Subject:

Bath School Department 2003-2007
Content Area: Science
Grade 5

Content Standard: B. Ecology
Students will understand how living things depend on one another and on non-living aspects of the environment.
Common Assessment(s):

Performance Indicators
Students will be able to: Essential Elements
(Specific Grade Level Learning Objectives) Suggested
Performance Activities Suggested
Classroom Assessments Vocabulary

1. Describe in general terms the chemical processes of photosynthesis and respiration.

terms of chemical process

Students will complete Study Aids 3-"Making Food: Photosynthesis," p. 31, Teacher Resource Book: Plants and "Making Food: Respiration," p. 32, Teacher Resource Book: Plants.

Compare with a factory.

Posters.

Remove light from plants.

Students will draw diagrams of the processes of photosynthesis and respiration, including labels and explanations, in their science journals.

detrimental change
behavior
behavior patterns
beneficial change
chemical process
classify
competition
consumer
decomposer
ecosystem
environmental factors
interact
mutualism
organisms
parasitism
photosynthesis
population
predator
prey
producer
recycle
respiration
succession

3, Describe succession and other ways that ecosystems can change over time

change over time

Students will complete Quick Lab-"Predicting Succession," p. 565 in textbook.

Students will list and classify events (nature and man) that cause change in ecosystems.

4. Generate examples of the variety of ways that organisms interact (e.g., competition, predator/prey, parasitism/mutualism).

examples of how organisms interact

Students will play the relationship card game from Science for Life and Living Resources.

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Students will complete an energy pyramid by placing a list of animals and plants on their proper level.

5. Describe various mechanisms found in the natural world for transporting living and non-living matter and the results of such movements.

identify mechanisms for transporting living and non-living matter

Students will use their science journals to list at least 4 ways seeds may be transported and include the results of such movements.

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Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific Grade Level Learning Objectives)	Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1. Describe in general terms the chemical processes of photosynthesis and respiration.	terms of chemical process	Students will complete Study Aids 3-"Making Food: Photosynthesis," p. 31, Teacher Resource Book: Plants and "Making Food: Respiration," p. 32, Teacher Resource Book: Plants. Compare with a factory. Posters. Remove light from plants.	Students will draw diagrams of the processes of photosynthesis and respiration, including labels and explanations, in their science journals.	detrimental change behavior behavior patterns beneficial change chemical process classify competition consumer decomposer ecosystem environmental factors interact mutualism organisms parasitism photosynthesis population predator prey producer recycle respiration succession
3, Describe succession and other ways that ecosystems can change over time	change over time	Students will complete Quick Lab-"Predicting Succession," p. 565 in textbook.	Students will list and classify events (nature and man) that cause change in ecosystems.
4. Generate examples of the variety of ways that organisms interact (e.g., competition, predator/prey, parasitism/mutualism).	examples of how organisms interact	Students will play the relationship card game from Science for Life and Living Resources.	.
	examples of how organisms interact	.	Students will complete an energy pyramid by placing a list of animals and plants on their proper level.
5. Describe various mechanisms found in the natural world for transporting living and non-living matter and the results of such movements.	identify mechanisms for transporting living and non-living matter	Students will use their science journals to list at least 4 ways seeds may be transported and include the results of such movements.	.