Students conduct a short research project ELA/Literacy to determine the impact of climate and CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.7-5.9 Research to Build & temperature on soil moisture. These projects require students to collect and Present Knowledge Conduct short research projects that build knowledge analyze data, draw conclusions and through investigation of different aspects of a topic. articulate their findings. Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Students graph the data they collect in Mathematics their research projects in order to visually CCSS.Math.Content.5.MD.B.2 Represent and represent the information and analyze the Interpret Data results. Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Use operations on fractions for this to solve problems involving information presented in line plots. Students create hypotheses the impact Social Studies of different climatic regions on soil NCSS III People, Places, & Environments moisture. This requires them to understand the geographic location of Describe and speculate about physical system changes, different places as well as the climate and such as seasons, climate and weather, and the water weather. Students need to use maps and cycle. other data sources to learn about the Use appropriate resources, data sources, and different places they are investigating in geographic tools such as atlases, databases, grid order to make informed decisions when systems, charts, graphs, and maps to generate, selecting geographic locations to include manipulate, and interpret information. in their research.
ELA/Literacy CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.7-5.9 Research to Build & Present Knowledge Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic. Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Students conduct a short research project to determine the impact of climate and temperature on soil moisture. These projects require students to collect and analyze data, draw conclusions and articulate their findings. Mathematics CCSS.Math.Content.5.MD.B.2 Represent and Interpret Data Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8). Use operations on fractions for this to solve problems involving information presented in line plots. Students graph the data they collect in their research projects in order to visually represent the information and analyze the results. Social Studies NCSS III People, Places, & Environments Describe and speculate about physical system changes, such as seasons, climate and weather, and the water cycle. Use appropriate resources, data sources, and geographic tools such as atlases, databases, grid systems, charts, graphs, and maps to generate, manipulate, and interpret information. Students create hypotheses the impact of different climatic regions on soil moisture. This requires them to understand the geographic location of different places as well as the climate and weather. Students need to use maps and other data sources to learn about the different places they are investigating in order to make informed decisions when selecting geographic locations to include in their research.
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