Science Enrichment

Young 5’s and Kindergarten

I can understand patterns  by sorting my fruit loop cereal and creating a pattern.

I can tell my partner what pattern I created.

Sentence Stem:

My  pattern is ____________________.

Vocabulary:  pattern, repeat, colors, sort

First Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension about how shadows are made by creating a shadow using the following three “ingredients”  aluminum foil (opaque object), flashlight(light), and white paper(background).

I can explain orally explain my drawings that answer the following questions.

Questions:

1. How are shadows made?
2. How can I make my shadow shorter?
3. How can I make my shadow long?
4. How can I make my shadow almost invisible?

Vocabulary:  shadow, light, opaque, transparent, translucent, object, background

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Second Grade-STEM Activity:

“Build a house that cannot be blown down by the wind from a hair dryer”

Day 1-Ask, Imagine and Plan

I can demonstrate application of properties of materials by designing and building a house using the Engineering Design process(Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create & Test, Improve, Present).

Constraints:  

*Use only materials provided

(Legos, toothpicks and marshmallows, craft sticks and tape/aluminum foil, clay, pattern blocks)

*Must stay upright when blow dryer (wind) is applied.

*Pig must fit inside the house.

I can draw a plan of how I will design and build my house and explain how the properties of the materials I am using will be helpful (Use plan sheet).   I can reflect on what worked  and what needed improvement.

Vocabulary: properties, strength, strong, flexible,

Third Grade- STEM activity: Pom Pom Blaster

*Continuation from last week- Testing Pom Pom Devices*

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:  

*It must launch a pom-pom into the air and it must travel at least 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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The highest score:  133 inches!!!!

Fourth Grade

I can demonstrate knowledge of waves by observing waves being created with a jumprope and slinky to explain wavelength and amplitude.

I can draw an example of a wave and label the wavelength and amplitude of the wave.

Vocabulary:  waves, wavelength, amplitude, energy, motion, Transverse Waves, Longitudinal Waves

PS4.C  Wave Properties

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Fifth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of gravity by exploring with 3 gravity experiments:

Activity 1-  Feather and Hammer (dropped at same height and time)

What happens when done on the  Earth?

What happens when done on the moon?

Activity 2-”Weightlessness”-Water in a cup with holes ( dropped together )

Will the water fall out faster than the cup hitting the ground?

What happened? Why?

Activity 3- Various size balls (dropped at same height and time in a tub of sand)

Does size or mass change what happens when dropped?

What did you observe?

I can write at least 3 facts that I learned about gravity.

Sentence Stems:

I learned that gravity______________________________.

Another thing is that gravity________________________________.

Gravity is _____________________________________________

Vocabulary:  force, gravity, pull, weight, inertia, mass, air resistance, impact

PS2.B Types of Interactions