Science-Quarter 1Science-Quarter 1

5-LS1-1: Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

5-LS2-1: Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

5-PS3-1: Use models to describes that energy in animals food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

Activities/Labs:

• Plants Without Soil
• Plants Scavenger Hunt
• Decomposition Race
• What Do I Need
• Using Graduated Cylinders

Engineering Solutions:

• Surviving the Arctic
• Composting Blueprints
• Burmese Python Challenge

Projects:

• Food Chain Mobiles
• Food Web/Ecosystem Posters

Articles/Literature:

• “Matter and Energy in Plants”
• “Jenny’s Plant”
• “Food Webs”
• “After the Fire”
• “Matter Cycles”
• “The Life Cycle of an Environmentally-Friendly Onion”
• “Ecosystems”
• “Going on a Hike”
• “Energy Transfer”