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5th Grade Science · Next Generation Science Standards · 2013
The Standard
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.
Standard Unwrapping
AI-generated as a starting point.Vocabulary
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?
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