Science: Grade 5

MATTER AND ITS INTERACTIONS

MOTION AND STABILITY: FORCES AND INTERACTIONS

MATTER AND ENERGY IN ORGANISMS AND ECOSYSTEMS

FROM MOLECULES TO ORGANISMS: STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES

ECOSYSTEMS

EARTH’S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE

EARTH’S SYSTEMS

EARTH AND HUMAN ACTIVITY

Identify in a model (e.g., picture, diagram) which shows that all matter can be broken down into smaller and smaller pieces until they are too small to be seen by human eyes.

Identify using measurements that the total weight of matter is conserved when it changes form.

Identify using measurements that the total weight of matter is conserved before and after they are heated, cooled, or mixed.

Identify that materials can be classified based on a variety of observable physical properties (e.g., shape, texture, buoyancy, color, magnetism, solubility).

Classify materials (e.g., shape, texture, buoyancy, color, magnetism, solubility) by measurable physical properties.

Identify that when two or more different substances are mixed, a new substance with different properties may be formed.

Identify the changes that occur when two or more substances are mixed using evidence provided from data.

Identify that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Identify that the energy in animals' food was once energy from the sun.

Identify that plants acquire material for growth chiefly from air and water, not from soil.

Identify a model that shows the movement of matter (e.g., plant growth, eating, composting) through living things.

Identify that the sun appears larger and brighter than other stars because the sun is much closer to Earth than other stars.

Describe similarities and differences in the timing of observable changes in shadows.

Describe similarities and differences in the timing of observable changes in day and night.

Describe similarities and differences in the timing of observable changes in the appearance of stars that are visible only in particular months

Describe that the Earth’s major systems interact and affect Earth’s surface materials and processes.

Determine that the majority of water on Earth is found in the oceans as salt water and most of the Earth’s fresh water is stored in glaciers.

Identify ways people can help protect the Earth's resources and environment.