Structures: Cultures, Geometry, and Energy (Book 2)

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The Earth is a solid structure on which we live, but it is not unchanging. Forces inside Earth constantly change both the inside and outside of the planet we call home. When students consider the concept of structures, they will discover that the word has many meanings.

The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 5, students will discover the structures around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.

Structures Book 2: Cultures, Geometry, and Energy is a book from the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 5. In this book, students will look at the origins of popular nursery rhymes, as well as their decline in popularity. Students will consider racial barriers in professional sports and the structure of seasons within these sports. Students also will discover that geometry and architecture go hand-in-hand and learn about solar energy, sound energy, and static and moving electricity. Each of these topics will be explored within the concept of structures.

Other books in the Structures series include Structures Book 1: Geology, Expansion, and the Arts and Structures Book 3: Government, Cycles, and Physics.

Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.

Grade 5

This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books:

• Teammates by Peter Golenbock;
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry; and
• a coming of age novel such as Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink, or A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck, etc.