Science Launch Grade 5
Hands-on investigations, weekly missions, and grown-up debrief notes.
Free, start to finish. No card. Every week opens without signing in.
- Grade
- Grade 5
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Pace
- 6 short lessons a week, about 15 minutes each
- Price
- Free, every week
About this course
Science Launch Grade 5 is a 12-week online science course. Each week explores one question with short daily lessons, a hands-on investigation using household materials, quick checks that give a hint before the answer, and a Saturday Launch Lab the family does together, with a debrief note for the grown-up.
Kids will
- Build observation habits: describe what you see, measure when you can
- Frame a question as a hypothesis (introductory)
- Run a controlled experiment safely at home
- Record results in a science notebook
- Connect each week's experiment to a real-world phenomenon
- Present a finding to a parent in 60 seconds
The 12 weeks
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Week 1
Too Small to See
Matter is made of tiny particles
NGSS 5-PS1-1
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Week 2
Nothing Lost
Weight stays the same when matter changes
NGSS 5-PS1-2
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Week 3
Mystery Materials
Identify materials by their properties
NGSS 5-PS1-3
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Week 4
Something New
Mixing can make a new substance
NGSS 5-PS1-4
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Week 5
Gravity Pulls Down
Earth pulls everything toward its center
NGSS 5-PS2-1
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Week 6
Plants Build From Air and Water
Where a tree gets its wood
NGSS 5-LS1-1
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Week 7
Sunlight in Your Food
Food energy was once sunlight
NGSS 5-PS3-1
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Week 8
Food Webs
Matter moves among plants, animals and decomposers
NGSS 5-LS2-1
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Week 9
Earth's Systems
Rock, water, air and life working together
NGSS 5-ESS2-1
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Week 10
Water on Earth
Salty, fresh and frozen
NGSS 5-ESS2-2
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Week 11
Protect Our Planet
Communities use science to protect resources
NGSS 5-ESS3-1
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Week 12
Stars and Shadows
Our star, our shadows and the turning sky
NGSS 5-ESS1-1
Standards practiced. NGSS: 5-PS1-1, 5-PS1-2, 5-PS1-3, 5-PS1-4, 5-PS2-1, 5-LS1-1, 5-PS3-1, 5-LS2-1, 5-ESS2-1, 5-ESS2-2, 5-ESS3-1, 5-ESS1-1, 5-ESS1-2. Each week explores one question, with short lessons Monday to Friday and a family Launch Lab on Saturday.
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Try Week 1 today.
Open the course, pick Day 1 and go. Make a free parent account when you want progress saved for each kid.