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Time Frame
4 Weeks ( 9th April – 30th April)
5-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions,
Energy, and Dynamics
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In this unit the students will study
that the food of almost any kind of
animal can be traced back to plants.
Organisms are related in food webs in
which some animals eat plants for
food and other animals eat the
animals that eat plants. Some
organisms, such as fungi and bacteria,
break down dead organisms (both
plants or plants parts and animals)
and therefore operate as
“decomposers.” Decomposition
eventually restores (recycles) some
materials back to the soil. Organisms
can survive only in environments in
which their particular needs are met.
A healthy ecosystem is one in which
multiple species of different types are
each able to meet their needs in a
relatively stable web of life. Newly
introduced species can damage the
balance of an ecosystem. (5-LS2-1)
LS2.B: Cycles of Matter and Energy
Transfer in Ecosystems
Matter cycles between the air and
soil and among plants, animals, and
microbes as these organisms live and
die. Organisms obtain gases, and
water, from the environment, and
release waste matter (gas, liquid, or
solid) back into the environment. (5LS2-1)
3 weeks (7th May – 21st May)
2 weeks (28th May – 11st June)
5-ESS1, ESS2 Earth’s Place in the
Universe and Earths systems.
5-PS2 Motion and Stability:
Forces and Interactions.
ESS1.A: The Universe and its Stars
PS2.B: Types of Interactions
 In this unit students will learn
about the sun is a star that
appears larger and brighter than
other stars because it is closer.
Stars range greatly in their
distance from Earth. (5-ESS1-1)
ESS1.B: Earth and the Solar System
The orbits of Earth around the sun
and of the moon around Earth,
together with the rotation of Earth
about an axis between its North and
South poles, cause observable
patterns. These include day and
night; daily changes in the length and
direction of shadows; and different
positions of the sun, moon, and stars
at different times of the day, month,
and year. (5-ESS1-2)
ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems
 Earth’s major systems are the
geosphere (solid and molten rock,
soil, and sediments), the
hydrosphere (water and ice), the
atmosphere (air), and the
biosphere (living things, including
humans). These systems interact
in multiple ways to affect Earth’s
surface materials and processes.
The ocean supports a variety of
ecosystems and organisms, shapes
landforms, and influences climate.
Winds and clouds in the
atmosphere interact with the
This unit the students will
understand that the gravitational
force of Earth acting on an object
near Earth’s surface pulls that
object toward the planet’s center.
(5-PS2-1)
landforms to determine patterns
of weather. (5-ESS2-1)
ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s
Surface Processes
Nearly all of Earth’s available water is
in the ocean. Most fresh water is in
glaciers or underground; only a tiny
fraction is in streams, lakes, wetlands,
and the atmosphere. (5-ESS2-2)
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Unit
Question
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How organisms can vary and
how this leads to their
survival in the changing
environment?
How environments can
change over a day?
Explain patterns of animal’s
behavior.
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What is the name of the
planets in our solar system?
What is the size and distance
between each of the planets
from the sun.
What is rotation and
revolution?
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How to determine the
speed of a moving object
and to use the
quantitative relationship
between speed, distance
and time
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How are days and nights
caused?
How are seasons caused?
What is a lunar eclipse?
Wat is a solar eclipse?
Wat is the advantage of a
telescope?
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How does the speed of a
toy car on a slope depend
on its mass?
How does the speed of a
toy car on a slope depend
on the pulling force?
Learning objectives:
Learning objectives:
Learning objectives:
Students will understand and know:
Students will understand and know:
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Students will understand and
know:
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Significant
Concept (s)
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How can environment vary
over the year?
What is the difference
between food chain and
food web?
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How organisms can vary and how
this leads to their survival in the
changing environment.
List some differences between
habitats
Find out how adaptation leads to
their survival
Label and explain adaptations of
animals and plants
Measure environmental data in a
habitat and consider how some
animals are adapted to this daily
change.
How environments can change
over a day
Discuss how this could affect
animal and plant behavior
To find out the characteristics of
predator and prey.
Discuss the origin and loss of
energy in food chains
Consider how the sea ecosystem
has changed with the invasion of
the Red King Crab
Discuss ho w and why a food web
could change
Find out the impact of a new
species on a food web
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the relative positions of the
Earth, Sun and planets in the
solar system
about the movements of the
planets around the sun and to
relate these to gravitational
forces
that the sun and other stars are
light sources and that the planets
and other bodies are seen by
reflected light
To make a linear scale model of
the distance of the nine planets
from the Sun
the relative positions of the
Earth, Sun and planets in the
solar system
To be aware of basic facts
concerning the planet we live on
how the movement of the earth
causes the apparent daily and
annual movement of the Sun and
other stars?
How an eclipse of the Sun takes
place?
Construct models of some star
constellations.
How an eclipse of the Moon
takes place?
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What speed is, using a nonstandard unit of time and to
investigate the effect of slope.
What speed is, using a nonstandard unit of time and to
investigate the effect of mass.
What speed is, using a nonstandard unit of time and to
investigate the effect of a
pulling force.
To determine speed by
calculation and to investigate
the effect of a pulling force.
To determine speed by
calculation and to investigate
the effect of frictional force –
drag.
Theme
Out of this world
Out of this world
Week 1:
Week 1:
Week 1:
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List the different types of
force.
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Explain how each force
work.
Explain the difference
between balanced and
unbalanced force.
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How environments can
change over a day.
Find out how adaptation
leads to their survival
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Label and explain
adaptations of animals and
plants.
Investigate how
environments can change
over a day
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Week 3
Discuss how this could
affect animal and plant
behavior.
Use data loggers to
measure the school
environment.
Follow instructions and
carry out a practical safely.
Record data in a suitable
table.
Explain some patterns in
animal behavior.
Investigate how
environments can change
over a year.
Name the planets in our
solar system.
Explain the conditions in
different types of planets.
Explain why life exist on the
planet each.
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Week 2:
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Explain the galaxy.
Week 2:
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Week 2:
Weekly
Planning
Out of this world
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Explain the position of
different planets in our solar
system.
List how days and nights are
caused?
Week 3:
 Explain the seasons and ow
they are caused.
 To construct a simple
telescope.
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Explain gravitational pull.
To investigate the speed
of a car moving on a
ramp.
Calculate speed using
different friction and
drag force.
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Discuss how this could
affect animal and plant
behavior.
Draw and analyze a line
graph showing migration
of a bird.
List common predator and
prey features.
Construct food chains.
Week 4
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Discuss the origin and loss
of energy in food chains.
Find out how to construct
food webs from food
chains.
Construct food webs.
Analyze how the decline of
one organism may affect
other organisms.
Find out the impact of a
new species on a food
web.
Give advice on how people
could help maintain the
balance in a food web.
Vocabulary
(Unit and
RIT)
SCF
Possible
Assessment
Tasks and
Bloom’s
Level
affect
, cause and effect,
,relationship,
computer, condition ,control
variables ,cyclic pattern,
direct observation, enlarge , habitat,
community, population, niche,
herbivores, carnivores, producers,
consumers, prey, predator.
evidence, exert, experimental,
result, extend, field, gradient,
hand, hypothesis, imbalance,
instrument, orbit, rotation,
revolution, gravity, force, satellite,
communication, atmosphere, season,
eclipse.
interact, investigation, definition,
perception, position, prediction ,
balanced, unbalanced, ramp,
slope,
Independent learning, critical
thinking, entrepreneurship, problem
solving
Basic facts test
Initiative, collaboration,
communication, self-confidence,
responsibility
Basic facts test
Creativity, digital competence,
cultural awareness, environmental
awareness
Basic facts test
Unit tests
Unit tests
Unit tests
Performance tasks
Performance tasks
Performance tasks
Homework
Homework
Homework
Remembering: Recall vertebrates’ ad
invertebrate
Remembering: Recall the names of
the planets.
Remembering: Recall meaning of
force.
Understanding: Making sense of
ecosystem
Understanding: Making sense of
planets
Understanding: Making sense of
force on an object
Applying: investigation skill
Applying: investigation skill
Applying: investigation skill.
Evaluating: Construct viable
arguments and critique the reasoning
of others.
Evaluating: Construct viable
arguments and critique the reasoning
of others.
Evaluating: Construct viable
arguments and critique the
reasoning of others.
Investigating : Different types of
ecosystem and habitat.
Researching: use Pearson’s to look at
enrich ecosystem and do
comprehension
Assessment
Criteria
Analyzing: How animals are adapted
to their environment.
Evaluating: End of unit test.
Investigating : the effect of gravity
on a marble falling on a sand at
different height
Researching: use Pearson’s to look
at enrich planets and do
comprehension.
Analyzing: the distance between the
different planets.
Investigating : effect of force on
different surfaces.
Researching: : use Pearson’s to
look at enrich force and do
comprehension.
Analyzing: the difference between
balanced and unbalanced force.
Evaluating: End of the unit test.
Evaluating : End of unit test
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Resources
Opening Tasks
Opening Tasks
Opening Tasks
Exit slips/summaries
Exit slips/summaries
Exit slips/summaries
Education city
Education city
Education city
Tarsia
Tarsia
Tarsia
Pearson
Pearson
Pearson
Matching cards
Matching cards
Matching cards
pHet
pHet
pHet
Scholastic
Scholastic
Scholastic