Thank You for all your awesome pictures of cleaning up your neighborhood and games to help teach your kindergarten buddies about out water unit!!
Day 1: Wednesday, April 8th -
First let's start by reviewing and correcting our Water Properties Tic-Tac-Toe.
Find your Tic-Tac-Toe Sheet and your hypotheses sheets.
Please watch my YouTube video to find out what water properties were being used at each station!
Water Properties Tic-Tac-Toe Corrections Video:
https://youtu.be/-h0ABtbz5-U
Please complete the Post Test from our "Water Connects Us All" unit. Click the google forms link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed2OQKOOTb-EqpjGvIyybjqHXhIAM-mBYdnjXc0eOBmxFUVw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Please print the week 3 science attachment.
We will begin our new unit Planetary Science!
We will be keeping a moon log for the next month starting with the full moon Tuesday night (yesterday). Our first investigation will have us start by figuring out our surroundings, and how to define a frame of reference.
Starting on page 2 of your attachment. Answer the question: How does the moon change night to night?
You may draw pictures, label your pictures. Do you remember the names of the moon shapes and phases?? (We will answer this LOL in Investigation 5....)
Your moon log is filled out for Tuesday April 7th (yesterday). Here is a picture from my telescope!
Head out side tonight and find a place around your home where you can view the moon. Make sure you do not have trees or other homes in your way.
Each night... or day you will observe the moon, record any shadows or shaded parts.
Make sure you also include what time you viewed the moon and if it was p.m. or a.m.
You will also want to record if the weather prevented you from seeing the moon that night (too cloudy or raining).
Day 2: Thursday, April 9th -
Today we will begin Investigation 1 - Where am I?
Look at page 5 of our packet. We are going to first begin with identifying our "cosmic address". We will begin with the place furthest from us... The Universe! Work your way through your address to become more and more specific, right down to the specific spot you are seated in your home now.
Remember be as specific as possible!
Here is an example if we were sitting in the science lab!
LOL:
- Universe
- Milky Way
- Solar System
- Earth
- North America
- United States
- Mid-West Region
- Iowa
- Scott County
- Quad Cites
- Davenport
- 52803
- Rusholme
- St. Paul School
- Basement
- Science Lab
- Row 1
- Stool Seat 3
Complete the following vocabulary for Investigation 1 Part 1(Click on the picture to enlarge!):
Don't forget to observe the moon tonight!
Friday, April 10th - Monday, April 13th - Happy Easter!!
Observe and Record the moon each night.... you may need to wait a little later each night to see the moon.
Day 3: Tuesday, April 14th -
Investigation 1 Part 2 -
Turn to page 7 and 8 in your science packet. We will be using Google Earth to view SPS School from different altitudes.
Answer the following question:
What do you think can be seen from an altitude of 100m, 1,000m, and 10,000m?
Go to page 8, Bird's Eye View:
Using the screen shot below: (Click on the pic and it will enlarge.)
Record "Human-Made Structures" that can be seen 100m above Earth (Example:buildings/cars).
Record any "Natural Structures" (Example:trees)
Using the screen shot below: (Click on the pic and it will enlarge.)
Record "Human-Made Structures" that can be seen 1,000m/1km above Earth (Example:neighborhood).
Record any "Natural Structures".
Using the screen shot below:(Click on the pic and it will enlarge.)
Record "Human-Made Structures" that can be seen 10,000m/10km above Earth (Example:community/town/boundaries).
Record any "Natural Structures" (Example:river)
Using the screen shot below:(Click on the pic and it will enlarge.)
Record "Human-Made Structures" that can be seen 100,000m/100km above Earth (Example:area).
Record any "Natural Structures" (Example:river)
Using the screen shot below:(Click on the pic and it will enlarge.)
Record "Human-Made Structures" that can be seen 1,000,000m/1,000km above Earth (Example:regions).
Record any "Natural Structures".
Using the screen shot below:(Click on the pic and it will enlarge.)
Record "Human-Made Structures" that can be seen 10,000,000m/10,000km above Earth.
Record any "Natural Structures".
What did you notice about the "human-made structures" as you went higher and higher in altitude?
(There should be fewer and fewer...)
What did you notice about the "natural structures" as you got higher and higher in altitude?
(You should be able to see more and more...)
Now answer the LOL on page 7.
100m = Cars, parking lots, people, buildings, streets, grass....
1,000m = Neighborhoods, multiple homes, trees, large areas of land, parks, streets.....
10,000m = Communities, towns, buildings, rivers.....
Feel free to download Google Earth and play around!! Find your address to see images of your neighborhood!
Keep up on your moon observations!!
Next week will begin Investigation 2 - A ROUND spinning Earth!
