Title

Physical and Life Science - FOOD AND ENERGY: Animal and Plant Energy

Authors

Cassandra Armstrong, Illinois Mathematics and Science AcademyFollow

Document Type

Teacher Resource

Grade Level

Grade Level: 5th Grade

Publication Date

5-2020

Background Information

Energy exists in many forms and is constantly being transferred between forms. All energy types can be sorted into two main categories: potential and kinetic. Potential energy is stored energy. Chemical energy, nuclear energy, stored mechanical energy, and gravitational energy are all examples of potential energy. Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. Radiant (light) energy, thermal energy, sound energy, and electrical energy are all examples of kinetic energy. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred between the types of energy. Most energy we use on Earth stems from the nuclear energy from within the sun.

Performance Expectations

5-PS3-1 ENERGY

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

https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/5-ps3-1-energy

5-LS1-1 FROM MOLECULES TO ORGANISMS: STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES

Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.

https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/5-ls1-1-molecules-organisms-structures-and-processes

Recommended Citation

Armstrong, Cassandra, "Physical and Life Science - FOOD AND ENERGY: Animal and Plant Energy" (2020). Model NGSS Lessons: 4th - 5th Grade. 17.
https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/model_ngss_lessons_4_5/17