5th Grade Science Resource Guide 2016-2017 1st Quarter
Unit 1: Examine the interactions between Indiana organisms in a food chain or food web.
Sequence of Standards and Objectives
IPS Resources
5.3.1 Observe and classify common Indiana
organisms as producers, consumers, decomposers,
predator and prey based on their relationships and
interactions with other organisms in their ecosystem.
FOSS Science Stories:
 SWBAT: Define producer, consumer,
decomposer, predator, and prey. Describe
relationship between predator and prey.
Explain the differences between
producers, consumers and decomposers.
Living Things Interact
Energy in an Ecosystem
About Wolves and Moose on
Isle Royle
About Mountain Ecosystems
Delta Science Content Reader
What is a Pond Ecosystem?
Food Chains and Webs
Investigations 1-8
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IPS CORE LESSONS
Predator Prey Activity
Food Chains
Supplemental Resources
IN Fish/Wildlife Species Information
http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/3357.htm
IN Birds
http://www.indianaaudubon.org/Birds/IndianaBirdRecor
dsCommittee/IndianaBirdChecklists/IndianaOfficialState
BirdList/tabid/121/Default.aspx
IN Plants
http://www.indianawildlife.org/habitatPlants.htm
Food Chain
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kids
corner/foodchain/foodchain.htm
Food Web
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/ency
clopedia/food-web/?ar_a=1
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosyst
ems/be_an_explorer/map/foodweb_play.htm
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.
html
Food Chains and Webs
http://sciencebob.com/what-is-the-difference-betweenfood-chain-and-a-food-web/
http://betterlesson.com/lesson/639733/roles-in-anecosystem
Indianapolis Public Schools
Department of Curriculum and instruction
5th Grade Science Resource Guide 2016-2017 1st Quarter
Unit 2: Examining the behavior and role of the organism in the ecosystem.
Sequence of Standards and Objectives
5.3.2 Investigate the action of different
decomposers and compare their role in an
ecosystem with that of producers and consumers.
 SWBAT: Identify the roles of
decomposers, producers and
consumers.
IPS Resources
FOSS Science Stories:
Living Things Interact
Energy in an Ecosystem
How Do Ecosystems
Change?
Charles Darwin
Rachel Carson
Ecologists
About Wolves and Moose on
Isle Royle
About Mountain Ecostsystems
Supplemental Resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_thi
ngs/
Food Chains, Plant and Animal Habitats, Plants,
Plant Life Cycles
http://www.makemegenius.com/
Plant and Animal Adaptations, Plant Structures,
Food Chains/Webs,
http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/birds-of-prey/
Food Chains and Webs
Investigations 9-12
Grade 5 Planning Guide, pg L
9 with Activities 11 and 12
IPS Core Lesson
Weaving the Web
Indianapolis Public Schools
Department of Curriculum and instruction