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Ms. Seeley, 5th Grade Science

Course Description

Quarter 4 Units and Graded Assignments

Sun & Stars Unit Assignments: 

  1. The Sun Passage Questions 
  1. Stars Reading Questions  
  1. Why is the sun so bright? 
  1. Earth’s Place in the Universe Quiz 

Water Distribution: 
 Thinking about the Lab 

Thinking about the Reading

Thinking about Water on Earth

     Water Distribution Quiz

Science to Protect the Environment: 
 Texas reading response questions 

     Midwest reading response questions
     California Drought reading response questions
     Utah reading response questions
     Unit Quiz

Posts

Ms. M. Science Week of May 22

Mon:  End of year math test
Tues:  End of year math test
Wed: Continuation Ceremony
Thursday: Early Dismissal 
Friday: Early Dismissal 

Ms. M. Science Week of May 15

Mon: 
Sci A: Utah conserving soil vocab
Sci B: California Drought vocab
Both watch video on 'Colorado Water System'
Tues: Sci A: Texas Prairie Pockets Vocab
Sci B: Utah conserving soil vocab
Both watch video on 'How Wastewater treatment works'
Wednesday: Sci A: Unit Test
Sci B: Texas Prairie Pockets vocab
Video on 'Soil Erosion'
Thursday: Sci A: watch 'Oceans'
Sci B: Unit Test
Friday: Sci A: TBT
Sci B: TBT

Ms. M. Science Week of May 8

Mon: Video on Turbines. Worksheet and class read of 'How communities are using science ideas to protect the environment: Midwest'. Midwest flooding vocab pamphlet. 
Tues: Video on Resources 'Welcome to the Neighborhood'
Video on 'Sustainable Cities'. Worksheet and class read of 'How communities are using science ideas to protect the environment: California'. California drought vocab pamphlet.
Wednesday: Video on Drought .Worksheet and class read of 'How communities are using science ideas to protect the environment: Utah'. Utah vocab pamphlet. 
Thursday: Video on Communities using science to protect environment. Unit Quiz
Friday: Our Universe Movie. 'Turning Seasons'

Ms. M's Science Week of April 24

These close reads help build annotating skills, as well as organizing their keynotes. While also informing them on the given topics. When given time we will also watch the documentary episodes 'Fresh Water' and 'Frozen Worlds' on Our Planet to give a visual on the topics we are learning. 
 
Mon: Online Lab on ground water with review worksheet 
Tues: Close read and infographic on 'Distribution of Earths Water' 
Wed: Close read on "Glaciers" with infographic 
Thurs: Close read on "Fresh Water System' with infographic 
Friday: Close read on 'Water on Earth' with infographic 

Ms. M. Science Week of April 10

We are wrapping up the Suns and Stars. They will do a vocab pamphlet on stars. They also have 'The Life of a Star' summary activity. Our last lab and worksheet is on "Distance of the Sun'. They will finish with a 'Sun and Stars' quiz. Some of this may end up going into next week due to testing.

Ms. M. Science Week of March 27

Science classes this week will begin the unit 'Lights and Shadows'.
 
They will be shown the PowerPoint on shadows and do an outside lab the next day. As well as a close reading on the sun and a vocab graphic organizer.  

Feb. 13-17

Hello! 
This week we are still working on our research projects and having Ms. Charlie come in our room.

January 30- February 3

Hello! 
This week in science, we are taking our pretest for our plant unit. We will be taking notes and worksheets throughout the week.

January 23-27

Hello!
This week in science we are finishing up our ecosystems. We are going to making our own decomposers in a lab. We will be taking our end of unit test and moving forward with our plant unit by taking a pretest. 

January 17-20

Hello!
This week in science we are working on ecosystems. We will be taking notes and working on a lab. 

January 9-13

Welcome back!
This week in science we are starting our new unit of life cycle. We will be reviewing science rules, ecosystems, and taking our pretest.