Science Enrichment

Young 5’s and Kindergarten

I can learn how  magnets  can push and pull objects by exploring with mazes and cars with magnets.

I can color my magnet sheet and orally tell my partner what objects my magnet pulled and pushed

Sentence Stem:

My magnet can pull a _____________.

My magnet can push a ____________.

Vocabulary:  magnets, stick, attract, repel, push, pull

First Grade

I can demonstrate knowledge about light by filling out a KLEWS chart and exploring with flashlights to see what happens when light hits various objects.

I can write or draw to explain what I learned about light today using sentence stems:

I learned that light ____________________.

When light hits a ____________ it ________________.

Light helps us ________________________.

Vocabulary:  Light, transparent, translucent, opaque, reflect, absorb

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Second Grade

I can comprehend properties of matter by testing and graphing various materials to see how strong of flexible they are.

Activity 1- Which Is Stronger?  

Test each material by seeing how many quarters it can hold.

Materials to be tested:  

6 toothpicks taped together, 6 index cards taped together, 6 pipe cleaners taped together, or 6 popsicle sticks taped together.

I can write to answer questions from activity and graph.

Vocabulary:  property, matter, flexibility, strength

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Third Grade- STEM activity: Pom Pom Blaster: Planning Lesson

I can demonstrate application of how force and motion are used by designing and building a device that launches Pom Poms in the air using the Engineering Design process(Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create & Test, Improve, Present).

Constraints:  

*The blaster must be free standing.

*It must launch a pom-pom into the air and it must travel 2 feet.

*Can only use materials provided: pom-poms, tape, straws, craft sticks, rubber bands, paper clips, index cards, cups.

I can draw a plan of how I will design and build my Pom-Pom Blaster.   I can reflect on what worked  and what needed improvement.

Vocabulary:  force, motion, speed, gravity, balanced force, unbalanced force, inertia, slope, measurement

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Fourth Grade:  (STEM- Culminating Activity)

*Continuation from last week*

I can demonstrate application of how energy is used by building a marble roller coaster using the Engineering Design process(Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create & Test, Improve, Present) and “Mystery Science” activity.

Materials:  Tubing, tape, marble, cup

Challenge:  Can you build a roller coaster using only materials provided so that your marble makes it all the way through.

I can draw a plan of how I will build my roller coaster.  I can reflect on what worked  and what needed improvement.

Vocabulary: energy, speed, transfer, potential, kinetic, motion, force, stored energy, motion energy

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Fifth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension about changes in matter by exploring examples of physical and chemical changes.

I can write to explain how my group sorted the physical and chemical changes in matter cards by answering the following questions:

1. Which cards were difficult to classify?  Why?
2. Which cards were easy to classify?  Why?
3. Give an example of a physical change that was not pictured.
4. Give an example of a chemical change that was not pictured.

Vocabulary:  matter, properties, physical change, chemical change