e.g.
vegetative propagation in stems, roots, and leaves of plants,
budding in yeasts, fruiting bodies)
October 15-19 Asexual cell division ( mushroom spores
produced/dispersed)
Week 1 Sexual reproduction ( e.g., eggs, seeds, fruit)
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals,
events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on
specific information in the text.
COMPETENCY 1C EMBEDDED
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Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
3. Predict characteristics, structures, life cycles, environments, evolution, and Textbook
diversity of organisms. Supplemental Resources
a. Compare and contrast the diversity of organisms due to adaptations
to show how organisms have evolved as a result of environmental
changes ( DOK2).
Adaptations that increase an organism’s chance to survive
and reproduce in a particular habitat ( e.g., cacti
needles/leaves, fur/scales)
October 22- 26 Evidence of fossils as indicators of how life and
environmental conditions have changed.
Week 2
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are
supported by key ideas; summarize the text.
Common Core- Craft and Structure
5. Compare and contrast the overall structure ( e.g. chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem /solution) of events ,ideas, concepts, or information in
the text.
COMPETENCY 1A AND D EMBEDDED
October 29-
November 2
Review for Mid-term Testing
Week 3
November 5-9
Mid-term Testing
Week 4
School Year 2012 – 2013
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Office of Curriculum and Instruction
Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
Unit Five: Food Chains and Food Webs
3. Predict characteristics, structures, life cycles, environments, evolution, and Textbook
diversity of organisms. Supplemental Resources
e. Give examples of how consumers and producers( carnivores,
herbivores, omnivores, and decomposers) are related in food chains
and food webs. (DOK 1)
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals,
events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on
specific information in the text.
November 12- 16 COMPETENCY 1B, C, D, AND E EMBEDDED
Week 5
Unit Six: Our Dynamic Earth
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Office of Curriculum and Instruction
Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
4. Develop an understanding of the properties of Earth materials, objects in Textbook
the sky, and changes in Earth and sky. Supplemental Resources
a. Categorize Earth’s materials. ( DOK 1)
Layers of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere
b. Explain how surface features caused by constructive processes (e.g.
deposition, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes) differ from destructive
November 26- 30 processes( e.g., erosion , weathering, impact of human organisms.)
Week 6 ( DOK 2)
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals,
events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on
specific information in the text.
COMPETENCY 1C, F, AND H EMBEDDED
Unit 7: Changing Earth’s Surface
4. Develop an understanding of the properties of Earth materials, objects in Textbook
the sky, and changes in Earth and sky. Supplemental Resources
b. Explain how surface features caused by constructive processes( e.g.
deposition, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes) differ from destructive
processes( e.g., erosion , weathering, impact of human organisms.)
December 3-7
( DOK 2)
Week 7
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are
supported by key ideas; summarize the text.
COMPETENCY 1A AND G EMBEDDED
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Office of Curriculum and Instruction
Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
4. Develop an understanding of the properties of Earth materials, objects in Textbook
the sky, and changes in Earth and sky. Supplemental Resources
a. Categorize Earth’s materials. ( DOK 1)
Rocks, minerals, soils, water, and atmospheric gases
b. Explain how surface features caused by constructive processes( e.g.
deposition, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes) differ from destructive
processes( e.g., erosion , weathering, impact of human organisms.)
( DOK 2)
December 10-14
Week 8 g. Conclude that the supply of many Earth resources( e.g., fuels, metals,
freshwater , farmland) is limited and critique a plan to extend the use of
Earth’s resources( e.g., recycling, reuse, renewal) (DOK 2)
Common Core- Craft and Structure
5. Compare and contrast the overall structure ( e.g. chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem /solution) of events ,ideas, concepts, or information in
the text
COMPETENCY 1E AND D EMBEDDED
December 17-21
District Nine Weeks Testing
Week 9
School Year 2012 – 2013
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Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
Term 3 Objectives Suggested Resources
Unit Eight: Natural Resources
4. Develop an understanding of the properties of Earth materials, objects in Textbook
the sky, and changes in Earth and sky. Supplemental Resources
d. Describe changes caused by humans on the environment and natural
resources and cite evidence from research to conserve natural
resources in the United States , including ( but not limited
to)Mississippi (DOK2)
Associated Physics of America
The Engineer Research and Development Center of
Vicksburg District of US Army Corps of Engineers
g. Conclude that the supply of many Earth resources( e.g., fuels,
metals, freshwater , farmland) is limited and critique a plan to extend the use
of Earth’s resources( e.g., recycling, reuse, renewal) (DOK 2)
Common Core- Research to Build and Present Knowledge
January 7-11 7. Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge
Week 1 through investigation.
COMPETENCY 1A, C, AND F EMBEDDED
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Office of Curriculum and Instruction
Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
Unit Nine: The Atmosphere and Weather
4. Develop an understanding of the properties of Earth materials, objects in Textbook
the sky, and changes in Earth and sky. Supplemental Resources
a. Categorize Earth’s materials. ( DOK 1)
Rocks, minerals, soils, water, and atmospheric gases
Layers of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere
c. Summarize how weather changes. ( DOK 2)
January 14-18 Weather changes from day to day and over seasons
Week 2 Tools by which weather is observed, recorded, and
predicted
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are
supported by key ideas; summarize the text.
COMPETENCY 1C AND D EMBEDDED
4. Develop an understanding of the properties of Earth materials, objects in Textbook
the sky, and changes in Earth and sky. Supplemental Resources
a. Categorize Earth’s materials. ( DOK 1)
Rocks, minerals, soils, water, and atmospheric gases
Layers of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere
c. Summarize how weather changes. ( DOK 2)
January 21-25 Weather changes from day to day and over seasons
Week 3 Tools by which weather is observed, recorded, and
predicted
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are
supported by key ideas; summarize the text.
COMPETENCY 1C AND D EMBEDDED
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Office of Curriculum and Instruction
Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
January 28-
February 1 Mid-term Testing
Week 4
4. Develop an understanding of the properties of Earth materials, objects in Textbook
the sky, and changes in Earth and sky. Supplemental Resources
a. Categorize Earth’s materials. ( DOK 1)
Rocks, minerals, soils, water, and atmospheric gases
Layers of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere
c. Summarize how weather changes. ( DOK 2)
Weather changes from day to day and over seasons
Tools by which weather is observed, recorded, and
predicted
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are
supported by key ideas; summarize the text.
February 4-8 COMPETENCY 1C AND D EMBEDDED
Week 5
Unit Ten: Our Solar System
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Office of Curriculum and Instruction
Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
4. Develop an understanding of the properties of Earth materials, objects in Textbook
the sky, and changes in Earth and sky. Supplemental Resources
c. Summarize how weather changes. ( DOK 2)
Weather changes from day to day and over seasons
Tools by which weather is observed, recorded, and
predicted
February 11-15 e. Predict the movement patterns of the sun, moon and Earth over a
Week 6 specified time period. ( DOK 1)
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals,
events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on
specific information in the text.
COMPETENCY 1A, E AND F EMBEDDED
Textbook
4. Develop an understanding of the properties of Earth materials, objects in
the sky, and changes in Earth and sky.
Supplemental Resources
f. Compare and contrast the physical characteristics of planets( e.g.,
mass, surface gravity, distance from the sun, surface characteristics,
moons). (DOK 2)
February 18-22
Common Core- Craft and Structure
Week 7 5. Compare and contrast the overall structure ( e.g. chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem /solution) of events ,ideas, concepts, or information in
the text
COMPETENCY 1C, D AND E EMBEDDED
Unit Eleven: Properties of Matter
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Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
Textbook
2. Understand relationships of the properties of objects and materials, position Supplemental Resources
and motion of objects, and transfer of energy to explain the physical world .
a. Determine how the properties of an object affect how it acts and
interacts.
b. Differentiate between elements, compounds, and mixtures and
February 25- between physical and chemical changes( e.g., gas evolves, color,
March 1 and/ or temperature changes0. ( DOK 2)
Week 8
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals,
events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on
specific information in the text.
COMPETENCY 1A, AND B EMBEDDED
March 4-8
District Nine Weeks Testing
Week 9
School Year 2012 – 2013
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Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
Term 4 Objectives Suggested Resources
Unit Eleven: Properties of Matter
Textbook
2. Understand relationships of the properties of objects and materials, position Supplemental Resources
and motion of objects, and transfer of energy to explain the physical world .
a. Determine how the properties of an object affect how it acts and
interacts.
b. Differentiate between elements, compounds, and mixtures and
between physical and chemical changes( e.g., gas evolves, color,
and/ or temperature changes0. ( DOK 2)
March 18-22
Week 1 f. Describe physical properties of matter( e.g., mass, density, boiling
point, freezing point) including mixtures and solutions. (DOK 1)
Mass, density,boiling point,and freezing point of matter
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals,
events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on
specific information in the text.
COMPETENCY 1C, E AND F EMBEDDED
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2. Understand relationships of the properties of objects and materials, position Supplemental Resources
and motion of objects, and transfer of energy to explain the physical world .
g. Categorize materials as conductors or insulators and
discuss their real life applications( e.g., building
construction, clothing, animal covering). (DOK 2)
Common Core- Key Ideas and Details
3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals,
events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on
specific information in the text.
COMPETENCY 1D EMBEDDED0
March 25- 29
Week 2
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Unit Twelve: Motion
Textbook
2. Understand relationships of the properties of objects and materials, position Supplemental Resources
and motion of objects, and transfer of energy to explain the physical world.
c. Investigate the motion of an object in terms of its position, direction
of motion, and speed. (DOK 2)
The relative positions and movements of objects using
points of reference((distance vs. time of moving objects)
Variables that effect speed( e.g., ramp height/length/surface,
mass of object)
April 1- 5
Week 3 d. Categorize examples of potential energy as gravitational (e.g.,
boulder on a hill, child on a slide), elastic (e.g., compressed spring,
slingshot, rubber band), or chemical (e.g., unlit match, food).
(DOK 2)
Common Core- Craft and Structure
5. Compare and contrast the overall structure ( e.g. chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem /solution) of events ,ideas, concepts, or information in
the text
COMPETENCY 1C EMBEDDED
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Elementary Science Pacing Guide 2012– 2013
Textbook
2. Understand relationships of the properties of objects and materials, position Supplemental Resources
and motion of objects, and transfer of energy to explain the physical world.
c. Investigate the motion of an object in terms of its position, direction
of motion, and speed. (DOK 2)
The relative positions and movements of objects using
points of reference((distance vs. time of moving objects)
Variables that effect speed( e.g., ramp height/length/surface,
mass of object)
April 8-12
Week 4 d. Categorize examples of potential energy as gravitational (e.g.,
boulder on a hill, child on a slide), elastic (e.g., compressed spring,
slingshot, rubber band), or chemical (e.g., unlit match, food). (DOK
2)
Common Core- Craft and Structure
5. Compare and contrast the overall structure ( e.g. chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem /solution) of events ,ideas, concepts, or information in
the text
COMPETENCY 1C EMBEDDED
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Textbook
2. Understand relationships of the properties of objects and materials, position
and motion of objects, and transfer of energy to explain the physical world.
Supplemental Resources
d. Categorize examples of potential energy as gravitational (e.g.,
boulder on a hill, child on a slide), elastic (e.g., compressed spring,
slingshot, rubber band), or chemical (e.g., unlit match, food).
(DOK 2)
e. Differentiate between the properties of light as reflection, refraction,
April 15-19 and absorption.
Week 5 Image reflected by a plane mirror and a curved- surfaced
mirror
Light passing through air or water
Optical tools such as prisms, lenses, mirrors ad eyeglasses
Common Core-Craft and Structure
5. Compare and contrast the overall structure ( e.g. chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem /solution) of events ,ideas, concepts, or information in
the text
COMPETENCY 1A AND H EMBEDDED
April 22-26
Review for Mississippi Science Test MST Practice Test Samples 1-3
Week 6
April 29-May 3
Grade 5 Mississippi Science Test
Week 7
May 6-10
MCT2 Testing
Week 8
May 13-17
Review for Second Semester Tests
Week 9
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May 20-24
Second Semester District Testing
Week 10
School Year 2012 – 2013
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