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 a fifth-grade student science experience tied to SEEd standard 5.3.2. In this experience students obtain and communicate information about how energy flows and matter cycles in a food chain.
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.

This is an interactive, fifth-grade Nearpod lesson tied to SEEd standard 5.3.2. It guides students through information and activities about how animals obtain energy and matter from the food they eat for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain body warmth.
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.

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.

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.

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.

This unit is designed for use with a 5th grade class. It integrated photosynthesis with online research using Genius Hour. (I created the cover image using Google Slides.)

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)