5th Grade Environment Google Apps (by date, latest first)

An engaging way to begin a unit on economics! This fun and hands-on activity will have students explore the important concepts of human needs versus wants through an engaging rocket ship simulation. Students will be vicariously drawn into an emergency situation in which they must collaborate, and agree as to what items they consider as ‘essential’ for their survival on their rocket ship mission to live on a far away planet. An interactive Slide Presentation will help guide the groups on their journey… along with prompting students to delve deeper by examining the broader issues of sustainability, waste, and identifying the main differences between ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries.

Materials:

• Teacher Reference Guide
• Slide Presentation
• Handouts:

#1. Student Guided Notes & Student Reflection

#2. Rocket Ship Activity

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Teach your student all about the importance of bees with this fun and interactive STEAM lesson and activity. Students will watch educational videos, go through detailed slides with vocabulary words and definitions, learn about the bees and their adaptations, use VIRTUAL REALITY to fly around like a bee, go on a virtual field trip to a Honey Bee Hive, and finish with a fun and engaging STEAM Bee Hive activity.

You will need:

• Paper (construction, blank, or lined paper)
• Cylinder Container (mason jar, tin can, cup, or small Pringles can)
• Glue
• Tape
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Toilet Paper Rolls
• String

Interactive Review:

Students assemble a simple puzzle by matching vocabulary words to their definitions. Students get to manipulate the rectangles in order to create a square by matching these words and definitions.

Simple to prep and simple to check.

What's included:

• Instructions.
• Review puzzle via Google Slides.

How is this product useful:

• Engaging review.
• Hands on activity.
• Simple prep for teacher.

Hands On Activity:

Students will separate beans into separate populations and then respond to questions concerning populations and communities. This hands on activity allows meaningful understanding on how populations and communities work together within an ecosystem.

My students love to organize the beans in a variety of ways.

What's included:

• Instructions.
• Question worksheet.

How is this product useful:

• Hands on activity.
• Meaningful ecosystem work.

This water log chart activity to designed to help students think about the question "how much water do I use?" and discover their weekly water use.

Students record how many times they participate in different water using activities. They then multiply this number by the average amount of water used to understand their weekly water consumption. These average use values are given to the student and already included in the chart.

Comes with a metric version (liters) and a standard version (gallons) as well as a teacher explanation.

Distance learning?

• No problem! This activity now includes Google Slides option! Ready to go, no prep needed from you!

Two Forms of Use Included

1. Printable PDF
2. Google Slides