5th Grade-Week 6 Weather vs Climate in California

6th Lab Week
Concept: Weather vs Climate in California

Objective: Students will be conducting a video conference with a Park Ranger from Baldwin Hills State Park to discuss the weather and climate of Los Angeles.

Homework: Weather worksheet

Study for Weather Quiz next week!

Vocabulary:
climate
front
air mass

Questions of the Week: 
•How does the Pacific Ocean effect the climate of California?
•What are the main sources of fresh water?
•Where is most of the water found on Earth?
•How is most of the fresh water used in California?
•How can a water molecule be recycled through the Water Cycle?

CA State Science Standards
4a. Students know the influence that the ocean has on the weather and the role that the water cycle plays in weather patterns.

1st Grade-Week 5 Seasons of the Year

5th Lab Week

Concept: Seasons of the Year

Objective: Students will learn the four seasons of the year and their characteristics.

Vocabulary:
seasons
Fall
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer

Questions of the Week: 
What are the four seasons? 
What are the characteristics of each season? 

BrainPopJr.com Video of the Week: Seasons

Can you name the season in each picture?

What color are the leaves in Fall/Autumn?

Where do we need to go to see snow near Los Angeles?

CA State Science Standards
3a. Students know that the weather changes from day to day but that trends in temperature or of rain (or snow) tend to be predictable during a season.
4a. Draw pictures that portray some features of the thing being described.

5th Grade-Week 5 Weather Forecasting

5th Lab Week

Concept: Forecasting Weather

Objective: Students will learn what influences weather and how to read the symbols of a weather map.

No Homework

Vocabulary:
weather map
air mass
cold front
warm front
stationary front
high-pressure
low-pressure

Questions of the Week:
•What is an air mass?
•What is a front?
•What kind of weather happens at a cold front?
•What kind of weather happens at a warm front?
•Why are the highest and lowest temperatures NEVER close to the ocean?
•What influence does the Pacific Ocean have on the weather of Los Angeles?

BrainPop.com Video of the Week: Weather 

Class Reading: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 236-250. Wonders CA Content Reader Read pgs 72-73.

What kind of weather happens at a warm front?
What kind of weather happens at a cold front?

Where is the wind blowing?

How does the Pacific Ocean effect the weather in Southern California?

Where are the highest and lowest temperatures located?

CA State Science Standards

4a. Students know the influence that the ocean has on the weather and the role that the water cycle plays in weather patterns.

4c. Students know how to use weather maps and data to predict local weather and know that weather forecasts depend on many variables.

4d. Students know that the Earth’s atmosphere exerts a pressure that decreases with distance above Earth’s surface and that at any point it exerts this pressure equally in all directions.

Extra Credit!!! Exploring Your Universe 2013 at UCLA on November 17th

Earn extra credit by going to the "Exploring You Universe 2013" event at UCLA.

Take pictures from the event and email them to mr.gantt@gmail.com.

More information about the event can be found at http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~outreach/eyu2013.html

1st Grade-Week 4 Weather Instruments

4th Lab Week


Concept: Weather Instruments

Objective: Students will learn how to use a thermometer to measure temperature.

Vocabulary:
temperature
thermometer
wind speed
anemometer

Question of the Week: How is temperature and wind speed measured?

BrainPopJr.com Video of the Week: Temperature

A thermometer

An anemometer and a wind vane

CA State Science Standards
3a. Students know how to use simple tools (e.g., thermometer, wind vane) to measure weather conditions and record changes from day to day and across the seasons.
3b. Students know that the weather changes from day to day but that trends in temperature or of rain (or snow) tend to be predictable during a season. 

5th Grade Water Cycle Poster Contest

5th Grade Water Cycle Poster Contest

*Updated 11/20/13*

Size and Format

• Dimensions cannot exceed 12" x 18" (vertically or horizontally). If you need paper, ask Mr. Gantt.
• Collages and other three-dimensional artwork are not suitable for this contest.
• All entries must have the Water Cycle labeled on the poster.
• Entries are due to Mr. Gantt by November 22, 2013.
• Top entires will posted in the main building hallway the week after Thanksgiving Break.

California Science Standards

3a. Students know most of Earth’s water is present as salt water in the oceans, which cover most of Earth’s surface.
3b. Students know when liquid water evaporates, it turns into water vapor in the air and can reappear as a liquid when cooled or as a solid if cooled below the freezing point of water.
3c. Students know water vapor in the air moves from one place to another and can form fog or clouds, which are tiny droplets of water or ice, and can fall to Earth as rain, hail, sleet, or snow. 3d. Students know that the amount of fresh water located in rivers, lakes, underground sources, and glaciers is limited and that its availability can be extended by recycling and decreasing the use of water. 

5th Grade-Week 4 Severe Weather

3rd Lab Week

Concept: Severe Weather

Objective: Students will learn the different types of severe weather and where they occur in the United States.

No Homework

Vocabulary:
tornado
thunderstorm
lightning
hail
hurricane
drought
flood
blizzard

Questions of the Week:
•What is severe weather?
•What are the different types of severe weather?
•Where do hurricanes form?
•How does hail form?

•What kind of severe weather does California have?

BrainPop.com Video of the Week: Thunderstorms, Hurricanes and Tornadoes

Class Reading: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 227-235. Wonders CA Content Reader Read pgs 56-57, 62-63 & 68-69.

Thunderstorm

Tornado

Recipe for tornadoes

Diagram of a tornado

Large hail

A satellite picture of a hurricane.

Diagram of a hurricane

CA State Science Standards

4c. Students know the causes and effects of different types of severe weather. 

Read your FOSS Science Book...get a free pizza!

Read for Earth Science 

and get a certificate for a 

free pizza at Pizza Hut!

Directions: Print this page and earn a "Book It" pizza certificate for each reading assignment. Parents, just sign next to the reading assignment when your child reads for Earth Science lab. 

1st Lab Week

Concept: The Solar System

Class Reading: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 145-168. 

2nd Lab Week

Concept: Water Vapor & Heating Earth

Class Reading:

Water Vapor: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 182-196. 

Heating Earth: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 198-217. 

3rd Lab Week

Concept: Water Cycle

Class Reading: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 219-226. 

4th Lab Week

Concept: Severe Weather

Class Reading: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 227-235. 

5th Lab Week

Concept: Forecasting Weather

Class Reading: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 236-250. 

Until supplies last.

Extra Credit...Take a picture with my good friend!

Take a picture with Endeavour and email it to mr.gantt@gmail.com!

For more information about Endeavour and the California Science Center, click here.

California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037

For directions, click here.

1st Grade-Week 3 Weather

3rd Lab Week

Concept: Weather

Objective: Students will learn different types of weather like sunny, partly cloudy and overcast.

Vocabulary:

weather
monitor
weather symbols
meteorologist
sunny
partly cloudy
overcast
cloud
fog

Question of the Week: What is the weather like today?

BrainPopJr.com Video of the Week: Water Cycle

Sunny

Partly Cloudy

Overcast

Rain

Snow

Fog

Weather Symbols

CA State Science Standards
3b. Students know that the weather changes from day to day but that trends in temperature or of rain (or snow) tend to be predictable during a season.
4a. Draw pictures that portray some features of the thing being described.
4b. Record observations and data with pictures, numbers, or written statements. 

5th Grade-Week 3 Water Cycle

3rd Lab Week

Concept: Water Cycle

Objective: Students will learn the 3 main parts of the Water Cycle and how water moves through it.

Homework: Water Cycle worksheet

Vocabulary:
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
rain
snow
sleet
hail

Questions of the Week:
•What is evaporation?
•What is condensation?
•What is precipitation?
•What is transpiration?
•What does a drawing of the Water Cycle look like?

Can you fill in the blanks?

BrainPop.com Video of the Week: Water Cycle

Class Reading: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 219-226. Wonders CA Content Reader Reread pgs 54-55.

An interactive website for the Water Cycle...click here.

How much of the water can we drink on Earth?

The Water Cycle

Sleet

Hail

Rain 

Snow

What temperatures does snow, sleet and freezing rain occur?

Different types of clouds

How do we use water at home?
How can we conserve water at home?

How does acid rain form?

Most of the fresh water in California is used for agriculture.

CA State Science Standards
3a. Students know most of Earth’s water is present as salt water in the oceans, which cover most of Earth’s surface.
3b. Students know when liquid water evaporates, it turns into water vapor in the air and can reappear as a liquid when cooled or as a solid if cooled below the freezing point of water.
3c. Students know water vapor in the air moves from one place to another and can form fog or clouds, which are tiny droplets of water or ice, and can fall to Earth as rain, hail, sleet, or snow. 3d. Students know that the amount of fresh water located in rivers, lakes, underground sources, and glaciers is limited and that its availability can be extended by recycling and decreasing the use of water.