Common Core Science Essential Curriculum
5th Grade
1st Quarter
Matter: Properties & Change
5.P.2.1 I can define the sun is the source of all energy/life on earth.
5.P.2.1 I can explain the steps of the water cycle.
5.P.2.2 I can compare the weight of objects to the sum of their parts.
5.P.2.3 I can create before and after representations of the properties of
materials using qualitative and quantitative representations.
Energy: Conservation & Transfer
5.P.3.1 I can explain the effects of combining warmer objects and cooler
objects.
5.P.3.1 I can examine the process of conduction.
5.P.3.1 I can investigate the process of convection.
5.P.3.1 I can evaluate processes of radiation.
5.P.3.2 I can identify the ways that heating and cooling change the properties
of materials.
2nd Quarter
Earth Systems, Structures & Processes
5.E.1.1 I can compare changes in weather conditions using the appropriate
tools.
5.E.1.2 I can evaluate data to predict changes in weather.
5.E.1.3 I can analyze global weather patterns and their influence on local
weather.
Structures & Functions of Living Organisms
5.L.1.1 I can analyze how simple and complex cells sustain life.
5.L.1.2 I can compare the major systems of the human body.
3rd Quarter
Ecosystems
5.L.2.1 I can compare the characteristics of several common ecosystems.
5.L.2.2 I can classify organisms as producers, consumers, or decomposers.
5.L.2.3 I can explain how all the organisms in an ecosystem are
interconnected.
Evolution and Genetics
5.L.3.1 I can explain why organisms differ from or are similar to their parents.
5.L.3.2 I can classify similar traits of parents and offspring as inherited or not
inherited.
4th Quarter
Forces & Motion
5.P.1.1 I can see that all objects are pulled toward the Earth.
5.P.1.1 I can explain how gravity affects the motion of all objects.
5.P.1.2 I can tell that friction is a force created by two surfaces rubbing
against each other.
5.P.1.2. I can tell that forces rubbing against each other will slow objects down.
5.P.1.3 I can explain how a change in mass affects the motion of objects.
5.P.1.4 I can predict the momentum of an object.
5.P.1.4 I can predict the direction an object will travel.