NY Elementary School 3-5 Science Claims and Evidence

In July 2023, the Office of State Assessment released the Educator Guide to the 2024 Elementary-level (Grade 5) and Intermediate-level (Grade 8) Science Tests. Below are the elementary 3-5 claims-and-evidence from the educator guide which provide further insight on the types of questions that might appear on the grade 5 state exam.

Claim #1 (Physical Science):
A student can analyze and apply scientific ideas related to forces and motion, energy changes and energy conservation, patterns in wave properties and their application to transfer information, and the structures, properties, and interactions of matter within and between systems in the physical and biological world.

Evidence: A student demonstrates understanding of Physical Science through application, evaluation, analysis, and/or synthesis using Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts related to:

investigating the effects of forces on the motion of objects, and predicting future motion of objects based on observable patterns; 3-PS2-1, 3-PS2-2
investigating electromagnetic interactions between objects not in contact and applying these findings to a problem that can be solved using magnets; 3-PS2-3, 3-PS2-4
using evidence to describe the relationship between the speed and energy of an object; 4-PS3-1
providing evidence of the transfer, conversion, and conservation of energy and applying these processes to a design solution; 4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-4
addressing the phenomena of energy transfer that occurs when objects in a system collide; 4-PS3-3
illustrating wave characteristics and how wave behavior can affect the motion of objects; 4-PS4-1
using technologies and instruments to design solutions for the transfer of information; 4-PS4-3
modeling how the behavior of light enables objects to be seen; 4-PS4-2
using phenomena as evidence to illustrate that matter is composed of unseen particles; 5-PS1-1
investigating interactions of matter when substances are mixed to prove that matter is conserved and to determine if a new substance is being formed; 5-PS1-2, 5-PS1-4
identifying materials based on their properties; 5-PS1-3
describing how the energy from the Sun is used in life processes; 5-PS3-1
describing evidence for the effects of the force of gravity on Earth objects; 5-PS2-1