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Grade 5 Science · World 1: Earth Shapers · Level 6
Living Things Shape the Land
Use beavers, roots, burrowers, and people as the impact of organisms.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 6
- Living things shape the land too. Beavers build dams, and a stream becomes a pond.
- Burrowers like earthworms and gopher tortoises loosen the soil.
- Plants can protect land. On Georgia's coast, the roots of sea oats hold dunes in place.
- People change land most of all, by farming, building, and mining. Clearing plants can speed up erosion.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:
- S5E1.a — Construct an argument supported by scientific evidence to identify surface features (examples could include deltas, sand dunes, mountains, volcanoes) as being caused by constructive and/or destructive processes (examples could include deposition, weathering, erosion, and impact of organisms).