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Standards in this Framework

Standard	Lessons
5.1(A) Ask questions and define problems based on observations or information from text, phenomena, models, or investigations.	Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph Productivity Software Inquiry Project
5.1(B) Use scientific practices to plan and conduct descriptive and simple experimental investigations and use engineering practices to design solutions to problems.	LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design for Changing Weather
5.1(C) Demonstrate safe practices and the use of safety equipment during classroom and field investigations as outlined in Texas Education Agency-approved safety standards.
5.1(D) Use tools, including calculators, microscopes, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, prisms, concave and convex lenses, laser pointers, mirrors, digital scales, balances, spring scales, graduated cylinders, beakers, hot plates, meter sticks, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, timing devices, materials for building circuits, materials to support observations of habitats or organisms such as terrariums and aquariums, and materials to support digital data collection such as computers, tablets, and cameras to observe, measure, test, and analyze information.	Classifying Rocks
5.1(E) Collect observations and measurements as evidence.	Weather and Climate
5.1(F) Construct appropriate graphic organizers used to collect data, including tables, bar graphs, line graphs, tree maps, concept maps, Venn diagrams, flow charts or sequence maps, and input-output tables that show cause and effect.	Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph Productivity Software Inquiry Project
5.1(G) Develop and use models to represent phenomena, objects, and processes or design a prototype for a solution to a problem.	Sound Frequency & Amplitude Nutrition Maze Plant and Animal Cells Exploring the Water Cycle Wave Generator Day and Night Cycle of Matter Constructive and Destructive Processes Animal Classification micro:bit®: Animal Response to the Environment How We See: Light Reflection Modeling Life Cycles Ozobot® Cycle micro:bit® Butterfly Migration Simulator
5.2(A) Identify advantages and limitations of models such as their size, scale, properties, and materials.	Atoms and Molecules Scale of Planets in the Solar System Balanced Ecosystems
5.2(B) Analyze data by identifying any significant features, patterns, or sources of error.	Programming and Data Project Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph Productivity Software Inquiry Project
5.2(C) Use mathematical calculations to compare patterns and relationships.	Programming and Data Project Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph Productivity Software Inquiry Project
5.2(D) Evaluate experimental and engineering designs.	3D Design: Keyboard Accommodations LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design for Changing Weather Design an App
5.3(A) Develop explanations and propose solutions supported by data and models.	LEGO® SPIKE Essential: Design for Changing Weather
5.3(B) Communicate explanations and solutions individually and collaboratively in a variety of settings and formats.	Inquiry Project: Survey Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Data Bar Graph Inquiry Project: Line Graph Productivity Software Inquiry Project
5.3(C) Listen actively to others' explanations to identify relevant evidence and engage respectfully in scientific discussion.
5.4(A) Explain how scientific discoveries and innovative solutions to problems impact science and society.	CS Innovators: Grace Hopper CS Innovators Research Project
5.4(B) Research and explore resources such as museums, libraries, professional organizations, private companies, online platforms, and mentors employed in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field to investigate STEM careers.	Careers in CS: Health and Fitness Careers in CS: Major League Baseball
5.5(A) Identify and use patterns to explain scientific phenomena or to design solutions.	Classifying Rocks
5.5(B) Identify and investigate cause-and-effect relationships to explain scientific phenomena or analyze problems.	Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Nutrition Maze VEX GO®: Speed and Energy
5.5(C) Use scale, proportion, and quantity to describe, compare, or model different systems.	Wave Generator Day and Night Atoms and Molecules Scale of Planets in the Solar System Balanced Ecosystems
5.5(D) Examine and model the parts of a system and their interdependence in the function of the system.	Exploring Ecosystems Plant and Animal Cells Earth Systems
5.5(E) Investigate how energy flows and matter cycles through systems and how matter is conserved.	Exploring Ecosystems Plant and Animal Cells Exploring the Water Cycle Cycle of Matter Modeling Life Cycles Ozobot® Cycle
5.5(F) Explain the relationship between the structure and function of objects, organisms, and systems.	Exploring Adaptations Physical Changes Sensing and Responding to the Environment micro:bit®: Animal Response to the Environment How We See: Light Reflection
5.5(G) Explain how factors or conditions impact stability and change in objects, organisms, and systems.	Weather and Climate Effects of Pollution Earth Systems Constructive and Destructive Processes Fossils and Past Environments
5.6(A) Compare and contrast matter based on measurable, testable, or observable physical properties, including mass, magnetism, relative density (sinking and floating using water as a reference point), physical state (solid, liquid, gas), volume, solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy and electric energy.	Classifying Rocks Physical Changes
5.6(B) Demonstrate and explain that some mixtures maintain physical properties of their ingredients such as iron filings and sand or sand and water.	Physical Changes
5.6(C) Compare the properties of substances before and after they are combined into a solution and demonstrate that matter is conserved in solutions.
5.6(D) Illustrate how matter is made up of particles that are too small to be seen such as air in a balloon.	Atoms and Molecules
5.7(A) Investigate and explain how equal and unequal forces acting on an object cause patterns of motion and transfer of energy.	Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
5.7(B) Design a simple experimental investigation that tests the effect of force on an object in a system such as a car on a ramp or a balloon rocket on a string.
5.8(A) Investigate and describe the transformation of energy in systems such as energy in a flashlight battery that changes from chemical energy to electrical energy to light energy.
5.8(B) Demonstrate that electrical energy in complete circuits can be transformed into motion, light, sound, or thermal energy and identify the requirements for a functioning electrical circuit.
5.8(C) Demonstrate and explain how light travels in a straight line and can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed.	How We See: Light Reflection
5.9 Demonstrate that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours and explain how that causes the day/night cycle and the appearance of the Sun moving across the sky, resulting in changes in shadow positions and shapes.	Day and Night
5.10(A) Explain how the Sun and the ocean interact in the water cycle and affect weather.	Exploring the Water Cycle
5.10(B) Model and describe the processes that led to the formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels.	Earth Systems Constructive and Destructive Processes
5.10(C) Model and identify how changes to Earth's surface by wind, water, or ice result in the formation of landforms, including deltas, canyons, and sand dunes.	Earth Systems Constructive and Destructive Processes
5.11 Design and explain solutions such as conservation, recycling, or proper disposal to minimize environmental impact of the use of natural resources.	Communities Adapt to & Modify Their Environment Effects of Pollution Geographic Effects on Early Civilizations
5.12(A) Observe and describe how a variety of organisms survive by interacting with biotic and abiotic factors in a healthy ecosystem.	Exploring Ecosystems
5.12(B) Predict how changes in the ecosystem affect the cycling of matter and flow of energy in a food web.	Exploring Ecosystems Cycle of Matter
5.12(C) Describe a healthy ecosystem and how human activities can be beneficial or harmful to an ecosystem.	Communities Adapt to & Modify Their Environment Effects of Pollution Geographic Effects on Early Civilizations
5.13(A) Analyze the structures and functions of different species to identify how organisms survive in the same environment.	Exploring Adaptations Sensing and Responding to the Environment Animal Classification micro:bit®: Animal Response to the Environment micro:bit® Butterfly Migration Simulator
5.13(B) Explain how instinctual behavioral traits such as turtle hatchlings returning to the sea and learned behavioral traits such as orcas hunting in packs increase chances of survival.