Science Enrichment

Young 5’s

I can identify living and non-living things.

I can use play-dough to create 1 living thing and 1 non-living thing and orally say what it is.

Sentence Stem:

________________ is living.

________________is non-living.

Vocabulary: living, non-living

Kindergarten

I can demonstrate comprehension of why it rains by creating a rain cloud model (using a cup of water with shaving cream on top to represent a cloud and adding water drops (colored water) onto the cloud (shaving cream).

I can draw my rain model and orally explain why it rains.

Vocabulary: rain, clouds, heavy, precipitation

First Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension about why stars appear to come out only at night by following the steps in the Mystery Science activity “Why Do We See Stars Only at Night” and create a model of the big dipper constellation.

I can orally explain why we see stars only at night using the sentence stem:

We can see stars at night because________________________________.

Vocabulary:  stars, constellations, sunlight

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Fifth Grade

“STEM Activity”- Alien Space Lander

*Creating/Building Day*

I can demonstrate application of the Engineering Process by creating an alien space lander with a shock-absorber and stabilizer that can land 2 aliens (marshmallows) safely onto Earth(using only materials provided) following the engineering steps: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve, and Present.

I can draw or write to explain my groups plan to create a space lander and explain any improvements needed.

Vocabulary:  Stabilizer, Shock-Absorber