Science Learning PacketGrade 5, Week 5:

Ecosystem Restoration Suggested science learning activities for SPS students during the COVID-19 school closure.

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Elementary Science Learning ActivityMaterials to accompany Chapter 2, Lessons 2-4

Grade 5

Ecosystem Restoration: Matter and Energy in a Rain Forest

Name: ________________

Teacher: _______________

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This packet has content materials for the following lessons from Ecosystem Restoration Chapter Lesson Pages in the Packet 2.2 1-72.3 2.4

If you do have a computer and internet access, here is how to obtain access to the available Amplify online resources

● For the Ecosystem Restorationsimulation, navigate tohttps://apps.learning.amplify.com/ecosystemrestoration/#/

● For the book, Energy Makes It All Go,navigate tohttps://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228546/#page=1

● For the Plants Needs simulation,navigate tohttps://apps.learning.amplify.com/modelingtool/#/tool/161/level/23_Plant_Needs_Model_id_2731

● Select “Log In with Amplify” button● Enter teacher-provided username

and password (see below)

Username: s.seattle1@tryamplify.net

Password: SeattleSci2020

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Chapter 2: Lesson 2

Question 1: What are some ideas you have now about where food molecules for plants come from? ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

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Question 2: Getting Ready to Read: Energy Makes It All Go

1. Before reading Energy Makes It All Go , read the sentences below.2. If you agree with the sentence, type an “A” on the line before the

sentence.3. If you disagree with the sentence, type a “D” on the line before

the sentence.4. After you read the book, see if your ideas have changed. Be ready

to explain your thinking.

Animals get energy from food matter, but plants do not need food.

Plants make their own food.

Plants need energy to grow, move, and make seeds.

Herbivores eat plants and animals.

Some organisms use dead things as food matter.

All the energy that organisms get from food matter originally comes from sunlight.

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Question 3: What do you notice about how the book is organized? ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

Question 4: Do you see any ideas about plants and food that would help you learn where food molecules for plants come from? ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

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Question 5: Synthesizing Ideas About Where Plants Get Food Molecules

1. As you read Energy Makes It All Go , think about the question below.

2. Record information in the boxes that will help you answer the question.

3. After you finish reading, connect ideas together to come up with a newunderstanding that answers the question.

4. Record your new understanding in the box on the next page.

Question: Where do food molecules for plants come from?

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New understanding:

Question 6: What new understandings did you get from the book? ___________________________________

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Question 7: What information or new ideas did you get from the sim that help you understand how plants get food molecules? ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

Question 8: If you put all your ideas together, what new understanding do we come to about where food molecules for plants come from? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________

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Vocabulary For each word look up the definition and type it in. Then insert clipart or attach a photo of a drawing that will help you remember what the words mean.

Word Definition Picture

Ecosystem

Energy

Environment

Matter

Molecules

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Chapter 2: Lesson 3-4

Lesson 3

Question 1: What do you think plants use their food molecules for? ________________________________

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Question 2: How do plants use Carbon Dioxide, water, and energy from sunlight? ___________________________________

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In your response remember: - Use complete sentences- Use correct vocabulary- Use ideas from the investigations,

simulations, and books

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Question 3: Reflection: Plants in the Rain Forest

1. Read the question below.2. Write a paragraph that answers the question.3. Include what you know about molecules and energy in your explanation.

Question: Where do food molecules for cecropia trees come from?

Make a drawing if it helps you explain your thinking. Label your drawing, then take a photo of it and attach it in the box below.

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Lesson 4

Question 4: Do you think plants also use some food molecules for energy? ___________________________________

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Question 5: What is the evidence to support the claim that plants use some food molecules for energy or not? ________________________________

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Question 6: Finding Evidence About Energy

Part 1: Describe how you and your partner will use the Simulation to investigate the question, Where does energy in an ecosystem come from?

Part 2: For each organism below, write where you think it gets its energy.

The wolf gets energy from

The rabbit gets energy from

The plant gets energy from

The mushroom gets energy from

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Part 3: Using your answers from Part 2, trace the path that energy flows in the ecosystem. What evidence does this give you about where energy in an ecosystem comes from?

Question 7: Claim 1- All energy in an ecosystem is made by plants. What evidence supports this claim? ________________________________

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Question 8: Claim 2- Energy in an ecosystem can always be traced back to the sun. What evidence supports this claim? ___________________________________

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Question 9: Based on what you found out from investigating with the Sim, which claim do you now think is best supported by the evidence? ________________________________

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Vocabulary For each word look up and type in the definition. Then insert clipart or attach a photo of a drawing that helps you to remember what the words mean.

Word Definition Picture

Argument

Claim

Ecologist

Ecosystem

Matter

Molecule

Organism

Synthesize