Fifth Grade
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Lesson 1: Wondering About Nature’s Waste
Lesson 2: Nature’s Breakdown
Lesson 3: Nature’s Clean-up Crew
Carrion Beetle: http://beneficialbugs.org/bugs/Carrion%20Beetle/Carrion_Beetle.htm
American Burying Beetle: http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/invertebrates/insects/beetles/americanburyingbeetle/
Hide Beetle: http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/invertebrates/insects/beetles/hidebeetle/
Darkling Beetle: http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/invertebrates/insects/beetles/darklingbeetle/
Decomposers Video http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.oate.decompose/decomposers/
Lesson 4: Looking at Worms
Lessons 5: Feeding Worms
Lesson 6: From Decomposers to Soil
Lesson 7: How Fungi Feed
Lesson 8: Investigating Bread Mold Growth
Lesson 9: Looking at Mushrooms
Lesson 10: Agents and Evidence of Decomposition
Lesson 11: Drawing Conclusions About Mold Growth
Lesson 12: Soil Nutrients for Plants
Study Jams Photosynthesis Lesson 13: Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
Study Jams Food Webs Lesson 14: Recycling Nutrients
Study Game for Quiz 2: https://www.quia.com/rr/1171774.html