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The 5E Model – Guided Inquiry
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The Let’s Do Science series is based on the Biological Sciences Curriculu Curriculum riculu Study (BSCS) 5E teaching and learning instructional model. The he 5E E model is centered on the idea that students understand science concepts oncepts pts best by using prior knowledge to pose questions and find answers rs through hrough guided inquiry. This hands-on approach, integrated with engineering ng g and design skills, sk s has students learn science by doing science. Teachers chers guide the llearning process and are able to assess student performance evaluating student mance ce by evalua explanations and the application of newly acquired quired d knowledge knowledg knowled and skills.
Engage
The Engage phase of the 5E model provides videss students with w the opportunity to demonstrate their prior knowledge and understanding of the topic or understand concept. Students are presented with which serves to h an n activity or question q motivate and engage students as they hey begin the llesson. Teachers identify and correct any misconceptions and d gather data dat from students which will guide informed teaching and learning. earning. ng Essential to stimulating and students is the use of mixed media d engaging gaging stude st such as colorful photos, illustrations found throughout the trations tions and diagrams d textbooks and activity books. Let’s Science also includes extensive bo boo t’s Do S digital resources such narrated videos, interactive lessons, virtual labs, h as narra nar id slideshows and more. re.
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Explore
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This phase encourages exploration of concepts and skills through gh handshan on activities and investigations. Students are encouraged to work togethe together red learning earn and apply various process skills while gaining concrete, shared ch students experiences. These experiences provide a foundation for which epts.. This studentstuden can refer to while building their knowledge of new concepts. centered phase comes before formal explanations and d definitions of tthe concept are presented by the teacher.
Explain
This phase follows the exploration phase and iss more ore teacher-directed. teacherteache Students are initially encouraged to draw on their learning experiences and earning ex e oncept ept through explanations e demonstrate their understanding of the concept and he opportunity pportunity to t demonstrate discussion. After the students have had the their understanding of the concept, the formal e teacher cher then introduces in definitions and scientific explanations. also clarifies any s. The teacher eache al erged during the th Explore phase. misconceptions that may have emerged
Elaborate
In the Elaborate phase, students nts refine ne and consolidate co c their acquired knowledge and skills. Opportunities for students to further rtunities nities are provided pro apply their knowledge and skillss to new situations in order to broaden si and deepen their understanding rst ng g of the concept. Students may conduct additional investigations, share information and ideas, or apply their ns, sh shar orm knowledge and skillss to other ther disciplines. d disc
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Let’s Do Science
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Let’s Do Science is based on the United States Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The series consists of full-color textbooks and full-color activity books for Grades K to 6.
Let’s Do Science engages students with a highly visual al presentation of the disciplinary core ideas in the textbooks xtbooks books and places an emphasis on applying scientific knowledge nowledge ledge using NGSS practices through numerous scientific tific investigations. Let’s Do Science sees engineering ring ass an essential element of science education and tightly d as such is tight integrated into both the textbooks and activity ctivity books.
The Let’s Do Science textbooks include e the following ffeatures:
Think Deeply
Topic-related questions for group discussion aimed at deepening students’ understanding of the topic.
Engineer It!
Goes beyond inquiry uiry by encouraging students udents to design, model and build olutions to to engineer solutions oblems. defined problems.
In the Field
Inspirational sc sciencerelated to ated professions p stir interest rest in sciencerelated careers.
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A Closer Look
Invokes enthusiasm in science by presenting interesting topics beyond the syllabus.
Amazing Fact!
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Interesting facts to bui build interest and enthusiasm. nthusiasm.
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Extra ra information tto build students’ knowledge dents’ know se of the cu base current topic.
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Topical questions at the end of each chapter for formative assessment.
Topic-related questions and situations for class discussion to build a deeper understanding of topics.
Science Words Lists the essential science vocabulary covered in each chapter.
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Contents 2
Natural Changes Human Changes Caring ffor the Environment nt Review
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Unit 7 – The Earth and nd the Sun S
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Our Sun Moo Earth and the Moon Review
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Unit 8 – Weather Weathe and Seasons
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D Wea Weath Daily Weather Around the A th World Sea S Seasons We W Weather Forecasts Seve Weather S Severe Review R
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Unit 9 – Forces and Motion What Is a Force? Using Forces How Things Move Forces in Nature Force and Movement Review
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ter Describing Matter er Grouping Matter g Matter Changing d Matter Matte Objects and of Matter tter Statess o Review
Unit 11 – Sound ound and a Light What Is I S Sou Sound? What Is I L Light? Rev w Review
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Changes to the Environment
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Natural Changes
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Plant Changes
Everything surrounding ng a living mentt. thing is its environment.
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Tree ee roots oots ca cause changes when they ey break apart concrete.
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Animals can also change the he environment when they build ld their homes. Rabbits, mice and prairie dogs dig burrows. rows. Digging burrows changes ges the environment. Activities 6.3 – 6.4 4
Think Deeply Meerkats live in hot places. They dig burrows for protection against other animals. How else do burrows help meerkats?
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Human Changes People can change the environment when they get things thing they need from nature. Try This!
Things we use and d take from fro nature are called resources. resourc Some resources use are air, ces we us water, soil and nd wood. woo
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People change the environment onment citi when they build roadss and cities.
The changes that make at people p ent can affect the to the environment mals that tha live there. plants and animals
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What happens to plants and animals when people change their environment?
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Clearing Forests Cl C orests F Forests Fo are e cleared to make way for cities wa w ties or farmland. Did You Know? The clearing of forests is called deforestation.
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Forests rests are also a cleared for wood other resources. od and o Clearing forests causes a big change to the environment. chang
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Changing hanging Our Water Polluti Pollution ollution llu occurs when people harmful things to the add h ha a environment. enviro ro o Harmful things added to our rivers, lakes and oceans cause water pollution.
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What are some ways people can cause water pollution? Water pollution changes the environment. It harms the living things that live there. ay Some living things may not be able to survive r e in ater. ter. the polluted water.
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Changing Our ur Land People cause use la lland and d pollution po when they harmful ey y add har rm things to d. the land. Littering and dumping wastes are ering a nd d ypes es o and pollution. types off lland
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Changing Our Air
Burning rubbish and smoke from cars and factories cttivities changes the air. These activities cause air pollution.
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Think Deeply How can you take your groceries home without using new plastic bags each time?
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Caring for the Environment
hat people peop peopl There are many wayss that can help the environment. nmen nment.
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Reduce means ns to o produce produc or use less.
We can help by p the environment env en reducing of waste ng the amount amo am we pr roduce oduce. oduce produce. We can also reduce W the amount of water and electricity we use.
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We can reduce waste by reusing ussing usi e an an old old ld things. Reuse means to use object again. n reused reus used to to These tires have been ent.t. make play equipment. Activity 6.7
Take some old objects from home and reuse them to make something new.
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Recycle Try This! Set up a ‘recycling station’ in your classroom. See which class can recycle the most things.
We can help the he environment environm by recycling. Recycle means an old eans to make m object into new. o something someth
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Almost all of the waste e we cycled. produce can be recycled.
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Other Ways to Help the Environment Try This!
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Plan a clean-up day for a park or reserve near your school!
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Keep to paths and trails.
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Turn off lights and taps when they ps whe are not being used. Activity 6.9
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Did You Know? Washing machines and dishwashers have settings that use less water.
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Electric Cars One way we can reduce pollution and protect the environment is by switching to electric cars. Many cars are powered by es burning gasoline. This produces smoke which causes air pollution. lu ution.
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Like a toy car, when the batteries in an electric car are flat, they can be recharged.
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Science Words
air pollution reduce reuse recycle
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environment pollution water pollution land pollution Review
1. Which best describes an environment? ironmen (a) A change to a place. (b) The living things in a place. place (c) Everything surrounding ding a living livi thing.
2. Talk about two ways ys plants can change their environment.
3. Talk about two wo ways animals can change their environment. nment. 4. Talk about out what happens to living things when the environment. n people harm ha
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A marine biologist may work underwater, from a boat or in a science laboratory.
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The Earth and the Sun
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How does the Sun cause use changes on Earth? AB
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Our Sun The Sun is a large ball of hot, glowing gas. The Sun n is a star. st sta There are many any ny stars in space. The Sun is the cl closest c star to Earth. rth.
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Earth is the planet we live on.
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Amazing Fact! The Sun is so big that more than one million Earths could fit inside it!
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Did You Know? Never look at the Sun directly. The light is so bright that it can damage your eyes.
During the day, the Sun iss the the largest and brightest object bject iin n the sky. The Sun gives outt light. light. ItIt lights ligh d helps helps us us to t see. up the Earth and
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The Sun also gives out heat. It helps to keep all living things on Earth warm.
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The Heat from the Sun un The heat from the Sun warms warms all a parts of the Earth.
Try This! Using a thermometer, design an experiment to show how sunlight warms water.
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The heat from the Sun keeps living things warm.
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The heat from the Sun warms the land and the air.
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Walk around your schoolyard and use your sense of touch to observe the temperature of things in sunlight and things in the shade. What do you notice?
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The Light from the Sun The light from the Sun iss called sunlight.
Plants use energy e the e en nerrgy from sunlight to make mak ke the tth h food they need to and grow. o live live ive a nd g Without light from the Sun, ithout out the lig there ere would be no plants on Earth.
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Animals need sunlight. Many animals get the food they need by eating plants.
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Think of your favorite pet. Design and build a shelter that will provide your pet with shade and keep it cool on a hot, sunny day.
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Sunlight can be damaging to your skin. Always wear Sun protection when outdoors on a unny day. sunny
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People need sunlight too. Sunlight helps us to see.
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There are many planets in n space. space e on. It is Earth is the planet we live nown to the only planet that is known have living things.
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Things are always moving in space. The Earth moves in a pattern around the Sun. The moon moves in a pattern around the Earth!
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Sun star Earth
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1. What is the Sun? (a) A star. (b) The Earth. (c) A planet.
2. True or false. (a) The Sun is much h bigger than the Earth. (b) The Sun is the planet we w live on. 3. List two things gs that the t Sun gives out.
4. How does es the light ligh from the Sun affect the Earth? (a) It keeps cool. eps the Earth E (b) It warms the Earth. (c) It lights up u the sky.
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5. How does the heat from the Sun affect the Earth? (a) It keeps the Earth cool. (b) It warms the Earth. (c) It lights up the sky. 6. How does the Sun help plants? (a) Plants use its light to make food. od. (b) It keeps plants cool. (c) It helps plants to see during day. g the day
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In the Field
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Climatologists look at how long-term long ng-term changes in temperature affect the and e environment environm living things.
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Weather and Seasons
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Daily Weather Go outside. Write three words to describe the weather.
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In the Sky Sometimes the Sun n shines shines bright b in the sky during the e day. day. The T y. weather is sunny.
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Amazing Fact! Wind doesn’t make sound until it blows against an object!
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The weather can be different in different places.
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Seasons
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Spring Sprin D During spring, the weather warm. is w a Plants begin to grow. Pl Animals have babies.
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Summer Summer comes after spring. g. It is the hottest season. There are many sunny y days. days.
Amazing Fact! In summer, there are more hours of daylight than in other seasons.
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Fall Fall comes after summer. mer. The The ett c oole ler. weather begins to get cooler.
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Winter Winter comes after fall. It is the coldest season.
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Weather Forecasts ast Scientists use tools to o ther er observe how weather ns ns. moves in patterns. This allows them em m to know ather her will be b like what the weather ming g days. in the coming
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Severe Weather At times the weather can can be be rm people, people ple, dangerous. It can harm s. plants and animals.
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Severe Weather ather her Warnings War Wa Severe weather ther can be dangerous. help s. Weather patterns p redict se sev scientistss predict severe weather before e it happens. happens happen How is k knowing about severe weather before it ha happens useful?
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Severe Weather ather Safety S Did You Know? Your body loses water quickly during a heatwave. You should find ways to stay cool and drink lots of water.
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Tornadoes In some parts of the world, tornadoes ms. ms. can form during severe thunderstorms. Tornadoes are long tubes of air that ha at loud d s. ds. reach from the ground to the clouds. The air spins very fast and can cause ca e a lot of damage. Tornadoes can destroy oy homes, hom homes mes, cars ca and landscapes.
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rain wind snow seasons spring summer
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A meteorologist is a scientist that uses special ec cial al nd weather weathe equipment and tools to study weather and patterns. rms and Meteorologists are able to predict storms hurricanes and tell what the weather ther er will be like in the coming days.
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