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Week of November 5-9

November 8th, 2018 / / categories: Class News /

Young 5’s and Kindergarten

I can demonstrate comprehension of strength of forces(push and pull) by playing a bowling game to see how much force is needed to knock over 2- Liter pop bottles with different amounts of water in them.

I can orally explain my bowling experience.

Sentence Stems:

It took ______________ force to push the bottle with lots of water.

It took _____________ force to push the bottle with little water.

Vocabulary:  force, push, pull, strength, harder, lighter, more, less

Second Grade

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

Activity 1- Which Is Stronger?  

Test each material by seeing how many washers or pennies 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.

Activity 2-Which Object Is More Flexible?

Test the following objects: licorice, pencil, pipe cleaner, yarn, crayon, paper clip and put in order by most flexible to least

I can write to answer questions from both activities.

Vocabulary:  property, matter, flexibility, strength

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Third Grade- STEM Activity: Pom Pom Blaster

*Create and Build Day*

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, spoons.

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)

*Planning Day*

I can demonstrate application of how energy is used by building a marble roller coaster or car race track using the Engineering Design process(Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create & Test, Improve, Present).

Marble Roller Coaster

Materials:  Tubing, tape, marble, cup

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

 

Car Race Track

Materials:  race track pieces, toy car

Challenge:  Can you build a race track using only materials provided so that your toy makes it all the way through.

 

I can draw a plan of how I will build my roller coaster or car track.  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- “Reflection Writing Day”

I can demonstrate comprehension about the difference between  physical and chemical changes in matter by exploring and observing popped popcorn to see if a kernel undergoes a physical or chemical change when popped.

 

I can write to explain whether I think popping popcorn is a physical or chemical change and why.  (Create sentence stems to use as a whole class).

  1. Did you see any signs of a physical change with the popping of popcorn? If so, what?
  2. Did you see any signs of a chemical change with the popping of popcorn?  If so, what?

 

Vocabulary:  matter, properties, physical change, chemical change

 

First/Second Split- “Sound Exploring Day”

I can demonstrate comprehension of sound by exploring with various sound toys to observe how sound is made.

I can draw and write to explain my favorite sound toy I used today and explain how it made sound.

Sentence Stem:

My favorite sound toy I used was _______________.

It makes sound by____________________

Vocabulary:  Sound, vibration, pitch, volume, waves, loud, soft, high, low

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