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Grade 05 Science - EC: S5.B.3.1.2

Grade 05 Science - EC: S5.B.3.1.2

Continuum of Activities

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

  • Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
  • Questions/activities that grow in complexity
  • Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Grade Levels

5th Grade

Activities

  1. Write if the statement is true or false. If false, correct the statement to make it true.
    1. A food chain always starts with a producer.
    2. A food chain is more complex than a food web.
    3. It is possible for a food chain to include only 2 organisms.
    4. A decomposer could appear anywhere in a food web.

  2. In your own words explain how a food web is more complex than a food chain.

  3. Act out a simple food chain with a group of 4 or 5 students.
    Use the following questions to discuss your conclusions:
    • What role do each of you play?
    • What trophic level is your organism?
    • Would it be possible for you to join with another group? Why or why not?
  1. List 5 vocabulary words based on food webs.
  1. There are levels to a food chain called trophic levels: producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, and quaternary consumer. Explain how it might be possible for an organism to be different levels? (Hint: think about an omnivores’ diet.)
    TASK: Write a short explanation.
  2. If an organism was removed from a food chain, how would the chain function without it?
    TASK: Write a short explanation.
  1. Write an argument essay explaining why a decomposer MUST be part of a food chain/web.  Please include as many facts about food chains as you can. Responses should be about 6-8 sentences.

Answer Key/Rubric


    1. A food chain always starts with a producer. TRUE
    2. A food chain is more complex than a food web. FALSE- a food web is more complex
    3. It is possible for a food chain to include only 2 organisms. TRUE
    4. A decomposer could appear anywhere in a food web. TRUE

  2. Answer will vary. Possible explanation may be, a food web is more complex than a food chain because it is essentially a bunch of food chains that combine together.

  3. Student responses will vary. Teacher will evaluate.

  4. Possible words  include: herbivore, food chain, producers, ecosystem, population(s), food web, consumers, decomposers, photosynthesis, organisms, carnivores, primary consumers, parasites, scavengers, secondary consumers
  1. Suggested Rubric: This rubric may be used to assess a student’s overall mastery of the standard or eligible content:

  1. Suggested Rubric: This rubric may be used to assess a student’s overall mastery of the standard or eligible content:

 

  1. Write an argument essay explaining why a decomposer MUST be part of a food chain/web.
    Please include as many facts about food chains as you can. Responses should be about 6-8 sentences.
    Suggested Rubric: This rubric may be used to assess a student’s overall mastery of the standard or eligible content:

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