21-22 ER 1.5

ER 1.5: How Animals Use Food Molecules

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How do animals grow?

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Do animals use all the matter and molecules from food to grow?

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What are the two ways animals use molecules from food?

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What happens to the molecules from food that animals do not use?

We know where animals get the food molecules they need for growth—from the body molecules of the plants and animals they eat.

What do the animals do with those food molecules? We’ll use the simulation to find out.

Click on the link to get to the Ecosystem Restoration Simulation: https://apps.learning.amplify.com/ecosystemrestoration/#/

Directions: 

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In the simulation, how can you tell if an animal is growing?

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What happens to food matter after an animal eats it?

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What do the animals do with those food molecules?

Sentence starter: Animals use food molecules to ______________________

Synthesizing Ideas Across Multiple Sources
Just like we’ve done before, we’re going to work on putting together big ideas from TWO sources to come up with a new and better answer to a question.

Source 1: Matter Makes It All Up

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According to the text, how do animals grow? Use your own words.
Sentence starter: Animals grow by _______________________

Source 2:  Ecosystem Restoration Simulation

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What did you observe in the sim about how animals grow?
Sentence starter: Animals grow by _______________________

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Now, it’s time to put together our ideas to form a new understanding or synthesize! Based on information from both sources, what ideas do you have about how animals grow?

Use the words: food, molecules, and body in your answer.

Sentence starter: Animals grow by _______________________

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Other than using food molecules to grow, what do animals use food molecules for?
Use the words: energy, movement, and growth in your answer.

Sentence starter: Animals also use food molecules to _______________________

Modeling Food Matter
Now that we’ve put together ideas about how animals grow, we’ll create a model to show our thinking about what happens to food molecules in an animal’s body

Directions: Food Matter Model
Click to open the modeling tool
https://learning.amplify.com/modelingtool/#/tool/161/level/15_Food_Matter_Model_id_2719 
Drag the cards under each image to describe what is happening to the rabbits.
You can use cards more than once.
You do NOT need to use all the cards. It’s ok if some

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What’s happening to the rabbits in this picture?

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What’s happening to the rabbits in this picture?
Select all that apply.

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What’s happening to the rabbits in this picture?
Select all that apply.

Using the images from the Sim below, explain what’s happening to the rabbits and foxes by answering the questions below.

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What do the cubes represent?

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What is happening to the rabbit in this picture?

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Explain what’s happening to matter in these pictures.

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What does the yellow represent? What is happening to it?

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Based on what happened in the sim, what happens to food molecules in an animal’s body?

Exit Ticket

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What are animals made of?

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What do animals need to grow?

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What happens to food after an animal eats it? Be sure to include two things that happen.

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ER 1.5: How Animals Use Food Molecules

How do animals grow?

Do animals use all the matter and molecules from food to grow?

What are the two ways animals use molecules from food?

What happens to the molecules from food that animals do not use?

In the simulation, how can you tell if an animal is growing?

What happens to food matter after an animal eats it?

What do the animals do with those food molecules?Sentence starter: Animals use food molecules to ______________________

Synthesizing Ideas Across Multiple Sources

According to the text, how do animals grow? Use your own words.Sentence starter: Animals grow by _______________________

What did you observe in the sim about how animals grow?Sentence starter: Animals grow by _______________________

Now, it’s time to put together our ideas to form a new understanding or synthesize! Based on information from both sources, what ideas do you have about how animals grow?Use the words: food, molecules, and body in your answer.Sentence starter: Animals grow by _______________________

Other than using food molecules to grow, what do animals use food molecules for? Use the words: energy, movement, and growth in your answer.Sentence starter: Animals also use food molecules to _______________________

Modeling Food Matter

What’s happening to the rabbits in this picture?

What’s happening to the rabbits in this picture?Select all that apply.

What’s happening to the rabbits in this picture?Select all that apply.

What do the cubes represent?

What is happening to the rabbit in this picture?

Explain what’s happening to matter in these pictures.

What does the yellow represent? What is happening to it?

Based on what happened in the sim, what happens to food molecules in an animal’s body?

Exit Ticket

What are animals made of?

What do animals need to grow?

What happens to food after an animal eats it? Be sure to include two things that happen.

What does the picture on the right show or represent?

What do the animals do with those food molecules?

Sentence starter: Animals use food molecules to ______________________

According to the text, how do animals grow? Use your own words.
Sentence starter: Animals grow by _______________________

What did you observe in the sim about how animals grow?
Sentence starter: Animals grow by _______________________

Now, it’s time to put together our ideas to form a new understanding or synthesize! Based on information from both sources, what ideas do you have about how animals grow?

Use the words: food, molecules, and body in your answer.

Sentence starter: Animals grow by _______________________

Other than using food molecules to grow, what do animals use food molecules for?
Use the words: energy, movement, and growth in your answer.

Sentence starter: Animals also use food molecules to _______________________

What’s happening to the rabbits in this picture?
Select all that apply.

What’s happening to the rabbits in this picture?
Select all that apply.