5-LS2-1

SCUSD NGSS Curriculum Guide ====**5-LS2-1: Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. ** [Clarification Statement: 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.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include molecular explanations.] ====

Science Background for the Teacher:
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Key Vocabulary:

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Possible Assessments (formative and/or summative):
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Key Student Activity:

 * It’s about Time Investigating Earth Systems Books (6th grade curriculum)
 * Unit 5
 * Investigation 1: The Sun, Ecosystems, and Food Webs
 * Investigation 2: The Matter Transfer in Ecosystems
 * Investigation 3: Organisms and Biomes
 * 7th Grade curriculum
 * Yeast Lab
 * Elodea Photosynthesis Lab
 * Mung Bean Lab
 * Inquiry based snails, elodea, BTB future lab
 * It’s about Time InterActions in Physical Science (8th grade curriculum)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity 9: The Chemistry of Life Part 1
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Activity 10: The Chemistry of Life Part 2
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">High School Prentice Hall Biology book
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unit 2 Ecology (chapter 3, 4, 5)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chapter 8 Photosynthesis
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chapter 9 Cellular Respiration

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 * “Plants get their food from water and minerals in the soil.” Change this to- “plants make their food from materials in the air and soil"

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