Grade 5 Science Nevada standards Standards

Networks and the Internet

Impacts of Computing

Data and Analysis

Computing Systems

Algorithms and Programming

Demonstrate how to decompose a task of complexity into simple tasks and compose a simple task into tasks of complexity.

Modify, incorporate, and test portions of an existing program into their own work, to develop something new or add more advanced features.

Use the iterative process to develop a program to express an idea or address a problem while considering others’ perspectives and preferences.

Describe choices made during program development using code comments, presentations, and demonstrations.

Observe intellectual property rights and give appropriate attribution (credit) when creating or remixing programs.

Determine potential solutions to solve simple hardware and software problems using common troubleshooting strategies.

Recognize how text, images, and sounds are represented as binary numbers in computing devices.

Brainstorm ways to improve the accessibility and usability of technology products for the diverse needs and wants of users.

Seek diverse perspectives for the purpose of improving computational artifacts.

Explain the concept of network protocols.

Identify the advantages and disadvantages of various network types (e.g., wire, WiFi, cellular data).

Engineering Design

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Earth's Place in the Universe

Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.

Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.

Earth's Systems

Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.

Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

Earth and Human Activity

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment.

From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Matter and Its Interactions

Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.

Energy

Use models to describe that energy in animals' food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.