Unit Overview

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Modeling Matter and Energy Transfer Across Systems
Authentic Literacy and Language (ALL) for Science

Recommended for Grade 5

This complete and integrated 15-day teaching unit on how matter and energy are cycled in natural environments follows the Authentic Literacy and Language (ALL) for Science curriculum framework that promotes science sense-making and language sense-making through three aligned components:

Where does matter go when it seems to “disappear”? The phenomenon of natural decomposition is used in this 15 -day unit to explore the science behind the transfer of energy and cycling of matter between consumers and the environment. Children will apply what they learn about how nature processes its’ leftovers to create models for different ways of diverting food waste so that the organic matter and its stored energy can be used by other living things.
Please refer to the “Before the Unit Begins” document for information on ordering algae and preparing for the unit.

Before the Unit Begins

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