1st Grade-Week 4 Weather

4th 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. 

1st Grade-Week 3 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.

2nd Grade-Week 5 How are rocks used?

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5^th Lab Session Week

Concept: Different uses of rocks

Investigation: How are rocks used?

Wonders READING: pg. 90-95 Natural Resources
BrainPopJr.com Natural Resources

What are ways we use rocks?

glass

asphalt

A concrete mixer to mix cement, rocks and water to make concrete.

concrete

mortar to make brick walls

sandpaper

pottery

sandcastles

CA Science Standards

3e. Students know rock, water, plants, and soil provide many resources, including food, fuel, and building materials, that humans use.

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Earth Science Lab

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Here are a few things you can do for Earth Science Lab:

• Start a Rock Collection and have students practice words to describe their rocks. ie: shiny, dull, rough, smooth, colors, size and weight (compared to another object), & draw and color their rocks. You can get a magnifying class
• Please do not have students bring their rocks to Science Lab. Have the students take a picture of them with the rock(s) in their hand(s). 
• Museums to visit:
  Levitated Mass at the LACMA
  Natural History Museum
  LaBrea Tar Pits

If you would like assistance in getting started or have questions, please just ask.

Lesson 1

Physical properties of rocks

Wonders READING:

pg. 66-71 Rocks

Physical properties

Color

Shape

Size

Texture

Rough

Smooth

Luster

Dull

Weathering

Lesson 2

Sorting rocks by physical properties Wonders READING:

pg. 72-77 Changing Rocks

Sort

Lesson 3

Screening river rocks and The Story of Sand

NO Wonders READING

River rocks

Pebbles

Cobbles

Gravel

Boulder

Lesson 4

Measuring rocks

NO Wonders READING

Weight

Lesson 5

How are rocks used?

Wonders READING:

pg. 90-95 Natural Resources

Sand

Glass

Concrete

Mortar

Sandpaper

Lesson 6

Fossils 

Wonders READING:

pg. 84-89 Fossils

Fossils

Bones

Imprints

Amber

Tar

Peat

Lesson 7

What’s the difference between sand, soil, clay, and silt?

Wonders READING:

pg. 78-83 Soil

Hummus