RPSEC Student Programs for
South Carolina & Georgia Schools

South Carolina Schools

Georgia Schools

Grade 5: SCSS 4.3, 4.4
Grade 7: SCSS 5.6, 5.7, 5.9, 5.10

Grade 5 Science
Standard 5-4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of properties of matter. (Physical Science)

Indicators:
4.3 Summarize the characteristics of a mixture, recognizing a solution as a kind of mixture.
4.4 Use the processes of filtration, sifting, magnetic attraction, evaporation, chromatography, and floatation to separate mixtures.

Grade 7 Science
Standard 7-5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the classifications and properties of matter and the changes that matter undergoes. (Physical Science)

Indicators:
5.6 Distinguish between acids and bases and use indicators (including litmus paper, pH paper, and phenolphthalein) to determine their relative pH.
5.7 Identify the reactants and products in chemical equations.
5.9 Compare physical properties of matter (including melting or boiling point, density, and color) to the chemical property of reactivity with a certain substance (including the ability to burn or to rust).
5.10 Compare physical changes (including changes in size, shape, and state) to chemical changes that are the result of chemical reactions (including changes in color or temperature and formation of a precipitate or gas).

Grade 5: S5P2 a, c

Grade 5 Science
S5P2: Students will explain the difference between a physical change and a chemical change.

Indicators:
a. Investigate physical changes by separating mixtures and manipulating (cutting, tearing, folding) paper to demonstrate examples of physical change.
c. Investigate the properties of a substance before, during, and after a chemical reaction to find evidence of change.