Dec
09
2016

Science Quiz on Wednesday, Dec. 14

We have been studying the states of matter and their identifying properties. The students have several sources in their science notebook to review (state of matter chart, properties of matter chart, matter math, and venn diagram). There are also several suggestions on the website to review the concepts.

They will need to identify states of matter, compare and contrast states of matter, and explain how matter can change its state.

Dec
07
2016

Ice Cream in a Bag

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Ice Cream in a Bag

Materials –

½ cup of milk

1T sugar

¼ tsp. Of vanilla

2 quart size Ziploc bags

1 gallon size Ziploc bag

3 cups crushed ice

⅓ cup of rock salt

DIRECTIONS

  1. Put the milk, sugar and vanilla in one small Ziploc bag and seal the bag. Make sure it is tightly closed.
  2. Put the sealed bag inside another small bag and tightly seal the second bag.
  3. Put ice and rock salt in the larger bag and then add the filled small bag.
  4. Seal the large bag.
  5. Shake the bag until the ice cream is thickened, about 10 to 15 minutes.
  6. Remove the small bag, unseal, and eat with a spoon.
Dec
02
2016

Spelling for 12-9-16

Spelling-bee

compass, latitude, longitude, distributive, certain, compatible, population, money, deposit, withdrawal

Content Area Words:

millimeters, centimeters, grams, kilograms, measurement

Dec
02
2016

Matter Changes States

We will be studying how matter can change states next week. Here is a video that shows clearly the states of matter and how adding heat can change a state of matter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHojvG0_IWE

Nov
17
2016

Social Studies

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In Social Studies we will continue to study immigration and how people have adapted to their new environment. We will look at how this has influenced the growth and development of the United States.

 

Big Ideas of Lesson 2, Unit 3

 

1.   Both geographers and historians have studied how and why people have moved, or migrated, within the United States.

2.   Push factors are reasons people leave a place. Some examples of push factors include a lack of freedom, a shortage of jobs, war, famine, or high cost of living.

3.   Pull factors are reasons why people settle in a particular place. Some examples of pull factors include economic opportunities, freedom, family, or culture.

4.   Not everybody freely chose to move to new places in the United States. Native Americans were often forced off their land and forced to move to new places.

5.   People continue to move within the United States.

Big Ideas of the Lesson

Unit 4

·         Both geographers and historians have studied how and why people have immigrated to the United States.

·         Push factors such as a lack of freedom, a shortage of jobs, war, famine, or high cost of living caused people to leave their home countries.

·         Pull factors such as economic opportunities, freedom, family, or culture of the region encouraged people to immigrate to the United States.

·         Not everybody freely chose to immigrate to the United States. Under the system of slavery, Africans were forced to immigrate.

 

Nov
17
2016

Science

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I just wanted to let you know what we will be studying in Science for this card marking (until 1-27-17).

Learning Targets/Objectives for Properties and Changes of Matter:

Learning Cycle 1: Measuring the Properties of Matter
Students will be able to:
• Measure the weight (spring scale) and mass (balances) in grams or kilograms of objects.
• Measure the volume of liquids in milliliters and liters.

Learning Cycle 2: Heat and the States of Matter
Students will be able to:
• Compare and contrast the states (solid, liquid, and gas) of matter.
• Explain how matter can change from one state (solid, liquid, and gas) to another by heating and cooling.