5-PS3-1 - Performance Expectation
Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
5th Grade · Next Generation Science Standards · NGSS Lead States 2013
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modelsenergyanimals’ foodbody repairgrowthmotionbody warmthsun
Skills
- use models (to describe scientific phenomena) #dok2
- describe (energy transfer processes) #dok2
- explain (the relationship between the sun and energy in animals’ food) #dok3
- illustrate (how energy is used in animals’ bodies) #dok2
Learning Targets
- I can identify that food provides animals with energy for body repair, growth, motion, and warmth. #dok1
- I can use models to show that energy in animals’ food originally comes from the sun. #dok2
- I can describe ways energy from the sun transfers through food to animals. #dok2
- I can explain how energy is transformed and used for different functions in animals’ bodies. #dok3
Big Ideas
- All energy that animals use for life functions originally comes from the sun.
- Models help us understand how energy from the sun becomes available to animals through food.
Essential Questions
- How does energy from the sun become energy that animals use?
- What roles does the energy from food play in animals’ bodies?
- Why do scientists use models to represent energy transfers?
- How is energy in the food we eat related to the sun?
- Why is the sun considered the ultimate source of energy for most living things on Earth?