Science

5th-grade Scientists will..... 

• Investigating puzzling questions about our world through Inquiry

• Modeling to describe the way things work

• Communicating ideas supported with evidence

• Engineering to design solutions to problems

Big Science Questions Explored in Grade 5....

ECOSYSTEMS: THE MOVEMENT OF ENERGY & MATTER (LIFE SCIENCE)

• How do organisms obtain and use the energy they need to live and grow?

• How do organisms interact with the living and nonliving environments to obtain energy?

• How does matter move through an ecosystem?

MATTER: PARTICLES, PROPERTIES, & CHANGES (PHYSICAL SCIENCE)

• How do particles react in different states of matter?

• What properties can we use to describe matter?

• How do we decide if something is a chemical or physical change?

EARTH SYSTEMS: INTERACTING SPHERES (EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE)

• How do the properties and movements of water shape Earth's surface and affect its systems?

• How do Earth's major systems interact to affect the Earth's surface materials and processes?

• How do humans change the planet?

• How do engineers solve problems of human impact on the environment?

SPACE: EARTH, SUN, AND MOON (COMING SOON…) (EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE)

• What are the predictable patterns caused by Earth's movement in the solar system?

• How is life on Earth impacted by gravity?