Grade 05 Science - EC: S5.B.3.1.2
Grade 05 Science - EC: S5.B.3.1.2
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
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Write if the statement is true or false. If false, correct the statement to make it true.
- A food chain always starts with a producer.
- A food chain is more complex than a food web.
- It is possible for a food chain to include only 2 organisms.
- A decomposer could appear anywhere in a food web.
- In your own words explain how a food web is more complex than a food chain.
- Act out a simple food chain with a group of 4 or 5 students.
Use the following questions to discuss your conclusions:
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- 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?
- List 5 vocabulary words based on food webs.
- 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. - If an organism was removed from a food chain, how would the chain function without it?
TASK: Write a short explanation.
- 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
- A food chain always starts with a producer. TRUE
- A food chain is more complex than a food web. FALSE- a food web is more complex
- It is possible for a food chain to include only 2 organisms. TRUE
- A decomposer could appear anywhere in a food web. TRUE
- 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.
- Student responses will vary. Teacher will evaluate.
- Possible words include: herbivore, food chain, producers, ecosystem, population(s), food web, consumers, decomposers, photosynthesis, organisms, carnivores, primary consumers, parasites, scavengers, secondary consumers
- Suggested Rubric: This rubric may be used to assess a student’s overall mastery of the standard or eligible content:
- Suggested Rubric: This rubric may be used to assess a student’s overall mastery of the standard or eligible content:
- 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:
