Food Webs, Forces, Earth & Sky
Objectives
- D06.S2.05.01 Explain how matter and energy move through a food web and what can happen when one part changes.
- D06.S2.05.02 Describe how traits pass from parents to offspring and how some traits vary within a family.
- D06.S3.05.01 Explain that matter is made of particles too small to see and use this idea to explain changes of state.
- D06.S3.05.02 Describe gravity and magnetism as forces that act at a distance.
- D06.S4.05.01 Describe the Earth, Moon, and Sun system and explain day length, moon phases, and eclipses.
- D06.S4.05.02 Explain how Earth's surface is changed by slow and fast processes, and where earthquakes and volcanoes occur.
Essential questions
- How does matter and energy move through the living world?
- What forces and changes shape matter, Earth, and the sky?
Big ideas
- Matter and energy move through food webs, and traits pass from parents to offspring — sometimes varying within a family.
- Matter is made of tiny particles; gravity and magnetism act at a distance; and the Earth–Moon–Sun system and slow and fast processes shape day, night, phases, eclipses, and the land.
Lessons
- 1 Matter and Energy Move Through a Food Web 55 minutes
- 2 What Happens When One Part of a Food Web Changes 55 minutes
- 3 Traits Pass from Parents to Offspring 50 minutes
- 4 Traits Vary Within a Family 50 minutes
- 5 Matter Is Made of Particles Too Small to See 55 minutes
- 6 Gravity: A Force That Acts at a Distance 50 minutes
- 7 Magnetism: A Force That Acts at a Distance 50 minutes
- 8 Earth, Moon, and Sun: Day Length and Moon Phases 55 minutes
- 9 Eclipses: When Shadows Meet 50 minutes
- 10 Slow and Fast Changes to Earth's Surface 55 minutes
Assessment plan
Observation of food-web and heredity reasoning, particle models, and force demonstrations; a food-web diagram, a traits note, and an Earth–Moon–Sun model as portfolio artifacts.
Unit 7 — Food Webs, Forces, Earth & Sky
Overview
This unit deepens the science the year opened with, building on Grade 4’s controlled experiments and the living world. Learners explain how matter and energy move through a food web and what can happen when one part changes, and describe how traits pass from parents to offspring and how some traits vary within a family. They explain that matter is made of particles too small to see and use this idea to explain changes of state, and describe gravity and magnetism as forces that act at a distance. They describe the Earth, Moon, and Sun system and explain day length, moon phases, and eclipses, and explain how Earth’s surface is changed by slow and fast processes, and where earthquakes and volcanoes occur. Throughout, the “how do we know” through-line holds: predict, test, observe, and separate evidence from inference.
Essential questions
- How does matter and energy move through the living world?
- What forces and changes shape matter, Earth, and the sky?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| L.05.007.01 | Matter and Energy Move Through a Food Web | D06.S2.05.01 |
| L.05.007.02 | What Happens When One Part of a Food Web Changes | D06.S2.05.01 |
| L.05.007.03 | Traits Pass from Parents to Offspring | D06.S2.05.02 |
| L.05.007.04 | Traits Vary Within a Family | D06.S2.05.02 |
| L.05.007.05 | Matter Is Made of Particles Too Small to See | D06.S3.05.01 |
| L.05.007.06 | Gravity: A Force That Acts at a Distance | D06.S3.05.02 |
| L.05.007.07 | Magnetism: A Force That Acts at a Distance | D06.S3.05.02 |
| L.05.007.08 | Earth, Moon, and Sun: Day Length and Moon Phases | D06.S4.05.01 |
| L.05.007.09 | Eclipses: When Shadows Meet | D06.S4.05.01 |
| L.05.007.10 | Slow and Fast Changes to Earth’s Surface | D06.S4.05.02 (revisits S2, S3) |