Standards

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

This lesson is building toward:

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION (PE)

5-PS1-3

Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. [Clarification Statement: Examples of materials to be identified could include baking soda and other powders, metals, minerals, and liquids. Examples of properties could include color, hardness, reflectivity, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, response to magnetic forces, and solubility; density is not intended as an identifiable property.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include density or distinguishing mass and weight.]

NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES (SEP)

Asking Questions and Defining Problems (Target SEP)

Use questions that can be investigated and predict reasonable outcomes based on patterns such as cause and effect relationships.
Use prior knowledge to describe problems that can be solved.
Define a simple design problem that can be solved through the development of an object, tool, process, or system and includes criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Developing and Using Models (Supporting SEP)

Develop and/or use models to describe and/or predict phenomena.

DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS (DCI)

PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter

Matter of any type can be subdivided into particles that are too small to see, but even then, the matter still exists and can be detected by other means.

CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS (CCC)

Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

Natural objects and/or observable phenomena exist from the very small to the immensely large or from very short to very long time periods.

“Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts” are reproduced verbatim from A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/13165. National Research Council; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Board on Science Education; Committee on a Conceptual Framework for New K-12 Science Education Standards. National Academies Press, Washington, DC. This material may be reproduced for noncommercial purposes and used by other parties with this attribution. If the original material is altered in any way, the attribution must state that the material is adapted from the original. All other rights reserved.

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

CCSS ELA SPEAKING & LISTENING

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL5.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.
Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.
Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions.

MATHEMATICS PRACTICES

MP 2
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

California English Language Development (ELD) Standards

CA ELD

Part 1.5.1: Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative discussions on a range of social and academic topics.

EMERGING

EXPANDING

BRIDGING

Contribute to conversations and express ideas by asking and answering yes-no and wh- questions and responding using short phrases.

Contribute to class, group, and partner discussions, including sustained dialogue, by following turn-taking rules, asking relevant questions, affirming others, and adding relevant information.

Contribute to class, group, and partner discussions, including sustained dialogue, by following turn-taking rules, asking relevant questions, affirming others, adding relevant information, building on responses, and providing useful feedback.