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.
NGSS · Grade 5
5-PS1-2 Graph evidence that weight of matter is conserved in changes
Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
Clarification statement: Examples of reactions or changes could include phase changes, dissolving, and mixing that form new substances.
Assessment boundary: Assessment does not include distinguishing mass and weight.
Why water teaches this standard well
Dissolving salt or drink mix into water and weighing before and after shows conservation of matter with a solution students can taste. The idea that dissolved material is still there, just invisible, is the foundation for understanding why water quality testing measures things you cannot see.
Materials tagged with this code are written to the full standard , including its clarification statement and assessment boundary, and each carries a written note explaining the alignment. See how we review materials.
3 materials aligned to 5-PS1-2
Worksheets
Math problem sets
Grade 5 Math problem set
A Day of Flow at the Lissenden Water Reclamation Plant
A grade 5 decimal problem set following one day at a fictional wastewater plant, from the screen baskets through the settling tank to the weight of solids removed.
Quizzes & test questions
Grade 5 Quiz & test questions
Grazebrook's Salty Well: A Grade 5 Matter and Water Test
A 22-point end-of-unit test on dissolving, weight conservation, and mixing, set at a fictional town whose well water tastes salty, with twelve mixed-format items.