Engineering and Computer Science Essentials™ Grade 5
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Engineering Unit: Cleaning an Oil Spill An oil spill can be deadly for fish, plants, and other organisms in a river ecosystem. In the storybook Tehya’s Pollution Solution, students find out how environmental engineers respond to an oil spill on the Elwha River in the Pacific Northwest by containing and cleaning it. Applying their knowledge of ecosystems and food webs, students test water quality and the oil-absorbing properties of different materials. They then follow the steps of the Engineering Design Process to imagine, plan, create, and improve a process for cleaning up their own model oil spill. |
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Computer Science Unit: Analyzing Digital Images The Elwha Dam has been removed! In the story Tehya’s Pixels Program, a computer-aided analysis of Tehya’s digital photos helps scientists observe the restoration of the river’s ecosystem. Students learn how computers use numbers to represent colors in digital images. They investigate how to use the programming language Scratch to analyze images themselves. Students then follow the steps of the Engineering Design Process to imagine, plan, create, and improve a program that monitors an ecosystem using digital images. Students extend their computational thinking skills to mathematical concepts as they practice multiplying decimals. |
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Core Program Unit Components
We recommend one Educator Guide per teacher, one Storybook per student (engineering units), and one Materials Kit per 30 learners. Together, these components create a high-quality, hands-on STEM learning experience.
Educator Guide Print + Digital 1yr
Storybook
Materials Kit
Program Components
Educator Guides are available in two formats: Print + Digital and Digital only.
Print + Digital 1yr:
- Printed copy of the Educator Guide containing instructions to facilitate the unit
- One (1) copy of the printed accompanying Storybook (Engineering units)
- One year of digital access to the Educator Guide via learn.eie.org
Digital 1 yr:
- One year of digital access to the Educator Guide via learn.eie.org
- Digital PDF of the Storybook
Note: Digital Access is granted on a per-year, per-user basis and is non-transferable. After the initial purchase of a Print + Digital Guide you can purchase Digital Only for subsequent years’ use.
Additional Program Components
- Storybook
- Available in print and digital for individual purchase to accommodate any class size (for engineering units)
- Materials Kit
- Includes materials to support 30 learners
- Refill Kit
- Replenishes the consumable items from the Materials Kit
Engineering Essentials Resources for Diverse Learners
As a set of high-impact resources, the Resources for Diverse Learners are designed to help remove distractions and decrease literacy demands so that all students can succeed in engineering and problem solving. They contain built-in vocabulary support, suggestions for objects to create context and background, multiple points of entry for different learning styles, and multiple ways for learners to express understanding meet the needs of today’s diverse classroom.
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English Learner Strategies |
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Differentiated Classroom Resources, English and Spanish 1 |
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Differentiated Instruction Notes at point of use |
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Teacher Discussion Support |
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Student Discussion Support, English and Spanish 1 |
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Alternative Lesson Progressions |
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Flip book Storybook, English and Spanish1 |
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Character Cards, English and Spanish 1 |
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Visual Vocabulary Cards, English and Spanish 1 |
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Materials Sheet, English and Spanish 1 |
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Illustrated Engineering Design Process Poster, English and Spanish |
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1 Spanish version available in the Digital Unit only.
Computer Science Essentials Resources for Diverse Learners
As a set of high-impact resources, the Resources for Diverse Learners are designed to help remove distractions and decrease literacy demands so that all students can succeed in engineering and problem solving. They contain built-in vocabulary support, suggestions for objects to create context and background, multiple points of entry for different learning styles, and multiple ways for learners to express understanding meet the needs of today’s diverse classroom.
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Resource for Diverse Learners |
Included in Educator Guide Book |
Included in Classroom Resources Book |
Included in Resource Package |
Included in Digital Unit |
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English Learner Strategies |
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Differentiated Instruction Notes at point of use |
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Teacher Discussion Support |
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Student Discussion Support, English and Spanish1 |
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Flip book Storybook, English and Spanish1 |
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Computer Science Storybook Epilogue, English and Spanish1 |
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Character Cards, English and Spanish 1 |
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Visual Vocabulary Cards, English and Spanish 1 |
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Materials Sheet, English and Spanish 1 |
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Illustrated Engineering Design Process Poster, English and Spanish |
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Illustrated What is a Computer? Poster, English and Spanish |
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1 Spanish version available in the Digital Unit only.
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