Teaching Point and Learning Goal Learning Objective Standard Blooms/ Marzano Lesson Activity
Day 1 4LS11: Construct an Remembering
argument that plants and What is a seaweed? What 1) Students will be able to 1. I can identify the animals have internal and are the parts of a seaweed? understand the physical parts of a external structures that characteristics of a seaweed. function to support Teacher will give a brief seaweed. survival, growth, behavior, overview of what a and reproduction. seaweed is as well as parts of a seaweed. Students Science and Engineering will explore and “build” a Practice seaweed by playing a Construct an argument version of Go Fish that with evidence, data, enhances the ability to and/or a model. remember the parts of a seaweed.
Day 2 2) Students will be able to 1. I can identify the 5-PS1-4. Remembering &
understand the role of common seaweed Conduct an investigation Understanding Why is seaweed in our seaweed in our food that is in to determine the mixing of processed foods? system. processed foods. two or more substance 2. I can identify how results in new substances. Teacher will display a seaweed is used in brief video displaying the processed foods. benefits of seaweed Planning and Carrying harvesting and use in Out Investigations food. Students will look through ingredient labels Conduct an investigation to find common powdered collaboratively to produce seaweed in food while data to serve as the basis identifying why it is there. for evidence, using fair tests in which variables are controlled and the number of trials considered. (5PS14)
Day 3 2) Students will be able to 1. I can observe how 5-PS1-4. Analyzing
understand the role of seaweed acts as a Conduct an investigation What does seaweed do in seaweed in our food thickening agent to determine the mixing of food? How does it react system. in food. two or more substance when mixed with water? results in new substances.
Students will be watching Planning and Carrying a video that explains what Out Investigations an emulsifier is. This is one of the functions that Conduct an investigation powdered seaweed plays collaboratively to produce in food. Students will then data to serve as the basis be exploring the alginate for evidence, using fair and water focusing on the tests in which variables reaction and connecting its are controlled and the job to what it does in food. number of trials considered. (5PS14)
Day 4 3) Students will be able to 1. I can describe the ESS3.C: Human Impacts Analyzing & Evaluating
understand the importance role of seaweed in on Earth Systems Human Is seaweed an important of seaweed in an an ecosystem. activities in agriculture, part of the ecosystem? ecosystem. industry, and everyday life have had major effects on Students will watch a the land, vegetation, video about how seaweed streams, ocean, air, and is falling victim to even outer space. But invasive species taking individuals and over. Students will explore communities are doing how important each things to help protect organism's role is in the Earth’s resources and ecosystem by playing environments. (5ESS31) Kelp Forest Jenga.
Day 5 3) Students will be able to 1. I can identify why ESS3.C: Human Impacts Applying & Evaluating
understand the importance seaweed needs to on Earth Systems Human How do we get the of seaweed in an be sustainably activities in agriculture, seaweed? What is ecosystem. harvested. industry, and everyday life sustainable harvesting? have had major effects on the land, vegetation, Students will watch a streams, ocean, air, and video of how Seaweed in even outer space. But farmed sustainably in individuals and Maine. Students will then communities are doing play a rockweed things to help protect harvesting game that Earth’s resources and allows students to make environments. (5ESS31) decisions about how they will be able to harvest and leave enough seaweed for “next year.”