• Student Learning Objectives

    Structure & Properties of Matter

    • Students will  develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen. (S.5.PS.1.1) 
    • Students will  measure and graph quantities to demonstrate conservation of matter. (S.5.PS.1.2)
    • Students will  make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties (S.5.PS.1.3)
    • Students will conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances (S.5.PS.1.4)

    Matter & Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

    • Students will use models to describe that energy in animals' food was once energy from the sun. (S.5.PS.3.1)
    • Students can support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water (S.5.LS.1.1)
    • Students can develop a model to describe the movement of matter among organisms and their environment (S.5.LS.2.1)

    Earth's Systems

    • Students will develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. (S.5.ESS.2.1)
    • Students will describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water and their distribution on Earth. (S.5.ESS.2.2)
    • Students can describe ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment. (S.5.ESS.3.1)

    Space Systems

    • Students can support an argument that the gravitational force exerted on objects by the Earth is directed down.(S.5.PS.2.1)
    • Students can support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the Sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.  (S.5.ESS.1.1)
    • Students can represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in lenght and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the sky. (S.5.ESS.1.2)

    Engineering Design

    • Students can define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. (S.3-5.ETS.1.1)
    • Students can generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. (S.3-5.ETS.1.2)