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[|Systems, Structures, and Processes: Force and Motion] (5.5AB)
Describe some cycles, structures, and processes that are found in a simple system AND describe some interactions that occur in a simple system
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[|Classifying Matter] (5.7A)
Classify matter based on its physical properties including magnetism, physical state, and the ability to conduct or insulate heat, electricity, and sound
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[|Mixtures and Solutions] (5.7BC)
Demonstrate that some mixtures maintain the physical properties of their ingredients AND identify changes that can occur in the physical properties of the ingredients of solutions such as dissolving sugar in water
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 * [|http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/106mixture.html]
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 * [|http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/106mixture.html]
 * [|http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/106mixture.html]

[|Boiling, Melting, and Freezing Points] (5.7D)
Observe and measure characteristics properties of substances that remain constant such as boiling points and melting points
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[|Forms of Energy] (5.8A)
Differentiate among forms of energy including light, heat, electrical, and solar energy
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[|Light] (5.8B)
Identify and demonstrate everyday examples of how light is reflected, such as from tinted windows, and refracted, such as in cameras, telescopes, and eyeglasses
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[|Electricity] (5.8C)
Demonstrate that electricity can flow in a circuit and can produce heat, light, sound, and magnetic effects
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 * Verify that vibrating an object can produce sound
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[|Systems, Structures, and Processes: Earth Systems] (5.5AB)
Describe some cycles, structures, and processes that are found in a simple system AND describe some interactions that occur in a simple system
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[|Lunar Cycle] (5.6A)
Identify events and describe changes that occur on a regular basis such as in lunar cycles **[|Water, Carbon, and Nitrogen Cycles]** (5.6B) Identify the significance of the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles
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 * [|http://www.watereducation.org/doc.asp?id=1022#WaterCycle]
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 * [|http://www.watereducation.org/doc.asp?id=1022#WaterCycle]
 * [|http://www.watereducation.org/doc.asp?id=1022#WaterCycle]

[|Changes to Land] (5.11A/5.12A)
Identify and observe actions that require time for changes to be measurable, including growth, erosion, dissolving, weathering, and flow AND interpret how land forms are the result of a combination of constructive and destructive forces such as deposition of sediment and weathering
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[|What Happened Before] (5.11B)
Draw conclusions about "what happened before" using data such as from tree-growth rings and sedimentary rock sequences
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[|Natural Resources] (5.11C)
Identify past events that led to the formation of the Earth's renewable, nonrenewable, or inexhaustible resources
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[|Resource Formation] (5.12B)
Describe process responsible for the formation of coal, oil, gas and minerals.
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[|Earth and Moon] (5.12C)
Identify the physical characteristics of the Earth and compare them to the physical characteristics of the moon
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[|Systems, Structures, and Processes: Interdependency] (5.5AB)
Describe some cycles, structures, and processes that are found in a simple system AND describe some interactions that occur in a simple system
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[|Life Cycles] (5.6C)
Describe and compare life cycles of plants and animals
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[|Adaptation] (5.9ABC)
Compare the adaptive characteristics of species that improve their ability to survive and reproduce in an ecosystem AND analyze and describe adaptive characteristics that result in an organism's unique niche in an ecosystem AND predict some adaptive characteristics required for survival and reproduction by an organism in an ecosystem
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[|Inherited Traits and Learned Characteristics] (5.10AB)
Identify traits that are inherited from parent to offspring in plants and animals AND give examples of learned characteristics that result from the influence of the environment
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 * [|http://www.amnh.org/ology/?channel=genetics&c#features/naturewalk?TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=600]
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 * [|http://www.amnh.org/ology/?channel=genetics&c#features/naturewalk?TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=600]
 * [|http://www.amnh.org/ology/?channel=genetics&c#features/naturewalk?TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=600]