Opportunities to tie science to everyday life are everywhere! Skill Sharpeners: Science provides hands-on experiences and activities that connect children's real-world experiences to science concepts and vocabulary. Each full-color worksheet lists skills taught, as well as a "concept" or "skill" note that explains the primary point of each worksheet. Written activity worksheets and hands-on activities are included.

This Grade 5 book covers Organisms and Ecosystems: How Plants Get Food, Food Webs, Adaptations, and Decomposers. Earth's Systems, Atmosphere, Water Cycle, Water on Earth, Weathering and Erosion, Space Systems, Gravity, Day and Night, The Sun and Stars, Patterns of Stars, The Structure and Properties of Matter, Physical Properties, Mixtures and Solutions, Chemical Properties, and Chemical Reactions.