5-PS3-1

SCUSD NGSS Curriculum Guide ====**5-PS3-1: Use models to describe that 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.] ====

Science Background for the Teacher:
[overview of relevant science background for teacher]

Key Vocabulary:

 * energy || light || photosynthesis || starch ||
 * sugar || food || fuel || chemical PE ||
 * transform/convert || transfer || form || thermal energy ||

Possible Assessments (formative and/or summative):

 * Identify certain number of energy transformations in a cartoon, video clip, physical demonstration, etc. using a word bank of the “key” forms of energy discussed in the units. Translate food chain into proper energy terminology.

Key Student Activity:

 * Relate energy transformations to a food chain, starting at the Sun
 * Converting food to thermal energy (burning Cheetos or other non-allergenic food)

Key Teacher Demo/Activity:
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Common Student Misconceptions:
[Descriptions of common student mistakes or misconceptions related to this topic.]

Things to Avoid/Correct:
Avoid referring to generic “energy”. Refer to the specific form of energy being discussed: motion, electricity, light, sound, thermal energy, chemical potential energy, gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy, magnetic potential energy, nuclear potential energy.

Avoid “heat” except as a verb (e.g., to heat your house). Thermal energy is the correct term for the random motion of electrons, atoms and molecules. Heat is a process (conduction, convection, radiation) by which thermal energy is transferred from one location to another, usually involving a change of temperature.

Energy is not “created” or “destroyed”; it is “transformed” from one form to another.

====Other Resources (text, video, simulations, activities, models, etc..): ====

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