5-PS3-1 Energy
- Grade: 5th Grade
- Discipline: Physical Science
Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
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Energized Ecosystems
Students will determine how energy is transferred through organisms in an ecosystem and be able to describe the process. Furthermore, students will explore the dynamic and important relationships that exist among organisms in an ecosystem. This lesson includes a lecture and two activities (Build an Elk & Build a Wolf). Cross-cutting Concepts: Energy can be transferred in […]
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Rube Goldberg Machines
Kindergarten – 5th Grade Program Description: Rube Goldberg machine activities are hands-and-minds-on engaging experiences that can easily be adapted for all grade levels and lengths of classroom learning times. We can offer this program virtually by droping the supplies off with you and instructing the lesson over Zoom. Rube Goldeberg was an award winning cartoonist […]
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My Uncle’s Cousin’s Mother was a Tulip – 5th Grade
“My Uncle’s Cousin’s Mother was a Tulip “ – 5th Grade: There are connections and cycles everywhere in the environment. The air, water, earth and organisms of our planet are deeply interdependent and energy is in constant movement between them (ESS2-1, LS1-2). During this program we will use raptors as the starting point for a […]
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Invasive Species in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, 5th Grade
This program consists of three 90-minute lessons: 1) Limiting Factors in Ecosystems, 2) The Impact of Invasive Species on a Model Elk Population, 3) Managing Invasive Species. 1) Limiting Factors in Ecosystems: Learning Objectives: Students will learn that limiting factors, both abiotic and biotic, support biodiversity and maintain ecosystems in a stable state by preventing […]
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