Gizmos for Texas - Science: 5th Grade (Essential Knowledge and Skills adopted 2021)

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

5.1: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models.

5.11: : Earth and space. The student understands how natural resources are important and can be managed. The student is expected to design and explain solutions such as conservation, recycling, or proper disposal to minimize environmental impact of the use of natural resources.

5.1.B: : The student is expected to: use scientific practices to plan and conduct descriptive and simple experimental investigations and use engineering practices to design solutions to problems;

5.1.D: : The student is expected to: use tools, including calculators, microscopes, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, prisms, concave and convex lenses, laser pointers, mirrors, digital scales, balances, spring scales, graduated cylinders, beakers, hot plates, meter sticks, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, timing devices, materials for building circuits, materials to support observations of habitats or organisms such as terrariums and aquariums, and materials to support digital data collection such as computers, tablets, and cameras to observe, measure, test, and analyze information;

5.1.E: : The student is expected to: collect observations and measurements as evidence;

5.1.F: : The student is expected to: construct appropriate graphic organizers used to collect data, including tables, bar graphs, line graphs, tree maps, concept maps, Venn diagrams, flow charts or sequence maps, and input-output tables that show cause and effect; and

5.1.G: : The student is expected to: develop and use models to represent phenomena, objects, and processes or design a prototype for a solution to a problem.

5.2: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student analyzes and interprets data to derive meaning, identify features and patterns, and discover relationships or correlations to develop evidence-based arguments or evaluate designs.

5.2.B: : The student is expected to: analyze data by identifying any significant features, patterns, or sources of error;

5.3: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student develops evidence-based explanations and communicates findings, conclusions, and proposed solutions.

5.3.A: : The student is expected to: develop explanations and propose solutions supported by data and models;

5.3.B: : The student is expected to: communicate explanations and solutions individually and collaboratively in a variety of settings and formats; and

5.5: : Recurring themes and concepts. The student understands that recurring themes and concepts provide a framework for making connections across disciplines.

5.5.E: : The student is expected to: investigate how energy flows and matter cycles through systems and how matter is conserved;

5.5.G: : The student is expected to: explain how factors or conditions impact stability and change in objects, organisms, and systems.

5.6: : Matter and energy. The student knows that matter has measurable physical properties that determine how matter is identified, classified, changed, and used.

5.6.A: : The student is expected to: compare and contrast matter based on measurable, testable, or observable physical properties, including mass, magnetism, relative density (sinking and floating using water as a reference point), physical state (solid, liquid, gas), volume, solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy and electric energy;

5.6.D: : The student is expected to: illustrate how matter is made up of particles that are too small to be seen such as air in a balloon.

5.8: : Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that energy is everywhere and can be observed in cycles, patterns, and systems.

5.8.A: : The student is expected to: investigate and describe the transformation of energy in systems such as energy in a flashlight battery that changes from chemical energy to electrical energy to light energy;

5.8.B: : The student is expected to: demonstrate that electrical energy in complete circuits can be transformed into motion, light, sound, or thermal energy and identify the requirements for a functioning electrical circuit; and

5.8.C: : The student is expected to: demonstrate and explain how light travels in a straight line and can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed.

5.9: : Earth and space. The student recognizes patterns among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system and their effects. The student is expected to demonstrate that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours and explain how that causes the day/night cycle and the appearance of the Sun moving across the sky, resulting in changes in shadow positions and shapes.

5.9: : Earth and space. The student recognizes patterns among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system and their effects. The student is expected to demonstrate that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours and explain how that causes the day/night cycle and the appearance of the Sun moving across the sky, resulting in changes in shadow positions and shapes.

5.10: : Earth and space. The student knows that there are recognizable patterns and processes on Earth.

5.10.A: : The student is expected to: explain how the Sun and the ocean interact in the water cycle and affect weather;

5.10.B: : The student is expected to: model and describe the processes that led to the formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels; and

5.10.C: : The student is expected to: model and identify how changes to Earth's surface by wind, water, or ice result in the formation of landforms, including deltas, canyons, and sand dunes.

5.11: : Earth and space. The student understands how natural resources are important and can be managed. The student is expected to design and explain solutions such as conservation, recycling, or proper disposal to minimize environmental impact of the use of natural resources.

5.12: : Organisms and environments. The student describes patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within environments.

5.12.B: : The student is expected to: predict how changes in the ecosystem affect the cycling of matter and flow of energy in a food web; and

5.12.C: : The student is expected to: describe a healthy ecosystem and how human activities can be beneficial or harmful to an ecosystem.

5.13: : Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures and behaviors that help them survive within their environments.

5.13.B: : The student is expected to: explain how instinctual behavioral traits such as turtle hatchlings returning to the sea and learned behavioral traits such as orcas hunting in packs increase chances of survival.

Correlation last revised: 6/29/2023

Texas - Science: 5th Grade

Essential Knowledge and Skills | Adopted: 2021

5.1: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models.

5.2: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student analyzes and interprets data to derive meaning, identify features and patterns, and discover relationships or correlations to develop evidence-based arguments or evaluate designs.

5.3: : Scientific and engineering practices. The student develops evidence-based explanations and communicates findings, conclusions, and proposed solutions.

5.5: : Recurring themes and concepts. The student understands that recurring themes and concepts provide a framework for making connections across disciplines.

5.6: : Matter and energy. The student knows that matter has measurable physical properties that determine how matter is identified, classified, changed, and used.

5.8: : Force, motion, and energy. The student knows that energy is everywhere and can be observed in cycles, patterns, and systems.

5.10: : Earth and space. The student knows that there are recognizable patterns and processes on Earth.

5.11: : Earth and space. The student understands how natural resources are important and can be managed. The student is expected to design and explain solutions such as conservation, recycling, or proper disposal to minimize environmental impact of the use of natural resources.

5.12: : Organisms and environments. The student describes patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within environments.

5.13: : Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures and behaviors that help them survive within their environments.