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 5.3.1. It guides students through information and activities about what plants need to live and grow.
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 is an interactive, fifth-grade Nearpod lesson tied to SEEd standard 5.3.1. It guides students through information and activities about what plants need to live and grow.
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 is a fifth-grade student science experience tied to SEEd standard 5.3.1. In this experience students explore where plants get the energy and matter needed for growth.
These experiences were designed to support students in engaging in science investigations with siblings and/or parents at home and then report back about what was discovered. They were created in a way that is easily adaptable for both online and printed formats. They are formatted to help students wonder about and investigate the science phenomena happening in the world around them. These experiences do not describe how students should write up and return work to their teacher. It is up to each teacher to adapt them to best meet student needs. When individualized by the teacher, a student could be asked to engage in one or more of these experiences a week and report back. This format aligns closely to the vision and expectation of the SEEd standards.

Creative Notetaking LessonThis lesson is covers the 5th grade Science standard listed below. Students work through a creative notetaking notebook where they use a model, video, reading and simulation to learn how plants use air, water and energy from the sun to produce the matter they need to grow. This lesson can be asynchronous and can be virtual. It can also be something you do face-to-face with students. I took lessons and acitvities from Science lessons created and used by Granite School District. Standard 5.3.1Construct an explanation that plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to produce plant matter needed for growth. Emphasize photosynthesis at a conceptual level and that plant matter comes mostly from air and water, not from the soil.

A cartoon character describes the process of Photosynthesis. Created using Media Semantics Character Builder.

Student facing Nearpod lessons for the SEEdStoryLines. Students will develop a model showing what energy and matter they think plants need in order to grow.

Student facing Nearpod lessons for the SEEdStoryLines. Students will update a model created in the previous episode to show what energy and matter plants need to grow, as well as develop a written explanation.

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)