Science Enrichment

Young 5’s

I can use my sense of sight to recognize my colors and by sorting my M&M’s and counting how many of each color I have.

I can orally tell my classmates which color I had the most of and which I had the least of.

Sentence Stems:  

I had mostly __________ M&Ms.

I had the least of __________ M&Ms.

Vocabulary:  colors, count, most, least, same

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

First Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of pitch and volume by exploring with musical glass jars(jars filled with different amounts of water and when  hit with a metal spoon makes sound) and to make my very own harmonica using straws, wooden popsicle sticks and rubber bands.

I can orally explain what pitch and volume mean using sentence stems:

Pitch is ______________________. 

When I hit the glass jar with _______ amount of water the pitch was______________.

When I moved the straw on my harmonica____________ the pitch was _________________.

Volume means_____________________.

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

Second Grade

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

Activity -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

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Third Grade

1. *Finish reflection part of motion and force activities(gravity,magnets and  static electricity). (Drawing and writing)

Sentence Stems:  

I learned a lot about forces and motion through activities about gravity, magnets, and static electricity. 

One example of force and motion was when I used _______________.When I ___________________________, I saw the ___________________ move creating

 motion.

1. STEM Challenge- start and do Ask, imagine, and Plan parts

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/write  a plan of how I will design and build my Pom-Pom Blaster.   

Vocabulary:  force, motion, speed, gravity, balanced force, unbalanced force, inertia, slope, measurement

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Fourth Grade

I can demonstrate how speed affects energy by investigating speed and energy using paper towel tube tunnels, marbles, and rocks.

I can draw my experiment and explain how the speed of the marble (incline of ramp) affected the energy transfer to the rock.

Sentence Stems:

When the ramp was lower, the marble made the rock only move________.

When the ramp was higher, the marble made the rock move ___________.

The results show that _________________________________________________________.

An example that shows this in real life is ________________________.

Vocabulary:  energy, speed, transfer,incline, steeper, distance, centimeters, 

Average

Fifth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension about changes in matter by exploring examples of physical and chemical changes and sorting cards by the type of change.

I can write to explain how my group sorted the physical and chemical changes in matter cards by answering the following questions:

1.  Which cards were difficult to classify?  Why?
2. Which cards were easy to classify?  Why?
3. Give an example of a physical change that was not pictured.
4. Give an example of a chemical change that was not pictured.

Vocabulary:  matter, properties, physical change, chemical change