Science Curriculum
5th Grade
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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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Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
Component Code |
Component |
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 | |
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Academic Vocabulary: Argument, graphical display, claim/evidence/reasoning |
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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 |