NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. 5 – Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking. 3-5. Organize simple data sets to reveal patterns that suggest relationships.
The game models how trees get what they need from the ecosystem
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. 2- Developing and Using Models. 3-5. Use a model to test cause and effect relationships or interactions concerning the functioning of a natural or designed system.
living things interact with each other and with the environment in which they live
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 4 – Systems and System Models. 3-5. A system can be described in terms of its components and their interactions.
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.
It is a complex living system, or ecosystem
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 4 – Systems and System Models. 3-5. A system is an organized group of related objects or components; models can be used for understanding and predicting the behavior of systems.
Ask students how they could model this process in an ecosystem using their nametags and string
NGSS Performance Expectations. 5-LS2.1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposer, and the environment
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.
the transfer of energy from one organism to another
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 5 – Energy & Matter: Flows, Cycles & Conservation. 3-5. Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects.
What happens when we remove a plant or animal from the forest ecosystem?
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 4 – Systems and System Models. 3-5. A system is an organized group of related objects or components; models can be used for understanding and predicting the behavior of systems.
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.
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