| Scientific Investigation & Reasoning5th Grade | 
			
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											5.2.A 
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								| describe, plan, and implement simple experimental investigations testing one variable; | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											5.2.B 
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								| ask well defined questions, formulate testable hypotheses, and select and use appropriate equipment and technology; | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											5.2.C 
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								| collect and record information using detailed observations and accurate measuring; | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											5.2.D 
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								| analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct (observable) and indirect (inferred) evidence; | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											5.2.E 
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								| demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase the reliability of results; | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											5.2.F 
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								| communicate valid conclusions in both written and verbal forms; and | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											5.2.G 
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								| construct appropriate simple graphs, tables, maps, and charts using technology, including computers, to organize, examine, and evaluate information. | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											5.3.A 
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								| analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing; | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											SCIENCE.5.1.A 
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								| ask questions and define problems based on observations or information from text, phenomena, models, or investigations; | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											SCIENCE.5.1.B 
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								| use scientific practices to plan and conduct descriptive and simple experimental investigations and use engineering practices to design solutions to problems; | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											SCIENCE.5.1.E 
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								| collect observations and measurements as evidence; | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											SCIENCE.5.1.F 
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								| construct appropriate graphic organizers used to collect data, including tables, bar graphs, line graphs, tree maps, concept maps, Venn diagrams, flow charts or sequence maps, and input-output tables that show cause and effect; and | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											SCIENCE.5.3.A 
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								| develop explanations and propose solutions supported by data and models; | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											SCIENCE.5.3.B 
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								| communicate explanations and solutions individually and collaboratively in a variety of settings and formats; and | 
						
							
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												Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
											
											SCIENCE.5.3.C 
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								| listen actively to others' explanations to identify relevant evidence and engage respectfully in scientific discussion. | 
						
			
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