This Grade 5 unit is part of the Grade 5 STEMTaught SEEd Boxset.
This is Grade 5 STEMTaught unit corresponds to:

SEEd Standard 5.3.2 - Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information that animals obtain energy and matter from the food they eat for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain body warmth. Emphasize that the energy used by animals was once energy from the Sun. Cellular respiration will be taught in Grades 6 through 8. (PS3.D, LS1.C)

SEEd Standard 5.3.3 - Develop and use a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. Emphasize that matter cycles between the air and soil and among plants, animals, and microbes as these organisms live and die. Examples could include simple food chains from ecosystems such as deserts or oceans or diagrams of decomposers returning matter to the environment. Complex interactions in a food web will be taught in Grades 6 through 8. (LS2.A, LS2.B)

Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and observable features of student performance are outlined in the document next to the appropriate corresponding text. In conformance to the SEEd standards, the unit begin