Science Curriculum

5th Grade

Course Purpose:

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

Outcomes and Components:

SC.5.2 Students will investigate and graph the different types of water found on Earth and characterize water’s multiple roles in the survival of organisms.

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Standard(s)
  SC.5.2.1 Use evidence to classify different types of water found on Earth. 5-ESS2-2
  SC.5.2.2 Graph data to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth and research how communities can protect and conserve water resources.

5-ESS2-2

5-ESS3-1

3-5-ETS1-1
  SC.5.2.3 Characterize the roles of water in survival of organisms. 5-ESS2-1

Academic Vocabulary: evidence, classify, graph, data, characterize, distribution

Content Vocabulary: water, Earth, freshwater, groundwater, saltwater, ocean, glacier, stream, lake, wetland, atmosphere