5-LS-Ecosystems-Week+1

Weekly Lesson Plan**
 * Moore Magnet Elementary School

__**Biodiversity and Change**__

Teacher(s): Averitt, Cecil, Nadeau
 * Grade level:** 5


 * Learning Target: (Essential Question)** - What physical and behavioral adaptations enable animals to survive in a particular environment?


 * What is the end result?**

GLE 0507.5.1 Investigate ||
 * Standards:**
 * ====**Science**====
 * ====**Technology/ISTE**==== ||
 * **Math** ||
 * **Engineering/Inquiry** ||
 * Activities, Assessments, and Resources
 * **Engineering/Inquiry** ||
 * Activities, Assessments, and Resources
 * Activities, Assessments, and Resources


 * Brainstorm the concept of "environment" as "surroundings". Describe local school environment in Scientist's Notebooks. (living and non-living, etc.) Conditions that affect quality of life (number of students in class, etc.).
 * Discuss specific environment. Brainstorm types of organisms can live in this environment and why.
 * Assign specific environments - students will research and present. Group activity. ||
 * **HOTS Questions:**
 * How do living things survive in your particular environment?
 * What physical features enable?
 * Describe relationships between living things. How do the plants and animals interact? ||
 * **Assessments:** ||
 * **Assessments:** ||
 * **Assessments:** ||

__Exploring Environments__ (AIMS Book) Page 21
 * Activities/Resources:
 * Rubric page 23 ||  ||