5th Grade Body Systems Unit Blueprint

Pacing Suggestions:
Day 1-Session 1, including experimental set up (Pages 179 to 182)
Day 2-Session 2: Exploring and Discovering (Page 182)
Day 3- Session 2: Processing for Meaning (Page 182 to 184)

Note Advanced Preparation page 178.

Teacher Resources:
Tips

How do the digestive and circulatory systems work together to get nutrients (food) to the cells?

6C(6-8)#3: To burn food for the release of energy stored in it, oxygen must be supplied to the cells, and carbon dioxide removed . Lungs take in oxygen for the combustion of food and they eliminate the carbon dioxide. The urinary system disposes of dissolved waste molecules, the intestinal tract removes solid wastes, and the skin and lungs rid the body of heat energy. The circulatory system moves all these substances to or from cells where they are needed or produced, responding to changing demands.

6C(6-8)#2: For the body to use food for energy and building materials, the food must first be digested into molecules that are absorbed and transported to cells.

NSES (5-8): The human organism has systems for digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, movement, control and coordination, and for protection from disease.   The systems interact with one another.

Getting Started discussion based on questions outlined on page 179. This will help to assess what the students know about the process of digestion.

Students can begin to make connections between the systems as they add to the Body Outline page 179 and 180.

Science Notebook Page: How does the Food Get Out? on page 191 of TE.

Processing for Meaning discussion pages 182 to 184.

• Can students explain the general process by which substances move from the small intestines into the blood?
• Do students understand that the food needed by the body cells is transported in the circulatory system?