Science Enrichment

Young 5’s/Kindergarten

I can use a penny, paper clip, cube, and crayon to count and  measure how long my footprint is.

I can orally explain how long my footprint is using sentence stems.

My foot is _________________ pennies long.

My foot is _________________ paper clips long.

My foot is _________________ cubes long.

My foot is _________________ crayons long.

Vocabulary:  footprint, measurement, long

First Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension about how the moon appears to change shape in a pattern by experimenting with a flashlight and styro-faom ball on a stick  and watching a video.

I can identify the different phases of the moon and create a mini book that I can orally read to my friends and family,

Vocabulary:  Moon, revolve, rotate, cycle, pattern, New Moon, Full Moon, Waning Crescent, Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous, First Quarter, Last Quarter

ESS1.B

Second Grade

I can demonstrate the process of weathering, erosion, and deposition by creating a landform out of legos and then as a team pretending to break it slowly apart by water, ice, or wind (weathering), carrying it away (erosion), and bringing it to a new area (deposition) to form a new lego landform.

I can draw or write to explain how the lego landform activity helped me understand the process of weathering, erosion, and deposition.

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

ESS1.C      2-ESS1-1

ESS2.A

Third Grade

Continue Mystery Science Lesson-(Stormy skies-4)

I can build a paper house from mystery  science that will not be blown away in a windstorm using certain materials.
(toothpicks, sticker dots, paper, paper clips)

I can explain in writing what worked and/or what I would do differently to improve my house.

Fourth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of fossils by exploring real fossil rocks and working in a group as  paleontologists to figure out what one can learn from a fossil structure of a Stegosaurus.

I can write and draw to explain facts about my fossil and predict about the organism.

Vocabulary:  Earth Processes, fossils, Paleontologist, organisms, extinct, structure, behavior

4-ESS1-1

Fifth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of the interactions among Earth’s 4 spheres by analyzing interactions found in pictures provided or in magazines.

I can explain in writing the interactions of the spheres. 

Be sure to name the spheres and how they are interacting with one another.

Example Sentence Stem:

In the picture, the ____________ sphere and ___________ sphere are interacting by _______________________________________.

Vocab:  hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere