3rd Grade-Week 7 Our Solar System Part 2 (Last week in Earth Science Lab)

7^th Lab Session Week

Vocabulary Quiz

Concept: The Solar System

Investigation: How far away are other planets?

Distance of planets and the Sun from the 

·      Quiz

·      Build Earth Science portfolios

·      Distance of planets from the Sun activity

The distance of planets from the Sun

These pictures we usually see of the solar system are to to scale. 

Here's an activity you can do at home to build a scale model of our solar system and the distance of the planets from the Sun. Click here.

4d. Students know that Earth is one of several planets that orbit the Sun and that the Moon orbits Earth.

5c. Use numerical data in describing and comparing objects, events, and measurements.

3rd Grade-Week 6 Solar and Lunar Eclipses

6^th Lab Session Week

This week we will be learning about how solar and lunar eclipses happen. We will also be reviewing how the four season occur on Earth.

When is the next solar and lunar eclipse in Los Angeles? Click here. 

Concept: The Sun and the Moon-Eclipses

Investigation: How do solar and lunar eclipses happen?

Homework: Crossword Puzzle study guide for the Vocabulary Quiz

·      Vocabulary

1.    Eclipse

2.    Orbit

3.    Lunar Eclipse

4.    Solar Eclipse

·      Brain Pop- “How Eclipses Happen”

lunar eclipse

solar eclipse

Partial solar eclipse from Venice, CA on May 20, 2012.

Partial solar eclipse from Beijing, China on July 22, 2009.

4d. Students know that Earth is one of several planets that orbit the Sun and that the Moon orbits Earth.

5d. Students will predict the outcome of a simple investigation and compare the result with the prediction.

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3rd Grade-Week 5 What Causes Earth's Seasons?

5^th Lab Session Week

This students will have a quiz on the Sun, Earth, Moon and Stars. 

Today's lesson will teach them why the Earth has seasons, and it's all because of how the Earth rotates!

The Earth's tilt during winter in the Northern Hemisphere

Then we will be making a Sky Wheel to help them find constellations in the night sky. 

The Sun, Earth, Moon, and Stars Quiz

Concept: Seasons

Class Reading: Read pgs 169-178.

Investigation: How does the Earth's rotation effect the Earth’s season?

·      Quiz

·      Vocabulary

1.    Axis

2.    Rotation

3.    Revolution

4.  Tilt

·      Brain Pop- “Seasons”
·      Sky Wheel-cut skywheel

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"To Infinity and Beyond!"

The Voyager 1 space probe has become the first human-made object to leave the solar system! Read more about Voyager 1's 36 year trip...and it's not done yet! 

NASA Voyager 1 Mission Site

New York Times "Exiting the Solar System and Fulfilling a Dream"

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3rd Grade-Week 4 Constellations

4^th Lab Session Week
This week we learned about constellations and why we can only see certain constellations during the year.

What can you see in tonight's sky? Click here to find out!

Concept: Constellations

Class Reading: Read pgs 201-205 & 213-216.

Investigation: How were constellations created?

Homework: Study for Sun, Earth, Moon, and Stars Quiz next week.

•      What are constellations? How did the constellations get their names?

•      Vocabulary

1.    Stars

2.    Myths

3.    Constellations

•     Myth of Orion and Scorpius

•     Brain Pop- “Constellations”

Summer constellations

4a. Students know the patterns of stars stay the same, although they appear to move across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen in different seasons.

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LAUSD Parent/Student Handbook 2013-2014

Download the electronic version of the 2013-2014 LAUSD Parent-Student Handbook here.

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3rd Grade-Week 3 The Earth's Moon

3^rd Lab Session Week
This week we learned about the phases of the Moon and why the Moon looks different during the 4 week lunar cycle. 

Here's a link to a great website to review the lunar phases.

Here's a link of the daily moon phase.

Also this week, NASA launched LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, pronounced like "laddie") which is a robot on its way to orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust. Video and pictures of the launch can be seen at nasa.gov/ladee.
 

Concept: The Moon

Class Reading: Read pgs 185-199.

Investigation: What are the phases of the Moon?

·      Phases of the Moon-waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent, new moon

·      Brain Pop- “Moon Phases”

·      Phases of the moon worksheets-draw the different types of moons, label the moons

·      Phases of the Moon home guide

What kind of moon is in the sky?

The phases of the Moon

Diagram of why we see different phases of the Moon

LADEE

4b. Students know the way in which the Moon’s appearance changes during the four-week lunar cycle.

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Family Field Trip to the Griffith Observatory

Need something to do on the weekend with your family? Want to learn about Astronomy at the same time? Take a trip to the Griffith Observatory. It's free to explore the exhibits! There is a small fee to see the shows.

Click on the link below for more information.
www.griffithobservatory.org/

Griffith Observatory 
2800 E Observatory Ave

Los Angeles, CA ‎  
(213) 473-0800

For directions, click here.

The Griffith Observatory

Richard and Lois Gunther Depths of Space room

 

The famous Zeiss telescope at the Griffith Observatory

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BSM School Events Schedule 2013-2014

 Brentwood Science Magnet

2013-2014

The school calendar can also be found online at  

www.brentwoodsciencemagnet.org

August 13: First Day of Instruction

August 15: FBSME Meeting (7:00 pm)

August 27: English Learner Program Options Informational Meeting (8:30 am)

August 30: No School (Admissions Day)

September 2: No School (Labor Day)

September 3: SSC & ELAC Parent Orientation & Elections

September 3: Banked Tuesdays start (1:44 dismissal)

September 5: No School (Unassigned Day)

September 9: SSC Meeting

September 10: Back to School Night
September 12: FBSME Meeting (7:00 pm)

October 1: ELAC Meeting

October 10: Family Science & Math Night

October 14: Picture Day

October 17: GATE Night

October 31: Halloween Parade

November 5: ELAC Meeting

November 7: FBSME Meeting (7:00 pm)

November 8: End of 1^st Reporting Period
November 8-15: 1^st Reporting Period Parent Conference Week

November 11: No School (Veterans Day)

November 14: Make Up Picture Day

November 18: SSC Meeting
November 25-29: No School (Thanksgiving Break)

December 3: ELAC Meeting

December 5: FBSME Meeting

December 9: SSC Meeting

December 20: Winter Orchestra Concert

December 23-January 10: No School (Winter Break)

January 16: FBSME Meeting

January 20: No School (MLK Holiday)

February 4: ELAC Meeting

February 10: SSC Meeting

February 17: No School (Presidents Day)

February 28: End of 2^nd Reporting Period

March 3-7 Dr. Seuss Week

March 4: ELAC Meeting

March 5: 2^nd Reporting Period Parent Conference Day

March 6: FBSME Meeting

March 10: SSC Meeting

March 18: Open House

March 31: No School (Unassigned Day)

April 1: ELAC Meeting

April 3: FBSME Meeting
April 6: Community Fair

April 7: SSC Meeting

April 14-18: No School (Spring Break)

May 6: ELAC Meeting

May 8: GATE Night

May 12: SSC Meeting

May 23: Spring Orchestra Concert

May 26: No School (Memorial Day)

June 5: Last Day of Instruction

Updated 11/4/2013

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