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Read for Earth Science 

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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.

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1st Grade-Week 2 Air

2^nd Lab Week

Concept: Exploring Air Part 1

Objective: Students will learn that we can't see air yet we can see it move things.

Vocabulary:

air

gas

wind

inflate

Question of the Week: What is Air?

Air can move trees.

Air slows a parachute down as it comes down.

Air takes up space like in a hot air balloon.

CA State Science Standards

1. Materials come in different forms (states), including solids, liquids, and gases. As a basis for understanding this concept:

1a. Students know solids, liquids, and gases have different properties.

4a. Draw pictures that portray some features of the thing being described.

4b. Record observations and data with pictures, numbers, or written statements.

Follow @NASA on Instagram

If you have an Instagram account, you should follow @NASA.

instagram.com/NASA 

Here's just a few Instagram pictures from their account.

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.