ES-3/5-3 Understands essential ideas about the composition and structure of the universe and the Earth's place in it

ES-3/5-3-1 Knows that the patterns of stars in the sky stay the same, although they appear to slowly move from east to west across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen in different seasons

ES-3/5-3-2 Knows that planets look like stars, but over time they appear to wander among the constellations

ES-3/5-3-3 Knows that telescopes magnify distant objects in the sky (e.g., the Moon, planets) and dramatically increase the number of stars we can see

ES-3/5-3-4 Knows that astronomical objects in space are massive in size and are separated from one another by vast distances (e.g., many stars are more massive than our Sun but so distant they look like points of light)

Life Science:

LS-3/5-4 Knows about the diversity and unity that characterize life

LS-3/5-4-1 Knows different ways in which living things can be grouped (e.g., plants/animals; pets/nonpets; edible plants/nonedible plants) and purposes of different groupings

LS-3/5-4-2 Knows that plants and animals progress through life cycles of birth, growth and development, reproduction, and death; the details of these life cycles are different for different organisms

LS-3/5-5 Understands the genetic basis for the transfer of biological characteristics from one generation to the next

LS-3/5-5-1 Knows that many characteristics of an organism are inherited from the parents of the organism (e.g., eye color in human beings, fruit or flower color in plants), and other characteristics result from an individual's interactions with the environment (e.g., people's table manners, ability to ride a bicycle)

LS-3/5-6 Knows the general structure and functions of cells in organisms

LS-3/5-6-1 Knows that each plant or animal has different structures which serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction (e.g., humans have distinct structures of the body for walking, holding, seeing, and talking)

LS-3/5-7 Understands how species depend on one another and on the environment for survival

LS-3/5-7-1 Knows that the behavior of individual organisms is influenced by internal cues (e.g., hunger) and external cues (e.g., changes in the environment), and that humans and other organisms have senses that help them to detect these cues

LS-3/5-7-2 Knows that an organism's patterns of behavior are related to the nature of that organism's environment (e.g., kinds and numbers of other organisms present, availability of food and resources, physical characteristics of the environment)

LS-3/5-7-3 Knows that changes in the environment can have different effects on different organisms (e.g., some organisms move in, others move out; some organisms survive and reproduce, others die)

LS-3/5-7-4 Knows that all organisms (including humans) cause changes in their environments, and these changes can be beneficial or detrimental

LS-3/5-8 Understands the cycling of matter and flow of energy through the living environment

LS-3/5-8-1 Knows that the transfer of energy (e.g., through the consumption of food) is essential to all living organisms

LS-3/5-8-2 Knows the organization of simple food chains and food webs (e.g., green plants make their own food with sunlight, water, and air; some animals eat the plants; some animals eat the animals that eat the plants)

Physical Science:

PS-3/5-9 Understands basic concepts about the structure and properties of matter

PS-3/5-9-1 Knows that objects can be classified according to their properties (e.g., magnetism, conductivity, density, solubility)

PS-3/5-9-2 Knows that materials may be composed of parts that are too small to be seen without magnification

PS-3/5-9-3 Knows that properties such as length, weight, temperature, and volume can be measured using appropriate tools (e.g., rulers, balances, thermometers, graduated cylinders)

PS-3/5-9-4 Knows that materials have different states (solid, liquid, gas), and some common materials such as water can be changed from one state to another by heating or cooling

PS-3/5-9-5 Knows that the mass of a material remains constant whether it is together, in parts, or in a different state

PS-3/5-10 Understands energy types, sources, and conversions, and their relationship to heat and temperature

PS-3/5-10-1 Knows that heat is often produced as a byproduct when one form of energy is converted to another form (e.g., heat is produced by mechanical and electrical machines)

PS-3/5-10-2 Knows that heat can move from one object to another by conduction and that some materials conduct heat better than others

PS-3/5-10-3 Knows the organization of a simple electrical circuit (e.g., battery or generator, wire, a complete loop through which the electrical current can pass)

PS-3/5-11 Understands motion and the principles that explain it

PS-3/5-11-1 Knows that the pitch of a sound depends on the frequency of the vibration producing it

PS-3/5-11-2 Knows that light can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed

PS-3/5-11-3 Knows that an object's motion can be described by tracing and measuring its position over time

PS-3/5-11-4 Knows that when a force is applied to an object, the object either speeds up, slows down, or goes in a different direction

PS-3/5-11-5 Knows the relationship between the strength of a force and its effect on an object (e.g., the greater the force, the greater the change in motion; the more massive the object, the smaller the effect of a given force)

PS-3/5-12 Knows the kinds of forces that exist between objects and within atoms

PS-3/5-12-1 Knows that electrically charged material pulls on all other materials and can attract or repel other charged materials

PS-3/5-12-2 Knows that magnets attract and repel each other and attract certain kinds of other materials (e.g., iron, steel)

PS-3/5-12-3 Knows that the Earth's gravity pulls any object toward it without touching it

PS-3/5-13 Understands the nature of scientific inquiry

PS-3/5-13-1 Knows that although the same scientific investigation may give slightly different results when it is carried out by different persons, or at different times or places, the general evidence collected from the investigation should be replicable by others.