Telluride Elementary / Intermediate Integrated Curriculum Map

Ecosystems

Grade Level: 5^th Grade

Timeline Unit/ Month/ Objective	Essential Questions	LA Expectation/ Standard	Science Standards	Project/ Activity	Resources Primary (P) Secondary (S)	Assessment R= Rubric D= Differentiated EX= Exemplar available
Ecosystems/ September-October (8 weeks) To study the relationship between living and non-living things in an environment, how living and non-living things depend on each other, and human impact on an ecosystem and food chain	What is an ecosystem? How does the local ecosystem affect our watershed? Positive and negative. How do plants get energy? What is a food chain? What special adaptations do various plants and animals have for survival? How are systems in the environment dependent/interdependent on each other? How do humans impact an ecosystem? Do ecosystems impact human behavior? How are plants alike and different?	1.a. Comprehension strategies for fiction and nonfiction 1.b. Summarize text passages [informational text] 1.c. Main idea/detail [fiction & nonfiction] 1.d. Infer using clues 2.b. Fully develop ideas in writing with thorough support 2.c. Organize writing [intro and conclusion] 2.i. Create readable documents 2.j. Communicate effectively [evaluate] 2.l. Use content vocab. accurately 3.b. Use standard English 3.f. Paragraphs [indent, one focused idea] 3.g. Spelling 3.i. Write legibly in manuscript/cursive. 4.c. Distinguish between fact/opinion 4.d. Make predictions, draw conclusions from fiction text. 6g. Respond to literature	1.c. Plans and conducts a variety of simple investigations 1.d. Appropriate tools to gather data 2.f. Compare measurable physical properties before and after effecting a change to verify a change has occurred and predict its outcome in similar circumstances. 3.f. Animals have different structures for growth, survival, reprod. 3.g. Interaction and interdependence among components of ecosystems 3.h.Plants /animals need energy to live 3.m. Similarities/ differences among individuals of population 3.o. Changes in environment affect survival of organisms 3.p. Flow of energy in ecosystem 3.s. Cycling of materials through a system 5.a. Use observable patterns/changes to make predictions 5.b. Repeat science experiments with same conditions	STC Kit Lessons: Lesson 1: Thinking About Ecosystems Lesson 2: Setting up Terrarium Lesson 3: Setting up Aquarium Reading “Duckweed, Elodea, Algae” answer questions Lesson 4: Adding Animals to Aquarium Reading “Mosquito Fish” “Snails” and answer questions Lesson 5: Observiing Aquarium Reading “How Seeds Spring to Life” Lesson 6: Adding Animals to Terrarium Reading “Isopods” “Crickets” Answer questions Lesson 7: Joining Aquarium and Terrarium Lesson 8: Upsetting the Stability create group posters showing pros and cons acid rain, fertilizer, road salt Lesson 9: Reporting on Pollutants Lesson 10: Planning Pollution Experiments Lesson 11: Setting Up Our Pollution Experiments Lesson 12: Observing Early Effects of Pollution Lesson 13: Where Do Pollutants Go? Lesson 14: Drawing Conclusions About Our Experiments Reading “Chesapeake Bay” Lesson 15: Examining A Real Environmental Problem Lesson 16: Holding and Mini Conference Hoot Book Project/Literature Circles: ü Guided reading groups ü Literature circle discussions ü Response journals (think- alouds, setting, conflict, sequence of events, summary/retell) ü Book Project: Artifact Box and Mobile Telluride Institute/ Ribbons of Life Program: ü Watershed Classroom Unit/Video ü Field Trip/Watershed Outdoor Activities: Wetlands, Biodiversity, Water Quality, and Conservation Stations. *coordinated with Institute Darcy Craig Biodiversity Program: ü Measuring Coordinates at Town Park Plots ü Note taking ü Report writing ü Scientific observations ü Complete Observation Jouranl at Town Park *coordinated with outdoor education instructor Eileem Cahalane Technology: Scholastic.com Activities Gallapogos Islands Weekly Journal Prompts: include ecosystem topics	STC Kit/Student Activity Book (Lessons 1 -16): Hoot by Carl Hiassen 25 Assessment Probes Nonfiction Writing Prompts for Science Telluride Institute Watershed Program (Ribbons of Life) Smithsonian Pinhead Institute/Town Park plots and data collection	Ecosystem’s Notebook(STC) Observation Journal Lesson Questions to accompany STC readings End of Unit Test Unit Vocabulary: Eco Ecology Ecosystem Dependent Interdependent Organism Micro Decomposer Respiration Photosynthesis Consumer Producer Biodiversity Scavenger Pollutants Algae Bloom Hypothesis Terra Aqua Molting Adaptation Native Species Introduced Species Predator Prey