EARTH AND HUMAN ACTIVITY Generate and compare multiple solutions about ways individual communities can use science to protect the Performance Expectation Earth’s resources and environment. Examples of solutions can include cleanup of oil spills, protecting against coastal erosion, or prevention of Clarification Statement polluted runoff into waterways. Science & Engineering Practices Disciplinary Core Ideas Crosscutting Concepts Asking questions and defining problems HUMAN IMPACTS ON EARTH SYSTEMS SYSTEMS AND SYSTEM MODELS activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday A system can be described in terms of its Developing and using models life have had major effects on the land, vegetation, components and their interactions. Planning and carrying out investigations streams, ocean and the atmosphere. But individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Analyzing and interpreting data Earth’s resources and environments. (UE.ESS3C.a) Using mathematics and computational thinking DEVELOPING POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS Constructing explanations (science) and designing Tests are often designed to identify failure points solutions (engineering) in 3–5 builds on K–2 or difficulties, which suggest the elements of the experiences and progresses to the use of evidence design that need to be improved. (ETS.UE.1B.c) in constructing explanations that specify variables that describe and predict phenomena and in designing multiple solutions to design problems. Generate and compare multiple solutions to a problem based on how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the design solution. Engaging in argument from evidence Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information Diocese of Baton Rouge Science Standards: Grade 5 July, 2017 Page 13
EARTH AND HUMAN ACTIVITY Performance Expectation Generate and compare multiple solutions about ways individual communities can use science to protect the Earth’s resources and environment. Clarification Statement Examples of solutions can include cleanup of oil spills, protecting against coastal erosion, or prevention of polluted runoff into waterways. Science & Engineering Practices Disciplinary Core Ideas Crosscutting Concepts Asking questions and defining problems Developing and using models Planning and carrying out investigations Analyzing and interpreting data Using mathematics and computational thinking Constructing explanations (science) and designing solutions (engineering) in 3–5 builds on K–2 experiences and progresses to the use of evidence in constructing explanations that specify variables that describe and predict phenomena and in designing multiple solutions to design problems. Generate and compare multiple solutions to a problem based on how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the design solution. Engaging in argument from evidence Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information HUMAN IMPACTS ON EARTH SYSTEMS activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday life have had major effects on the land, vegetation, streams, ocean and the atmosphere. But individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Earth’s resources and environments. (UE.ESS3C.a) DEVELOPING POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS Tests are often designed to identify failure points or difficulties, which suggest the elements of the design that need to be improved. (ETS.UE.1B.c) SYSTEMS AND SYSTEM MODELS A system can be described in terms of its components and their interactions. Diocese of Baton Rouge Science Standards: Grade 5 July, 2017 Page 13
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