Science Grade 5

Chester Township Public Schools
Science Curriculum

Science - Grade 5

Science

The New Jersey Curriculum Content Standards for Science reflect "the belief that all students can and must learn enough science to assume their role as concerned citizens equipped with necessary information and decision-making skills."

The following is a list of the New Jersey Science Standards:

5.1        "All students will learn to identify systems of interacting components and understand how their interactions combine to produce the overall behavior of the system."

5.2        "All students will develop problem-solving, decision-making and inquiry skills, reflected by formulating usable questions and hypotheses, planning experiments, conducting systematic observations, interpreting and analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and communicating results."

5.3        "All students will develop an understanding of how people of various cultures have contributed to the advancement of science and technology."

5.4        "All students will develop an understanding of technology as an application of scientific principles."

5.5        "All students will integrate mathematics as a tool for problem-solving in science, and as a means of expressing and/or modeling scientific theories."

5.6        "All students will gain an understanding of the structure, characteristics, and basic needs of organisms."

5.7        "All students will investigate the diversity of life."

5.8        "All students will gain an understanding of the structure and behavior of matter."

5.9        "All students will gain an understanding of natural laws as they apply to motion, forces, and energy transformations."

5.10    "All students will gain an understanding of the structure, dynamics, and geophysical systems of the earth."

5.11    "All students will gain an understanding of the origin, evolution, and structure of the universe."

5.12    "All students will develop an understanding of the environment as a system of interdependent components affected by human activity and natural phenomena."

The Science performance standards are built upon the National Research Council's "National Science Education Standards" (1996) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Project 2061 "Benchmarks for Science Literacy" (1993).

In Science, the goal is for all students to achieve scientific literacy. The objectives and competencies included in this curriculum deal with scientific concepts and the application of those concepts within the field of science and in other fields of study.

The National Science Education Standards outline "what students should know, understand, and be able to do in the natural sciences over the course of K-12 education.

Grade 5

The Higher Order Learning curriculum provides objectives for fifth grade students.

In the Fifth Grade Science course, students continue to build their knowledge of science and their ability to communicate scientific concepts.

Research and Inquiry

The Research and Inquiry unit includes the history and development of science and scientists, investigation techniques, the use of instruments in science, communication of scientific concepts, and real world issues that surround science, technology, and mathematics.

Problem Solving: Reasonableness
The learner will be able to determine the reasonableness of an answer to a scientific problem.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Problem Solving	Application	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Investigations: Math & Science
The learner will be able to perform scientific investigations that center on the relationship between mathematics and science (NJCCCS 5.3).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Investigations: Conducting	Analysis	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Data: Organization/Scientific
The learner will be able to organize scientific data (NJCCCS 5.3).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Data: Organization	Application	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Problem Solving: Constraints
The learner will be able to recognize that solutions to a problem may have restrictions or constraints, such as costs or materials.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Problem Solving	Knowledge	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Explanations: Alternatives/Identify
The learner will be able to identify alternative explanations.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Explanations	Knowledge	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Technology: Data/Understand/Accuracy
The learner will be able to understand that technology used to gather data often improves the accuracy.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Technology: Data	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Questioning: Types
The learner will be able to understand the difference between scientific questions and other types of questions.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Questioning	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Scientific Data: Communicate
The learner will be able to communicate scientific information.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Scientific Data	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Physical Science

The Physical Science unit includes properties of objects, motion of objects, matter, energy, light, heat, electricity, magnetism, and force.

Energy: Forms and Uses
The learner will be able to give examples of the different forms of energy. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Knowledge	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Energy: Conservation
The learner will be able to relate to and explain why we are in an energy crisis. (NJCCCS 5.1).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Energy: Forms and Uses
The learner will be able to recognize that all matter has energy. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Energy: Forms and Uses
The learner will be able to explain and understand that three main ways thermal energy is transferred - convection, conduction and radiation - and give examples of each. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Energy: Potential and Kinetic
The learner will be able to recognize and compare potential and kinetic energy confirming the concept that energy is the ability make things move/do work and kinetic energy is the energy of matter in motion. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Knowledge	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Energy: Tranformation
The learner will be able to give examples of energy being transformed confirming the concept that energy can be transformed from one form to another, be stored and is conserved. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Knowledge	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Energy: Conservation
The learner will be able to investigate the law of conservation of energy using a conceptual model. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Application	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Energy: Renewable - NonRenewable
The learner will be able to name compare and contrast non-renewable and renewable sources of energy, their cost and benefits. (NJCCCS 5.1, 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Knowledge	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Energy: Sun
The learner will be able to explain that the son is the primary source of energy on Earth. (NJCCCS 5.1, 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Sound: Characteristics
The learner will be able to name characteristics of sound and explain that it is produced by vibrations. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Knowledge	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Sound: Different Mediums
The learner will be able to demonstrate how sound travels in different mediums (solid, liquid, gas). (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Application	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Sound: Frequency of Vibrations
The learner will be able to analyze how the frequency of vibration affects the pitch of an object. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Analysis	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Sound: Pitch and Volume
The learner will be able to compare and control pitch and volume. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Application	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Sound: Reflected
The learner will be able to give examples of how sound can be reflected and/or absorbed by matter. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Knowledge	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Light: Characteristics
The learner will be able to name characteristics of light and give examples of natural and artificial sources confirming the concept that light is a form of energy that can be produced naturally or artificially. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Knowledge	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Light: Emitted/Reflected
The learner will be able to explain how light must be emitted or reflected off an object for the object to be seen. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Light: Refracted
The learner will be able to demonstrate that light can be bent, or refracted. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Application	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Light and Sound: Compare and Contrast
The learner will be able to compare and contrast sound and light. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Analysis	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Light: White Light
The learner will be able to show that white light is a mixture of the different spectrum colors. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Application	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Light: Mixed Pigments
The learner will be able to analyze why mixed pigments may produce black in terms of light absorption and reflection. (NJCCCS 5.7).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Acids	Analysis	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Earth and Space Science

The Earth and Space Science unit includes properties of the Earth, moon, sun, solar system, and universe.

Astronomy: Constellations
The learner will be able to identify various constellations in the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere using a star guide map (NJCCCS 5.9).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Air	Application	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Astronomy: Satellites and Space Probes
The learner will be able to explain the main differences between satellites and space probes (NJCCCS 5.9).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Air	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Astronomy: Star
The learner will be able to explain what makes a star a star. (NJCCCS 5.9).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Air	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Astronomy: Life Cycle of a Star
The learner will be able to become familiar with the terminology and steps involved in the life cycle of a star.. (NJCCCS 5.9).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Air	Knowledge	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Astronomy: Planets
The learner will be able to discuss important facts about each planet in our solar system (NJCCCS 5.9).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Air	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Astronomy: Solar System
The learner will be able to identify parts of the solar system. (NJCCCS 5.9).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Air	Knowledge	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Astronomy: Universe
The learner will be able to begin to understand the enormity of the universe. (NJCCCS 5.9).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Air	Knowledge	Introduce	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Astronomy: Buehler -Landing on Moon
The learner will be able to simulate landing on the moon and assume active roles as part of command and control and space module. (NJCCCS 5.9).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Air	Application	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Life Science

The Life Science unit includes organism characteristics, plants and animals, human health and safety, life cycles, and the environment.

Living Systems: Cells
The learner will be able to identify and describe the structure and function of cells and cell parts. (NJCCCS 5.5).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Plants	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.

Living Things: Basic Characteristics
The learner will be able to explain and give common examples of how living things grow and develop confirming the concept that nearly all living things have basic characteristics in common - reproductions, growth, movement and response. (NJCCCS 5.2).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Source
Agriculture	Comprehension	Master	New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, National Science Education Standards, The Higher Order Learning (1999) Curriculum, Chester Science Currriculum Committee and Fifth Grade Teachers.