NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. 6 – Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions. 3-5. Use evidence (e.g., measurements, observations, patterns) to construct or support an explanation or design a solution to a problem.
research an invasive species
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.W.3.7. Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.W.4.7. Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.W.5.7. Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
How does the invasive species affect the ecosystem (including the flow of energy in the ecosystem)
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 2 – Cause and Effect. 3-5. Cause and effect relationships are routinely identified, tested, and used to explain change.
read about their species to determine
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.RI.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
how to present their equations, using pictures or words
Common Core. Math.5.OA.A.1. Write and interpret numerical expressions.
digital pictures of what they see in and around trees
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. 3 – Planning and Carrying Out Investigations. 3-5. Make observations and/or measurements to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence for an explanation of a phenomenon or test a design solution.
write an article about the life of a tree
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.W.5.3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
have students draw a living tree and a decomposing log, and show plants and animals that may be interacting with them
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 4 – Systems and System Models. 3-5. Understand that a system is a group of related parts that make up a whole and can carry out functions its individual parts cannot.
Have students share their presentations
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.SL.3.4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
Common Core. ELA-Literacy.SL.5.4. Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
function together to support each other
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 4 – Systems and System Models. 3-5. Understand that a system is a group of related parts that make up a whole and can carry out functions its individual parts cannot.
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