Grade 5 :Embedded Technology & Engineering

Conceptual Strand

Society benefits when engineers apply scientific discoveries to design materials and processes that develop into enabling technologies.

Guiding Question

How do science concepts, engineering skills, and applications of technology improve the quality of life?

 

Grade Level Expectations

Checks for Understanding

State Performance Indicators

GLE 0507.T/E.1 Describe how tools, technology, and inventions help to answer questions and solve problems.

GLE 0507.T/E.2 Recognize that new tools, technology, and inventions are always being developed.

GLE 0507.T/E.3 Identify appropriate materials, tools, and machines that can extend or enhance the ability to solve a specified problem.

GLE 0507.T/E.4 Recognize the connection between scientific advances, new knowledge, and the availability of new tools and technologies.

GLE 0507.T/E.5 Apply a creative design strategy to solve a particular problem generated by societal needs and wants.

0507.T/E.1 Explain how different inventions and technologies impact people and other living organisms.

0507.T/E.2 Design a tool or a process that addresses an identified problem caused by human activity.

0507.T/E.3 Determine criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of a solution to a specified problem.

0507.T/E.4 Evaluate an invention that solves a problem and determine ways to improve the design.

SPI 0507.T/E.1 Select a tool, technology, or invention that was used to solve a human problem.

SPI 0507.T/E.2 Recognize the connection between a scientific advance and the development of a new tool or technology.

Embedded

  1. microscopes - cell unit
  2. telescopes - universe unit
  3. star charts - universe unit
  4. compass - universe unit
  5. planetarium - universe unit
  6. barometer - atmosphere unit

Lesson Plans