Gizmos for Nebraska - Science: Grades 3-5 (Academic Standards adopted 2010)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this state's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

SC5.1.1: : Students will plan and conductninvestigations that lead to the development of explanations.

SC5.1.1.b: : Plan and conduct investigationsnand identify factors that have the potential to impact an investigation

SC5.1.1.c: : Select and use equipmentncorrectly and accurately

SC5.1.1.g: : Share information, procedures,nand results with peers and/or adults

SC5.1.1.i: : Use appropriate mathematicsnin all aspects of scientific inquiry

SC5.1.1.b: : Plan and conduct investigationsnand identify factors that have the potential to impact an investigation

SC5.1.1.c: : Select and use equipmentncorrectly and accurately

SC5.1.1.g: : Share information, procedures,nand results with peers and/or adults

SC5.1.1.i: : Use appropriate mathematicsnin all aspects of scientific inquiry

SC5.1.3: : Students will solve a simplendesign problem.

SC5.1.3.b: : Propose a solution tona simple problem

SC5.1.3.c: : Implement the proposednsolution

SC5.1.3.d: : Evaluate the implementation

SC5.1.3.e: : Communicate the problem,ndesign, and solution

SC5.1.3.b: : Propose a solution tona simple problem

SC5.1.3.c: : Implement the proposednsolution

SC5.1.3.d: : Evaluate the implementation

SC5.1.3.e: : Communicate the problem,ndesign, and solution

SC5.2.1: : Students will explore andndescribe the physical properties of matter and its changes.

SC5.2.1.b: : Identify physical propertiesnof matter (color, odor, elasticity, weight, volume)

SC5.2.1.d: : Identify state changesncaused by heating and cooling solids, liquids, and gases

SC5.2.1.b: : Identify physical propertiesnof matter (color, odor, elasticity, weight, volume)

SC5.2.1.d: : Identify state changesncaused by heating and cooling solids, liquids, and gases

SC5.2.2: : Students will identify theninfluence of forces on motion.

SC5.2.2.a: : Describe motion by tracingnand measuring an object’s position over a period of time (speed)

SC5.2.2.b: : Describe changes innmotion due to outside forces (push, pull, gravity)

SC5.2.2.c: : Describe magnetic behaviornin terms of attraction and repulsion

SC5.2.2.a: : Describe motion by tracingnand measuring an object’s position over a period of time (speed)

SC5.2.2.b: : Describe changes innmotion due to outside forces (push, pull, gravity)

SC5.2.2.c: : Describe magnetic behaviornin terms of attraction and repulsion

SC5.2.3: : Students will observe andnidentify signs of energy transfer.

SC5.2.3.b: : Recognize that lightntravels in a straight line and can be reflected by an object (mirror)

SC5.2.3.c: : Recognize that lightncan travel through certain materials and not others (transparent, translucent, opaque)

SC5.2.3.d: : Identify ways to generatenheat (friction, burning, incandescent light bulb)

SC5.2.3.e: : Identify materials thatnact as thermal conductors or insulators

SC5.2.3.f: : Recognize that the transfernof electricity in an electrical circuit requires a closed loop

SC5.2.3.b: : Recognize that lightntravels in a straight line and can be reflected by an object (mirror)

SC5.2.3.c: : Recognize that lightncan travel through certain materials and not others (transparent, translucent, opaque)

SC5.2.3.d: : Identify ways to generatenheat (friction, burning, incandescent light bulb)

SC5.2.3.e: : Identify materials thatnact as thermal conductors or insulators

SC5.2.3.f: : Recognize that the transfernof electricity in an electrical circuit requires a closed loop

SC5.3.2: : Students will identify variationsnof inherited characteristics and life cycles.

SC5.3.2.a: : Identify inherited characteristicsnof plants and animals

SC5.3.3: : Students will describe relationshipsnwithin an ecosystem.

SC5.3.3.a: : Diagram and explainna simple food chain beginning with the Sun

SC5.3.3.b: : Identify the role ofnproducers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem

SC5.3.3.c: : Recognize the livingnand nonliving factors that impact the survival of organisms in an ecosystem

SC5.3.3.d: : Recognize all organismsncause changes, some beneficial and some detrimental, in the environment where theynlive

SC5.3.3.a: : Diagram and explainna simple food chain beginning with the Sun

SC5.3.3.b: : Identify the role ofnproducers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem

SC5.3.3.c: : Recognize the livingnand nonliving factors that impact the survival of organisms in an ecosystem

SC5.3.3.d: : Recognize all organismsncause changes, some beneficial and some detrimental, in the environment where theynlive

SC5.4.1: : Students will observe andndescribe characteristics, patterns, and changes in the sky.

SC5.4.1.a: : Recognize that the observednshape of the Moon changes from day to day during a one month period

SC5.4.1.b: : Recognize the motionnof objects in the sky (the Sun, the Moon, stars) change over time in recognizablenpatterns

SC5.4.1.a: : Recognize that the observednshape of the Moon changes from day to day during a one month period

SC5.4.1.b: : Recognize the motionnof objects in the sky (the Sun, the Moon, stars) change over time in recognizablenpatterns

SC5.4.2: : Students will observe andndescribe Earth’s materials, structure, and processes.

SC5.4.2.a: : Describe the characteristicsnof rocks, minerals, soil, water, and the atmosphere

SC5.4.2.b: : Identify weathering,nerosion, and deposition as processes that build up or break down Earth’s surface

SC5.4.2.a: : Describe the characteristicsnof rocks, minerals, soil, water, and the atmosphere

SC5.4.2.b: : Identify weathering,nerosion, and deposition as processes that build up or break down Earth’s surface

SC5.4.3: : Students will observe andndescribe the effects of energy changes on Earth.

SC5.4.3.b: : Observe, measure, andnrecord changes in weather (temperature, wind direction and speed, precipitation)

SC5.4.3.c: : Recognize the differencenbetween weather, climate, and seasons

SC5.4.3.b: : Observe, measure, andnrecord changes in weather (temperature, wind direction and speed, precipitation)

SC5.4.3.c: : Recognize the differencenbetween weather, climate, and seasons

SC5.4.4: : Students will describe changesnin Earth.

SC5.4.4.a: : Describe how slow processesn(erosion, weathering, deposition) and rapid processes (landslides, volcanic eruptions,nearthquakes) change Earth’s surface

Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020

Nebraska - Science: Grades 3-5

Academic Standards | Adopted: 2010

SC5.1.1: : Students will plan and conductninvestigations that lead to the development of explanations.

SC5.1.1.b: : Plan and conduct investigationsnand identify factors that have the potential to impact an investigation

SC5.1.1.c: : Select and use equipmentncorrectly and accurately

SC5.1.1.g: : Share information, procedures,nand results with peers and/or adults

SC5.1.1.i: : Use appropriate mathematicsnin all aspects of scientific inquiry

SC5.1.3: : Students will solve a simplendesign problem.

SC5.1.3.b: : Propose a solution tona simple problem

SC5.1.3.c: : Implement the proposednsolution

SC5.1.3.d: : Evaluate the implementation

SC5.1.3.e: : Communicate the problem,ndesign, and solution

SC5.2.1: : Students will explore andndescribe the physical properties of matter and its changes.

SC5.2.1.b: : Identify physical propertiesnof matter (color, odor, elasticity, weight, volume)

SC5.2.1.d: : Identify state changesncaused by heating and cooling solids, liquids, and gases

SC5.2.2: : Students will identify theninfluence of forces on motion.

SC5.2.2.a: : Describe motion by tracingnand measuring an object’s position over a period of time (speed)

SC5.2.2.b: : Describe changes innmotion due to outside forces (push, pull, gravity)

SC5.2.2.c: : Describe magnetic behaviornin terms of attraction and repulsion

SC5.2.3: : Students will observe andnidentify signs of energy transfer.

SC5.2.3.b: : Recognize that lightntravels in a straight line and can be reflected by an object (mirror)

SC5.2.3.c: : Recognize that lightncan travel through certain materials and not others (transparent, translucent, opaque)

SC5.2.3.d: : Identify ways to generatenheat (friction, burning, incandescent light bulb)

SC5.2.3.e: : Identify materials thatnact as thermal conductors or insulators

SC5.2.3.f: : Recognize that the transfernof electricity in an electrical circuit requires a closed loop

SC5.3.2: : Students will identify variationsnof inherited characteristics and life cycles.

SC5.3.2.a: : Identify inherited characteristicsnof plants and animals

SC5.3.3: : Students will describe relationshipsnwithin an ecosystem.

SC5.3.3.a: : Diagram and explainna simple food chain beginning with the Sun

SC5.3.3.b: : Identify the role ofnproducers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem

SC5.3.3.c: : Recognize the livingnand nonliving factors that impact the survival of organisms in an ecosystem

SC5.3.3.d: : Recognize all organismsncause changes, some beneficial and some detrimental, in the environment where theynlive

SC5.4.1: : Students will observe andndescribe characteristics, patterns, and changes in the sky.

SC5.4.1.a: : Recognize that the observednshape of the Moon changes from day to day during a one month period

SC5.4.1.b: : Recognize the motionnof objects in the sky (the Sun, the Moon, stars) change over time in recognizablenpatterns

SC5.4.2: : Students will observe andndescribe Earth’s materials, structure, and processes.

SC5.4.2.a: : Describe the characteristicsnof rocks, minerals, soil, water, and the atmosphere

SC5.4.2.b: : Identify weathering,nerosion, and deposition as processes that build up or break down Earth’s surface

SC5.4.3: : Students will observe andndescribe the effects of energy changes on Earth.

SC5.4.3.b: : Observe, measure, andnrecord changes in weather (temperature, wind direction and speed, precipitation)

SC5.4.3.c: : Recognize the differencenbetween weather, climate, and seasons

SC5.4.4: : Students will describe changesnin Earth.

SC5.4.4.a: : Describe how slow processesn(erosion, weathering, deposition) and rapid processes (landslides, volcanic eruptions,nearthquakes) change Earth’s surface