Grade 5 Science Washington standards Standards

How do we work together to ensure a healthy environment and sustainable economy for future generations?

Environmental and Sustainability Education

How do we engineer solutions to a problem?

3–5 Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

How can humans work together to take care of our Earth?

How do Earth’s parts work together?

How does living on Earth affect what we see and feel?

Earth and Space Sciences

How do living things use matter and energy?

Life Science

What are the properties of matter and what causes those properties to change or stay the same?

Physical Science

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. [Climate] [ESE]

Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth. [ESE]

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment. [Climate] [ESE]

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. [Climate] [ESE]

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

Cite multiple sources and perspectives in an analysis of a relevant local environmental problem and how it connects to social, economic, and environmental systems, considering personal values at individual, community, and tribal scales.

Design an investigation on school grounds to gather, analyze, and present data about how the built environment of the school improves or reduces environmental quality (e.g. impacts on/benefits to water quality, air quality, biodiversity, waste).

Conduct a project that specifies a local environmental problem, identifies solution paths, solves the problem, and reports results demonstrating individual knowledge, attitudes, and understanding of personal and civic responsibility for improved environmental justice and sustainability.

Use evidence, data, and modeling to show and explain how relative locations and motion of the Earth, sun, moon, and stars result in patterns of what we see on Earth.

Use evidence and modeling to show and explain how the four major spheres of the Earth interact with each other and the effects of those interactions.

Conduct research to show and explain how communities can positively affect the health of their local and global environment.

Use modeling, investigation, and data to design, test, and improve solutions to problems that can be solved through engineering; include criteria, constraints, and elements of fair tests.

Use investigation, evidence and data to show and explain where plants obtain matter needed grow.

Use evidence, data, and modeling to show and explain the movement of matter among living and non-living parts of an ecosystem.

Use evidence, data, and modeling to investigate and measure the properties of matter and how combining matter or changing its temperature affects those properties.

Use evidence, data, and modeling to show and explain how Earth’s mass affects how objects on its surface feel (weight) and behave.

Use models to show and explain how the sun’s energy is passed through systems made up of plants and animals, including how that energy is used for life processes.

Through project-based learning, synthesize information about ecological, social, and economic systems from multiple sources to understand, design, communicate, and act upon solutions for local environmental problems with community partners, including tribes.

Networks and the Internet

Impacts of Computing

Data and Analysis

Computing Systems

Algorithms and Programming

Apply collaboration strategies to support problem solving within the design cycle of a program.

Decompose (break down) a larger problem into smaller sub-problems, independently or in a collaborative group.

Construct and execute an algorithm (set of step-by-step instructions) that includes sequencing, loops, and conditionals to accomplish a task, both independently and collaboratively, with or without a computing device.

Create a plan as part of the iterative design process, both independently and with diverse collaborative teams (e.g., storyboard, flowchart, pseudo-code, story map).

Construct programs, in order to solve a problem or for creative expression, that include sequencing, events, loops, conditionals, parallelism, and variables, using a block-based visual programming language or text-based language, both independently and collaboratively (e.g., pair programming).

Use mathematical operations to change a value stored in a variable.

Analyze and debug (fix) an algorithm that includes sequencing, events, loops, conditionals, parallelism, and variables.

Use proper citations and document when ideas are borrowed and changed for their own use (e.g., using pictures created by others, using music created by others, remixing programming projects).

Identify, using accurate terminology, simple hardware and software problems that may occur during use, and apply strategies for solving problems (e.g., reboot device, check for power, check network availability, close and reopen app).

Use appropriate terminology in naming internal and external components of computing devices and describing their relationships, capabilities, and limitations.

Model how a computer system works. [Clarification: Only includes basic elements of a computer system, such as input, output, processor, sensors, and storage.]

Use numeric values to represent non-numeric ideas in the computer (binary, ASCII, pixel attributes such as RGB).

Create a computational artifact to model the attributes and behaviors associated with a concept (e.g., solar system, life cycle of a plant).

Answer a question by using a computer to (e.g., sort, total and/or average, chart, graph) and analyze data that has been collected by the class or student.

Seek out and compare diverse perspectives, synchronously or asynchronously, to improve a project.

Brainstorm ways in which computing devices could be made more accessible to all users.

Explain problems that relate to using computing devices and networks (e.g., logging out to deter others from using your account, cyberbullying, privacy of personal information, and ownership).

Evaluate and describe the positive and negative impacts of the pervasiveness of computers and computing in daily life (e.g., downloading videos and audio files, electronic appliances, wireless Internet, mobile computing devices, GPS systems, wearable computing).

Generate examples of how computing can affect society, and also how societal values can shape computing choices.

Model how a device on a network sends a message from one device (sender) to another (receiver) while following specific rules.

Create examples of strong passwords, explain why strong passwords should be used, and demonstrate proper use and protection of personal passwords.