5+-+LS+-+Ecosystem

__Ecosystems__
__**Learning Target: (Essential Question)**__ - What makes life successful in a specific environment?

__**Standards:**__ GLE 0507.1.1 Distinguish between the basic structures and functions of plant and animal cells SPI 0507.1.1 Identify the major parts of plant and animal cells SPI 0507.1.2 Compare and contrast basic structures and functions of plant and animal cells GLE 0507.2.1 Investigate different nutritional relationships among organisms in an ecosystem. GLE 0507.2.2 Explain how organisms interact through symbiotic, commensal, and parasitic relationships. GLE 0507.2.3 Establish the connections between human activities and natural disasters and their impact on the environment. SPI 0507.2.1 Describe the different types of nutritional relationships that exist among organisms SPI 0507.2.2 Distinguish among symbiotic, commensal, and parasitic relationships SPI 0507.2.3 Use information about the impact of human actions or natural disasters on the environment to support a simple hypothesis, make a prediction, or draw a conclusion GLE 0507.3.1 Demonstrate how all living things rely on the process of photosynthesis to obtain energy. SPI 0507.3.1 Identify photosynthesis as the food manufacturing process in plants SPI 0507.3.2 Compare how plants and animals obtain energy GLE 0507.5.1 Investigate physical characteristics associated with different groups of animals. GLE 0507.5.2 Analyze fossils to demonstrate the connection between organisms and environments that existed in the past and those that currently exist. SPI 0507.5.1 Identify physical and behavioral adaptations that enable animals to survive in a particular environment SPI 0507.5.2 Explain how fossils provide information about the past
 * Science**

GLE 0506.2.1 Extend the understanding of place value through millions and millionths in various contexts and representations. GLE 0506.5.1 Make, record, display and interpret data and graphs that include whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. GLE 0506.5.2 Describe the shape and important features of a set of data using the measures of central tendency
 * Math**


 * Technology/ISTE**
 * Recognize bias in digital resources while researching an environmental issue with guidance from the teacher. (3, 4)
 * Select and apply digital tools to collect, organize, and analyze data to evaluate theories or test hypotheses. (3, 4, 6)
 * Identify and investigate a global issue and generate possible solutions using digital tools and resources. (3, 4)
 * Conduct science experiments using digital instruments and measurement devices. (4, 6) * Conceptualize, guide, and manage individual or group learning projects using digital planning tools with teacher support. (4, 6)
 * Debate the effect of existing and emerging technologies on individuals, society, and the global community. (5, 6)

GLE 0507.T/E.1 Describe how tools, technology, and inventions help to answer questions and solve problems GLE 0507.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, and inventions are always being developed GLE 0507.T/E.3 Identify appropriate materials, tools, and machines that can extend or enhance the ability to solve tools and technologies GLE 0507.T/E.4 Recognize the connection between scientific advances, new knowledge, and the availability of new tools and technologies GLE 0507.T/E.5 Apply a creative design strategy to solve a particular problem generated by societal needs and wants
 * Engineering/Inquiry**

GLE 0507.Inq.1 Explore different scientific phenomena by asking questions, making logical predictions, planning investigations, and recording data GLE 0507.Inq.2 Select and use appropriate tools and simple equipment to conduct an investigation GLE 0507.Inq.3 Organize data into appropriate tables, graphs, drawings, or diagrams GLE 0507.Inq.4 Identify and interpret simple patterns of evidence to communicate the findings of multiple investigations GLE 0507.Inq.5 Recognize that people may interpret the same results in different ways GLE 0507.Inq.6 Compare the results of an investigation with what scientists already accept about this question


 * Performance Assessment Project:**

__Project__ Students will research and design an environment that shows interdependence of organisms. Each 5th grade class will select a particular environment (design constraint) and transform sections of classroom into selected area. (Pacific Northwest, Gulf Coast, Islands) Students will build models representing different interrelationships in each environment. Students will also study the impact of human activities or natural disasters on particular environment. Teachers will integrate environment throughout the year in various subjects including Social Studies.

__Scaffolding__ Teacher will continually evaluate using assessments, facilitating group work, and providing needed instruction.

__Materials__ Student laptops Printer paper Math manipulatives

__Timeline__ August 6th - September 24th

__Rubric__

__Supporting Activities for Unit__
 * Use microscopes to look at cells (onion, pond water)
 * Use online sources to look at other cells
 * Cell function analogy (compare cell to selected biome)
 * Construct cell models
 * Venn diagram plant/animal cells