Content Standard(s):
Science 14 ) Use a model to represent how any two systems, specifically the atmosphere,
biosphere, geosphere, and/or hydrosphere, interact and support life (e.g.,
influence of the ocean on ecosystems, landform shape, and climate; influence of
the atmosphere on landforms and ecosystems through weather and climate;
influence of mountain ranges on winds and clouds in the atmosphere).
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Scientific And Engineering Practices:
Developing and Using Models
Crosscutting Concepts: Systems and System Models
Disciplinary Core Idea: Earth's Systems
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. Teacher Vocabulary:
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Geosphere
Biosphere
Model
Phenomenon
System
Earth Knowledge:
Students know:
Earth's major systems are the geosphere (solid and molten rock, soil, and sediments), the hydrosphere (water and ice), the atmosphere, and the biosphere (living things, including humans).
These systems interact in multiple ways to affect Earth's surface materials and processes.
The ocean supports a variety of ecosystems and organisms, shapes landforms, and influences climate.
Winds and clouds in the atmosphere interact with the landforms to determine patterns of weather. Skills:
Students are able to:
Develop a model, using a specific given example of a phenomenon, to describe ways that the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. In the model, identify the relevant components of their example, including features of two of the following systems that are relevant for the given example:
Geosphere (i.e., solid and molten rock, soil, sediment, continents, mountains).
Hydrosphere (i.e., water and ice in the form of rivers, lakes, glaciers).
Atmosphere (i.e., wind, oxygen).
Biosphere [i.e., plants, animals (including humans)]. Identify and describe relationships (interactions) within and between the parts of the Earth systems identified in the model that are relevant to the example (e.g., the atmosphere and the hydrosphere interact by exchanging water through evaporation and precipitation; the hydrosphere and atmosphere interact through air temperature changes, which lead to the formation or melting of ice).
Use the model to describe a variety of ways in which the parts of two major Earth systems in the specific given example interact to affect the Earth's surface materials and processes in that context. Use the model to describe how parts of an individual Earth system:
Work together to affect the functioning of that Earth system.
Contribute to the functioning of the other relevant Earth system. Understanding:
Students understand that:
Systems, like the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere, can be described in terms of their components and their interactions. AMSTI Resources:
AMSTI Module:
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Digital Literacy and Computer Science R5) Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.
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Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students will:
locate information from digital sources to answer research questions.
curate information to present or share with others. Teacher Vocabulary:
curate
keyword
search engine
database Knowledge:
Students know:
information to research questions can be obtained from digital sources.
resources to organize information.
resources to present or share with others. Skills:
Students are able to:
create a list of keywords or phrases to enter into a search engine and/or database such as Alabama Virtual Library.
use advanced search techniques to search by file type, dates, and specific domains.
organize information.
share information by creating a digital resource. Understanding:
Students understand that:
information can be located from a digital source to answer research questions.
information can be organzied and shared by creating a digital resource.
Mathematics 4. Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
a. Read and write decimals to thousandths using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
Example: 347.392 = 3 × 100 + 4 × 10 + 7 × 1 + 3 × (1 /10 ) + 9 × (1 /100 ) + 2 × (1 /1000 ).
b. Compare two decimals to thousandths based on the meaning of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < to record the results of comparisons.
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Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Given a decimal number in one form (words, base-ten numerals, expanded), identify the number in another form.
Read decimals with number names.
Write decimals using base-ten numerals and expanded form.
Use place value understanding to compare two decimals. Teacher Vocabulary:
Compare
Decimal
Thousandths
Hundredths
Tenths
Symbol
Greater than
Less than
Equal
Place value strategy
Expanded form
Expanded notation Knowledge:
Students know:
How to read and write whole numbers in standard form, word form, and expanded form.
How to compare two whole numbers using place value understanding.
Prior place value understanding with whole numbers is extended and applied to decimal values.
Recognize and model decimal place value using visual representations to compare. Skills:
Students are able to:
Read and write decimal values in word form, standard form, and expanded form.
Compare decimals to thousandths using <, >, or = . Understanding:
Students understand that:
the adjacent place value relationship in the base ten system extends to decimals and is used to write decimals in expanded form and compare decimals. Diverse Learning Needs:
Essential Skills:
Learning Objectives: M.5.4.1: Recognize decimals as parts of a whole.
M.5.4.2: Compare whole numbers.
M.5.4.3: Write whole numbers in words and expanded form.
M.5.4.4: Read whole numbers.
M.5.4.5: Define expanded notation and standard form.
M.5.4.6: Convert a number written in expanded to standard form.
M.5.4.7: Define hundredths and thousandths.
M.5.4.8: Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.
M.5.4.9: Identify comparison symbols.
Prior Knowledge Skills:
Read and write decimal values in word form, standard form, and expanded form.
Compare decimals to thousandths using <, >, or = .
Understand rounding decimals using place value.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Mathematics 5. Use place value understanding to round decimals to thousandths.
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Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
When given a decimal number,
Use place value vocabulary and models to justify the rounding of the number to a specified place value.
Rounded to a specified place value, identify a number that could have resulted in that rounding. Teacher Vocabulary:
Round
Place value
Tenths
Hundredths
Thousandths
Decimal
Number line
Midpoint Knowledge:
Students know:
how to use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place. Skills:
Students are able to:
Round decimals using place value understanding. Understanding:
Students understand that:
in the base ten system, the adjacent place value relationship extends to decimals and is used to round decimals. Diverse Learning Needs:
Essential Skills:
Learning Objectives: M.5.5.1: Round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.
M.5.5.2: Round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
Prior Knowledge Skills:
Use the standard algorithm to find a product.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
