Grade 5 Science
Week Twenty-three Lessons
This week we will continue the Environments Unit. We are going to take a part two look at how organisms interact in their environments. This lesson will cover biomes and the changes living things make in environments. Links to actual materials and lessons are provided throughout this post. I hope you can find something to help make planning this year a little, or a lot, easier!
TEKS/ Standards:
(C) predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways; and Supporting Standard
“I can” Statements:
I can predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living things.
Essential Questions:
Monday – What are the things you need in your environment to live?
Tuesday – How does the location of a biome affect what can live there?
Wednesday – What affects does rainfall have on a biome?
Thursday – How can living organisms change an environment?
Friday – Why is it important to be able to predict the effects of changes in an ecosystem?
Word Wall Words:
Organism
Population
Ecosystem
Food Web
Niche
Consumer
Producer
Carnivore
Herbivore
Omnivore
Decomposer
Lesson Ideas and Materials:
Materials:
Science Wall Complete each day with your choice of word wall words.
Biomes Stations and Task Cards
Organisms and Environments Interactive Science Notebook
Organisms and Environments Anchor Charts
Lesson Ideas:
(Monday) Students will work the Biomes Stations. Complete the first 2 columns of a Word Wall Builder Chart (Use words you didn’t get to last week). –All this is in the Biomes Stations and Task Cards
(Tuesday) Students will continue the Biomes Stations. Complete the third column of the Word Wall Builder Chart. –All this is in the Biomes Stations and Task Cards
(Wednesday) Students will complete the Biomes Task Cards – Biomes Stations and Task Cards. Students will complete the Word Map and Food web activity in their notebooks- Organisms and Environments Interactive Science Notebook
(Thursday) Students will complete the Biomes Task Cards – Biomes Stations and Task Cards. Complete the Changes in Ecosystems Anchor Chart as a class. – Organisms and Environments Anchor Charts The students can fill in their printable poster, and you can make one on chart paper to hang up around the room.
(Friday) Continue the STAAR Science Review Stations this week. Complete one or two rotations of stations this Friday. Only 8 weeks before the STAAR Science!
Additional resources:
The following links to the pretty PDF of this lesson plan.
Need materials for younger grades?
The materials in this lesson are intended for 5th graders in Texas, but are taught in a way that they could be easily modified for younger and older grades.
Here is what I have for Earth and Space so far.
Kindergarten Interactive Science Notebook with Word Wall Cards