1. Habits of the Mind S5CS1 Students will be aware of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works. S5CS2 Students will have the computation and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and following scientific explanations. S5CS3 Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating objects in scientific activities. S5CS4 Students will use ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters. S5CS5 Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly. S5CS6 Students will question scientific claims and arguments effectively. S5CS7 Students will be familiar with the character of scientific knowledge and how it is achieved. S5CS8 Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry.

2. Earth Science S5E1 Students will identify surface features of the Earth caused by constructive and destructive processes. Physical Science S5P1 Students will verify that an object is the sum of its parts. S5P2 Students will explain the difference between a physical change and a chemical change. S5P3 Students will investigate the electricity, magnetism, and their relationship. Life Science S5L1 Students will classify organisms into groups and relate how they determined the groups with how and why scientists use classification. S5L2 Students will recognize that offspring can resemble parents in inherited traits and learned behaviors. S5L3 Students will diagram and label parts of various cells (plant, animal, single-celled, multi-celled). S5L4 Students will relate how microorganisms benefit or harm larger organisms.

3. Process Skills Each topic studied in this course should be developed with careful thought toward helping every student achieve the following process standards. M5P1 Students will solve problems (using appropriate technology). M5P2 Students will reason and evaluate mathematical arguments. M5P3 Students will communicate mathematically. M5P4 Students will make connections among mathematical ideas and to other disciplines. M5P5 Students will represent mathematics in multiple ways.

4. Measurement Students will compute the area of geometric plane figures. They will also understand the concept of volume and compute the volume of simple geometric solids and measure capacity. Students will convert from one unit to another within one system of measurement. M5M1 Students will extend their understanding of area of fundamental geometric plane figures. M5M3 Students will measure capacity with appropriately chosen units and tools. M5M4 Students will understand and compute the volume of a simple geometric solid.

5. GEOMETRY Students will further develop their understanding of geometric figures. M5G1 Students will understand congruence of geometric figures and the correspondence of their vertices, sides, and angles. M5G2 Students will understand the relationship of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is pi (π ≈ 3.14). ALGEBRA Students will represent and investigate mathematical expressions algebraically by using variables. M5A1 Students will represent and interpret the relationships between quantities algebraically. DATA ANALYSIS Students will gather, organize, and display data and interpret graphs. M5D1 Students will analyze graphs. M5D2 Students will collect, organize, and display data using the most appropriate graph.

6. Process Skills Each topic studied in this course should be developed with careful thought toward helping every student achieve the following process standards. M5P1 Students will solve problems (using appropriate technology). M5P2 Students will reason and evaluate mathematical arguments. M5P3 Students will communicate mathematically. M5P4 Students will make connections among mathematical ideas and to other disciplines. M5P5 Students will represent mathematics in multiple ways.