Science Enrichment

Young 5’s

I can build a house using different material.

I can draw and orally explain which house was better( made of blocks or playdough and straws).

Kindergarten – Create and Test Day

“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

First Grade

I can demonstrate knowledge of the moon by observing a movable model of the moon and watching a brainpop video.

I can draw a picture and write a sentence to explain at least 2 new facts that I learned about our moon today.

Sentence Stem:  

I learned that the moon _____________________________________________.

The moon also__________________________________.

ESS1:B

Second Grade

*Continue from last week*

I can demonstrate how landforms form or change by experimenting in a “Cookie Weathering and Erosion” lab using chocolate chip cookies(landform/rock), straw(wind), toothpick(animals and plants changing rock), and dropper(rain).

I can draw or write to explain my observations of weathering and erosion during the “Cookie Lab”.

Vocabulary:  landforms, mountain, plataeu, mesa, hill, plain, volcano,beaches, island, peninsula, weathering, erosion

ESS1.C      2-ESS1-1

ESS2.A

Third Grade

*Continue from last week*

I can demonstrate comprehension of various climates by color coding a world map according to climate zones(Polar/cold, Temperate,Warm, Tropical) and picking a place I would travel to for the climate.

I can draw or write to explain what I should pack and wear if I was traveling to ________________.

Sentence Stems:

The different climate zones are_______________________.

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

Because_________________________________________.

I would pack_____________________________.

I would wear______________________________________.

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

4-PS4-1

Fifth Grade

*Continue from last week*

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

5-ESS1-2