online course
Science Launch
Science Launch Grade 5
Free online science course · 12 weeks
- Grade
- Grade 5
- Ages
- Ages 10 to 11
- Price
- Free
- Format
- Self-paced online course at learn.lanternlearn.com
About this course
Science Launch Grade 5 is a free 12-week online science course. Kids find out that matter is made of tiny particles, show that weight stays the same when matter changes, identify mystery materials, explore gravity, trace food energy back to the Sun, follow matter through food webs, study Earth's systems and water, and connect stars, shadows and the turning sky. Each week has short lessons Monday to Friday and a Saturday Launch Lab the family does together, with a note for the grown-up.
12-week list
Each week explores one question, with short lessons Monday to Friday and a family Launch Lab on Saturday.
| Week | Topic | Focus | NGSS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Small to See | Matter is made of tiny particles | 5-PS1-1 |
| 2 | Nothing Lost | Weight stays the same when matter changes | 5-PS1-2 |
| 3 | Mystery Materials | Identify materials by their properties | 5-PS1-3 |
| 4 | Something New | Mixing can make a new substance | 5-PS1-4 |
| 5 | Gravity Pulls Down | Earth pulls everything toward its center | 5-PS2-1 |
| 6 | Plants Build From Air and Water | Where a tree gets its wood | 5-LS1-1 |
| 7 | Sunlight in Your Food | Food energy was once sunlight | 5-PS3-1 |
| 8 | Food Webs | Matter moves among plants, animals and decomposers | 5-LS2-1 |
| 9 | Earth's Systems | Rock, water, air and life working together | 5-ESS2-1 |
| 10 | Water on Earth | Salty, fresh and frozen | 5-ESS2-2 |
| 11 | Protect Our Planet | Communities use science to protect resources | 5-ESS3-1 |
| 12 | Stars and Shadows | Our star, our shadows and the turning sky | 5-ESS1-1 |
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