October 11, 2012

Today you will begin working on  your Water Cycle project.

Yesterday you wrote down the path of your water molecule through the water cycle.  Today, you are going to get to be creative, and make a story about the journey of this water molecule.

The directions are linked HERE.

You will have 3 days in class to work on this (Thursday, Friday, and Monday)

October 9, 2012

5th graders, today you will be continuing to learn about the water cycle.  You already have some background knowledge in this.  Take a look at your notes from yesterday.

What do the following words mean?

a.  evaporation
b.  condensation
c.  precipitation
d.  accumulation/collection

Add to your notes about the following terms:
e.  aquifer/ground water
f.  run-off
g.  transpiration
h. percolation
i.  (add your own)

Add to your notes as you complete the following interactives:

http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/studyjams/water_cycle/
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/views/hhView.cfm?guidAssetId=087777c8-4ff0-45d2-878f-e7cd90f7ee19

Draw a picture in your notes of the water cycle with all your new terms labeled.

September 27, 2012

Today you have two tasks.

1.  Complete your summary (if you haven't already done so)
2.  Begin to write an ARGUMENT about why people should read the article that you chose.  If you have time to finish this, then finish it!

Please follow the directions below carefully to complete.  This will be checked in class tomorrow, and you are expected to have the summary completed, and the argument started.


SUMMARY:
Download the file called "Science Lesson Summary 9.27" here and follow the directions carefully.  You are adding this on to the summary that you have already started either on paper or on a Google Document.


ARGUMENT:

Download the file called "Argument Science Lesson" here and follow the directions carefully.  You can type the argument paragraph or write it by hand.

Your argument must give at least 2 reasons why a person should read your article, with evidence to support each reason.


Extra time can be spent perfecting your blog on Blogger, or on the science links on the 5/6 website.

Week 5, September 21

In the near future, each student will be creating a science blog where they can post news about interesting science current events.

To get us started, I want every student to find a science article that you are interested in.  It will help us next week as we create our blogs and do our first blog entry.  I have posted great science websites for kids that are good resources to find these articles  (follow the link below).  If you have your own news source that you'd like to use, that is fine, as long as it is a CREDIBLE source.

List of News Sites


Next, fill out the Science News note-taking sheet...  You can take the notes either on  the computer, or written on the paper provided by the sub...  Your choice.  Here is the link to the sheet  LINK
Read the example that I did before you start  HERE


Any extra time can be spent on science links off the website, or reading more articles.

Week 5, September 19

5th graders, today you are going to be working with "conservation of mass".


I have set up 3 stations.  Each station has a mixture and a mass scale.  Your job is to follow the directions for each station, and fill out your data chart as you go along.

When complete, respond to the following question:


1.  What happened to the total mass once the mixture was separated?


2.  How are the mass of the mixture, and the mass of the individual parts related?


3.  What do you think conservation of mass could mean after today's activities?


Please post your answers to these questions as a comment on this blog.

Week 4, Day 1

Read pages 8-17 in the "Changes in Matter" book

Make note cards for the following vocabulary words:

physical change

change of state

melting point

boiling point

freezing point

evaporates

condenses
freezes

Think of an example of water changing state in nature.  Draw and label a diagram of this change.  Add arrows to represent thermal energy and show the direction of its movement (see page 13 for an example).

Post a comment in response to this blog (write in complete sentences).   What example of water changing state in nature did you draw in your notebook?

Week 3, Day 4

Complete all assignments from yesterday's lesson.


Watch the video assigned to you on Discovery Education


Be ready to discuss with Miss Z. today at the end of class.