Time is back to going quickly! I'm not sure whether I appreciate that or not...
Monday- We took notes on the seasons, how the Earth's tilt and our revolution determines seasons, and characteristics of those seasons (for our climate in Southeast Texas).
The notes on the left are of my own invention.. The ones on the right are from the Interactive Science Notebook pages.
Tuesday- We did a lab that I learned about at CAST. I started out with stations but ended up just doing all 3 as whole-class activities to verify that they were learning what they were supposed to be learning in these labs.
Station 1- Create a Sun/Moon model using two circles, a rectangle, and a brad. I left mine at work, but I'll try to remember to get a picture of it tomorrow.
Station 2- They place a sticker on their forehead and let it stand for our city. They begin facing a flashlight and answer what time of day it is, then rotate 1/4 th of the way around, counterclockwise and again, figure out what time of day it is. They continue to do this until they make it all the way around.
Station 3- I set up a big heat lamp (as it was the only lamp I had where the bulb extended beyond the shade) and used a giant styrofoam ball as Earth. I placed a push pin in north of the equator (at our approximate location) and revolved the Earth around the Sun, letting the kids see the amount and angle of the light from the heat lamp "sun." They answered questions as we revolved.
Wednesday- The kids took a Vocabulary quiz, and afterwards they worked on a page from the Big Idea 5th grade Science book.
Thursday- We learned a song and story about Moon Phases that I discovered at CAST.
The kids love and easily remember the song. The story was a bit of a stretch, but it was kind of like a cloze with a word bank.
Friday- We spent more time on the moon phases.
We began by placing the moon around Earth and showing which side is lit up.
We then drew the Moon's orbit, and arrows outward to show that you are on Earth looking up. you see what is inside the circle (though you have to spin your page so that the moon you're looking at is up)
The second sheet required us to use the first. We looked at each Moon from Earth and drew the phases.
The third sheet required a little bit of math. They had to figure out 28/8 (number of days in the moon revolution divided by 8 phases). This gave them 3.5 days for each phase. Then they had to figure out what a quarter revolution was. 3.5 times 3 = 10.5. Then they had to note that the entire revolution took 28 days.
We also began a month-long tracking of the Moon phases using a moon calendar, and these Science Cut Ups (found here). Every day I put the phase of the day on the board and they must add it to their calendars.
All 4 of these sheets came from the Interactive Science Notebooking package I mentioned above.
Hope you're having a productive January!
Ms. Kat
Monday- We took notes on the seasons, how the Earth's tilt and our revolution determines seasons, and characteristics of those seasons (for our climate in Southeast Texas).
The notes on the left are of my own invention.. The ones on the right are from the Interactive Science Notebook pages.
Tuesday- We did a lab that I learned about at CAST. I started out with stations but ended up just doing all 3 as whole-class activities to verify that they were learning what they were supposed to be learning in these labs.
Station 1- Create a Sun/Moon model using two circles, a rectangle, and a brad. I left mine at work, but I'll try to remember to get a picture of it tomorrow.
Station 2- They place a sticker on their forehead and let it stand for our city. They begin facing a flashlight and answer what time of day it is, then rotate 1/4 th of the way around, counterclockwise and again, figure out what time of day it is. They continue to do this until they make it all the way around.
Station 3- I set up a big heat lamp (as it was the only lamp I had where the bulb extended beyond the shade) and used a giant styrofoam ball as Earth. I placed a push pin in north of the equator (at our approximate location) and revolved the Earth around the Sun, letting the kids see the amount and angle of the light from the heat lamp "sun." They answered questions as we revolved.
Wednesday- The kids took a Vocabulary quiz, and afterwards they worked on a page from the Big Idea 5th grade Science book.
Thursday- We learned a song and story about Moon Phases that I discovered at CAST.
Friday- We spent more time on the moon phases.
We began by placing the moon around Earth and showing which side is lit up.
We then drew the Moon's orbit, and arrows outward to show that you are on Earth looking up. you see what is inside the circle (though you have to spin your page so that the moon you're looking at is up)
The second sheet required us to use the first. We looked at each Moon from Earth and drew the phases.
The third sheet required a little bit of math. They had to figure out 28/8 (number of days in the moon revolution divided by 8 phases). This gave them 3.5 days for each phase. Then they had to figure out what a quarter revolution was. 3.5 times 3 = 10.5. Then they had to note that the entire revolution took 28 days.
We also began a month-long tracking of the Moon phases using a moon calendar, and these Science Cut Ups (found here). Every day I put the phase of the day on the board and they must add it to their calendars.
All 4 of these sheets came from the Interactive Science Notebooking package I mentioned above.
Hope you're having a productive January!
Ms. Kat
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