STANDARD 5.7: Science

Standard 5: Science

Mission: .Scientific literacy encompasses the understanding of key concepts and principles of science; familiarity with the natural world for both its diversity and unity; and use of scientific knowledge and scientific ways of thinking for individual and social purposes (American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science for All Americans).

Standard 5.7 Physics

All students will gain an understanding of natural laws as they apply to motion, forces, and energy transformations.

Big Idea: The flow of energy drives processes of change in all biological, chemical, physical and geological systems. The conservation of energy is a law that can be used to analyze and build understandings of diverse physical and biological systems.
5.7 A. Motion and Forces
Essential Questions	Enduring Understandings
- How would the universe be different if one or more of the laws of motion were suspended?	-The same basic rules govern the motion of all bodies, from planets and stars to birds and billiard balls.
Areas of Focus/Cumulative Progress Indicators	Comments and Examples
By the end of Grade 6:
1. Recognize that an object at rest will remain at rest and an object moving in a straight line at a steady speed will continue to move in a straight line at a steady speed unless a net (unbalanced) force acts on it
2. Recognize that motion can be retarded by forces such as friction and air resistance.
3. Recognize that everything on or near the earth is pulled toward the earth's center by gravitational force.
5.7 B. Energy Transformations
Essential Questions	Enduring Understandings
- How do we know that things have energy?	- Energy takes many forms. - These forms can be grouped into types of energy that are associated with the motion of mass (kinetic energy), and types of energy associated with the position of mass and with energy fields (potential energy).
Areas of Focus/Cumulative Progress Indicators	Comments and Examples
By the end of Grade 6:
1. Recognize that heat flows through materials or across space from warmer objects to cooler ones.
2. Show that vibrations in materials can generate waves that can transfer energy from one place to another.
3. Design an electric circuit to investigate the behavior of a system.

Link to Standard 5.7 Grade 3-4

Link to Standard 5.7 Grade 7-8

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