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Grade 5 - Ecosystems: Energy, Matter, and Modeling
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Portland Public Schools has developed this unit. Their hope is that ALL K-5 students will be able to access rigorous, standards-aligned science instruction that engages them in hands-on experiences and sense-making through student discourse. They want to encourage all students to be critical thinkers and lifelong learners. To that end, the science and ESL departments at Portland Public Schools, in consultation with NGSS writer Rita Januszyk, have developed units that are aligned with both Next Generation Science Standards and Oregon’s English Language Proficiency standards.

Students explore where the energy in our food comes from, the flow of energy in an ecosystem, and the cycle of matter. Students generate an initial model of a farm system and revise it throughout the unit as they learn more about the flow of energy and cycling of matter through seed investigations, observations, and discussions. The unit culminates in an engineering challenge using mostly recycled materials.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Life Science
Physical Science
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Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Author:
Geoff Stonecipher
Jamie Rumage
Jennifer Scherzinger
Kate Yocum
Rita Januszkyk
Susan Holveck
Jennifer Mayo
Date Added:
06/13/2022
Think Before You Eat: How Can We Reduce Plastic Pollution?
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The lessons in this project were developed as part of a collaborative effort between the Oregon Department of Education - Oregon Healthy Schools grant, and Multnomah ESD. Educators designed projects that integrated health or physical education standards with either math or science standards.  Project Summary:The project, “Think Before You Eat” is designed to provide students with a voice to be a change agent for their future environment and community. The motto for this unit, “If we know better, we do better.”Students will learn how plastic not only affects our earth's environment but also the harm it can have on us as individuals through the food chain. Students will identify these issues and develop new ways to create healthier alternatives for everyone by reducing plastic pollution. If we use less plastic, we eat less plastic. Students will create awareness in order to impact their communities.

Subject:
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Life Science
Material Type:
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Unit of Study
Author:
Suzanne Hidde
Date Added:
03/16/2022
​Where Does Our Clean Water Come from and Where Does it Go After We Make it Dirty?​ — Next Generation Science Storylines
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In this fifth-grade science and engineering unit on earth systems and on the structure and properties of matter, students investigate where the dirty water that drains out of their homes and schools goes and where the clean water they use comes from. Their investigations lead them to discover connections between the hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. Their discoveries spark a series of design problems to solve in order to protect freshwater reservoirs and minimize human impacts on the environment, including ways to mitigate flooding and erosion, naturally filter water and prevent contamination of water reservoirs, and conserve water usage in drought-prone areas of the world.

Subject:
Applied Science
Astronomy
Engineering
Environmental Science
Geoscience
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Author:
Jamie Rumage
NextGenStorylines
Date Added:
03/22/2024