Science Enrichment

April 18-22

Kindergarten:

Content Objective:  I can demonstrate comprehension of Earth’s materials by observing clay and using screens to observe what happens when the clay material is poured through it.

Language Objective:  I can draw and describe my observation of clay material.

How did it look? (color, size).  How does it feel? ( (hard, soft, can you break it?)

Vocabulary:  Earth Material, clay,  magnifying glass, screen, senses, feel, touch, see, observe,

E.SE.00.11  Identify Earth materials that occur in nature(sand, rocks, clay, soil, water).

First Grade:

Content Objective: I can demonstrate knowledge of animal life cycles by observing a cricket with a magnifying glass and learning about how it grows and changes through it’s life cycle.

Language Objectives:  I can draw and label the life cycle of a cricket and describe how it changes as it grows.

Vocabulary:  compare, characteristics, life cycle, change, grow, egg, nymph, instars, adult

L.OL.E.2  Life Cycles- Plants and animals have life cycles.  Both begin life and develop into adults, reproduce, and eventually die.

L.OL.01.21  Describe the life cycle of animals including the stages.

Second Grade:

Content Objective:  I can demonstrate comprehension of what plants need by planting a seed and observing for weeks how the plant grows and survives when provided with its needs.

Language Objective:  I can draw, label, and write to explain my observations of my plant’s growth.

Vocabulary:  needs, soil, water, sunlight, air, food, life cycle, seed, seedling, plant, mature plant,parts, seed, roots, stem, leaves, flowers, fruits, growth, survive

L.OL.02.14  Identify the needs of plants.

L.OL.02.22  Describe the life cycle of familiar flowering plants including the stages.

Third Grade:

Content Objective: I can demonstrate comprehension of rocks and minerals by experimenting through different stations: observing and sorting various minerals by characteristics, testing rocks and minerals for their hardness( scratching with metal nail) and if they leave streaks( rubbing on tile piece), and lastly  how they are used everyday.

Language Objective:  I can write to explain what I learned about rocks and minerals.

Vocabulary:  Earth’s materials, natural resources, rocks, minerals, hardness, streak, sorting, characteristics

E.SE.03.14  Recognize that rocks are made up of minerals.

E.SE.E.1  Earth Materials-Earth materials that occur in nature include rocks, minerals, soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere.

Fourth Grade:  Did not get to see:(  On a field-trip to Lansing!

Fifth Grade:

Content Objective:  I can demonstrate comprehension of the Digestive System and its parts (organs) by using different color yarn to measure the different parts of the system to see how long the system actually is.

Language Objective:  I can write to explain how the parts(organs) of the Digestive System worked together to form a functioning system.

Sentence Stems:

The Digestive System works  as a system by____________________.

If __________ was not working or was missing from the system, then ________________________________________________.

I was amazed at how long the Digestive System is because________________.

Vocabulary:  Digestive System, organs, parts, function, mouth, teeth, saliva, tongue, esophagus, stomach, acid, small intestine, large intestine, gall bladder, liver, pancreas,inches, feet

L.OL.05.41  Identify the general purpose of selected animal systems.

L.OL.M.4  Animal systems- Multicellular organisms may have specialized systems that perform functions which serve the needs of the organism.