5-ESS2-2

SCUSD NGSS Curriculum Guide ====**5-ESS2-2: Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth. ** [//Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, ground water, and polar ice caps, and does not include the atmosphere.//] ====

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

Key Vocabulary:

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Possible Assessments (formative and/or summative):
Write a story about water cycle journey to show understanding of the processes, Write a design for a stream table experiment, I-Checks, Post-test test questions from FOSS.

Key Student Activity:
Design and run experiments on stream table/sand table, Use graphing conventions to display data for analysis. Investigate and analyze the effects of temperature and surface area on evaporation. Investigate and analyze how temperature affects the formation of dew and frost. Learn how water is distributed worldwide (globe activity to show percentage water, division of single pitcher of water into proportions stored in different bodies of water). Understand the mechanism of the water cycle through playing the Water Cycle Game.

Understand the role of water in weather. Use science notebooks to record observations in writing, drawing, diagrams and graphs.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Key Teacher Demo/Activity:
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Visit local wetlands (Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge); <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Earth; <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">FOSS stream table simulation video, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Santa Clara Valley Water District visit

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Common Student Misconceptions:

 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Water evaporates into clouds, misunderstanding the concept of water vapor
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The idea of groundwater is of water in lakes and streams underground rather than pore spaces.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There is an unlimited amount of freshwater

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Things to Avoid/Correct:

 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use of correct vocabulary at each grade level

====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Other Resources (text, video, simulations, activities, models, etc..): ====
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Schlesinger videos
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Docs