Science Standards 4-5

Designed to fit science into your schedule, this set of science standards contains complete lessons that explicitly teach the process skills of inquiry for grades 4-5. A must-have resource for the teacher needing ways to introduce science to the classroom.

Features:

• Provides photo-illustrated instructions for each hands-on activity in complete lessons that are easily accessible for teachers with any level of comfort and experience in teaching science
• Moves from building background knowledge to hands-on inquiry to assessment in each lesson
• Offers Meeting Individual Needs section with differentiated instruction ideas in each lesson
• Applies the process skills to other curricular areas (reading, math, language arts, social studies, art) in extension activities
• Features physical, life, and Earth and space science content aligned with National Science Education Standards
• Reinforces the process skills of science inquiry, which research shows is key to understanding science principles that students can apply to standardized tests and everyday life
• Provides access to rubrics, assessments, answer keys and blackline masters online
• Teaches 9 process skills in 36 lessons
• Includes 45 blackline masters
• Tabbed, spiral-bound teacher handbook with 152 pages measures 9"L x 11"H
• Intended for grades 4-5