Science Enrichment

Young 5’s/Kindergarten

I can identify names of severe weather (tornado, hurricanes, flood, tsunami, thunderstorms) and what can happen during a tornado by creating  a model of a tornado (funnel shape) using clear pop bottles filled with water.

I can color and draw a tornado picture.

Vocabulary:  weather, severe, tornado, funnel, strong, rainy, dark clouds

First Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of the sun, moon, and earth system by creating a paper model of how they work together and the cycle it gives us- our year, seasons, days, and months).

I can orally explain how the earth, sun, and moon work as a system using the following sentence stems.

Sentence Stems:

The moon_____ around the Earth.  It takes ___________.

The Earth ________ around the sun. It takes ____________. This gives us our 4 ___________.

The Earth __________ around the sun. It takes __________.

This gives us __________ and __________.

Vocabulary:  cycles, system, year, days, months, seasons, orbit, revolve, rotate

Second Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of rapid and slow ways the earth changes by observing and sorting pictures according to slow and rapid changes.

I can orally explain and describe one way Earth rapidly changes and one way it can slowly change.

Sentence Stems:

One way earth can rapidly change is _______________.

One way earth can slowly change is ______________.

Vocabulary:  weathering, erosion, deposition, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcano, landslides, tsunami

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 how fossils are formed by experimenting in a “Fossil Formation” activity with bread(white, wheat, and rye), candy fish and worms, and books.

I can explain how fossils form by cutting out the various written steps and placing them in the correct order and orally tell my partner in my own words how fossils are formed.

Sentence Stems:  

A fossil forms by_______________________________________

Then_______________________________________________.

Next,_______________________________________

Finally__________________________________________.

Vocabulary:  Fossils, Paleontologist, organisms, extinct, structure, formation

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Fifth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of Earth’s 4 spheres(Geosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere) and identify  the processes that a droplet of water goes through as it moves through Earth’s four systems.

I can explain how the 4 spheres interact with the water cycle.

Sentence Stems:  

Earth’s 4 sphere’s are _________________, ___________, ___________, and __________.

 Each sphere interacts with the water cycle.  

First __________________________________.

Then_______________________________________.

Vocabulary:  Geosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, water cycle