Goals Goal - The goal for fifth grade is to investigate energy interactions. The understanding of energy builds on the K-4 experience with light, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the motion of objects. Students connect those phenomena to understand that energy is an important property of substances, and that most change involves energy transfer.
Students improve their understanding of energy by experiencing many kinds of energy transfer.
The following explanations are meant to introduce the strands. To assist teachers, strategy books are available through the Department of Public Instruction's Publication Section. Nature of Science - The Nature of Science strand helps students understand the human dimensions of science, the nature of scientific thought, and the role of science in society. Science investigations provide the background for developing and appreciating the nature of science. Science relies on human qualities, such as reasoning, insight, energy, skill and creativity.