Science Enrichment

Young 5’s

I can recognize and describe the pattern of our 4 seasons(Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall) by coloring, cutting, and matching the correct picture to each season.

I can orally name and describe one of the seasons.

Sentence Stem:

___________ is one of the seasons.  In this season___________________.

Vocabulary:  seasons, pattern, year, summer, winter, fall, spring

Warm, cold, cloudy, sunny, rainy, cool, hot, weather

Kindergarten

Turkey Trouble STEM activity -“Create 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 what happens when light hits opaque objects by creating shadows using an object, flashlight, and background (paper).

I can explain orally explain my drawings that answer the following questions.

Questions: 

1. How are shadows made?

2. How can I make my shadow shorter?

3. How can I make my shadow long?

4. How can I make my shadow almost invisible?

Vocabulary:  shadow, light, opaque, transparent, translucent, object, background

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Second Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of landforms found on Earth by creating various landforms out of clay.

I can orally describe the landform I created with clay.

The landform is ________________. 

I would describe it as _______________________________.

Vocabulary: landform, mountain, valley, plateau, mesa, dessert, plain, island, peninsula, cape, hill, volcano, isthmus

Third Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of weather and climate by participating in a review game where I have to name the fact given as an example of climate or weather.

I can orally explain the drawing and definition flipbook I glued into my notebook to my partner.

Sentence Stems:

Weather is _____________________________.

An example of weather is ___________________________.

Climate is ______________________________.

An example of climate is _______________________________.

Vocabulary:  weather, climate, short term, long term

Fifth Grade

I can demonstrate comprehension of gravity by exploring with 2 gravity experiments:

Activity 1-  Feather and Hammer (dropped at same height and time)

What happens when dropped on the  Earth?

What happens when dropped on the moon?

Activity 2- Various size balls (dropped at same height and time in a tub of sand)

Does size or mass change what happens when dropped?

What did you observe?

I can write at least 3 facts that I learned about gravity.

Sentence Stems:

I learned that gravity______________________________.

Another thing is that gravity________________________________.

Gravity is _____________________________________________

Vocabulary:  force, gravity, pull, weight, inertia, mass, air resistance, impact

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