MOTION:
- I can plan and conduct an investigation about the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
- I can demonstrate an object’s pattern of motion.
MAGNETS:
- I can determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions.
- I can define a problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
ANIMALS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS:
- I can develop models to describe about an organism’s unique and diverse life cycle.
- I can construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
- I can analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have variations of traits inherited from parents.
- I can use evidence to explain how traits can be influenced by the environment.
- I can analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence about the environments in which they lived long ago.
- I can explain how variations among individuals of the same species can provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
- I can construct an argument about habitats and how well organisms survive.
- I can make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes.
WEATHER:
- I can represent data in tables and graphical displays that display weather conditions during particular seasons.
- I can obtain information to describe climates in throughout the world.
- I can make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather related hazard.
ENGINEERING DESIGN:
- I can design a simple problem reflecting a need or want that includes constraints on materials, time, and cost.
- I can generate and compare multiple solutions to a problem.
- I can plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled.