LS.5.2.3: Use models to infer the effects that may result from the…
Use models to infer the effects that may result from the interconnected relationships of plants and animals to their ecosystem.
The North Carolina Standard Course of Study, Science (2023) outcome LS.5.2.3 (Ecosystems- Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics) for Grade 5 says: “Use models to infer the effects that may result from the interconnected relationships of plants and animals to their ecosystem.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: North Carolina Standard Course of Study, Science (2023).
Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? Grade 5
Where a plant's food comes from, what happens when the wolves disappear, who cleans up, and how much life hides under a log. Four lessons on how energy and matter move through living things.
- What would happen if the wolves disappeared? 45–60 min
Students become species in a northern forest or a prairie and connect themselves with yarn into a living food web. When one species is removed, everyone who feels the yarn tug finds out how far the change spreads, and students explain why no species lives on its own.
Printable practice for LS.5.2.3
- Food Webs: Who Eats Whom? workbook included with the unit
3 practice pages, 3 readings, 2 English-support pages, 1 word wall, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
- Our Living Planet workbook included with the unit
1 word wall, 1 English-support page, 1 practice page, 1 reading, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
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Compared with NGSS: 5-LS2-1.
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