Science Enrichment

Young 5’s

I can create a Fruit Loop colorful necklace to demonstrate knowledge of patterns

I can orally explain my pattern to my partner.

Sentence Stem:

I made a Fruit Loop necklace.  My pattern is _____________________.

Vocab:  pattern, repeat

Kindergarten

Turkey Trouble STEM activity -“Plan Day”

I can create a disguise that protects the turkey by using the materials provided.

I can draw a plan and describe how I used the materials to disguise my turkey.

First Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension about light rays by exploring and observing what light does when it hits an object (reflect, transparent, translucent, opaque).

I can draw at least 2 things that are transparent, translucent, and opaque and orally tell my partner using the following sentence stem:

The ______________ is transparent.

The ______________ is translucent.

The ______________is opaque.

Vocabulary:  light, reflect, bounce, transparent, translucent, opaque

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Second Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension about water can be different types of matter (solid, liquid or gas) by recognizing when they see water as a solid or a liquid and sorting picture cards accordingly.

I can orally explain by telling my partner an example of water as a liquid and as a solid.

Sentence Stems:

An example of water in the liquid stage is _______________.

Its properties are _________________________________.

An example of water in the solid stage is ______________.

Its properties are_____________________________.

Vocabulary: matter, solid , liquid, gas, properties, hail, snow, sleet, rain, 

dew, ice

Third Grade

STEM Challenge- Can you build a device that will blast a pom pom far?

 Testing 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/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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