Science Curriculum

5th Grade

Course Purpose:

Fifth grade students will evaluate the effects of patterns on processes or objects.

Outcomes and Components:

SC.5.1 Students will evaluate and identify patterns of recurring change by examining the movement of Earth.

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Standard(s)

  SC.5.1.1 Describe and compare patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows. 5-ESS1-2
  SC.5.1.2 Construct an evidence-based argument to compare and contrast the differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars. 5-ESS1-1
  SC.5.1.3 Graph observed data to construct an explanation of day and night. 5-ESS1-2
  SC.5.1.4 Make observations and conduct research to verify the relationship between constellation appearance and time of year. 5-ESS1-2

Academic Vocabulary: Argument, graphical display, claim/evidence/reasoning

Content Vocabulary: Sun, star, position, motion, axis, orbit, relative distance, apparent brightness, Earth, Moon, pattern, day, night, shadow, observe, rotation, revolution, North Pole, South Pole, distance