Bayou Country Children’s Museum

5th Grade GLE Correlations

Exhibit Name: Who’s in the Bayou?
Gallery: Welcome
Social Studies
GLE 11: Explain the reasons why Europeans chose to explore and colonize the world (G-1C-M4)
GLE 20: Construct a timeline of key events in American history (beginnings to 1763) (H-1A-M1)
GLE 23: Identify the causes, effects, or impact of a given event in early American history (H-1A-M3)
GLE 27: Identify and describe indigenous cultures and groups that existed in the Americas at the beginning of European exploration (H-1B-M1)
English Language Arts
GLE 7: Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently
Science
Scientific Inquiry
GLE 3: Use a variety of sources to answer questions (SI-M-A1)
GLE 39: Identify areas in which technology has changed human lives (e.g., transportation, communication, geographic information systems, DNA fingerprinting) (SI-M-B7)
Exhibit Name: Sugar Cane Combine Harvester
Gallery: Agriculture
Social Studies
GLE 16: Identify the natural resources used by people in the United States (G-1D-M3)
Science
GLE 29: Describe adaptations of plants and animals that enable them to thrive in local and other natural environments (LS-M-D1)
Exhibit Name: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Gallery: Health & Wellness
Earth Science
GLE 11: Classify energy resources as renewable, non-renewable, or inexhaustible (PS-M-C1)
GLE 49: Identify and give examples of pollutants found in water, air, and soil (SE-M-A3)
GLE 50: Describe the consequences of several types of human activities on local ecosystems
(e.g., polluting streams, regulating hunting, introducing nonnative species) (SE-M-A4)
Exhibit Name: Pedal Through Nutrition
Gallery: Health & Wellness
Health
1-E-3.3 Recognize the responsibility to reduce health risk (e.g., hygiene, exercise, healthy eating)
2-E-1.1 Examine personal cultural practices and how they impact personal health decisions
2-E-4.2 Explore the effects of the environment on food choices
Exhibit Name: Health-O-Meter
Gallery: Health & Wellness
Health
1-E-2.1 List the consequences of negative health choices (e.g., drinking, smoking)
1-E-2.2 Examine the consequences of good and bad health choices on one’s personal health
7-E-1.1 Make a list of positive and negative personal health habits
7-E-1.2 Examine personal habits that promote lifelong health
Exhibit Name: X-Ray Puzzle
Gallery: Health & Wellness
Science
Science as Inquiry
GLE 29: Explain how technology can expand the senses and contribute to the increase and/or modification of scientific knowledge (SI-M-B3)
GLE 39: Identify areas in which technology has changed human lives (e.g., transportation,
Communication geographic information systems, DNA fingerprinting) (SI-M-B7)
Exhibit Name: Safety-ville
Gallery: Safety
Health
4-E-2.1 Create and share a scenario that utilizes refusal skills to avoid engaging in risky behaviors
Exhibit Name: Bayou Boogie
Gallery: Performance/Music
Physical Education
1-E-4.1 Create and demonstrate a simple repeating rhythmic sequence by combining a variety of mature movement skills (e.g. marching, dancing)
1-E-4.2 Perform rhythmic patterns using body movements and manipulative skills in a large group setting
1-E-4.3 Create and demonstrate a variety of rhythmic beats while using different body parts (e.g. hand clapping, foot stomping, finger snapping, hands and legs)
Exhibit Name: Idiophone
Gallery: Performance/Music
Science
Physical Science
GLE 2: Compare the physical properties of large and small quantities of the same type of matter (PS-
M-A1)
Exhibit Name: Build a Better Bridge
Gallery: Construction
Science
Science as Inquiry
GLE15: Identify and explain the limitations of models used to represent the natural world (SI-M-A5)
GLE 33: Evaluate models, identify problems in design, and make recommendations for improvement (SI-M-B4)
Exhibit Name: Duck Blind
Gallery: Bayou
Science
Life Science
GLE 26: Identify and describe ecosystems of local importance (LS-M-C3)
GLE 50: Describe the consequences of several types of human activities on local ecosystems (e.g.,
Polluting streams, regulating hunting, introducing nonnative species) (SE-M-A4)
Exhibit Name: Jean Lafitte Treasure Dig
Gallery: Bayou
Social Studies
GLE 20: Construct a timeline of key events in American history (beginnings to 1763) (H-1A-
M1)
Exhibit Name: Estuary Water Table
Gallery: Bayou
Science
Life Science
GLE 23. Construct food chains that could be found in ponds, marshes, oceans, forests, or meadows (LS-M-C2)
GLE 24: Describe the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a food chain (LS-M-C2)
GLE 25: Compare food chains and food webs (LS-M-C2)
GLE 26: Identify and describe ecosystems of local importance (LS-M-C3)
GLE 27: Compare common traits of organisms within major ecosystems (LS-M-C3)
GLE 28: Explain and give examples of predator/prey relationships (LS-M-C4)
GLE 29: Describe adaptations of plants and animals that enable them to thrive in local and other
natural environments (LS-M-D1)
GLE 33: Identify the processes that prevent or cause erosion (ESS-M-A7)
GLE 48: Determine the ability of an ecosystem to support a population (carrying capacity) by identifying
the resources needed by that population (SE-M-A2)
GLE 49: Identify and give examples of pollutants found in water, air, and soil (SE-M-A3)
GLE 50: Describe the consequences of several types of human activities on local ecosystems (e.g.,
Polluting streams, regulating hunting, introducing nonnative species) (SE-M-A4)
Earth and Space Science
GLE 32: Demonstrate the results of constructive and destructive forces using models or illustrations (ESS-M-A7)
GLE 33: Identify the processes that prevent or cause erosion (ESS-M-A7)
Science and the Environment
GLE 48: Determine the ability of an ecosystem to support a population (carrying capacity) by identifying the resources needed by that population (SE-M-A2)
GLE 49: Identify and give examples of pollutants found in water, air, and soil (SE-M-A3)
GLE 50: Describe the consequences of several types of human activities on local ecosystems (e.g., polluting streams, regulating hunting, introducing nonnative species) (SE-M-A4)
Exhibit Name: Shrimp Boat
Gallery: Bayou
Science
Life Science
GLE 23: Construct food chains that could be found in ponds, marshes, oceans, forests, or meadows
(LS-M-C2)
GLE 26: Identify and describe ecosystems of local importance (LS-M-C3)
Exhibit Name: Steel Legged Reef
Gallery: Bayou
Science
Physical Science
GLE 11: Classify energy resources as renewable, non-renewable, or inexhaustible (PS-M-C1)
Social Studies
GLE 4: Locate major landforms and geographic features, places, and bodies of water/waterways on a map of the United States (G-1A-M2)
Exhibit Name: Bubble Tables
Gallery: Bayou
Science
Physical Science
GLE 5: Describe the properties and behavior of water in its solid, liquid, and gaseous phases (states) (PS-M-A5)
GLE 6: Describe new substances formed from common chemical reactions (e.g., burning paper produces ash) (PS-M-A6)
Exhibit Name: Step In a Bubble
Gallery: Bayou
Science
Physical Science
GLE 5: Describe the properties and behavior of water in its solid, liquid, and gaseous phases (states) (PS-M-A5)
GLE 6: Describe new substances formed from common chemical reactions (e.g., burning paper produces ash) (PS-M-A6)

5th Grade