Please note that this is an assessment tool and not a unit lesson plan. Performance expectation 5-LS2-1 is in two parts. As we were developing our formative assessment and summative task, we thought about teaching the learning performance sequentially and decided these spots would be a good place to check in for student understanding. Our thinking of a model is a representation and explanation of a phenomenon. You may want to choose the format your students create (flow chart, drawing, plus/delta, etc.) There are several templates in the formative and summative assessments that may help you and your class.

This is an interactive, fifth-grade Nearpod lesson tied to SEEd standard 5.3.3. It guides students through information and activities about the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
This resource is a student-ready, three-dimensional SEEd science lesson you can add to your Nearpod library. Many of the phenomena, text, and images come from UEN OER textbooks, Seedstorylines.org, ck12.org, and pixabay.com. Most videos are from youtube.com or pbslearningmedia.org. Many of the simulations were found at phet.colorado.edu, ck12.org, and pbslearningmedia.org. This lesson is unique to Nebo School District but was built with the help of many amazing ideas from teachers throughout Utah.

This music video teaches about food chains and the pyramid of energy. Watch it a few times and you'll be completely on top of trophic levels and energy transfer.

In this lesson, students will research matter cycles in various ecosystems. They will develop a model that will show the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. Students will choose between a variety of ways to create their model.  (Preview Image: “Food web nemo”, CC-BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons)

Student facing Nearpod lessons for the SEEdStoryLines. A free K-6 science curriculum written by teachers and based on both the 5E and GRC models. It is a student-centered curriculum that uses a storyline format to promote wonder, sensemaking, and problem solving. It includes both face-to-face and remote materials.great begining lesson for this standard.

Student facing Nearpod lessons for the SEEdStoryLines. A free K-6 science curriculum written by teachers and based on both the 5E and GRC models. It is a student-centered curriculum that uses a storyline format to promote wonder, sensemaking, and problem solving. It includes both face-to-face and remote materials. Great episode after the first one to lead ot students figuring out how things interact.

This is a simple lesson plan to teach students about resources and recycling.There are three activities that my students have found to be fun and informative.  There are also lots of links to videos to learn more!  https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=21&picture=recycle-sign https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fjrm.cnic.navy.mil%2FInstallations%2FNAVBASE-Guam%2FAbout%2FDepartments%2FEnvironmental%2FRecycling%2F&psig=AOvVaw1S9yP6bcDPybmUEKqEHQ2Q&ust=1675994924986000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=2ahUKEwjemLvirYf9AhWxjY4IHSsuAdwQjRx6BAgAEAo

Student facing Nearpod lessons for the SEEdStoryLines. Students will develop a food chain model, starting with a plant and ending with a decomposer showing the movement of matter.

5th Grade SEEd textbook for the 2022-2023 school year. This textbook was developed to align to the Utah Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards. (Added: June 8, 2022)