Grade 5 Classroom activity
Lifting Water Uphill: A Grade 5 Timber Ridge Hand-Crank Lift Challenge
A grade 5 build activity in which groups lift a cup of water uphill on a narrow pencil axle and a wide tube axle, then compare turns and spills.
Water Science · Grade 5
These materials teach earth science, chemistry, biology, and physics through water systems, from the water cycle to treatment chemistry.
29 materials written for this grade · refine by type, topic, or standard in the catalog
Grade 5 Reading passage
A Day in the Field With a Water Technician at Stillwater Hollow
A grade 5 informational passage following a water quality technician as she samples a stream, tests it, and explains why regular testing matters.
Grade 5 Worksheet
Weighing What's Left: A Grade 5 Evaporation Test at Briarcliff Pond
A grade 5 worksheet where students weigh pond water before and after evaporation to find the weight of dissolved solids left behind in each sample.
Grade 5 Quiz & test questions
Silver Creek Reservoir: Earth's Systems and Water Distribution Quiz
A grade 5 science quiz on how the hydrosphere interacts with Earth's other systems at a reservoir, plus a counters model of ocean, ice, and fresh water.
Grades 4–5 Graphic organizer
Hydrosphere Interactions: A Graphic Organizer for Earth's Systems
A no-prep organizer where students model how the hydrosphere interacts with the geosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere, then write a claim sentence tied to NGSS 5-ESS2-1.