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Week of October 1-5

October 5th, 2018 / / categories: Class News /

Young 5’s

I can identify the 5 senses by building a Mr. Potato head with all the parts.

I can draw myself with all the body parts and orally explain the parts and how they are used (5 senses).

First Grade

I can demonstrate what happens when vibrations are made by experimenting with different activities using a tuning fork.

Activities:

  1. Hitting a tuning fork on table and bringing it to your ear. What did you hear?
  2. Hitting a tuning fork on table and placing it next to a cup filled with toothpicks. What did you observe?
  3. Hitting a tuning fork on table then placing it next to a ping pong ball hanging from a string.  What did you observe?
  4. Hitting a tuning fork on table and then placing in a cup of water on top of colored paper.  What happened to the water?

I can draw a picture of the vibration activities and orally explain how the vibration of the tuning fork made sound.

Sentence Stem:  Sound was made when_______________________.

Vocab:  Sound, hear, vibration, tuning fork

Second Grade

I can demonstrate knowledge of the 3 states of matter by identifying what are  solids, liquids or gases and acting out how the molecules of each of them look and move.

I can draw the molecules of each state of matter correctly and write a few facts about each matter.

Sentence stems:

Solid

An example of a solid is _________________.

The molecules are ____________________.

Solids_____________________________.

 

Liquid

An example of a liquid is _________________.

The molecules are ____________________.

Liquids_____________________________.

 

Gas

An example of a gas is _________________.

The molecules are ____________________.

Gases_____________________________.

Vocabulary:  matter, solid, liquid, gas, molecules

Third Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of gravity by conducting experiments with various objects to explore the effect gravity has on objects.

I can write to explain and draw with labels and arrows what happened in all three experiments:

  1.  Dropping both a crumpled coffee filter and a box of markers at same time and height.
  2.  Dropping a crumpled coffee filter and an un-crumpled coffee filter at same time and height.
  3.  Use a book in some way to make the crumpled coffee filter and un-crumpled coffee filter hit the floor simultaneously.

Vocabulary:  force, pull, motion, unbalanced force, balanced force, gravity, air resistance

Fourth Grade

“Catch Up Week”

Reflection of Activities- Energy Transfer

I can draw with labels and arrows and write to explain about the various Energy Transfer activities.

Activities:

  1. Marble Collide
  2. Ball drops
  3. Chocolate Chip Melt

 

Fifth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of properties of matter by testing and analyzing the solubility properties of 6 substances substances(sugar, kool-aid, table salt, sand, honey, and vegetable oil).

I can write a conclusion based on my results and draw what happened when each substance(5 ml of it) was mixed with 100 ml of water.

Sentence Stems:

_________________ dissolved in water.

_________________ did not dissolve in water.

____________ has a soluble property.

Vocabulary:  properties, matter, substances, dissolve, mixture, solution, solvent, solubility, reaction

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