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K12-SCIENCE-CLASS-5

This course follows Generation

State Standards for 5th grade science. The students will

receive a broad overview of many different types of

science in order to better understand the world around

them.

They will begin by reviewing the scientific method

and the steps to designing a good experiment. The

students will learn about galaxies and will review

information about our solar system and the planets within

it.

They will learn about the water cycle and the causes

of the weather we see around us. The students will learn

that environmental changes can cause evolution in both

plants and animals. They will review the major systems

in the human body and then will learn about similarities

between those system and the parts of a plant. The

students will learn about how the atomic theory has

developed over time and will review the states of matter

and the changes that matter can undergo. The law of

conservation of energy will be learned, along with the

types of energy transformations that commonly occur.

The students will review electricity and will learn about

its properties and uses in our lives. Finally, the students

will review forces and Newton’s laws of motion.