Science Enrichment

Third Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of the various climates in the world by participating in the Mystery Science activity (“Why Are Some Places Always Hot”)  and use a climate color decoder to color the different climates on a world map.

I can orally explain my observations of the climates on the world map and answer questions provided in the Mystery Science Activity.

Vocabulary:  climate, weather, regions, world map

3-ESS2.D

Second Grade

I can demonstrate the process of weathering, erosion, and deposition by creating a landform out of legos and then as a team pretending to break it slowly apart by water, ice, or wind (weathering), carrying it away (erosion), and bringing it to a new area (deposition) to form a new lego landform.

I can draw or write to explain how the lego landform activity helped me understand the process of weathering, erosion, and deposition.

Vocabulary:  landforms, mountain, plataeu, mesa, hill, plain, volcano, beaches, island, peninsula, weathering, erosion, deposition

ESS1.C      2-ESS1-1

ESS2.A

Fourth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of how vibrations of sound and light waves can be sent across distances by experimenting with the Morse Code using flashlights and to  practice using the morse code patterns to send  messages to another student.

I can write a message using the morse code patterns and think of other ways sound and light are sent across distances.

My more code message  is_______________________________________

Other ways we transmit messages is by _______________________________.

Vocabulary:  sound, light, waves, vibrations, transmitted, patterns, morse code

4-PS4-3

Fifth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of Earth’s patterns of day, night and seasons by creating line graphs that show a years worth of data about length of sunlight and the sun’s angel.

I can explain and answer questions about the patterns I observed from the data in my graph and how it helps me understand why Earth has day and nights, and seasons.

Vocabulary:  rotation, revolve, orbit, seasons, axis, patterns, line graph

5-ESS1-2