5th Grade – Stream Life

00 Cover PageStream Life – Introduction
– Essential Question: How is lōkahi among native stream plants and animals affected by human activities and what can we do to care for the stream community?
Unit Map
Culminating Activity Rubrics
– Learning Log: Student Assessment Overview

Lesson 1: Water Words
– Essential Question: How are streams in our ahupuaʻa important in our lives today?
– Learning Log 1: Water Words
– Card Game: Water Words Vocabulary

Lesson 2: Stream Lōkahi
– Essential Question: How is lōkahi evident in the cycles of matter and energy in a stream community?
– Card Game: “Go Fishing”
– Learning Log 2: Stream Lōkahi

Lesson 3: Stream Patterns
– Essential Questions: What patterns do we see in data on stream life? How can we design an investigation to test our hypotheses about streams in urban and forested sites?

– Learning Log 3: Studying Streams
– Group Activity: Stream Life Data Sheet
      • Stream Life Cards
      • Stream Life ID Sheets
– Group Activity Data Sheets:
      • Percent Shade Cover
      • Water Temperature
      • Dissolved Oxygen
      • Turbidity
      • Velocity of Stream Flow
Student Observation Sheet

Lesson 4: Stream Science
– Essential Question: What can we conclude from our investigation and how do we represent our findings?
– Learning Log 4: Summary Data Sheet-1
– Learning Log 5: Summary Data Sheet-2
Help Using Excel

Lesson 5: Mālama Our Streams
– Essential Question: How is lōkahi among native stream plants and animals affected by human activities and what can we do to care for the stream community?

Huakaʻi
Stream Study

Stream Habitats
– Group Activity: Organisms and the Environment
      • Wai Kōʻieʻie (Run)
      • Kiʻo Wai (Pool)
      • Kahena Hulili (Riffle)
      • Wailele (Waterfall)
      • Muliwai (Estuary)
      • Stream Habitat Illustrations
Sources

Appendices
Stream Life Cards
Stream Life ID Sheets
Stream Habitat Illustrations

Assessment
Pre-Post Test