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 

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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.

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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.