What does a student learn in StateKansas,GradeGrade 5,SubjectScience?

Students learn what matter is made of and how it changes. They explore why substances mix, react, or stay the same when heated, cooled, or combined with something else.

Students study why objects move, slow down, or stay still. They learn how forces like gravity and friction act on everyday objects and how those forces can be balanced or overcome.

Students trace how plants turn sunlight into food, and how that energy moves through animals and ecosystems. It's the science behind why plants need light and why eating food gives you energy to move.

Plants and animals are built from smaller parts that each do a specific job. Students learn how those structures help living things grow, get energy, and survive.

Students learn how living things in an ecosystem depend on each other and on their environment to survive. They trace how energy moves through food webs and explore what happens when part of an ecosystem changes.

Students study the sun, moon, and stars to understand how Earth moves through space and why we see patterns like seasons and moon phases.

Students study how Earth's oceans, land, atmosphere, and living things work together as connected systems. They look at how water moves through the environment and how energy from the sun shapes weather and climate.

Students explore how human activity affects Earth's land, water, and living things. They look at real problems like pollution or habitat loss and consider solutions people can use to protect natural resources.

Matter is made of tiny particles too small to see, even under a microscope. Students build diagrams or physical models to show how those invisible particles make up solids, liquids, and gases.

Students weigh substances before and after heating, cooling, or mixing them, then graph the results to show that the total weight stays the same no matter what changes happen.

Students sort and identify materials by measuring and observing properties like color, hardness, flexibility, or how something reacts with water. The observations are the evidence.

Students mix everyday materials together and observe whether something new forms. The goal is to figure out if a chemical change happened or if the original substances are still there.

Students gather evidence to support the idea that gravity always pulls objects straight down toward Earth, no matter where the object is or what it looks like.

Students trace the energy in food back to the sun. They use diagrams or models to show how that energy keeps animals moving, growing, and warm.

Plants don't grow mostly from soil. Students use evidence to argue that plants pull the materials they need to grow mainly from air and water.

Students draw or diagram how matter moves through a food web, showing how plants, animals, and decomposers pass materials back into the soil, water, and air.

Students use data about star brightness to argue that stars look dim not because they are small or faint, but because they are much farther away than the sun. Distance explains what we see in the night sky.

Students graph how shadows shift throughout a day and track which stars appear in different seasons. The patterns in those graphs show how Earth's movement around the Sun shapes what we see in the sky.

Students draw or diagram how parts of Earth (land, living things, water, and air) affect each other. For example, they might show how rain soaks into soil and feeds plant roots.

Students find out where Earth's water actually is: mostly salt water in the oceans, with only a small slice as fresh water in glaciers, rivers, and lakes. They read graphs and make their own to show how those amounts compare.

Students research how real communities use science to protect water, soil, and air. They pull facts from multiple sources and put the ideas together in their own explanation.