Grade 5 Science GSE Standards

Life Science

Physical Science

Earth and Space Science

Digital Awareness

Reflective Researcher

Global Collaborator

Creative Communicator

Computational Thinker

Innovative Designer and Creator

Digital Citizen

Knowledge Constructor

Empowered Learner

Select and use the most appropriate platform, tool, style, format and digital media to clearly and creatively express thoughts, messages, goals, or positions.

Create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

Communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects.

Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.

Develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that use the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.

Compare and refine multiple algorithms for the same task and determine which is the most appropriate.

Decompose (break down) problems into smaller, manageable subproblems to facilitate the program development process.

Test and debug (identify and fix errors) a program or algorithm to ensure it runs as intended.

Create programs that include sequences, events, loops, conditionals, and variables.

Understand the relationship between technology, lifelong learning, and the appropriate use of information.

Discuss computing technologies that have changed the world, and express how those technologies influence, and are influenced by, cultural practices.

Identify and propose ways to improve usability of technology for diverse users.

Identify the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world, and then act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

Discuss real-world cybersecurity problems (e.g. viruses, phishing attacks, click bait, etc) and how personal information can be protected.

Understand, demonstrate, and encourage respect for intellectual property of print and digital media.

Create and manage digital identity through positive, safe, and ethical online interactions.

Identify the features of current technologies and use that knowledge to understand emerging technologies.

Describe how internal and external parts of computing devices function to form a system.

Model how computer hardware and software work together as a system to accomplish tasks.

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

Develop and apply keyboarding skills, utilizing current technology.

Compare and contrast prior knowledge on current technologies with that of new or emerging technologies.

Develop, reflect on, and revise personal learning goals in collaboration with their peers.

Use digital tools to expand personal viewpoints and enrich learning by collaborating effectively both locally and globally.

Explore local and global issues using digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures

Plan the development of a program by including others' viewpoints and considering user preferences.

Take on varying roles, with teacher guidance, when collaborating with peers during the design, implementation, and review stages of program development.

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

Seek diverse perspectives for the purpose of improving computational artifacts.

Use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful, or imaginative solutions.

Explore and practice a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts, or solving authentic problems.

Select, evaluate, and use appropriate digital tools to plan and manage a design process.

Modify, remix, or incorporate portions of an existing program into one's own work, to develop something new or add more advanced features.

Curate (analyze and evaluate) a variety of resources and digital tools to construct knowledge and produce creative artifacts.

Curate (analyze and evaluate) information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues.

Explain why a real-world issue exists or was created and develop a possible solution.

Organize and present collected data visually to highlight relationships and support a claim.

Gather, evaluate, and organize quality information from multiple sources.

Use information from multiple sources to identify real-world issues and create solutions.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to identify surface features on the Earth caused by constructive and/or destructive processes.

Construct an argument supported by scientific evidence to identify surface features (examples could include deltas, sand dunes, mountains, volcanoes) as being caused by constructive and/or destructive processes (examples could include deposition, weathering, erosion, and impact of organisms).

Develop simple interactive models to collect data that illustrate how changes in surface features are/were caused by constructive and/or destructive processes.

Ask questions to obtain information on how technology is used to limit and/or predict the impact of constructive and destructive processes.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to group organisms using scientific classification procedures.

Develop a model that illustrates how animals are sorted into groups (vertebrate and invertebrate) and how vertebrates are sorted into groups (fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammal) using data from multiple sources.

Develop a model that illustrates how plants are sorted into groups (seed producers, non-seed producers) using data from multiple sources.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information showing that some characteristics of organisms are inherited and other characteristics are acquired.

Ask questions to compare and contrast instincts and learned behaviors.

Ask questions to compare and contrast inherited and acquired physical traits.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare and contrast the parts of plant and animal cells.

Gather evidence by utilizing technology tools to support a claim that plants and animals are comprised of cells too small to be seen without magnification.

Develop a model to identify and label parts of a plant cell (membrane, wall, cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplasts) and of an animal cell (membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus).

Construct an explanation that differentiates between the structure of plant and animal cells.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how microorganisms benefit or harm larger organisms.

Construct an argument using scientific evidence to support a claim that some microorganisms are beneficial.

Construct an argument using scientific evidence to support a claim that some microorganisms are harmful.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the differences between a physical change and a chemical change.

Plan and carry out investigations of physical changes by manipulating, separating and mixing dry and liquid materials.

Construct an argument based on observations to support a claim that the physical changes in the state of water are due to temperature changes, which cause small particles that cannot be seen to move differently.

Plan and carry out an investigation to determine if a chemical change occurred based on observable evidence (color, gas, temperature change, odor, new substance produced).

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to investigate electricity.

Obtain and combine information from multiple sources to explain the difference between naturally occurring electricity (static) and human-harnessed electricity.

Design a complete, simple electric circuit, and explain all necessary components.

Plan and carry out investigations on common materials to determine if they are insulators or conductors of electricity.

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about magnetism and its relationship to electricity.

Construct an argument based on experimental evidence to communicate the differences in function and purpose of an electromagnet and a magnet.

Plan and carry out an investigation to observe the interaction between a magnetic field and a magnetic object.