This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Unit #: 2 – From Matter to Organisms Grade: 5 Unit of Study: From Matter to Organisms PE’s: 5-LS1-1 5-LS2-1 5-PS3-1 Storyline: Students make models that trace the flow of energy and matter in ecosystems. They investigate the needs of plants and gather evidence that all organisms produce waste. They explain how animals depend upon one another as components in an interconnected system DCI’s: LS1.A LS1.B LS1.C PS3.D Anchoring Phenomena: Matter changes through energy flow to create organisms and maintain ecosystems. SEP’s: Engaging in Argument from Evidence Developing and Using Models Essential Questions: 1. What matter do plants need to grow? 2. How does matter move within an ecosystem? 3. How does energy move within an ecosystem? CC’s: Energy and Matter Systems and System Models
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Unit #: 2 – From Matter to Organisms
Grade: 5
Unit of Study: From Matter to Organisms
PE’s: 5-LS1-1 5-LS2-1 5-PS3-1
Storyline:
Students make models that trace the flow of energy and
matter in ecosystems. They investigate the needs of plants
and gather evidence that all organisms produce waste.
They explain how animals depend upon one another as
components in an interconnected system
DCI’s: LS1.A LS1.B LS1.C PS3.D
Anchoring Phenomena: Matter changes through energy flow to create organisms and maintain ecosystems.
SEP’s: Engaging in Argument from Evidence Developing and Using Models
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Suggested Phenomena
Performance Expectation(PE)
Disciplinary Core Idea (DCI)
Suggested Activity
Science & Engr.
Practices (SEP)
Crosscutting Concepts
(CCC)
General Sherman How does a giant Sequoia grow?
5-LS1-1 LS1-C Grow seeds or a plant in a controlled environment to see what a plant’s needs really are. Ex. Grow a plant in water alone and/or in a close container to see what happens without air.
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Energy and Matter
General Sherman How does a giant Sequoia grow?
5-LS1-1 LS1-C Place celery or flowers in colored water to see water transportation and how a plant grows. Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Energy and Matter
Ecosystem What makes an ecosystem work?
5-LS2-1 LS2.A
Look at an ecosystem. Use pictures and/or observational charts1 and have students make observations. Use pictorial2 from Project GLAD (or create your own) to show the parts of an ecosystem. Have students create model of a food web in a different ecosystem of their choice. Extension: Observe classroom ecosystem or outdoor ecosystem such as a terrarium or fish tank can be used to model food webs. A trip to a local nature center or park can also be a way to develop food web models.
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Ecosystem What makes an ecosystem work?
5-LS2-1 LS2.A Have students explore PhET simulation on
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/natural-selection to more deeply
understand the balance a food web needs.
Play the "Deer Me" Predator/Prey game with the class to experience changes in population
within an ecosystem. http://www.wolfquest.org/pdfs/Deer%20Me%20Lesson.pdf
Developing and Using Models
Systems and System Models
Ecosystem What makes an ecosystem work?
5-LS2-1 LS2.B To observe cycles of matter and energy in an ecosystem, put a plastic bag over leaves of a plant to see water residue and/or observe Rosemary plants in water to see gas bubbles from released gas. Extension: To go deeper into matter cycles, play Carbon Cycle Game: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/climate/teachingclimate/carbon_cycle_game.pdf And/or Nitrogen Cycle Game: https://scied.ucar.edu/activity/3114/print-all
Developing and Using Models
Systems and System Models
Fallen Leaves Where do fallen leaves go?
5-LS2-1 LS2.A LS2.B
A compost pile or a mold terrarium can be used to show how materials are broken down by
decomposers and the environment. Use: Mystery Science: Where do Fallen Leaves Go?
Developing and Using Models
Systems and System Models
Energy Uses in Body (pictures)3 What makes Curry sweat? What makes a baby grow?
5-PS3-1 PS3.D LS1.C
Use Energy Flow Activity4 in the attached 5E Lesson Plan. Developing and Using Models