SCIENCE CORE CURRICULUM GUIDE
TEACHING SCHEDULE:ONE YEAR
GRADE: 5
Unit Question: How Do Body Systems Work Together?
Focus Question: How Do Body Systems Work Together?
MICHIGAN CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS
Explain how selected systems and processes work together in animals.
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NAEP FRAMEWORK
KEY CONCEPTS
Identify the general purpose of selected animal systems (digestive, circulatory,
respiratory, skeletal, nervous, excretory, and reproductive).
Explain how animal systems work together to perform selected activities
(skeletal/muscular – movement, circulatory/respiratory – transporting oxygen).
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5.2 Explain how selected systems, functions, and processes work together in
animals.
Systems/processes, digestion, circulation, respiration, endocrine, reproduction,
skeletal, muscular, nervous, excretion, transport, growth, repair.
Real-world contexts: Interrelations of body systems during selected activities,
such as among skeletal, muscular, circulatory and respiratory systems during
physical exercise.
TEACHING OBJECTIVES AND MATERIALS
OCTOBER
1.
Describe the organization and function of each body system.
 Text:Harcourt Science, Grade 5, Unit A, “Living System”, pp. A16-A27 Reading mini-lesson,
 Transparency A1-2
 Workbook: pp. WB10-WB14
 Grade 5, Resources: “The Digestive System at Work”, “Digestive Poster – Swallow, Swallow”, “Bernard A. Harris, Jr., “Breathe In, Breathe Out:
Chest Vest”, “Respiratory System”, Digestive System”, “The Circulation System”, “Have a Heart”, “Charles Drew”, “The Body Book”, “Robert Terry”
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Describe the interactions among the various body systems during activities such as exercise.
 Text: Harcourt Science, Grade 5, Take-Home Books, TH 1-3
 Workbook: pp. WB12-WB15
 Grade 5, Resources: “Exercise and Body Systems – Investigation”, “Take a Breather”, “Dr. Charles Drew”
 Laser Disc: Videodiscovery, Science Sleuths, Grade 5, “The Dubious Blood Donor”
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SAMPLE BELLWORK/DO NOW
SAMPLE ASSESSMENTS
Which body system do you think is most important?
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Which body system do you use the most when you play a video game?
Explain your answer.
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Harcourt Science, Grade 5, Unit A, pp. A32-A33 (start with question
number 6).
Harcourt Science, Grade 5, Assessment Guide Part III, p. 5
Harcourt Science, Grade 5, Performance Assessment, AG, pp. 6-7
Mind Bender – sequencing a peanut butter sandwich through the
digestive system. List all the other body systems involved in the process
Create a Foldable, or Graphic Organizer, or Thinking Map identifying
the function of organs within different body systems
Create a model of organs in the body.
CPS (quick 5 question review, T/F, multiple choice, verbal, examview)
Design and conduct a scientific investigation that demonstrates a deep
understanding of the relationship between body systems.
Write an explanation: What systems of the body must work together for
us to get energy from the food we eat? ? Explain why.
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