Elementary School Physical Science Resources

Students will learn about buoyancy and water displacement through these engaging investigations. The “Science Kids” series is intended to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate, hands-on science activities for children in Preschool, Kindergarten and the early grades. The activities in these packets are based on the scientific method and encourage inquiry-based learning. All activities can be differentiated to meet the needs of your students.

Included in this packet are:

★Explanation of the Scientific Method for teachers

★Five sinking and floating investigations, with directions and recording sheets

★Guide for helping students plan their own individual investigations

★Guides for forming hypotheses and reflecting on students' learning

★Guide for sharing student learning

★Tips and helpful suggestions

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Enhance your students' understanding of light waves and their properties with these engaging Light Waves Energy Reading Comprehension Passage Worksheets and Questions.

This resource is designed for grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, to help the students understand the properties and behavior of light waves.

Students will explore key concepts such as;

• What is Light Energy?
• Properties of Light
• The Speed of Light
• How Light Travels
• How Light Interacts with Matter
• Practical Applications of Light Waves Energy

The passages are accompanied by a variety of questions, including multiple choice, short answer, and matching activities, to reinforce learning and assess comprehension.

This product also includes diagrams and activities to help students identify and analyze how light interacts with different materials through reflection, refraction, diffraction, transmission, absorption, and scattering.

It is perfect for classroom use or distance learning to help students grasp the fascinating world of light energy and its practical applications. The worksheets are ideal for science lessons, test prep, and independent study.

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Help learners identify objects that can sink or float with this easy-to-use worksheet. This worksheet reinforces what they have learned and is perfect for classwork or homework.

Includes:

• Identify objects that can sink and float
• Answer key
• 2 pages

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This engaging 14-page resource transforms learning about energy into a fun and interactive experience. With a variety of activities, students will explore different energy forms, conduct hands-on experiments, and create a personalized energy reference guide.

What's Included:

• Energy Notes: Introduce students to the six main types of energy: chemical, mechanical, electrical, light, thermal, and sound.
• Energy Foldable: (cut and paste) allows students to create a personal reference guide for the different forms of energy where each section of the foldable can include notes, doodles, or mini-illustrations for better recall.
• Kinetic and Potential & Circuit Exploration Cut and Paste: Differentiate between these two essential energy types through a hands-on activity.
• Energy Coloring Pages: Reinforce concepts of electrical insulators, conductors, and thermal energy transfer through fun coloring activities.

⭐Energy in my Car | Science, Art & Writing Project⭐

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Need a fun introduction activity or wrap-up activity to a plate tectonic lesson? Task cards are a great way to engage students in the learning process.

This set includes 24 task cards addressing the Pangaea Theory, moving boundaries, major U.S. faults, Mount St. Helen's eruption, Tsunamis, continental drift, layers of the earth and more.

Includes:

24 task cards

Instructions

Answers

Student answer sheet

Get you students moving around the room. They often learn better when they are moving, collaborating and having fun.

• Do you need science posters to enhance student learning about energy?
• Save yourself time and energy!
• This is a set of 12 science posters.
• They make a good supplement for many Next Generation Science lessons.
• There is a short definition of each energy type and a graphic to aid in student understanding.
• There is one poster for kinetic energy and one for potential energy. These are the two major categories under which all types of energy fall.
• A sheet tells which categories the forms of energy fall under.
• Posters for the following energy forms are included:

chemical

electric

elastic

gravitational

heat

light

mechanical

nuclear

solar

sound

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Science comes to life in the lab! Engage your students in exploring electricity and circuits with this set of interactive science labs. This product contains 6 lab investigations for electricity and 1 final project. Each lesson introduces a concept and outlines a lab to provide the students with experiential learning to support the understanding of the concept. Each lesson contains a concept poster, background knowledge for the teacher, materials list, lab procedures, ½ page lab report pages for Science INBs, and full-size lab report pages. The lab reports include 4 sections: question; hypothesis; experiment-observe-collect data; and conclusion

These labs use wire, batteries, light bulbs, and switches. While you can purchase all the lab equipment materials individually, the easiest way solution is have some circuit kits for your classroom. There is basic circuit kit on Amazon for #13.21 as of this writing (09/2017)

Lesson 1: Electricity is a form of energy that flows in circuits.

Lab 1: Light a bulb

Lesson 2: Some materials conduct electricity while other materials insulate it.

Lab 2: Human conductor test

Lesson 3: Switches can open and close electrical circuits.

Lab 3: Turn it off and turn it on

Lesson 4: Electrical energy is shared in a series circuit.

Lab 4: A series of bulbs

Lesson 5: In a parallel circuit, the electrical energy flowing to each component is maintained.

Lab 5: Turn off 1/3 of the lights.

Lesson 6: Electrical energy energy can be transformed into other forms of energy.

Lab 6: Make an electromagnet

Final Project: Make a light up quiz board

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Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by considering these multilingual Periodic Elements Flashcards.

Each label takes up 1/4 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. There are 118 Elements for a total of 30 pages. Check out the thumbnail and the preview of some pages in the pictures. They each feature the English verb in big, bold black letters while the other languages are in a smaller font and in different colors. Languages included are Chinese (simplified/Red), Arabic (Violet), Russian (Green), and Spanish (Brown). To help aid meaning, I've included illustrations.

The 118 vehicles included are: Hydrogen-Helium-Lithium-Beryllium-Boron-Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen-Fluorine-Neon-Sodium-Magnesium-Aluminum-Silicon -Phosphorus-Sulfur-Chlorine-Argon-Potassium-Calcium-Scandium-Titanium-Vanadium-Chromium-Manganese-Iron-Cobalt-Nickel-Copper-Zinc-Gallium-Germanium-Arsenic-Selenium-Bromine-Krypton-Rubidium-Strontium-Yttrium -Zirconium-Niobium-Molybdenum-Technetium-Ruthenium-Rhodium-Palladium -Silver-Cadmium-Indium-Tin-Antimony-Tellurium-Iodine-Xenon-Cesium-Barium -Lanthanum-Cerium-Praseodymium-Neodymium-Promethium-Samarium -Europium-Gadolinium-Terbium-Dysprosium-Holmium-Erbium-Thulium-Ytterbium-Lutetium-Hafnium-Tantalum-Tungsten-Rhenium-Osmium-Iridium-Platinum-Gold-Mercury-Thallium-Lead-Bismuth-Polonium-Astatine-Radon-Francium-Radium-Actinium-Thorium-Protactinium-Uranium-Neptunium-Plutonium-Americium-Curium-Berkelium-Californium-Einsteinium-Fermium-Mendelevium-Nobelium-Lawrencium-Rutherfordium-Dubnium-Seaborgium -Bohrium-Hassium-Meitnerium-Darmstadtium-Roentgenium-Copernicium -Nihonium-Flerovium-Moscovium-Livermorium-Tennessine-Oganesson.

Use these 118 fun and colorful cards to explore different types of chemical elements in 5 languages - use them as flashcards, a bulletin board or wall display, a memory matching game, or the foundation for more difficult practice of your choice like recognizing elements and many more.

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Use this domino puzzle to help students review and learn common terms related to Mixtures and Solutions in your Science class!

The terms in this puzzle are:

Colloid

Solubility

Distillation

Solution

Mixture

It's 1901, and Anthony Lucas needs investors for finding oil at the Spindletop Oilfield--will your students invest after they learn about the first gusher in Texas? In comic book format for fun learning and comes with comic templates for students to fill in their own dialogues and facts. Includes: Joseph Sayers, 1901 Governor of Texas Comparison before and after the oil boom Blank Check Format Stock Certificate to Fill In Newspaper Template Drilling Bit Striking Oil Gusher Wildcat Boll Weevil Roughneck Population Explosion Chart Drilling Rig and Labeled Parts US and World Map with Oil Contributions Advertisement Boomtown Changes to Beaumont Infrastructure Timeline of the Spindletop Gusher Great way to combine history/social studies and science with writing skills and concepts! Fun historical comic book to make and fill in after reviewing basic facts and timelines. Can be used for introductions to 1901, drilling, geology, time period, basic Texas history facts, assessment, and more...

This Oobleck experiment worksheet is designed to make science engaging and accessible for your students!

Inside, you'll find a clear introduction to Oobleck, a concise list of materials needed, and step-by-step instructions to guide students through the experiment. The observation chart encourages students to record their findings, while thought-provoking science questions promote critical thinking.

Additionally, the worksheet includes extension activities for further exploration and a creative drawing section for students to illustrate their experiences.

Introduce your Grade 3 students to the fascinating world of strong and stable structures with this engaging resource. This product features 20 science reading passages that explain key concepts about how buildings, bridges, and towers are designed to be both strong and stable. Students will explore real-world examples and apply their knowledge through comprehension questions.

• 20 Science Passages: Short, easy-to-understand reading passages on topics like stability, strength, tension, compression, and famous structures such as the Eiffel Tower and suspension bridges.
• 60 Comprehension Questions: For each passage, students will answer 2 multiple-choice questions and 1 fill-in-the-blank question, reinforcing their understanding of the science behind strong and stable structures.
• Interactive Learning: Students will explore how different forces and shapes contribute to the stability of structures while learning about materials used in construction.
• Aligned with Science Curriculum: This resource helps students develop a strong foundation in understanding how structures are built and why they are designed the way they are.
• Real-World Examples: From the power of triangles in construction to how suspension bridges withstand tension, these passages make science relevant and engaging.
• Critical Thinking and Application: Students will think critically about the design of everyday structures and understand the scientific principles that make them strong and stable.

Perfect For:

• In-Class Lessons: Use these passages as part of a unit on structures to reinforce science concepts.
• Homework Assignments: Assign passages and questions as practice or review at home.
• STEM Learning: Incorporate these worksheets into STEM lessons for an interdisciplinary approach to science and engineering.
• Test Prep and Review: Help students review essential concepts before science tests or assessments.

Engage your students with this interactive and educational resource that makes learning about structures fun and easy!

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Teaching speed and velocity can be dull..... but it doesn't have to be! Spark student curiosity and engage student minds with this STEM "Superworm Speed and Velocity Lab". This product includes everything you need for a fun hands-on lab- simply add beetle larvae!

What's Included in this fun hands-on lab assignment?

★ Clear and easy to follow editable student directions- digital and printable.

★ Student lab images and suggestions.

★ Quick Prep Info and Instructor Directions.

Topics Covered:

★ Science Process Skills

★ Independent Variable Manipulation

★ Speed and Velocity Calculations

★ Biology of Superworms

Nitty Gritty:

*Do your students need an entertaining way to learn about the Earth and its layers? With this editable and printable lab (pdf and Google), students learn and reinforce important NGSS Physical Science concepts.

The Kicker:

This activity forces students to think critically about how variables can affect the movement of invertebrates. Your students will practice physics calculations in a creative and interesting way.

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Enhance student comprehension of Newton's Laws of Motion with this large, specialized graphic organizer. Designed to support and communicate learning effectively, this graphic organizer offers an innovative layout that provides plenty of room for both writing and drawing. It's the perfect tool for a range of educational activities and objectives related to mastering Newton's Laws.

This unique oversized graphic organizer features:

• Ample room for writing and drawing
• Example graphics about Newton's Laws of Motion

Once completed, these graphic organizers make a striking display, adding a unique touch to your classroom or hallways. The versatile design is perfect for a range of learning activities.

This oversized graphic organizer is perfect for:

• Note taking
• End of Unit Review
• Projects
• Research

Includes:

• 2 letter size pages that combine to make one larger image
• Size when complete: Approx. 11x14

This oversized graphic organizer is an excellent resource for reinforcing Newton's Laws of Motion and engaging students in their learning process.

This Phases of Matter Interactive Book has students work through figuring out what a solid, liquid, and gas is and what is needed for a phase change! Students are prompted to use past knowledge to learn form their own definitions of solid, liquid, and gasses! Then, they can use the short reading to learn about the properties of each phase! At the end, students can create the template to make their very own comic about the phases of matter!

Fun Cutting And Pasting | Scissor Skills Activity Pages For Kids And Toddler, Preschool, Kindergarten, Girls, Boys Kids. This paint dauber coloring Pages is perfect for younger to practice by cutting and Gluening skills and have fun at the same time. Makes a fun and educational gift for Physics lovers !

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• 30 Cut And Paste Worksheets

• pages ( PDF + PNG)

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

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Are you a Science teacher introducing your Upper Elementary students to Thermal Energy? Notes and examples are included. You can also easily convert this to a Google Slides lesson by dragging it into your Google Drive.

What is included?

✦ 20 total slides for notes and examples.

Throughout the Lesson, students will be introduced to the following:
✦ Energy definition

✦ Kinetic Energy

✦ Potential Energy

✦ What is Thermal Energy

✦ Temperature and Thermal Energy

✦ Thermometer

✦ Transfer of Heat

✦ Specific Heat Capacity

This resource is great for

• In-Classroom Teaching (Displaying for the Whole Class)
• Online Learning
• Homeschooling
• Sharing on Google Classroom or Other Platforms as a Tool for Revision

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Are you looking for high-quality, engaging science worksheets that are developmentally appropriate for your kindergarten or first-grade students? This kindergarten and first-grade set of science worksheets is loaded with over 100 Science Topics that you can use throughout the year and it is aligned with many of the Next Generation Science Standards. This is exactly what you need. Your students will love showing off their knowledge as they explore and learn about a variety of topics. You choose the order of science topics that makes the most sense for your class.

Key Features:

✔Over 100 science topics

✔Alligned with Next Generation Science Standards

✔Foster Scientific Foundational Skills and build scientific vocabulary

✔ Reinforce and assess the science topics presented in class

✔ Conduct Science Experiments using the Scientific Method

✔ Decorate your class with informative Anchor Chart Science Posters

✔ can be in Print form to use in a notebook or use it on any Digital Device

✔ Engages students' curiosity as they explore the world around them.

Please check out the preview to get a better look at more sample pages.

This Set of Science Worksheets includes the following:

-Scientist's Tools

-Types of Scientists

-Scientific Method

-Five Senses

-Color Wheel to recognize primary and secondary colors

-Mixing Colors to make new colors

WEATHER

-The Four Seasons

-Types of Weather

-Weather Calendar

-Weather Graph

-Weather Forecasting Tools

-Rainbows

-Rainbow Experiment

-Types of Clouds

-Cloud Experiment

-Water Cycle

-What Melts in the Sun? (Experiment)

-temperature

LIFE CYCLES

-Life Cycle of an Apple Tree

-Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

-Life Cycle of a Butterfly

-Life Cycle of a Frog

-Life Cycle of a Bee

-Life Cycle of an Ant

-Life Cycle of a Sunflower

UP IN THE SKY

-Day and Night Sky

-Phases of the Moon

-Phases of the Moon Calendar

-Constellations

-Planets in our Solar System

-Rotation of the earth as it travels around the sun

-Fun Sun Fact Sheet

-Engaging Cootie Catchers for Phases of the Moon and Planets in our Solar System

EARTH SCIENCE

-Earth's Layers

-Examining Rocks

-Types of Rocks

-Types of Soil

-Examining Seashells

-Needs and Wants

-Bodies of Water

-Where Does it Come From?

-Who Made It?

-Materials Hunt

-Land Formations

AMAZING ANIMALS

-What Animals Need to Survive

-Adult Animals and Baby Animals Match

-Sort Animals by Where They Live

-Diurnal and Nocturnal Animal Sort

-Carnivores, Omnivores, Herbivores

-Animals that Hibernate

-Animals that Migrate

-Bird Watching

-Animal Movement

-Life Cycles

-Animal Speed (fast or slow animals)

-Animal Features

-Oviparous vs. Viviparous

-Dinosaurs

-Several Animal Diagrams to include(beavers, tigers, elephants, giraffes & 6 More)

-Food Chain

-Label woodland animals

-Label grassland animals

-Label Arctic animals

-Label rainforest animals.

-Label sea creatures

-Label insects

-Label birds

-Diagram of a butterfly

LIVING THINGS

-Label A Flower

-Plants Need...

-Living and Nonliving

-What Makes an Insect?

-Leaf exploration

-Types of leaves and trees

HUMAN BODY

-Label a Human Skeleton

-Label a Human Heart

-Human Body Systems

-Human Body Organs

-Finger Prints

-Finger Print Experiment

STAYING HEALTHY

-Food Pyramid, sorting four major food groups

-A Healthy Meal

-healthy vs. unhealthy foods

-Germs Experiment

-Washing Hands

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

-Illuminates Light vs. Does not Illuminate Light

-Define Transparent, Translucent, Opaque

-Can Light Pass-Through?

-Light Sources Sort (man-made, natural)

-Sound Sort

-Things That Are Used to Vibrate

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

-Sources of Energy (heat, light, sound)

-The States of Matter

-Push and Pull

-Laws of Motion by Isaac Newton

-Simple Machines

-Magnetic/ Not Magnetic

-Sink or Float

-Which is Heavier?

-Balance the Scale

-Who made this?

-Materials Hunt

♻️TAKING CARE OF PLANET EARTH

-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

-Things to Recycle-(plastic, paper, glass, metal)

EXPERIMENTS

(easy and fun with things that you can find and are readily available in a classroom or at home)

**-**phases of the moon

-erosion

-ramp exploration

-ice cube investigation

-Ballon experiment

-Static electricity

-Shadows experiment

-Air pressure

-String Telephone

and more

-Answer Key/ Posters, Fact Sheets, KWL Chart

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Are you uncomfortable teaching science concepts? Did you struggle to understand science as a student? Do you lack resources in your school to help you understand the concepts your students are supposed to know? My science units are comprehensive and include everything from content to games, research to projects, experiments to assessments. I guide your lessons, all you have to do is facilitate. Even if you are not comfortable with the content, my units will make you confident and efficient.

My products are MADE with your big kids and teens in mind. You won't find childish cartoons, hard-to-read and overdone fonts and you won't find crossword puzzles and wasted space. I take the time to ensure that my products are appealing to an older group of students, but still attractive, engaging and at their level. They are created for students in grades 4 to 8 in Immersion or French as a first language.

This massive 116-page document will give you absolutely everything you could possibly need to teach forces and structures to your 5th graders.

It includes:

71 pages of instructional slides, including discussion questions, games, checks and in-depth explanations at their level.

I cover:

• force and its three elements (magnitude, direction, location),
• force in our daily lives,
• internal and external forces,
• machines,
• mechanisms,
• active and inactive loads,
• static and dynamic loads,
• gravity and the center of gravity,
• the functions of structures,
• structural forms (solid structures, frame structures, shell structure),
• the advantages and disadvantages of structural forms,
• bridge structures (truss bridge, beam bridge, suspension bridge, arch bridge, cantilever bridge or cantilever bridge).

34 pages of activities, reading comprehensions, graphic organizers, science experiments with step-by-step instructions, final projects and rubrics.

Here are the titles:

• KWL Chart,

• Explore structures (+ answer key)

• What is a structure? (+correction key)

• Internal and external forces (+ answer key)

• Static and dynamic loads (+ correction key)

• Static or dynamic? (+correction key)

• Forces (2-page written comprehension + 1-page comprehension questions + answer key)

• The forces of natural phenomena (one-page reading comprehension + one-page comprehension questions + answer key)

• Simple machines (5-page written comprehension + 2-page comprehension questions + answer key)

• Mechanical systems (one-page reading comprehension + one-page comprehension questions + answer key)

• Mechanical advantage (one-page reading comprehension + one-page comprehension questions + answer key)

• Forces (+ answer key)

• Investigation: 2nd class levers (1 page)

• Investigation: Pulleys (2 pages)

• Investigation: Internal Forces (2 pages)

• Project: Building a bridge (1 page)

• Project proposal: The construction of a bridge (1 page)

• Rubric: Bridge project (1 page)

• Project: Mechanical Systems (1 page)

• Project proposal: Mechanical systems (1 page)

• Mini-quest: What is a tornado? (1 page + answer key)

• Internet treasure hunt - constructive and destructive forces (1 page + answer key)

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Organize your students' science interactive notebooks this school year with these fifth-grade science interactive notebook dividers! Customized with Mississippi's new science standards (approved for 2018), these interactive notebook dividers will help your students get, and STAY, organized! Simply print (3 versions included: color, grayscale, and black and white), fold along the dotted line, and paste! No cutting necessary!

For science interactive notebook dividers for the 2010 Mississippi science standards, take a look at this resource: Mississippi Science 5th Grade Interactive Notebook Dividers (2010 Frameworks)

These science interactive notebook dividers are organized by strands:

Life Science: Ecology and Interdependence

L.5.3A.1 Research and communicate the basic process of photosynthesis that is used by plants to convert light energy into chemical energy that can be stored and released to fuel an organism’s activities.

L.5.3A.2 Analyze environments that do not receive direct sunlight and devise explanations as to how photosynthesis occurs, either naturally or artificially.

L.5.3B.1 Obtain and evaluate scientific information regarding the characteristics of different ecosystems and the organisms they support (e.g., salt and fresh water, deserts, grasslands, forests, rain forests, or polar tundra lands).

L.5.3B.2 Develop and use a food chain model to classify organisms as producers, consumers, or decomposers. Trace the energy flow to explain how each group of organisms obtains energy.

L.5.3B.3 Design and interpret models of food webs to justify what effects the removal or the addition of a species (i.e., introduced or invasive) would have on a specific population and/or the ecosystem as a whole.

L.5.3B.4 Communicate scientific or technical information that explains human positions in food webs and our potential impacts on these systems.

Physical Science: Organization of Matter and Chemical Interactions

P.5.5A.1 Obtain and evaluate scientific information to describe basic physical properties of atoms and molecules.

P.5.5A.2 Collect, analyze, and interpret data from measurements of the physical properties of solids, liquids, and gases (e.g., volume, shape, movement, and spacing of particles).

P.5.5A.3 Analyze matter through observations and measurements to classify materials (e.g., powders, metals, minerals, or liquids) based on their properties (e.g., color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, solubility, or density).

P.5.5A.4 Make and test predictions about how the density of an object affects whether the object sinks or floats when placed in a liquid.

P.5.5A.5 Design a vessel that can safely transport a dense substance (e.g., syrup, coins, marbles) through water at various distances and under variable conditions. Use an engineering design process to define the problem, design, construct, evaluate, and improve the vessel.*

P.5.5B.1 Obtain and evaluate scientific information to describe what happens to the properties of substances in mixtures and solutions.

P.5.5B.2 Analyze and interpret data to communicate that the concentration of a solution is determined by the relative amount of solute versus solvent in various mixtures.

P.5.5B.3 Investigate how different variables (e.g., temperature change, stirring, particle size, or surface area) affect the rate at which a solute will dissolve.

P.5.5B.4 Design an effective system (e.g., sifting, filtration, evaporation, magnetic attraction, or flotation) for separating various mixtures. Use an engineering design process to define the problem, design, construct, evaluate, and improve the system.*

P.5.5C.1 Analyze and communicate the results of chemical changes that result in the formation of new materials (e.g., decaying, burning, rusting, or cooking).

P.5.5C.2 Analyze and communicate the results of physical changes to a substance that results in a reversible change (e.g., changes in states of matter with the addition or removal of energy, changes in size or shape, or combining/separating mixtures or solutions).

P.5.5C.3 Analyze and interpret data to support claims that when two substances are mixed, the total weight of matter is conserved.

Physical Science: Motions, Forces, and Energy

P.5.6.1 Obtain and communicate information describing gravity's effect on an object.

P.5.6.2 Predict the future motion of various objects based on past observation and measurement of position, direction, and speed.

P.5.6.3 Develop and use models to explain how the amount or type of force, both contact and non-contact, affects the motion of an object.

P.5.6.4 Plan and conduct scientific investigations to test the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the speed and/or direction of objects in motion.

P.5.6.5 Predict how a change of force, mass, and/or friction affects the motion of an object to convert potential energy into kinetic energy.

P.5.6.6 Design a system to increase the effects of friction on the motion of an object (e.g., non-slip surfaces or vehicle braking systems or flaps on aircraft wings). Use an engineering design process to define the problem, design, construct, evaluate, and improve the system.*

Earth and Space Science: Earth and the Universe

E.5.8A.1 Develop and use scaled models of Earth’s solar system to demonstrate the size, composition (i.e., rock or gas), location, and order of the planets as they orbit the Sun.

E.5.8A.2 Use evidence to argue why the sun appears brighter than other stars.

E.5.8A.3 Describe how constellations appear to move from Earth’s perspective throughout the seasons (e.g., Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Orion).

E.5.8A.4 Construct scientific arguments to support claims about the importance of astronomy in navigation and exploration, including the use of telescopes, compasses, and star charts.

E.5.8B.1 Analyze and interpret data from observations and research (e.g., from NASA, NOAA, or the USGS) to explain patterns in the location, movement, and appearance of the moon throughout a month and over the course of a year.

E.5.8B.2 Develop and use a model of the Earth-Sun-Moon system to analyze the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, solar and lunar eclipses, and seasons.

E.5.8B.3 Develop and use models to explain the factors (e.g., tilt, revolution, and angle of sunlight) that result in Earth’s seasonal changes.

E.5.8B.4 Obtain information and analyze how our understanding of the solar system has evolved over time (e.g., Earth-centered model of Aristotle and Ptolemy compared to the Sun-centered model of Copernicus and Galileo).

Earth and Space Science: Earth's Resources

E.5.10.1 Collect and organize scientific ideas that individuals and communities can use to conserve Earth’s natural resources and systems (e.g., implementing watershed management practices to conserve water resources, utilizing no-till farming to improve soil fertility, reducing emissions to abate air pollution, or recycling to reduce landfill waste).

E.5.10.2 Design a process for better preparing communities to withstand man-made or natural disasters (e.g., removing oil from water or soil, systems that reduce the impact of floods, structures that resist hurricane forces). Use an engineering design process to define the problem, design, construct, evaluate, and improve the disaster plan.*

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