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5th grade Science
Student Expectations Bundled in
Lesson
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5.9 C- Predict the effects of changes in
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Resources/Materials:
Science Rock - Environments; Brainpop - Humans and the Environment,
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Global Warming, Water Pollution, Air Pollution; Study Jams - Changes in
Ecosystems
Explore:
Space Invaders (AIMS); Rabbit Food (AIMS)
ecosystems caused by living organisms,
including humans, such as the overpopulation
of grazers or the building of highways.
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Teaching Points & Activities
Engage:
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Explain:
Measuring Up - Ecosystem Changes; Space Invaders, Impacting
Ecosystems, Pollution's Effect on Wildlife (AIMS) booklets
Elaborate:
Discovery Education - TLC Elementary School: People and the
Environment - has teacher guide
Semscopes
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Measuring Up workbook
Brainpop
300 green pony beads
1,800 red pony beads
6 box lids or cafeteria trays
dry bag of - beans, corn, or peas
dice
125 game pieces - counters, cubes, etc.
paper bags
scissors
Evaluate:
lab answers; Stemscopes - Environmental Changes quiz; Measuring Up
STAAR Minitest
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Critical Writing Prompt:
Research an endangered or extinct animal or plant.
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Stop & Check for Understanding—High Level Questions
Do you believe that economic benefits should outweigh the harm done to the
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Do you believe that government should enact laws to prevent the destruction of the
environment?
If you were a developer, how would you try to reduce the effects of your business on the
environment?
Small Group Purposeful Talk Question Stems:
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in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including
humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the
building of highways.
the organism to become endangered or extinct.
Was something on which they were dependent
taken away? Did their environment change so much
that they couldn’tget the things they needed? Was
the extinction or endangerment caused by human
interaction?
Rigor & Relevance: (Real World Connection)
How have humans negatively affect our ecosystem
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What are examples of natural events that can change the environment?
and what can you do to positively change our
environment? Create a campaign.
How does building a highway affect an area environmentally?
Connect to Social Studies - The Dust Bowl
Are all environmental changes negative?
Oil Spills
Deforestation
Invasive Species
Beaver Dams
Migration patterns
environment? What are examples of how humans can change an environment?
Vocabulary:
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deforestation, overpopulation, grazers, invasive species, environment, impact, How are the affects of overgrazing of
livestock and lumbering similar?
population, carrying capacity, pollution, The Dust Bowl
How are forest fires both constructive and destructive to an environment?