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4th Period |
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| Date | Class Activities |
| 3/31 |
Energy, Relationships, and Owls - webquest using links on web page to investigate information about owls and how they get and use energy and how we study them. (Learning Activity) |
| 4/2 | View Race the Sun |
| 4/4 |
Finish Eagle Food Webs (Assessment)
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| 4/8 | Cut and Paste Vocabulary Quiz
- Cut and paste definitions and illustrations to match the terms from
your vocabulary.(Assessment) View Race the Sun |
| 4/10 | Forces
of Flight - in the computer lab do research on the 4
forces flight and extensive research on the 1
force that you were assigned. Use links on my website. Notes: Interactions (notebook) Finish Viewing Race the Sun |
| 4/14 | Simple Machines - Using the
internet, identify the 6 types of simple machines, describe how they work,
diagram each, and give 3-5 examples of each. (Learning
Activity) Organisms and Energy Project |
| 4/16 | Substitute Video: Owls - Watch Owl video in preparation for owl pellet dissection and write information about owls and energy.(Learning Activity) Lab: Owl Pellet Dissection - Participate in dissecting an owl pellet and complete your worksheet to analyze your observations of the content of the pellet. (Learning Activity) |
| 4/18 | Photosynthesis and Respiration - Complete foldable that illustrates the dynamics of photosynthesis and respiration and the chemistry that takes place in each process. (Learning Activity) |
| 4/22 |
Finish Photosynthesis and Respiration |
| 4/24 | Video: Science Court / Gravity |
| 4/28 | Standard 2 Assessment B - Written
assessment of your understanding of photosynthesis and respiration, food
webs, and interactions between living things. (Assessment) RG: The Nature of Light - Reading assignment from Chapter 22 in the Physical Science text to build background knowledge about light energy. |
| 4/30 |
Video: Bill Nye on Waves -
Create a concept map of concepts that you learned about waves from Bill
Nye video on Waves. (Learning
Activity) |
| 5/2 | Group Poster Assessment: Food Energy Posters - working as a group create a poster that illustrates your understanding of the roles that organisms play in an ecosystem, how energy enters, changes, and then leaves an ecosystem and what matter is needed and released as the result of photosynthesis and respiration. (Assessment) |
| 5/6 | Notes: Kinetic
and Potential Energy (notebook)
Notes: Conservation of Energy (notebook) Calculating Potential Energy - use the formula and the data given to calculate the amount of potential energy that is illustrated in each diagram. Show your work. (Learning Activity) Calculation Kinetic Energy - use the formula and the data given to calculate the amount of kinetic energy that is illustrated in each diagram. Show your work. (Learning Activity) |
| 5/8 | Science Court: Work and Simple Machines - Answer questions as you view Science Court as Mr. Sludge takes Mary to court for being the laziest worker and sends her to the dreaded pit. (Learning Activity) Machine Books - work on creating a children's book that describes what machines are and how they work and shows examples of everyday things that we use that are simple machines. Color, classify, and cut-out graphics. (Project) |
| 5/12 | Machines Book Project - work on creating a children's book that describes what machines are and how they work and shows examples of everyday things that we use that are simple machines. (Project) |
| 5/14 | Machines,
Work, and Energy Test (Assessment) Machine Books - work on creating a children's book that describes what machines are and how they work and shows examples of everyday things that we use that are simple machines. Color, classify, and cut-out graphics. (Project) |
| 5/16 | Lab: Experimenting with Potential and Kinetic Energy (Learning Activity) |
| 5/20 | Science CRT (Assessment) |
| 5/22 | Science CRT (Assessment) Hot Air Balloons |
| 5/27 | Hot Air Balloons |
| 5/29 | Hot Air Balloons |