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Grade 5 - Ecosystems: Energy, Matter, and Modeling
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Portland Public Schools has developed this unit. Their hope is that ALL K-5 students will be able to access rigorous, standards-aligned science instruction that engages them in hands-on experiences and sense-making through student discourse. They want to encourage all students to be critical thinkers and lifelong learners. To that end, the science and ESL departments at Portland Public Schools, in consultation with NGSS writer Rita Januszyk, have developed units that are aligned with both Next Generation Science Standards and Oregon’s English Language Proficiency standards.

Students explore where the energy in our food comes from, the flow of energy in an ecosystem, and the cycle of matter. Students generate an initial model of a farm system and revise it throughout the unit as they learn more about the flow of energy and cycling of matter through seed investigations, observations, and discussions. The unit culminates in an engineering challenge using mostly recycled materials.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Life Science
Physical Science
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Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Author:
Geoff Stonecipher
Jamie Rumage
Jennifer Scherzinger
Kate Yocum
Rita Januszkyk
Susan Holveck
Jennifer Mayo
Date Added:
06/13/2022
Grade 5 -The View from Earth
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Portland Public Schools has developed this unit. Their hope is that ALL K-5 students will be able to access rigorous, standards-aligned science instruction that engages them in hands-on experiences and sense-making through student discourse. They want to encourage all students to be critical thinkers and lifelong learners. To that end, the science and ESL departments at Portland Public Schools, in consultation with NGSS writer Rita Januszyk, have developed units that are aligned with both Next Generation Science Standards and Oregon’s English Language Proficiency standards.

In this unit, students investigate how gravity affects a variety of objects. They make and support a claim that the sun is a star and that the brightness of stars is related to their distance from Earth. Students use models to support a claim that the Earth’s movement is responsible for the patterns of movement that we see in the sky.

Subject:
Applied Science
Astronomy
Geology
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Author:
Jamie Rumage
Jennifer Mayo
Jennifer Scherzinger
Kate Yocum
Rita Januszky
Susan Holveck
Geoff Stonecipher
Date Added:
09/06/2022