Concrete: Students will recognize that the Recognize that many things will get hot when left in the Trace the flow of energy from the sun as it is energy from the food chain begins with the Sun. transferred to the food chain. sun. Distinguish between hot and cold objects. Representation: Students will investigate the food chain. Recognize that animals cannot make their own food and they must eat plants or other animals to survive. Essential Question: Recognize that animals (consumers) eat plants or other How does energy move through the food animals for their food. chain? Recognize that animals eat food. Identify ways that plants and animals can be affected by changes in habitats, such as lack of food or water, disease, or reduced space. Recognize ways that plants and animals can be affected by changes in their habitats, such as lack of food or water. Recognize what happens when plants don’t get Essential Understanding: Recognize that most plants make their own food. Weekly Assignment 20: Concrete: Students will identify plants. Recognize that plants need light to grow. Create a diagram showing the process of Representation: Students will explain why Recognize that plants need water. photosynthesis. plants need photosynthesis. Recognize that plants (producers) use energy from the Sun Essential Question: to make their food and animals (consumers) eat plants or What is photosynthesis? other animals for their food. Recognize that animals (consumers) eat plants or other animals for their food. Recognize that animals eat food. Learning Access Points Weekly Assignments Identify behaviors of plants that show they are growing. Essential Understanding: Weekly Assignments 21 & 22: Concrete: Students will recognize that people Recognize that plants grow toward light and roots grow Create a diagram showing the mutually need oxygen to live. down in the soil. beneficial relationship between plants and Representation: Students will analyze how Recognize that plants grow. animals in terms of respiration. plants and animals can help each other.
Concrete: Students will recognize that the energy from the food chain begins with the sun. Representation: Students will investigate the food chain. Essential Question: How does energy move through the food chain? Recognize that many things will get hot when left in the Sun. Distinguish between hot and cold objects. Recognize that animals cannot make their own food and they must eat plants or other animals to survive. Recognize that animals (consumers) eat plants or other animals for their food. Recognize that animals eat food. Identify ways that plants and animals can be affected by changes in habitats, such as lack of food or water, disease, or reduced space. Recognize ways that plants and animals can be affected by changes in their habitats, such as lack of food or water. Recognize what happens when plants don’t get Trace the flow of energy from the sun as it is transferred to the food chain. Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will identify plants. Representation: Students will explain why plants need photosynthesis. Essential Question: What is photosynthesis? Recognize that most plants make their own food. Recognize that plants need light to grow. Recognize that plants need water. Recognize that plants (producers) use energy from the Sun to make their food and animals (consumers) eat plants or other animals for their food. Recognize that animals (consumers) eat plants or other animals for their food. Recognize that animals eat food. Weekly Assignment 20: Create a diagram showing the process of photosynthesis. Learning Access Points Weekly Assignments Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will recognize that people need oxygen to live. Representation: Students will analyze how plants and animals can help each other. Identify behaviors of plants that show they are growing. Recognize that plants grow toward light and roots grow down in the soil. Recognize that plants grow. Weekly Assignments 21 & 22: Create a diagram showing the mutually beneficial relationship between plants and animals in terms of respiration.
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