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1 Students understand the unifying concepts and processes of science.

• Models

  • 5.1.1 Use an appropriate model (e.g., drawing, equation, computer program, diagram, or 3-D device) to convey scientific information

    • Change-of-state diagrams: melting, freezing, vaporizing, and condensing (5-C.1)
    • Change-of-state diagrams: melting, freezing, vaporizing, condensing, and sublimating (5-C.2)
    • Interpret ball-and-stick models (5-F.1)
    • Match chemical formulas to ball-and-stick models (5-F.2)
    • Complete chemical formulas for ball-and-stick models (5-F.3)
    • Classify elementary substances and compounds using models (5-F.8)
    • Read and construct animal life cycle diagrams (5-K.1)
    • Compare animal life cycles (5-K.2)
    • Flowering plant and conifer life cycles (5-L.5)
    • Moss and fern life cycles (5-L.6)
    • Read a plant pedigree chart (5-N.4)
    • Read an animal pedigree chart (5-N.5)
    • Label parts of rock cycle diagrams (5-R.5)
    • Select parts of rock cycle diagrams (5-R.6)
    • Label parts of water cycle diagrams (5-U.2)
    • Select parts of water cycle diagrams (5-U.3)
    • Read a topographic map (5-V.3)
    • Select parts of a topographic map (5-V.4)

• Systems

• Constancy and Change

  • 5.1.2 Explain how changes alter the balance within a system (e.g., the effects of limited resources on populations, global climate change, flood, drought)

    • Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem (6-Y.1)
    • Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions (6-Y.2)

• Form and Function

  • 5.1.3 Identify details of an object's form which determine its function (e.g., webbed feet for use in water, human feet for walking, shovel for scooping dirt, a rake for collecting leaves, tape measure and ruler to measure distance)

    • Identify plant parts and their functions (5-L.2)
    • Identify flower parts and their functions (5-L.4)
    • Animal adaptations: beaks, mouths, and necks (5-M.1)
    • Animal adaptations: feet and limbs (5-M.2)
    • Animal adaptations: skins and body coverings (5-M.3)

2 Students use the process of science inquiry.

• Abilities Necessary to do Scientific Inquiry

  • 5.2.1 Communicate scientific procedures (e.g. visual display, graph, journal, oral presentation) that enable others to repeat the investigation

  • 5.2.2 Formulate an explanation supported by data

    • Use evidence to classify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians (5-I.3)
    • Use evidence to classify animals (5-I.4)
    • Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement (5-N.3)
    • Compare fossils to modern organisms (5-S.3)
    • Interpret evidence from fossils in rock layers (5-S.5)
    • Use climate data to make predictions (5-T.5)
    • Use data to describe climates (5-T.6)

3 Students understand the basic concepts and principles of physical science.

• Properties of Matter

  • 5.3.1 Identify physical properties of substances before and after they are combined

    • Compare physical and chemical changes (5-D.1)

  • 5.3.2 Identify new substances formed in a chemical change (i.e., rusting, burning)

    • Compare physical and chemical changes (5-D.1)
    • Identify reactants and products (6-F.1)

  • 5.3.3 Compare and contrast properties of solids, liquids, and gases

    • Identify and sort solids, liquids, and gases (4-C.1)

• Force and Motion

  • 5.3.4 Identify the effects force and mass have on the motion of an object

    • Identify directions of forces (5-G.1)
    • How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect motion? (5-G.2)
    • How does mass affect force and acceleration? (5-G.3)

  • 5.3.5 Explain why gravity is called an attracting force.

• Forms of Energy

  • 5.3.6 Demonstrate a simple electrical circuit by completing a continuous loop (i.e., battery, light, wire)

  • 5.3.7 Identify materials that are good conductors of heat

4 Students understand the basic concepts and principles of life science.

• Structure and Function

  • 5.4.1 Identify components of a human organ system (e.g., digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system, muscular system, skeletal system)

    • Body systems: circulation and respiration (5-K.4)
    • Body systems: digestion (5-K.5)
    • Body systems: removing waste (5-K.6)
    • Body systems: perception and motion (5-K.7)

  • 5.4.2 Explain the function of a human organ system (e.g., digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system, muscular system, skeletal system)

    • Body systems: circulation and respiration (5-K.4)
    • Body systems: digestion (5-K.5)
    • Body systems: removing waste (5-K.6)
    • Body systems: perception and motion (5-K.7)

• Characteristics of Organisms

• Organisms and Their Environments

  • 5.4.3 Identify the producers, consumers, and decomposers in a food web.

    • Identify roles in food chains (5-P.3)
    • How does matter move in food chains? (5-P.4)
    • Interpret food webs I (5-P.5)
    • Interpret food webs II (5-P.6)

5 Students understand the basic concepts and principles of earth and space science.

• Weather, Seasons, and Climate

  • 5.5.1 Measure weather conditions (i.e., temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation)

    • Collect and graph temperature data (5-T.1)

  • 5.5.2 Identify characteristics of different clouds (i.e., cumulus, stratus, cirrus)

• Earth's Surface

  • 5.5.3 Identify how the components of soil (e.g., plant roots, bacteria, weathered rock) influence the properties of soil (e.g., texture, fertility, capacity to hold water)

• The Universe

  • 5.5.4 Identify the characteristics of the Earth (i.e., spherical in shape, orbits the Sun, rotates on tilted axis)

    • Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system (6-HH.1)
    • What causes the seasons on Earth? (6-HH.3)
    • Analyze data to compare properties of planets (6-HH.4)

  • 5.5.5 Identify the objects in the sky that have predictable patterns of movement (e.g., sun, planets, moons, stars)

    • Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system (6-HH.1)
    • Identify phases of the Moon (6-HH.2)
    • What causes the seasons on Earth? (6-HH.3)

6 Students understand relations between science and technology.

• Technological Design

  • 5.6.1 Use technology to design a solution to a problem

  • 5.6.2 Evaluate a product or design using established criteria

    • Evaluate multiple design solutions to prevent flooding (4-X.1)
    • Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage (4-X.2)

7 Students understand relations between science and personal, social, and environmental issues.

• Science and Personal Health

  • 5.7.1 Identify risks or benefits of personal health choices (e.g., tobacco, alcohol, prescription and illegal drugs, fast foods)

• Science and Environmental Issues

  • 5.7.2 Explain ways humans benefit from Earth's resources (e.g., air, water, soil, food, fuel, building materials)

    • Evaluate natural energy sources (5-Q.2)

• Science and Social Issues

8 Students understand the history and nature of science.

• People in Science

• Scientific Knowledge

  • 5.8.1 Explain why results of similar scientific investigations may turn out differently (i.e., inconsistencies in methods, materials, and observations)