Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

TEKS Covered in Fifth Grade Guided Field Experience

TEKS – Science, Grade 5

(b)  Knowledge and skills.

(1)  Scientific processes. The student conducts field and laboratory investigations following home and school safety procedures and environmentally appropriate and ethical practices. The student is expected to:

(A)  demonstrate safe practices during field and laboratory investigations; and

(2)  Scientific processes. The student uses scientific methods during field and laboratory investigations. The student is expected to:

(B)  collect information by observing and measuring;
(C)  analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence;

(5)  Science concepts. The student knows that a system is a collection of cycles, structures, and processes that interact. The student is expected to:

(A)  describe some cycles, structures, and processes that are found in a simple system; and
(B)  describe some interactions that occur in a simple system.

(6)  Science concepts. The student knows that some change occurs in cycles. The student is expected to:

(A)  identify events and describe changes that occur on a regular basis such as in daily, weekly, lunar, and seasonal cycles;
(B)  identify the significance of the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles; and (C)  describe and compare life cycles of plants and animals.

(9)  Science concepts. The student knows that adaptations may increase the survival of members of a species. The student is expected to:

(B)  analyze and describe adaptive characteristics that result in an organism's unique niche in an ecosystem

 

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