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GRADE 5 SCIENCE CURRICULUM
SCIENCE PROCESSESInquiry Process Students Will: Generate scientific questions Design and conduct investigations Use tools and equipment to investigate Use metric measurement tools Construct charts and graphs Identify patterns in data Inquiry Analysis and Communication Students Will: Analyze information from data tables and graphs Evaluate data, claims, and personal knowledge through collaborative learning Communicate and defend findings using evidence Draw conclusions from sets of data from multiple trials Use multiple sources of information to evaluate strengths and weaknesses Reflection and Social Implications Students Will: Evaluate claims, arguments, and data Describe limitations in personal and scientific knowledge Identify the need for evidence in making decisions Demonstrate knowledge of scientific concepts Design solutions to problems using technology Describe the effects of humans have on the balance in the natural world Describe how science and technology have advanced throughout history and across cultures PHYSICAL SCIENCE: FORCES AND MOTIONForce Interactions Students Will: Distinguish between contact forces and non-contact forces Demonstrate forces to change the motion of an object Force Students Will: Describe when two forces act on an object in the same and opposing direction Describe constant motion Describe changes in motion Relate the size of change in motion to the strength and mass of an object Speed Students Will: Explain the motion of an object relative to its point of reference Describe the motion of an object - Distance - Time and direction - Moving object - Relationship to other objects Illustrate measurement of motion on a graph LIFE SCIENCE: ORGANIZATION OF LIVING THINGSAnimal Systems Students Will: Identify the purpose of selected animal systems - Digestive - Circulatory - Respiratory - Skeletal - Muscular - Nervous - Excretory - Reproductive Heredity Inherited and Acquired Traits Students Will: Traits of an individual influenced by the environment and genetics Distinguish between inherited and acquired traits Evolution Species Adaptation and Survival Students Will: Explain how behavioral characteristics of animals help them survive - Adaptation - Instinct - Learning - Habit Describe how traits help organisms survive their environment Describe how fossils provide evidence of change Analyze the relationship of environmental change and catastrophic events to species extinction Examples: volcanic eruption, floods, asteroid impacts, tsunami Relationship Among Organisms Students Will: Relate similarity in anatomical features to classification of contemporary organisms EARTH SCIENCE: EARTH SYSTEMSSeasons Students Will: Use a model to demonstrate seasons Explain how revolution of the Earth around the Sun defines a year Earth in Space and Time Solar System Students Will: Design a model that describes the position and relationship of the planets and other objects to the sun - Asteroids - Comets Solar System Motion Students Will: Describe the motion of planets and moons Explain moon phases and observable reflected light Explain lunar and solar eclipses Explain the tides of the oceans as related to gravitational pull and orbit of the moon |