Attention 4th Grade

ATTENTION 4th grade:

I know the 4th graders do not have any grades in science as of yet. I wanted to start taking grades after they "got in the groove" a little better. Please expect 4-5 grades to be posted this week. The major grade will be their vocabulary quiz on Friday over Unit 1 Vocabulary 1-12.

I will post and send out a remind101 if there is any homework. The kids might have one page this week depending on how much we get finished in class. I will keep you posted.

5th Grade--Light Vocabulary

1.      Absorb—to take in

2.      Absorption—the process by which a material takes in energy and changes it to a different form of energy.

3.      Energy—the ability to make things move or change

4.      Lens—a piece of clear material that refracts light and is used to make objects appear larger or closer

5.      Light—a form of energy that we can see

6.      Medium—a material through which energy travels

7.      Mirror—a very smooth surface that forms images by reflecting light

8.      Prism—a clear object that separates white light into the colors of the spectrum

9.      Reflect—to cause light or sound to bounce off a surface and reverse direction

10.  Reflection—the process in which light bounces off a surface

11.  Refraction—the process in which light bends as it passes from one material into another

12.  Shadow—a dark shape formed when an object blocks light from reaching a surface

Endangered Animal Report Guideline

First Paragraph--Describe your animal (3 sentences)

Second Paragraph--Describe where your animal lives, include information about abiotic and biotic factors, how it survives in this ecosystem (3-5 sentences)

Third Paragraph--Why is it endangered?  What could be done to keep it from going extinct?  (3 sentences)

Fourth Paragraph--What would happen to the ecosystem if your animal grew in population?  How would this affect the other plants and animals within the ecosystem?  (5 sentences)

Fifth Paragraph--Interesting facts about your animal.  Tell why it is important to be aware and take care of our planet earth.  (5 sentences)

4th Grade SLO Review

SLO Review   1.        Abiotic--Non-living things in an ecosystem.  2.       Beneficial--Having a good effect, useful.  3.       Biotic--The Living part of an environment.  4.       Cave--A large, natural hole in the ground or in the side of a hill or mountain.  5.       chemical change--A change in which new or different kinds of matter are formed.  6.       Communicate--to exchange or pass along fact thoughts or important information .  7.       Conduct--Behave in a certain manner.    8.       Deposition--the dropping of materials moved by erosion.  9.       Earthquakes--the shaking and cracking of the Earth's surface.  10.   Environment--the surroundings in which people, plants, or animals live.  11.   Erosion--A movement of weathered rock pieces from one place to another.  12.   Evidence--the data used to draw a conclusion  13.   Fossil--The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past 14.   Glacier--A huge, slow moving mass of ice.

15.   Harmful--likely to injure or hurt someone or something

16.   Hazard--A source of danger.

17.   Investigation--A search for answers to a problem.

18.   Matter--Anything that takes up space and has mass.

19.   Observation--the use of your senses to notice your environment

20.   Observe--to watch or study something carefully

21.   physical change--a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition

22.   Precaution--Something done beforehand to prevent harm or danger.

23.   Properties--any characteristic of matter that you can observe

24.   Volcanic--igneous rock that forms from cooled lava, or from volcanic       dust and ash

25.   Weathering--the physical breaking up of the rocks on Earth's surface into smaller pieces of rock or sand

Energy Room Requirements

Requirements:
1.      Create a complete circuit using the switch we created in class.  It is stapled to this sheet.
2.     Create an environment to incorporate the completed circuit.  This must include three decorations at a minimum. 
3.     When project is brought in to class the switch must turn one light on and off.

Materials Needed:

One D-cell battery (These are two for $1 at the Dollar Store)

One flashlight bulb (I recommend buying a flashlight at the Dollar Store and removing the light bulb.)
Wires or aluminum foil
Electrical tape
 
During class, we have created many complete circuits and one identical to what needs to be used in the energy room.  This project will need to be completed at home.  We will not be using class time to work on this project.  If you have any questions, please feel free to call or text me at 213-0108.

4th and 5th Grade Electricity Vocabulary

1.      Atom—the basic building block of matter
2.      Conductors—material through which electric charges move easily
3.      Current—a flow of air, water, or electricity
4.      Current electricity—negative charges flowing in one direction through matter
5.      Electrons—the negatively charged particles found in all atoms
6.      Insulators—materials through which electricity does not move easily
7.      Lightning—static electricity built up during a mature thunderstorm
8.      Neutrons—particles contained in the nucleus of an atom that carries a neutral charge
9.      Protons—the charged particles of an atoms that carry a positive charge
10.  Static Electricity—build up of electrical charges
11.  Switch—a device that control the flow of an electric current
12.  Temperature—the measure of the motion of molecules
13.  Thermal energy—the energy of the motion of particles in matter

5th Vocab--Astronomy

1.      Edwin Hubble-- American astronomer who classified galaxies in three types. He made the observation that galaxies are constantly moving away from each other.

2.      Galileo Galilei--Italian Astronomer who invented 1st telescope.

3.      Johannes Kepler-- German mathematician who discovered orbits of planets are elliptical rather than round

4.      Nicolaus Copernicus--First scientist who said the sun was the center of the solar system and the planets revolved around it.

5.      Astronaut-- A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.

6.      Astronomy-- the study of stars and planets

7.      constellation --A group of stars that are named after the shape it resembles.

8.      rocket --A vehicle that is used to send spacecraft into space.

9.      rover --A vehicle designed to explore the surface of a planet.

10.  Satellite--Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star. 

11.  space station --A large satellite in which people can live for long periods.