About this resource
4 mystery-driven Science Unlocked lesson sets for grade 5, about 4 weeks of science instruction. Each set opens with a real, surprising phenomenon, builds the science one level at a time, and ends with students cracking the case in a claim-evidence-reasoning (CER) write-up.
Topics: conservation of matter, conservation of mass, properties of matter, chemical and physical changes, claim evidence reasoning (CER), science phenomenon, review games.
Bundle price: $10 for 4 sets ($2.50 a set). Bought one at a time, these sets cost $12.
Sets in this bundle
- The Sinking Balloon (5-PS1-1, Matter Is Made of Particles). A helium party balloon floats on the ceiling. Two days later, it lies small and wrinkly on the floor. It never popped. Where did the gas go?
- The Maple Mystery (5-PS1-2, Conservation of Matter). Sugar makers boil about 40 buckets of maple sap to get just 1 bucket of syrup. Did boiling destroy the rest? Where did all that weight go?
- The Sorting Machine (5-PS1-3, Properties of Materials). A truck dumps one big jumble of cans, bottles, jars, and paper at a recycling plant. Machines sort it into piles of steel, aluminum, plastic, paper, and glass. How can a machine tell what each thing is made of?
- Lady Liberty Turns Green (5-PS1-4, Mixing Substances: Is It a New Substance?). In 1886 the Statue of Liberty was shiny and brown, like a new penny. Today she is green, and nobody painted her. Where did the green come from?
Every set includes
- An editable Teacher Deck with answers highlighted and speaker notes (what to say, support and GT tips).
- An interactive Student Deck (PowerPoint + PDF) where students type, drag and rate their confidence.
- Google Slides versions of both decks, with make-a-copy links.
- A Teacher Guide with a run-of-show for every level, materials, misconceptions, answer keys and sources.
- A Student Printable in 12 pt type, plus a low-ink greyscale copy, for paper days and sub days.
- A self-grading digital activity: SCORM 2004, SCORM 1.2, a web package and a single HTML file.
- Two whole-class review games (Jeopardy-style and Trashketball), plus Kahoot! and Blooket import files with an answer key.
- Leveled lessons with "I can" targets, notes, practice, checkpoints, exit tickets, a Mini Quiz and a Stretch beyond grade level.
By the numbers
- 4 one-week units, each with 5-6 levels (about one 45-50 minute class per level).
- 4 of the 4 sets include a hands-on lab with a materials list and safety notes.
- 192 Kahoot!/Blooket review questions across the bundle.
Try the digital activity first
- Not sure the self-grading activity will work in your LMS? Download the FREE HTML & SCORM Sample and test it with your students before you buy.
Save more
- Grade 5 Complete (16 sets, $32)
- Science Unlocked Mega Bundle (89 sets, $133.50)
More from Mystery Lab Learning
- See every Science Unlocked set, and follow to hear when new ones are added, at Mystery Lab Learning.
Good to know
- When a set in this bundle is updated, you get the update for free in My Purchases.
- The illustrations in these resources were created with AI image tools, and AI tools helped draft the lesson text. Every slide, answer key and lab step was then fact-checked against the sources listed in each Teacher Guide and proofread.
- Kahoot!, Blooket, Jeopardy!, Google Slides and PowerPoint are trademarks of their owners. These resources are not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
- License: one teacher, for use with their own students. Please buy an additional license for each colleague who uses it.
