Grade+5+Life+Science

Life Science (LS) Topic: interconnections within Ecosystems Content: Organisms perform a variety of roles in the ecosystem.

Lesson Plans
 * Pond Life-exploring how organisms satisfy their needs and describes their roles in the environment (ORC)
 * Build an Animal (ORC)
 * Environmental Exchange Box- create an environment and switch with another class to see how they are different //(ORC)//
 * Eco-Cycle: Finding the parts of an ecosystem
 * Design a Regional "Eco Park"
 * Bio Blitz Mapping
 * Why Preserve Biodiversity?

Discrepant Events
 * Get an Animal's Eye View with Critter Cam (National Geographic website)

STEM Events

Simulations (Project WET, Project WILD, etc.)

Web sites/ORC sites
 * ORC # 3538 Pond Life
 * ORC # 3265 Fresh water and marine ecosystem interactive website
 * ORC # 325 Build an Animal
 * ORC # 6497 Environmental Exchange Box

Literature
 * //Ecosystems// by Debra J. Housel
 * //Habitats and Ecosystems: An encyclopedia of endangered America// by Mark Crawford
 * //Pass the Energy Please// by Barbara Shaw McKinney

Text References

Related Vocabulary words
 * ecosystems
 * predator
 * prey
 * biomes
 * organisms
 * biodiversity
 * food chain

Life Science (LS) Topic: Interconnections within Ecosystems Content: All of the processes that take place within organisms require energy

Lesson Plans Discrepant Events
 * Raphanus sativus, Germination, and Inquiry (ORC # 311)
 * Blue Crab (ORC # 495)
 * Biology of Planets (ORC # 8161)
 * Animal Adaptations (ORC # 3439)

STEM Events

Simulations (Project WET, **Project WILD**, etc.)
 * Grasshopper Gravity- describe structure and function of a grasshopper; generalize wildlife ranges from small to large organisms
 * Barely Growing- compare similarities/differences between growth of black bears and humans

Web sites/ORC sites Literature
 * ORC # 311
 * ORC # 495
 * ORC # 8161
 * ORC # 3439
 * //Living in a Desert// by Patty Whitehouse

Text References
 * Animals Alive: An ecological guide to animal activities by Dennis Holley (1994), Rinehart Pub.
 * Project Wild: K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide (2007)

Related Vocabulary words
 * molting