SALTA 5th grade

GRADE 5 SCIENCE

McGraw Hill Unit 2: Ecosystems

Module: Matter in Ecosystems Lesson 1: Plant Survival

TOTAL TIME: 430 MIN About 3 Weeks

Lesson 2: Interactions of Living Things

Module: Energy in Ecosystems

Lesson 3: Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

TIME: 135 MIN

LESSON 3: ENERGY TRANSFER IN ECOSYSTEMS

LESSON

PACING LEARNING INTENTIONS & SUCCESS CRITERIA

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

PG

Engage

20 min Learning Intention:

none

92-93

I am learning how to make observations and ask questions, so that I can think like a scientist. Success Criteria: I know I have learned it when I can write 3 questions about how Sanderlings hunt for food.

Big Idea: How does energy move among living and nonliving things in an ecosystem?

● Index Cards

Explore

20 min Learning Intention:

94-95

I am learning about how energy is passed from organism to organism in an ecosystem so I can understand the process of how energy is passed in the ecosystem. Success Criteria: I know I have learned it when I have played the ecosystem tag game and recorded the results of my prediction to show how energy is passed from organism to organism.

Lesson: Ecosystem Tag

Labeled: Whale,

Herring, Salmon, Krill ● Clothes Pin ● 10 “energy chips” ● Whistle

(optional)

Explain

20 min. Learning Intention:

none

96-97

I am learning the words consumer, producer, and decomposer so I can

Lesson: