5th Grade Curriculum Standards Air and Wind Earth Movements Soil Science Water, Water, Everywhere What's Up with the Weather? The Earth The Journey into Space The Moon The Solar System The Sun Earthquakes Floods Tornadoes Hurricanes Volcanoes Erosion Forecasting Natural Disasters Records and Oddities Seasons and Patterns scientific investigation. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 2
5th Grade Curriculum Standards Fossils Geologic Time Rocks and Minerals Sedimentary Rocks The Water Cycle Amphibians and Reptiles Birds Fish Insects Mammals At Home in the Ocean At Home in the Tropical Rainforest A Home by the River A Hot Desert Home A Mountain Home Bones The Brain and Nerves The Heart Muscles Skin scientific investigation. 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Deserts Mountains Oceans Rivers Tropical Rain Forests Classifying Plants and Food Chains and Webs How Plants Grow Life Cycles of Plants and Under a Microscope Adaptations and Survival Cells Genetics Populations and Ecosystems Staying Alive Classifying/Grouping Materials Force and Motion Gravity Measuring Matter States of Matter scientific investigation. 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Color and Light Electrical Circuits Hearing and Sound Magnets Simple Machines Electricity and Magnetism Heat Light Motion Sound Acids and Bases Atoms, Molecules, and Compounds Chemical Energy Chemical Reactions Mixtures and Solutions Global Warming Habitat Destruction Energy Sources Keeping Our Food and Water Safe Waste and Consumption scientific investigation. 2 X X X X X X X X X X X
Air and Wind Earth Movements Soil Science Water, Water, Everywhere What's Up with the Weather? The Earth The Journey into Space The Moon The Solar System The Sun Earthquakes Floods Tornadoes Hurricanes Volcanoes Erosion Forecasting Natural Disasters Records and Oddities Seasons and Patterns Landforms and Oceans Properties of Matter Forces and Motion 3 understanding of features, processes, and changes in Earth s land and oceans. (Earth X X X X X X X 4 understanding of properties of matter. (Physical 5 understanding of the nature of force and motion. (Physical
Deserts Mountains Oceans Rivers Tropical Rain Forests Classifying Plants and Food Chains and Webs How Plants Grow Life Cycles of Plants and Under a Microscope Adaptations and Survival Cells Genetics Populations and Ecosystems Staying Alive Classifying/Grouping Materials Force and Motion Gravity Measuring Matter States of Matter Landforms and Oceans Properties of Matter Forces and Motion 3 understanding of features, processes, and changes in Earth s land and oceans. (Earth 4 understanding of properties of matter. (Physical 5 understanding of the nature of force and motion. (Physical X X X X
Color and Light Electrical Circuits Hearing and Sound Magnets Simple Machines Electricity and Magnetism Heat Light Motion Sound Acids and Bases Atoms, Molecules, and Compounds Chemical Energy Chemical Reactions Mixtures and Solutions Global Warming Habitat Destruction Energy Sources Keeping Our Food and Water Safe Waste and Consumption Landforms and Oceans Properties of Matter Forces and Motion 3 understanding of features, processes, and changes in Earth s land and oceans. (Earth 4 understanding of properties of matter. (Physical 5 understanding of the nature of force and motion. (Physical X X X X X X X X X X