Science
Unit 3. Earth Interactive Systems
STEM Module Project: Design an Eco-Column
5th Grade-Ms. Jennifer Torres
3rd Period Project
What are we going to learn?
-Students will complete the science challenge to build an eco-column.
-Students will use what they’ve learned throughout the module to design an eco-column.
-Students will experiment with the process of making an eco-column which will show the
transfer of energy because energy from the Sun will go to the plants.
-Use the checklist below to evaluate your project.
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1-Research ideas for materials that you could use in your eco-column and bring the
materials to school (three two-liter bottles, soil, seeds, small plants, dead plant
material, decomposers, fish, water, and gravel).
2-Sketch your model: Draw a diagram of the eco-column(include length, width, and
height).
3-Construct the eco-column in class(groups of 3-4).
Support the evidence by writing and filling out the guide.
The project will be evaluated on the following way:
NOTE: Students will investigate, prepare and make the project in science class.
Science indicators
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
Earth. [Assessment Boundary: Assessment
does not include molecular explanations.
LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in
Ecosystems.
LS2.B: Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer
in Ecosystems.
ELA/Literacy Connections:
RI.5.7, SL.5.5
POINTS
5
RESULT
Oral presentation
3
Creativity, use of resources
1
Work on time
TOTAL
1
10