Next Generation Science Curriculum Map 5th Grade Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems (1st 9 weeks) Standard Clarification Statement Activities/Experiments Literacy Connections (Investigate and Think Like A Scientist are found in Exploring Science) S.5.GS.5 Clarification Statement: Investigate pgs. 82-83 Ladders (science leveled readers) Use models to describe that Examples of models could African Savannas energy in include diagrams and flow animals’ food (used Think Like A Scientist pgs. 70-71 Galapagos Islands for body repair, growth, charts. motion, and to maintain body Science Inquiry & Writing Book: warmth) was once energy from pgs. 30-33, 34-37, 46-49 Journeys the sun. Unit 2 lesson 6 S.5.GS.6-LS1-15Organisms Clarification Statement: Unit 2 lesson 8 Investigate pgs. 60-61 and Ecosystems Emphasis is on the idea that Unit 2 lesson 10 Support an argument that plant matter comes mostly Unit 4 lesson 20 Think Like A Scientist pgs. 62-63 plants get the materials they from air and water, not from Unit 6 lesson 26 need for growth chiefly from the soil. Science Inquiry & Writing Book: air and water. pgs. 26-29 S.5.GS.7 Emphasis is on the idea that Think Like A Scientist pgs. 84-85 Develop a model to describe matter that is not food (air, the movement of matter among water, decomposed materials Science Inquiry & Writing Book: plants, animals, decomposers, in soil) is changed by plants pgs. 22-25 and the environment. into matter that is food. Examples of systems could include organisms, ecosystems, and the Earth.
Next Generation Science Curriculum Map 5th Grade Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems (1st 9 weeks) Standard Clarification Statement Activities/Experiments (Investigate and Think Like A Scientist are found in Exploring Science) Literacy Connections S.5.GS.5 Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun. Clarification Statement: Examples of models could include diagrams and flow charts. Investigate pgs. 82-83 Think Like A Scientist pgs. 70-71 Science Inquiry & Writing Book: pgs. 30-33, 34-37, 46-49 Ladders (science leveled readers) African Savannas Galapagos Islands Journeys Unit 2 lesson 6 Unit 2 lesson 8 Unit 2 lesson 10 Unit 4 lesson 20 Unit 6 lesson 26 S.5.GS.6-LS1-15Organisms and Ecosystems Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water. Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the idea that plant matter comes mostly from air and water, not from the soil. Investigate pgs. 60-61 Think Like A Scientist pgs. 62-63 Science Inquiry & Writing Book: pgs. 26-29 S.5.GS.7 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. Emphasis is on the idea that matter that is not food (air, water, decomposed materials in soil) is changed by plants into matter that is food. Examples of systems could include organisms, ecosystems, and the Earth. Think Like A Scientist pgs. 84-85 Science Inquiry & Writing Book: pgs. 22-25
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