5th Grade Science

In Grade 5 Science, students understand that elements and their combinations account for all the varied types of matter in the world; plants and animals have structures for respiration, digestion, waste disposal, and transport of materials; water on Earth moves between the oceans and land through the processes of evaporation and condensation; energy from the Sun heats Earth unevenly, causing air movements that result in changing weather patterns; and the solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable paths. Students continue to practice scientific inquiry by developing testable questions, planning and conducting simple investigations, identifying variables, recording data, drawing conclusions from scientific evidence, and writing investigative reports.