Grade 5 Science Wyoming Standards

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures & Processes

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Earth's Place in the Universe

Engineering, Technology, & Applications of Science

Earth's Systems

Earth and Human Activity

Energy

Matter and Its Interactions

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Given a solution to a simple design problem, students are able to identify materials needed to solve a simple design problem, provided a variety of materials.

Generate more than one possible solution to a problem.

Determine whether or not an engineering design product meets criteria, and communicate failure point(s).

Identify the relationship between apparent brightness and relative distance.

Given a model, show how one of Earth's spheres (geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere) interacts with another sphere.

Identify the types of bodies of water by amounts and distribution of water on Earth.

Describe a way to reuse or recycle a resource.

Participate in an experiment to determine what happens when plants do not have water or air.

Use a model to describe a food chain with multiple organisms.

Use a model to describe that matter is made of smaller particles.

Demonstrate that a solid that melts has the same mass in its liquid form.

Make observations to identify materials based on their properties.

Determine whether mixing two substances results in a new substance.

Demonstrate that gravity pulls an object to the Earth.

Use models to describe that plants capture energy from sunlight.