WATER CYCLE
View interactive site WATER CYCLE
What is EVAPORATION, CONDENSATION, PRECIPITATION, & RUNOFF?
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SUN, EARTH & MOON
Dynamic Earth Interactive
OUR DYNAMIC EARTH
SOLAR SYSTEM Our PLANETS order of the PLANETS.
"MY VERY EDUCATED MOTHER JUST SERVED
US NOODLES !!!"
SUN, EARTH & MOON MOON Go outside and point to an immovable object such as a flagpole, basketball goal, tree, fence post, etc. Students guess how the shadow created from one of these objects.Students observe the object from a set position each time noting the position of the shadow of the object, the length of the shadow and the position of the Sun.
Earth’s rotation and revolutionWhat causes day & night?
Time of DAY & SHADOWS
What causes seasons?
A parent led discussion should state the Sun is stationary in space, but causes the Sun to appear to move across the sky from east to west each day. Because of the changing position of Earth, the shadow cast by the object moves from one side of the object to the other.
SHADOW ACTIVITY
Answer :
How does the shadow of the object change from time to time?
Describe where the shadow is in relation to the Sun.
What causes Solar and Lunar Eclipses ?
What is the name of the closet star to us?
Can you name our Galaxy ?
Write a paragraph about Space travel and the preparation involved in undertaking Space travel. Debate the importance of America's Space Mission, is it important to learn about Mars' atmosphere?
Name some Astronauts.
What is Hubble?
What essential equipment is needed if you wanted to go on a spaceship?
Why is the Red planet uninhabitable?
Why shuold we venture into space? Why or Why not?
Is it possible to live on the moon?
"MY VERY EDUCATED MOTHER JUST SERVED
US NOODLES !!!
OUR DYNAMIC EARTH
SOLAR SYSTEM Our PLANETS order of the PLANETS.
"MY VERY EDUCATED MOTHER JUST SERVED
US NOODLES !!!"
SUN, EARTH & MOON MOON Go outside and point to an immovable object such as a flagpole, basketball goal, tree, fence post, etc. Students guess how the shadow created from one of these objects.Students observe the object from a set position each time noting the position of the shadow of the object, the length of the shadow and the position of the Sun.
Earth’s rotation and revolutionWhat causes day & night?
Time of DAY & SHADOWS
What causes seasons?
A parent led discussion should state the Sun is stationary in space, but causes the Sun to appear to move across the sky from east to west each day. Because of the changing position of Earth, the shadow cast by the object moves from one side of the object to the other.
SHADOW ACTIVITY
Answer :
How does the shadow of the object change from time to time?
Describe where the shadow is in relation to the Sun.
What causes Solar and Lunar Eclipses ?
What is the name of the closet star to us?
Can you name our Galaxy ?
Write a paragraph about Space travel and the preparation involved in undertaking Space travel. Debate the importance of America's Space Mission, is it important to learn about Mars' atmosphere?
Name some Astronauts.
What is Hubble?
What essential equipment is needed if you wanted to go on a spaceship?
Why is the Red planet uninhabitable?
Why shuold we venture into space? Why or Why not?
Is it possible to live on the moon?
"MY VERY EDUCATED MOTHER JUST SERVED
US NOODLES !!!
ROCKS & MINERALS
ROCKS & MINERALS
It is also very important for students to understand that ALL rocks are made from 'minerals' and that some rocks may be composed of only one or two minerals.
Guiding Questions
1. Describe the composition of rocks?
2 Explain how Earth’s processes have affected their neighborhood?
3. Identify igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks?
4. Identify the components of soil?
5. Identify the characteristics of fossils?
6. Explain how fossil records are used to learn about the past.
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How Do Rocks Undergo Change?
View interactive websites on ROCK CYCLE
* ROCK CYCLE ANIMATION
* Interactive Rock Cycle Animation * Igneous Rock Crystallization Animations
How are METAMORPHIC, SEDIMENTARY & IGNEOUS rocks formed?
How do Rocks undergo change?
WEATHERING & EROSION
Investigate how erosion, and weathering
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
View rocks weathered by water in a stream bed, if available. (These should easily be identified and obtained from a gravel driveway/road or construction site.) Student should compare the smooth, rounded rocks weathered by water to the jagged ones. Take pictures giving specific examples of how weathering has affected their neighborhood, the school, etc.
Why erosion would be harmful to the Louisiana coastline?
The erosion of Louisiana’s wetlands puts us at greater risk of hurricane damage because wetlands give us some protection from hurricanes.
Study RUSTING Put oil on one piece of steel wool and water on a second piece of steel wool. Let both pieces sit undisturbed in a clear container for three to four days. Take pictures and create a poster.Collect data and write about your observations.
SCIENCE of SOIL
IMPORTANCE of SOIL
IMPORTANCE of SOIL
Please review power point sent via email and write a paragraph on the importance of SOIL.
IMPORTANCE of SOIL
Please review power point sent via email and write a paragraph on the importance of SOIL.
SCIENCE of SOUND
Please do this activity for learning about pitch vibrations
resonance.
* Write down your answers to the following questions in your notebook:
* Which bottle makes the highest pitched sound? Why?
*Which bottle makes the lowest pitched sound? Why?
We We can conclude that the amount of water in the glass affects the sound produced. When the bottles are tapped, the bottle with the least amount of water will vibrate the fastest and will have the highest pitch.
Write an explanation as to how the tightness and thickness of the strings changes the pitch.
* What is pitch and how does the thickness of the string change it?
∗ Does the tension or tightness of the string change the pitch? How?
∗ Does changing the length of strings make the sound different?
∗ What could you do to a string on a guitar to make it sound higher or lower?
GRAVITY, Mass & Weight
GRAVITY ,MASS & WEIGHT
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SIMPLE MACHINES
Simple machines: inclined plane, wedgelever, wheel axle,
gears, and pulley.
The following excellent interactive websites are extremely useful when introducing simple machines as they have with many visuals of simple machines. UTube is by BILL NYE the SCIENCE GUY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp_ZHIaAEVQ
http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/cur/simp-mach/
INCLINE PLANE Materials Needed: box, 2x4 piece of wood, and a box of heavy books or blocks
Task: Move the books from the floor to the table.
WEDGE Materials: apple, plastic knife (ADULT supervision needed)
Task: Divide the apple into pieces, first without using the knife, and then using the knife.
PULLEY Materials Needed: spool of thread on a small dowel rod or pencil, small bucket, block
Task: Lift block into air, first with just “manpower” and then using the pulley.
gears, and pulley.
The following excellent interactive websites are extremely useful when introducing simple machines as they have with many visuals of simple machines. UTube is by BILL NYE the SCIENCE GUY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp_ZHIaAEVQ
http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/cur/simp-mach/
INCLINE PLANE Materials Needed: box, 2x4 piece of wood, and a box of heavy books or blocks
Task: Move the books from the floor to the table.
WEDGE Materials: apple, plastic knife (ADULT supervision needed)
Task: Divide the apple into pieces, first without using the knife, and then using the knife.
PULLEY Materials Needed: spool of thread on a small dowel rod or pencil, small bucket, block
Task: Lift block into air, first with just “manpower” and then using the pulley.
PROBLEM-SOLVING -What can 'you' do with regards to this PROBLEM ? WRITE _what will the world look like in 50 years from now?
OUR EARTH FRAGILE ATMOSHERE
Discuss what is the difference between CLIMATE and Weather?
Discuss and write about various Causes of Pollution.
Discuss about GREEN HOUSE EFFECT.
Is something effecting OUR EARTH'S OZONE LAYER?
What changes are happening with regards the POLAR ICE-CAPS?What changes are What is happening with regards the ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THEIR HABITATS???
ENERGY
- Energy
- Identify common forms of energy (heat, light, electrical, and mechanical) and ways in which these forms of energy are produced, such as the Sun producing heat and light, a battery producing electricity, etc.
What are the sources of RENEWABLE & NONRENEWABLE ENERGY?
REFLECTION & ABSORPTION
Reflection and Absorption of HEAT
What color clothing would you choose for a very cold, sunny day to help keep you warm? Explain your choice.
What color clothing would you want to wear on a hot, sunny day? Explain your choice.
Explain why dark colors absorb more light energy and light colors reflect light energy?hat color clothing would you choose for a very cold, sunny day to help keep you warm? Explain your choice.
What color clothing would you want to wear on a hot, sunny day? Explain your choice.
CONDUCTORS & INSULATORS
Conductors and Insulators of Heat
What types of materials would be best as insulators to keep the ice from melting? Do you think that these same materials would keep hot foods hot? What other materials could be used for insulators?
Incline Plane
Make an incline plane with hard cover books.
Roll a tennis ball on an inclined plane, to investigate the relationship between the height of the incline plane and the distance the tennis ball will roll.
· When did the tennis ball roll the greatest distance —with one book, two books, or three books? Why do you think this was so?
· When the height was kept the same and different amounts of force were applied to the tennis ball, which rolled the greatest distance? Why do you think this was so? Describe the movement of the tennis ball using the terms force,push, pull, motion&direction.
Did the amount of push or pull you used affect how much the tennis ball moved?
Explain how the amount and direction of force exerted on the tennis ball determines how much the tennis ball will move.
Begin a discussion about friction by asking -What would cause a rolling ball in an open field to stop?
Bill Nye Teaches What is GRAVITY? What will effect two objects when they fall? Is there the pull of gravity on the moon?Begin a discussion about friction by asking the students what would cause a rolling ball in an open field to stop.
Friction would eventually stop the ball from rolling. Be sure students understand that friction exists between all moving objects. Explain that if there was no friction, a ball rolled along an open field would roll forever because there would be no force to slow the ball down.
EXAMPLES of FRICTION
What happens when you rub their hands together and describe how your hands feel..
As the particles in your left hand rubbed against particles in your right hand, friction was created. Samething with tires on the road.
Test rolling toys rolled from an inclined plane onto a variety of materials to determine how friction affects their movement. Student groups will test materials such as sandpaper, aluminum foil, construction paper, a smooth surface, and carpet.
a. Which of the following materials would you choose to make your car move the fastest: sandpaper, construction paper, carpet, or smooth floor? Why?
b. Which material would you choose to make your car move the slowest or cause the most friction? Why?
Friction would eventually stop the ball from rolling. Be sure students understand that friction exists between all moving objects. Explain that if there was no friction, a ball rolled along an open field would roll forever because there would be no force to slow the ball down.
EXAMPLES of FRICTION
What happens when you rub their hands together and describe how your hands feel..
As the particles in your left hand rubbed against particles in your right hand, friction was created. Samething with tires on the road.
Test rolling toys rolled from an inclined plane onto a variety of materials to determine how friction affects their movement. Student groups will test materials such as sandpaper, aluminum foil, construction paper, a smooth surface, and carpet.
a. Which of the following materials would you choose to make your car move the fastest: sandpaper, construction paper, carpet, or smooth floor? Why?
b. Which material would you choose to make your car move the slowest or cause the most friction? Why?