Energy Transfer in Arctic Ecosystems Investigation Kit
SKU: NGSS-ADI-IK-05-SCI-01
Serves up to 24 students per kit
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Product details
Students figure out the best way to model how energy transfers into, within, and out of the organisms that are found in the Arctic Ocean ecosystem.
The Energy Transfer in the Arctic Ecosystem kit includes all the materials students will need to design and carry out an investigation in the 5th-grade science book (NGSS Edition).
Each kit contains enough materials for eight groups of students.
Materials:
- Phytoplankton Card
- Zooplankton Card
- Shrimp Card
- Snow crab card
- Arctic Birds card
- Cod card
- Ringed seal card
- Bowhead whale card
- Beluga whale card
- Walrus Card
- Capelin Card
- Polar Bear Card
- Orca Card
Alignment with Academic Standards for Science
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Source |
Code |
Standard |
|
NGSS |
5-PS3-1 |
Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun. |
Core Idea(s)
- ELS6: Interactions and relationships in ecosystems
- ELS4: Matter and Energy Cycles and Processes
Practices
- SEP1: Asking questions and defining problems
- SEP2: Developing and using models
- SEP3: Planning and carrying out investigations
- SEP4: Analyzing and interpreting data
- SEP7: Engaging in argument from evidence
- SEP8: Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
Crosscutting Concepts
- CC4: Systems and system models
- CC5: Energy and matter
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Everything one teacher needs to run each investigation with a full class.
Phytoplankton Card
Zooplankton Card
Shrimp Card
Snow crab card
Arctic Birds card
Cod card
Ringed seal card
Bowhead whale card
Beluga whale card
Walrus Card
Capelin Card
Polar Bear Card
Orca Card
Everything for a full class. Refill packs sold separately.
