Science Enrichment

Kindergarten/Young 5’s

“STEM Challenge”-(Building a strong house for the three little pigs.)

I can build a house out of the provided materials (kit materials, legos, straws, blocks, etc…)that won’t blow down when a blow dryer blows on it.

I can orally explain what worked or needs improvement.

Vocabulary:  STEM, imagine, plan, build, teamwork, improve

Young 5’s Houses

Mrs. Rawson’s Kindergarten Houses

Mrs. Fowler’ Kindergarten Houses

First Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of light reflecting by experimenting with mirrors and flashlights to observe what happens when objects reflect light.

I can write and draw to explain what happened when light was reflected off the mirror (label and use arrows in drawing).

Sentence Stem:

When I flashed the light on the mirror_______________________________________.

I learned that reflect means_________________.

Vocabulary:  light waves, reflect

PS4.B  Electromagnetic Radiation

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Second Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of land forms found on Earth by creating various land forms out of clay.

I can orally describe the land form I created with clay.

The land form is ________________.

I would describe it as _______________________________.

Vocabulary: land form, mountain, valley, plateau, mesa, dessert, plain, island, peninsula, cape, hill, volcano, isthmus

Third Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of various climates by color coding a world map according to climate zones(Polar/cold, Temperate,Warm, Tropical).

I can orally explain the different climate zones and pick a place on the map and explain why I would want to live there.

Sentence Stems:

The different climate zones are_______________________.

If I could pick a climate to live in, it would be _________________

because_________________________________________.

Vocabulary:  climate zones, Polar, Temperate, Tropical, Arid, Mediterranean, Tundra

Fourth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of how sound is created and travels by experimenting in two balloons activities that explore speed of vibration:

1. Blowing up balloon and exploring with the different sounds it can make when air is released.
2. Placing a metal nut or other object in balloon, then spin balloon and observe sounds.

I can write to explain my observations in both activities.

Sentence Stems:

Sound was created by _____________________.

When I ____________________, the sound was _____________.

I also observed that _______________________.

The faster the speed of vibration , the ___________________ the sound was.

Vocabulary:  waves, amplitude, pitch, sound, wavelength, vibration, speed

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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

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