UNIT DESCRIPTION: Students will classify organisms based on characteristics and explain how they are connected through a food web and energy pyramid.
SCI.5.3.1.D.a
Compare structures (e.g., wings vs. fins vs. legs; gills vs. lungs; feathers vs. hair vs. scales) that serve similar functions for animals belonging to different vertebrate classes
SCI.5.3.1.E
SCI.5.3.2.C.a
Compare the major organs/organ systems (e.g. support, reproductive, digestive, transport/circulatory, excretory, response) that perform similar functions for animals belonging to different vertebrate classes
SCI.5.7.1.A
SCI.5.7.1.B
SCI.5.7.1.C
SCI.5.7.1.D.a
Communicate the procedures and results of investigations and explanations through:
SCI.5.8.1.B.a
Describe how new technologies have helped scientists make better observations and measurements for investigations (e.g., telescopes, electronic balances, electronic microscopes, x-ray technology, computers, ultrasounds, computer probes such as thermometers)
SCI.5.8.1.C.a
Identify how the effects of inventions or technological advances (e.g., complex machinery, technologies used in space exploration, satellite imagery, weather observation and prediction, communication, transportation, robotics, tracking devices) may be helpful, harmful, or both (Assess Locally)
Compare structures (e.g., wings vs. fins vs. legs; gills vs. lungs; feathers vs. hair vs. scales) that serve similar functions for animals belonging to different vertebrate classes
SCI.5.3.1.E
- Explain how similarities are the basis for classification
- Distinguish between plants (which use sunlight to make their own food) and animals (which must consume energy-rich food)
- Classify animals as vertebrates or invertebrates
- Classify vertebrate animals into classes (amphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals, fish) based on their characteristics
- Identify plants or animals using simple dichotomous keys
SCI.5.3.2.C.a
Compare the major organs/organ systems (e.g. support, reproductive, digestive, transport/circulatory, excretory, response) that perform similar functions for animals belonging to different vertebrate classes
SCI.5.7.1.A
- Formulate testable questions and explanations (hypotheses)
- Recognize the characteristics of a fair and unbiased test
- Conduct a fair test to answer a question
- Make suggestions for reasonable improvements or extensions of a fair test
SCI.5.7.1.B
- Make qualitative observations using the five senses
- Determine the appropriate tools and techniques to collect data
- Use a variety of tools and equipment to gather data (e.g., hand lenses, magnets, thermometers, metric rulers, balances, graduated cylinders, spring scales)
- Measure length to the nearest centimeter, mass to the nearest gram, volume to the nearest milliliter, temperature to the nearest degree Celsius, force/weight to the nearest Newton
- Compare amounts/measurements
- Judge whether measurements and computation of quantities are reasonable
SCI.5.7.1.C
- Use quantitative and qualitative data as support for reasonable explanations
- Use data as support for observed patterns and relationships, and to make predictions to be tested
- Evaluate the reasonableness of an explanation
- Analyze whether evidence supports proposed explanations
SCI.5.7.1.D.a
Communicate the procedures and results of investigations and explanations through:
- oral presentations
- drawings and maps
- data tables
- graphs (bar, single line, pictograph)
- writings
SCI.5.8.1.B.a
Describe how new technologies have helped scientists make better observations and measurements for investigations (e.g., telescopes, electronic balances, electronic microscopes, x-ray technology, computers, ultrasounds, computer probes such as thermometers)
SCI.5.8.1.C.a
Identify how the effects of inventions or technological advances (e.g., complex machinery, technologies used in space exploration, satellite imagery, weather observation and prediction, communication, transportation, robotics, tracking devices) may be helpful, harmful, or both (Assess Locally)
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
PLANTS
Roots & Stems (slideshow)
Plant Cells (slideshow)
Animal Cells (slideshow)
Animal Life Cycle (slideshow)
Photosynthesis (video)
Gymnosperms: Seeds in Corns (video)
Flowers (video)
Mosses & Ferns (slideshow)
Kingdom of Life (video)
Plant Adaptations (video)
Plants Without Seeds (video)
Plant With Seeds (video)
Angiosperm: Seeds in Fruit (video)
KEYWORDS
anther / tissue / mineral / nutrient / cell / nucleus / reproduce / organelle / chromosome / organism / cytoplasm / metamorphosis / offspring / fertilize / reproduce / photosynthesis / stomata / chlorophyll / vein
angiosperm / seeds / needle / gymnosperm / cone / evergreen / seeds / pollinate / stamen / petal / pistil / fertilize / moss / sporophyte / rhizoids / ferns / gametophyte / fronds / kingdom / animal / fungus / plant / protist / adaptation / environment / adapt / natural selection / non-vascular / vascular / germinate / flower / fruit / pollen
ANIMALS
Invertebrates (slideshow)
Vertebrates (slideshow)
Animal Life Cycles (slideshow)
Animal Adaptations (video)
Arthropods (slideshow)
KEYWORDS
invertebrate / phylum / parasite / vertebrate / organ
organism / metamorphosis / offspring / fertilize / reproduce
adaptation / camouflage / natural selection / instinct
PLANTS
Roots & Stems (slideshow)
Plant Cells (slideshow)
Animal Cells (slideshow)
Animal Life Cycle (slideshow)
Photosynthesis (video)
Gymnosperms: Seeds in Corns (video)
Flowers (video)
Mosses & Ferns (slideshow)
Kingdom of Life (video)
Plant Adaptations (video)
Plants Without Seeds (video)
Plant With Seeds (video)
Angiosperm: Seeds in Fruit (video)
KEYWORDS
anther / tissue / mineral / nutrient / cell / nucleus / reproduce / organelle / chromosome / organism / cytoplasm / metamorphosis / offspring / fertilize / reproduce / photosynthesis / stomata / chlorophyll / vein
angiosperm / seeds / needle / gymnosperm / cone / evergreen / seeds / pollinate / stamen / petal / pistil / fertilize / moss / sporophyte / rhizoids / ferns / gametophyte / fronds / kingdom / animal / fungus / plant / protist / adaptation / environment / adapt / natural selection / non-vascular / vascular / germinate / flower / fruit / pollen
ANIMALS
Invertebrates (slideshow)
Vertebrates (slideshow)
Animal Life Cycles (slideshow)
Animal Adaptations (video)
Arthropods (slideshow)
KEYWORDS
invertebrate / phylum / parasite / vertebrate / organ
organism / metamorphosis / offspring / fertilize / reproduce
adaptation / camouflage / natural selection / instinct
LESSON PLAN #1 Teaching Method:
Title: PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Topic Description: Students will know
Behavioral Objective: After learning about the
Learning Targets:
SCI.5.3.1.D Plants and animals have different structures that serve similar functions necessary for the survival of the organism
- a. Compare structures (e.g., wings vs. fins vs. legs; gills vs. lungs; feathers vs. hair vs. scales) that serve similar functions for animals belonging to different vertebrate classes
- SKILL: Adaptations in animals: beaks, mouths, and necks
- SKILL: Adaptations in animals: feet and limbs
- SKILL: Adaptations in animals: skins and body coverings
LESSON PLAN #2 Teaching Method:
Title: PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Topic Description: Students will know the
Behavioral Objective: After learning about the
Learning Targets:
SCI.5.3.1.E Biological classifications are based on how organisms are related
- a. Explain how similarities are the basis for classification
- SKILL: Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
- SKILL: Identify vertebrates and invertebrates
- SKILL: Use evidence to classify mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles
- SKILL: Use evidence to classify animals
- SKILL: Describe, classify, and compare kingdoms
- b. Distinguish between plants (which use sunlight to make their own food) and animals (which must consume energy-rich food)
- c. Classify animals as vertebrates or invertebrates
- SKILL: Identify vertebrates and invertebrates
- d. Classify vertebrate animals into classes (amphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals, fish) based on their characteristics
- SKILL: Identify mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
- SKILL: Use evidence to classify mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles
- SKILL: Use evidence to classify animals
- e. Identify plants or animals using simple dichotomous keys
LESSON PLAN #3 Teaching Method:
Title: PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Topic Description: Students will know the
Behavioral Objective: After learning about the
Learning Target:
SCI.5.3.2.C Complex multicellular organisms have systems that interact to carry out life processes through physical and chemical means
Title: PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Topic Description: Students will know the
Behavioral Objective: After learning about the
Learning Target:
SCI.5.3.2.C Complex multicellular organisms have systems that interact to carry out life processes through physical and chemical means
- a. Compare the major organs/organ systems (e.g., support, reproductive, digestive, transport/circulatory, excretory, response) that perform similar functions for animals belonging to different vertebrate classes
- SKILL: Circulation and respiration
- SKILL: Digestion
- SKILL: Removing waste
- SKILL: Perception and motion