PARENTS!!! LAUSD Budget Survey

Here's a quick survey parents can fill out online about the budget priorities of LAUSD.

http://budgetrealities.lausd.net

The survey will remain open until 10/31/13.

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.

Extra Credit at the Griffith Observatory

Get 2 extra credit points by going to the Griffith Observatory!

Want more information about the Griffith Observatory? Click here!

How can you get extra credit? 2 ways!

1. Take a picture with Albert Einstein and email the picture mr.gantt@gmail.com.

2. Find out how much you'd weigh on Mars and post it in the comment box below.

Extra Credit...GO DODGERS!!!

Any 5th grader who displays Dodger pride to class while the Dodgers are in the playoffs will receive an extra credit point. 

Go Dodgers!!!

Earth Science Week October 13-19, 2013

EarthSciWeek.org is happy to announce special days focusing on specific themes during the week-long celebration, October 13-19, 2013.

Sunday, October 13
International Earthcache Day. Explore the world with this GPS scavenger hunt!

Monday, October 14
Earth Science Literacy Day. Learn the fundamentals of geosciences withEarth Science: Big Idea, a video series developed to explain why Earth science literacy is important.

Tuesday, October 15
No Child Left Inside Day. NCLI Day encourages students to go outside and research Earth science in the field like a professional geoscientist.

Wednesday, October 16
National Fossil Day. The fourth annual National Fossil Day is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of fossils.

Thursday, October 17
Women in the Geosciences Day. Celebrate the role of women as Earth scientists with the Association for Women Geoscientists.

Friday, October 18
Geologic Map Day. In keeping with the 2013 Earth Science Week theme of "Mapping Our World," a special day is scheduled for the understanding of geologic maps and their uses by scientists and society.

Theme days from http://www.earthsciweek.org/.