What Is Density?
5th grade density sheet: count dots in six pairs of same-size boxes, pick the denser one, finish four sentences on mass and volume and compare two balls.
5th Grade Density Worksheets
5th grade density worksheets: what density means, sinking and floating, a density column with liquids, simple density calculations with mass and volume, and a check.
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Density worksheets to download
Will It Sink or Float? Density
5th grade sink or float density worksheet: predict ten materials from a density table, test five classroom objects and explain icebergs and ships.
Liquid Density Column
5th grade liquid density column worksheet: name five layers from a density key, predict where three objects rest and explain why liquids layer.
Why Do Ships Float? Reading
5th grade density reading: a passage on why ships float, submarines and hot air balloons with eight questions, including true or false and a clay boat. Key.
Curriculum objectives covered
5-PS1-1
“Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.”
5-PS1-3
“Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.”
“Order liquids by density using a table of values.”
“Predict where an object will rest by comparing its density with each liquid.”
“Explain why liquids of different densities form layers.”
RI.5.1
“Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.”
RI.5.4
“Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.”
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Matter and Its Interactions
NGSS 5-PS1: developing a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
Earth's Systems
NGSS 5-ESS2: developing a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact.
Ecosystems
NGSS 5-LS2: developing a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Engineering Design
NGSS 3-5-ETS1: defining a simple design problem reflecting a need or want, with criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Photosynthesis
5th grade photosynthesis worksheets: how plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make sugar and oxygen, the parts of a leaf, and where a tree's mass comes from.
Physical and Chemical Changes
5th grade physical and chemical changes worksheets: telling the two apart, signs of a chemical change, mixing substances, and showing that mass is conserved.
Digestive System
5th grade digestive system worksheets: labeling the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver and pancreas, the path of food and what each organ does.
Gravity
5th grade gravity worksheets: gravity pulls objects toward Earth's center, mass and weight, falling objects and air resistance, and gravity in the solar system.
Layers of the Earth
5th grade layers of the Earth worksheets: crust, mantle, outer core and inner core, how thick and hot each layer is, and how scientists learn about Earth's inside.
Layers of the Atmosphere
5th grade layers of the atmosphere worksheets: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere, what happens in each layer, and the ozone layer.
Human Body Systems
5th grade human body systems worksheets: the skeletal, muscular, circulatory, respiratory, digestive and nervous systems, their organs and jobs, and how they work together.
Muscular System
5th grade muscular system worksheets: skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle, how muscles pull in pairs, labeling major muscles, a pulse and exercise investigation and a check.
Respiratory System
5th grade respiratory system worksheets: labeling the nose, trachea, bronchi, lungs, alveoli and diaphragm, the path of air, breathing in and out, a breathing rate investigation and a check.
Circulatory System
5th grade circulatory system worksheets: the heart and its four chambers, arteries, veins and capillaries, the path of blood, a pulse investigation and a check.
Nervous System
5th grade nervous system worksheets: the brain, spinal cord and nerves, parts of the brain and their jobs, the five senses as messages, a reaction time test and a check.
Heat Transfer
5th grade heat transfer worksheets: conduction, convection and radiation, conductors and insulators of heat, a cup insulation investigation and a check.
Mixtures and Solutions
5th grade mixtures and solutions worksheets: telling mixtures from solutions, separating mixtures by sieving, magnets, filtering and evaporation, a dissolving investigation and a check.
Food Webs
5th grade food web worksheets: producers, consumers and decomposers, reading forest and ocean food webs, energy flow arrows, what happens when one population changes, and a check.
Constellations
5th grade constellation worksheets: what constellations are, the Big Dipper, Orion and Cassiopeia, why the stars seem to move through the night and the year, a star chart and a check.