Monster Family Project – Here is fun project you can do with your family. Listen to the story Hey! That’s my Monster. Then create your own monster. All the directions are in the link below. Have fun creating with your family and send me a picture to post on my blog. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13K7jZfAtT5o2o3xRuDFqWaNu4IAgIIDZMBLXkmQ8I5Q/edit?usp=sharing
Author Archives: Jennifer Burek
Mystery Animal
Observe the close up photograph of the mystery animal. Look carefully for clues on what the animal could be. Then write your prediction in the comment section below. Include a Claim and your evidence. I am including some sentence stems to get you started.
CLAIM: I predict the mystery animal is ____________.
EVIDENCE: I observed the animal had __________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________ . That is why I predict the animal is ____________________________________________________________________________________
You can also email me you predictions at burekj1@dearbornschools.org.
If you had fun figuring out today’s Mystery Photo, here is a link to some more tricky animal photos that you can do with your family. I wonder how many you will get correct? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/03/160326-animals-features-photo-ark-quiz-science/
How a Rainbow is Made
Fun St. Patricks Day related video and stem activity after it.
https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/rainbows?code=aa4c76e9842c3e8cf9e5ae88e17aa0d3
Science Activities for every grade
Kindergarten How can you find animals in the woods?https://mysteryscience.com/secrets/mystery-3/animal-needs-safety/116?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student
First Grade Why do baby animals look so cute? http://Why do baby animals look so cute?
Second Grade- Why do frogs say ribbit? http://Why do frogs say “ribbit”?
Third Grade- Why do dogs wag their tails? http://Why do dogs wag their tails?
Fourth Grade- Where does energy come from? http://Where does energy come from?
Fifth Grade- Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? http://Why did the dinosaurs go extinct?
More lessons
Science lessons to watch at home
Mystery Science Germ lesson
This is a great video showing children how germs get into their body and how to keep healthy. The link will be active until June 30, 2020.
https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/germs?code=d2ba11e0403a62d5ae98e33000c173b2
First Graders
The first graders listened to the book When I was five. They then made a dinosaur.



Stream Tables
The fourth graders are learning how water changes land. Using the stream tables as models to see how the water erodes the land and creates different landforms like canyons, rivers and fans. The can also see how the land travels and where the water deposits different materials like sand and silt.



Mirror Image
First graders are using mirrors to learn about mirror image. They did some activities in class, then they had to use the mirror to finish the half picture on their page.

