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FOSS AND CALIFORNIA STANDARDS
The Water Planet Module supports the following Earth Sciences
Content Standards for grade 5.*
EARTH SCIENCES
ES3 Water on Earth moves between the oceans and land through
the processes of evaporation and condensation.
As a basis for understanding this concept, students know
ES3a. most of Earth’s water is present as salt water in the
oceans, which cover most of Earth’s surface.
ES3b. when liquid water evaporates, it turns into water vapor
in the air and can reappear as a liquid when cooled or as
a solid if cooled below the freezing point of water.
ES3c. water vapor in the air moves from one place to another
and can form fog or clouds, which are tiny droplets of
water or ice, and can fall to Earth as rain, hail, sleet, or
snow.
ES3d. that the amount of fresh water located in rivers, lakes,
underground sources, and glaciers is limited and that its
availability can be extended by recycling and decreasing
the use of water.
ES3e. the origin of the water used by their local communities.
ES4 Energy from the Sun heats Earth unevenly, causing air
movements that result in changing weather patterns.
As a basis for understanding this concept, students know
ES4a. uneven heating of Earth causes air movements
(convection currents).
ES4b. the influence that the ocean has on the weather and the
role that the water cycle plays in weather patterns.
ES4c. the causes and effects of different types of severe
weather.
ES4d. how to use weather maps and data to predict local
weather and know that weather forecasts depend on
many variables.
ES4e. that the Earth’s atmosphere exerts a pressure that
decreases with distance above Earth’s surface and
that at any point it exerts this pressure equally in all
directions.
ES5 The solar system consists of planets and other bodies that
orbit the Sun in predictable paths.
As a basis for understanding this concept, students know
ES5a. the Sun, an average star, is the central and largest
body in the solar system and is composed primarily of
hydrogen and helium.
ES5b. the solar system includes the planet Earth, the Moon, the
Sun, eight other planets and their satellites, and smaller
objects, such as asteroids and comets.
ES5c. the path of a planet around the Sun is due to the
gravitational attraction between the Sun and the planet.
*Science Content Standards for California Public Schools: Kindergarten
through Grade Twelve (Sacramento: California Department of
Education, 2000).
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