Fifth Grade Lessons
Body Systems Animation
In this lesson, created by Tech4Learning, students use "Share" or "WebBlender" to create a website to inform others about the importance and function of a body system.
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Tech4Learning It's My Body LessonAmerican Indian Life in the Americas
In this lesson students answer the essential question: "How did conditions in which Native Americans lived affect their lifestyle?" This lesson addresses the following Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations:
5-U1.1.1 - Use maps to locate peoples in the desert Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, the nomadic nations of the Great Plains, and the woodland peoples east of the Mississippi River (Eastern Woodland).
5 - U1.1.2 - Compare how American Indians in the desert Southwest and the Pacific Northwest adapted to or modified the environment.
5- U1.1.3 - Describe Eastern Woodland American Indian life with respect to government and family structures, trade, and view on property ownership and land use.
| american_indian_life_in_the_americas_lesson_plan.doc |
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| american_indian_life_in_the_americas_student_checklist.mht |
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| american_indian_life_in_the_americas_rubric.mht |
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Animal Adaptations
In this unit, students will be using Frames animation software to design an animal habitat for a specific animal. This design will be based on the natural environment in which the animal resides, the specific traits the animal possesses, and the special adaptations (both physical and behavioral) the animal has developed over time. Students will be attempting to convince the zoo design planners this new habitat is the best for the animal’s survival and health. Students will be attempting to answer the following essential question: How do animals survive in their environment?
| 5th_grade_animal_adaptations_unit_plan.doc |
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| 5th_animal_adaptations_checklist.pdf |
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| 5th_animal_adaptations_rubric.pdf |
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Drug and Alcohol Education: Making Positive Choices
In this lesson students answer the essential question: "How do choices I make today affect my future?"
| drug_and_alcohol_education_unit_lesson_plan.doc |
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| drug_and_alcohol_education_rubric.pdf |
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| student_example_smoking_psa.mov |
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Roller Coaster Physics
In this unit, students answer the essential question: "How do forces and motion affect the fun and safety of roller coasters?" This lesson addresses numerous Inquiry and Physical Science (Forces and Motion) Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations. Specific GLCE information is available within the lesson plan. During the roler coaster unit, students were required to create an animation to showcase their understanding of various unit vocabulary words. Some of these examples are included below.
| roller_coaster_lesson_plan.doc |
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| student_example_adam_l..mov |
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| student_example_veronica_b..mov |
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Avatar Heredity/Genetics
In this unit, students will answer the following essential question: How are traits passed from one generation to the next? In order to answer this question, students will investigate genetics and synthesize their knowledge to create a website where audience members must use their knowledge of heredity and genetics to determine which offspring character doesn’t belong in the group. Students must include phenotypes, genotypes, punnett squares, etc…
| 5th_grade_heredity_unit_plan.doc |
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| avatar_genetics_planning_sheet.doc |
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| 5th_grade_heredity_rubric.pdf |
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Digital Book Report
In this lesson, students create digital book talks to promote reading of picture books for younger students.
| digital_book_talk_unit_plan.doc |
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| storyboard_planning_sheet.pdf |
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| student_example_i_took_my_frog_to_the_library.mov |
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Planetary Patterns
In this unit, students will identify predictable motions and patterns in the universe through questioning, researching, and collaborating. Students will present their findings through a persuasive, multimedia presentation. Students will answer the following essential question: How can patterns be used to explain the universe?
| 5th_grade_platetary_patterns.doc |
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| checklist-planetary_patterns.pdf |
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| rubric-planetary_patterns.pdf |
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Explorers--Video Diary
In this unit, students will study an explorer, and use Frames to create a video diary (written in the first person) for that person. Students will write from the perspective of being along on the exploration with the explorer. Included in the diary could be the route, the conditions, the dates, the discoveries made etc….
| 5th_grade_explorers_unit_plan.doc |
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| explorer_checklist.pdf |
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