Hawaii State Standards for Science: Grade 5

HI.1. The Scientific Process: Scientific Investigation: Discover, invent, and investigate using the skills necessary to engage in the scientific process

SC.5.1.1. Scientific Inquiry: Identify the variables in scientific investigations and recognize the importance of controlling variables in scientific experiments 4
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.1.1.

SC.5.1.2. Scientific Inquiry: Formulate and defend conclusions based on evidence 5
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.1.2.

HI.2. The Scientific Process: Nature Of Science: Understand that science, technology, and society are interrelated

SC.5.2.1. Unifying Concepts and Themes: Use models and/or simulations to represent and investigate features of objects, events, and processes in the real world 1
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.2.1.

HI.3. Life and Environmental Sciences: Organisms and The Environment: Understand the unity, diversity, and interrelationships of organisms, including their relationship to cycles of matter and energy in the environment

SC.5.3.1. Cycles of Matter and Energy: Describe the cycle of energy among producers, consumers, and decomposers 1
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.3.1.

SC.5.3.2. Interdependence: Describe the interdependent relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem in terms of the cycles of matter 1
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.3.2.

HI.4. Life and Environmental Sciences: Structure and Function In Organisms: Understand the structures and functions of living organisms and how organisms can be compared scientifically

SC.5.4.1. Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Organ Systems: Describe the structures of the human body and how they work together to sustain life 17
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.4.1.

HI.5. Life and Environmental Sciences: Diversity, Genetics, and Evolution: Understand genetics and biological evolution and their impact on the unity and diversity of organisms

SC.5.5.1. Heredity: Recognize that some traits of living things are inherited and others are learned 5
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.5.1.

HI.6. Physical, Earth and Space Science: Nature Of Matter and Energy: Understand the nature of matter and energy, forms of energy (including waves) and energy transformations, and their significance in understanding the structure of the universe

SC.5.6.1. Energy and its Transformation: Identify different forms of energy (e.g., thermal, electrical, nuclear, light, sound) and how they can change and transfer energy from one form to another 13
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.6.1.

SC.5.6.2. Energy and its Transformation: Describe ways that heat can be transferred from one object to another 3
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.6.2.

SC.5.6.3. Waves: Compare what happens to light when it is reflected, refracted, and absorbed 3
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.6.3.

HI.7. Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences: Force and Motion: Understand the relationship between force, mass, and motion of objects; and know the major natural forces: gravitational, electric, and magnetic

SC.5.7.1. Forces of the Universe: Explain how electrically charged materials can push or pull other charged materials 6
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.7.1.

HI.8. Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences: Earth and Space Science: Understand the Earth and its processes, the solar system, and the universe and its contents

SC.5.8.1. Earth in the Solar System: Describe the relationship (size and distance) of Earth to other components in the solar system 4
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.8.1.

SC.5.8.2. Earth in the Solar System: Describe examples of what astronomers have discovered using telescopes 1
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.8.2.

SC.5.8.3. Earth in the Solar System: Explain that the planets orbit the sun and that the moon orbits the Earth 12
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.8.3.

SC.5.8.4. Earth in the Solar System: Demonstrate that day and night are caused by the rotation of the Earth on its axis 3
Suggested Titles for Hawaii Science State Standard SC.5.8.4.