We follow the North Carolina Essential Science Standards and will cover the following topics over the course of the year:
(science, scientist, inquiry, investigate, process, questioning, hypothesis, procedure, observation, results, conclusion, scientific method)
(gravity, friction, mass, matter, distance, time, graph, force, motion, momentum, acceleration, velocity, inertia, Newton's 3 Laws of Motion)
(water cycle, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, transpiration, qualitative, quantitative, matter)
(conduction, convection, radiation, electromagnetic waves, thermal energy, convection cell, transfer)
(wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, temperature, barometer, jet stream, water currents, air pressure, latitude, longitude, hemisphere, anemometer, rain gauge, wind vane, thermometer, cirrus, stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, nimbostratus)
(single cell organisms, multi-cellular organisms, Circulatory System, Respiratory System, Skeletal System, Muscular System, Digestive system, Nervous System)
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(terrestrial, aquatic, estuary, salt marsh, fertile, species, deciduous forest, rainforest, grasslands, oceans, lakes, ponds, continental shelf, shoreline, plankton, food chain, food web, energy pyramid, producers, consumers, decomposers, photosynthesis, interconnected, salinity, algae, amphibians, community, population, biotic, abiotic)
(terrestrial, aquatic, estuary, salt marsh, fertile, species, deciduous forest, rainforest, grasslands, oceans, lakes, ponds, continental shelf, shoreline, plankton, food chain, food web, energy pyramid, producers, consumers, decomposers, photosynthesis, interconnected, salinity, algae, amphibians, community, population, biotic, abiotic)
(inherited traits, species, population, culture, genetics, offspring, characteristics)
5th graders will take a Science E.O.G. so it is important that they are studying their vocabulary regularly.