Science Rules

March 30 to April 3

Trading cards were due on Monday, March 30.  This week we will cover the Earth, moon and sun system. We will look at the phases of the moon, lunar and solar eclipses and the seasons.

There is a unit test on astronomy on Thursday, April 16.  Study Guide Download Astronomy Study Guide

Earth Facts: Download Earth Facts March 30 to April 3

March 16 to March 27

We have left the planet and are studying astronomy.  The students will learn about the interaction of the sun, moon and Earth.  We will look at the formation of the universe and how the early astronomers viewed the universe.  They will study about the planets and the stars.

If we had no moon assignment  Download If We Had No Moon

Solar System Trading Cards assignment Download Solar System Trading Cards

Earth Facts Download Earth Facts March 16 to March 27

Astronomy Study Guide Download Astronomy Study Guide

Weather Test

The test on weather, climate and the atmosphere has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 11.  The study guide can be downloaded from the blog.

Study guide:Download Meterology Study Guide

February 17 - 27

The last two weeks we have been studying about winds, weather, air masses, fronts, clouds, thunderstorms, tornados, hurricanes and weather forecasting.  The students have written a poem about the wind and what makes the air move. They looked at weather maps and learned how to read information contained on them.  After learning about tornados and hurricanes, the students were asked to write a 2 paragraph weather forecast of either a tornado or hurricane.

Paragraph link Download Weather Report on Hurricanes

Earth Fact Link Download February 27

Fun link with twisters http://whyfiles.org/interactives/index.php?g=2.txt

We wil have a test next Friday, March 6.  Remember to study

February 9-13

This week we started looking at the atmosphere, which will lead to weather and climate. The students should know the layers of the atmosphere and the three types of energy transfer.  The completed the section review questions for p. 453 and p. 457.  We did a lab on the heating and cooling of land and water and discussed land and sea breezes.

Notes on energy transfer are slides 11-15 Download Ch15_win

Here are this weeks Earth Facts:  Download February 9

Land and Sea Breeze Simulation:  http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1903/es1903page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

January 26 - 30

This week we have continued to look at ocean water movement like tides, waves and currents.  We have started reviewing for the hydrology benchmark test which will be Friday, February 6th.  The class worked on the chapter 14 review on pp. 438 - 439.  The quiz on Friday covered the ch. review.

Here is the Earth Facts for the week: Download Week of January 26

It was great meeting with all my parents during conferences:)

January 19th - 23rd

This week we studied the movement of ocean water.  The students studied about currents, waves and tides.  They took notes on waves.  They worked on worksheets for each topic and reviewed each topic on Brain Pop. 

Wave notes are slides 24-36  Download Ch14_win

Weekly Earth Facts Download Week of January 6

Week of January 12th - 16th

This week we studied the water cycle and wrote a story about it.  Ask your students what the name of their water molecule was.  We made drawings of the ocean floor topography and added some interesting characters to them.  The students took notes on the ocean zones and the marine life in them.  Friday was the weekly quiz over the topics covered so far.

Weekly Earth Facts Download Week of January 6

Notes are slides 26-36  Download Ch13_win

Week of January 5 - 9

This week we began a new semester and started the Hydrology unit. During the next few weeks, we will study the significant role of water in Earth's processes. Assignments this week were a worksheet on section 1 of chapter 13 over the ocean.  Friday, we did a lab on salinity and floated an egg. Here is a list of Earth Facts this week.  Download Week of January 6

December 1 to December 19

This month we will study renewable and nonrenewable energy resources and weathering and erosion. The benchmark test for this unit will be Thursday, December 18th.  This unit will have two study guides.  The first study guide was assigned on December 10 and will be due on due on December 18.  The students will use their artistic abilities by drawing picture representations of their vocabulary terms.  The second study guide will be geared toward the questions on the benchmark test.

Here is a list of the vocabulary words for the study guide.

Download W&e study guide