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Hydromania's Unit on Newton's Laws of Motion
and the Oregon Benchmarks

The following chart travels through the unit on Newton's Laws of Motion, tying it to the Oregon Benchmarks 2000 (this will link you to the Oregon Public Education Network website) that are addressed by that unit. Sometimes only parts of a particular benchmark will be applicable to a Hydromania unit, but we thought it best to cite the entire benchmark for easier reference to these state goals. Please note also that because a lesson can be taught and expanded on at many levels of thoroughness, benchmarks were included assuming the most thorough coverage of the topic. Therefore, each teacher will want to review the listed benchmarks in order to see for her/himself which ones are in agreement with their plans. Hopefully you will find this to be a helpful and timesaving tool as you help students rise to the challenge of meeting these goals.

Curriculum Topic Common Curriculum Goals (CCG)/
Content Standards (CS)		 Grade 5 Benchmarks
Topic VI:
Newton's Laws of Motion 		Science: Unifying Concepts and Processes
  • CCG: (No goal listed).
  • CS:
    > Use basic scientific process skills to observe, measure, use numbers, classify, question, infer, hypothesize, and communicate.
    > Use integrated scientific process skills to predict, design experiments, control variables, interpret data, define operations, and formulate models.
  • (No benchmarks listed under this Content Standard).
Science: Physical Science
  • CCG: Describe electrical, magnetic, gravitational, and other forces and the motions resulting from them.
  • CS: Force and Motion: Understand fundamental forces, their forms, and their effects on motion.
  • Describe and compare the motion of objects.
  • Students will predict and explain which way an object will move based upon its mass, composition, and the force exerted upon it.
  • Students will describe an object's motion by tracing and measuring its position over time.
  • Students will explain simple changes in the motion of an object, such as the acceleration of objects moving downhill, the slowing of objects due to friction, and the curving of the path of a thrown object or a satellite.
  • Students will draw a correlation between gravity and mass of an object, for example, the greater the mass, the greater the gravitational pull.
Science: Physical Science
  • CCG: Explain the interaction of energy and matter.
  • CS: Energy: Understand the interactions of energy and matter.
  • Identify forms and behaviors of various types of energy.
  • Students will understand and use common terms such as friction and conduction in relation to forms of energy.
  • Students will identify the effects that various forms of energy have on matter, such as producing light, motion, sound, warmth, and change of state.
  • Describe examples of energy transfer.
  • Identify examples of energy transfer in students' own lives and environment.
Science: Scientific Inquiry
  • CCG: Formulate and express scientific questions and hypotheses to be investigated.
  • CS: Formulate and express scientific questions and hypotheses to be investigated.
  • Ask questions and make predictions that are based on observations and can be explored through simple investigations.
  • Students will ask questions about objects, organisms, and events in the world.
  • Students will identify questions that can be explored through a scientific investigation.
Science: Scientific Inquiry
  • CCG: Design scientific investigations to address and explain questions and hypotheses.
  • CS: Design scientific investigations to address and explain questions and hypotheses.
  • Design an investigation to answer questions or check predictions.
  • Students will identify which tools to use for the investigation.
  • Students will use appropriate units of measure for the investigation.
  • Students will recognize reasons for controlling variables.
Science: Scientific Inquiry
  • CCG: Conduct procedures to collect, organize, and display scientific data.
  • CS: Conduct procedures to collect, organize, and display scientific data.
  • Collect, organize, and summarize data from investigations.
  • Students will select and use an appropriate organization for data summary.
  • Students will select and use familiar tools, such as magnifiers, thermometers, and rulers, to gather data.
  • Students will recognize how measure and record simple properties such as temperature, time, distance, volume, and mass.
Science: Scientific Inquiry
  • CCG: Analyze scientific information to develop and present conclusions.
  • CS: Analyze scientific information to develop and present conclusions.
  • Analyze, interpret, and summarize data from investigations.
  • Students will analyze and interpret data related to the question or hypothesis.
  • Students will explain why the data from one person's investigation might differ from the data of others performing the same investigation.
  • Students will analyze data to determine possible questions for further investigation.
Art: Create, Present, and Perform
  • CCG: Apply artistic elements and technical skills to create, present and/or perform works of art for a variety of audiences and purposes.
  • CS: Apply artistic elements and technical skills to create, present and/or perform works of art for a variety of audiences and purposes.
  • Create, present, and/or perform a work of art, using experiences, imagination, observations, artistic elements and technical skills to achieve desired effect.
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