Saturday, October 19, 2013

5th Grade-Week 2 Water Vapor


2nd Lab Week

1st quiz on the Solar System


Solar System Quiz


Concept: Water Vapor & Heating Earth

Objective: Students will learn when liquid water evaporates, it turns into water vapor. Students will learn uneven heating of the Earth causes air movements.


NO LAB HOMEWORK.

Vocabulary:
water vapor
evaporate
cloud
fog
dew
condensation
frost
wind


Cornell Note Questions:
•What is water vapor?
•What is evaporation and condensation?
•What are clouds and fog?
•What is dew?
•What is frost?

•How does wind happen?

Questions of the Week:
•What is the temperature at which water freezes?
•Which heats up faster, land or water?
•Which cools down faster, land or water?

BrainPop.com Videos of the Week: Clouds and Wind 

Class Reading:Water Vapor: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 182-196. Wonders CA Content Reader Read pgs 54-55.Heating Earth: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 198-217. Wonders CA Content Reader Read pgs 66-67.


 
Evaporation happens in your kitchen.
What are clouds made of?
Fog
Dew
Frost
A diagram of the wind current during the day along our coast.
A diagram of the wind current during the day along our coast.
A diagram of the wind current in your home.

A simple diagram of the wind current during the day and night along our coast.
You can tell there is warm air rising by looking at clouds sometimes.
Warm Air Rises - Cold Water Sinks, Warm Water Rises...watch the video!

At Home Experiment: Try the "Surface Area Experiment" (page 187-188) at home. If you need help, feel free to ask. 

CA State Science Standards
3. Water on Earth moves between the oceans and land through the processes of evaporation and condensation. As a basis for understanding this concept:
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.
4. Energy from the Sun heats Earth unevenly, causing air movements that result in changing weather patterns. As a basis for understanding this concept:
4a. Students know uneven heating of Earth causes air movements (convection currents).
6. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:
6b. Develop a testable question.
6c. Plan and conduct a simple investigation based on a student-developed question and write instructions others can follow to carry out the procedure.
6f. Select appropriate tools (e.g., thermometers, meter sticks, balances, and graduated cylinders) and make quantitative observations.


6 comments:

  1. I liked the wind video but my mom had to explain the joke.

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    1. Oh good...the wind video basically explains what we are learning next week.

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  2. Hi Mr. Gantt,
    This is Jalen Browns mom

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