The following are our fifth grade science standards:

5-01  Examine problems using scientific inquiry. (All year!)
       *  Describe how the study of light and sound is reciprocal to technology.
       *  Communicate scientific procedures and explanations.
       *  Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.

5-02  Integrate unifying concepts and processes in science experiences. (Process skills labs from August through mid-October)
       *  Develop an understanding of form and function.
       *  Develop an understanding of systems, order, and organization.
       *  Develop an understanding of change, constancy, and measurement.

5-03  Investigate and describe the properties of light & sound. (November through December)
       *  Compare and contrast the motions of light and sound.
       *  Infer how light and sound impact humans and other organisms.

5-04  Investigate relationships among populations, resources, and hazards (both human and natural) within ecosystems. (January through April)
       *  Explain how the flow of energy and matter affect populations.
       *  Predict how ecosystems are changed by natural and human-made  factors.

5-05  Explore the processes and effects of weather and the water cycle on the earth. (August through October)
       *  Examine how energy from the sun is the driving force of all weather and the water cycle.
       *  Examine how water and weather are affected by human interaction.
       *  Imagine how properties of weather affect humans.