Inventor Slide Show
Today we will begin to create a Powerpoint slide show on the inventor for which you gathered information. Use your filled in storyboard to create the slides. You will have 5-6 slides plus a bibliography slide.
Inventor Research
Today you will spend time at the following websites gathering information for your project on a famous inventor.
Parts Of A Flower
Today we will gather around the whiteboard to quickly review the Life Cycle of A Plant. We will then use Kid Pix to draw a cross-section of a flower, labeling all the major parts.
If you are done early, then visit the website below.
What’s For Dinner?
Today we will gather at the whiteboard to review the food chain components and play the Food Chain Game.
At your workstation you will conduct research on the food chain of one of five animals. You will use Enchanted Learning’s website below to gather the information in the Food Chain Research document.
Next week you will take your research and organize it in Kidspiration.
Done early today? Try the following websites:
Exploring Energy
Today you will watch the United Streaming video, Exploring Energy. The video will ask you several questions along the way. Pause the video and answer the questions on the worksheet that Mrs. Leary will provide. When you are finished with the video, click on the pictures below to take you to a Millionaire type game on energy, and a place to try your own hand at building a roller coaster.
Life Cycle of a Meal Worm
Today we will create a Life Cycle Of A Meal Worm drawing in KidPix. We will review how to use the pencil, circle, fill bucket, eraser, text tool and the undo guy.
Click on the Group folder (it says your teacher’s name) on your dock. Double click on the Meal Worm.kpx empty template and begin your drawing.
Cloud Voicethread Poems
Cumulus, Stratus, Nimbus, oh my! Grab the digital cameras- we’re heading outside to lie down in the playground field to take pictures of clouds! We’ll write a poem about them and put them in Powerpoint, adding our picture of the clouds as the background. Next, we will create an avatar for our identity on Voicethread using My Avatar Editor. Finally we will create a class Voicethread of our poems.
Weather Reporting and Predicting
You will use the activities in the website below to help you better understand reporting and predicting weather. In the first activity, you will use common weather symbols to create a weather map to report the weather. In the next activity, you will use temperature, precipitation, and cloud coverage to predict the weather in various regions.
Bugscope
Our day has finally arrived for the Bugscope project! We will connect to the scanning electron microscope at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign to examine the honey bee and the butterfly, two important pollinators. During our Bugscope session, we will control the microscope as we examine the insects at incredible magnifications. Have your questions ready because we will chat with the scientists during our session.
Plant Parts Scavenger Hunt
Let’s take advantage of the last few days of warm weather and go outside with the digital cameras in search of plant parts. Your group will be looking for and photographing roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds. Brainstorm with your group the function of each of the parts. In the lab we will use iPhoto to create a book with the pictures.
Parts Of A Plant
Scientific drawings help us understand important science concepts. Using Kidpix, you will draw the parts of a tomato plant. Label the important parts and describe their function. If you are done early watch the the Brainpop movie on plant growth.
Adaptation Slideshow
Now that you have collected the information on your animal and how it adapts to its environment, you will organize it into a Powerpoint presentation which you will present to your classmates. We will learn how to add custom animations and slide transitions.
Animal Adaptation Research
Today you will use the websites below to gather information about your chosen animal for your PowerPoint presentation. Use the Research Guide to help you organize the information. You will need to collect three pictures for your slide show, too. Two pictures should be of your animal and one picture of its habitat.
Uses of Electricity In Our Daily Lives
Today we will use Kidspiration to create a graphic organizer of all the different ways we use electricity in our daily life.
Try this website at home.
Life Cycle of a Frog Slide Show
Your frogs have arrived! Today you will begin to create a KidPix slide show of their life cycle. You will draw each of the stages in a separate document and add music. Next, we will learn how to put the drawings together into a slide show.
To learn more about frogs visit All About Frogs
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Crickets!
As part of the Ecosystems Unit you will be creating your own ecosystem, complete with animals and plants. Today we will draw, in detail, one of the animals that will be included in your ecosystem, the cricket.
Physical and Behavioral Adaptations
What is adaptation? How do animals adapt to their environment? Today you will watch a United Streaming video on adaptation as an introduction to your ecosystems unit. Answer the movie guide questions as you watch the movie.
Visit these websites for more information and games on adaptation:
Interdependence and Adaptation
Volcanoes!
To complement your Rocks and Minerals unit, we will explore how the inside of a volcano looks. Draw a cross section of a volcano in Kid Pix, then color and label each important feature.
If you are done early watch the Brainpop movie on volcanoes. After the movie click on FYI and read through the four topics. If time allows we will use the Activotes to take the quiz. Learn more about volcanoes by visiting the following websites.
Butterfly Life Cycle
Your caterpillars will be arriving soon! To enhance your study of the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly, we will use Kid Pix to draw the four stages of the butterfly’s life cycle.
Learn more about butterflies by visiting the websites below.
Let’s Learn About Frogs
Very soon you will be getting some tadpoles to observe in your classroom. Today we will watch two Brainpop movies about metamorphosis and amphibians. Fill out the activity sheet while you watch the movie called Amphibians. If you are done early, click on FYI then Trivia, Mother Nature, or Timeline to learn more about amphibians. We will come to the rug after viewing the movies and use the activotes to take a quiz on frogs. Click on the pictures below to view the movie clips.
To learn more about frogs visit:
Museum of Natural History: Frogs
Play frog games:
Science Jeopardy 2
Once your teacher has approved your questions and answers, you will enter the category and information into the jeopardy game template, copying and pasting from your Word document. Each group has a separate game. Remember to click the save button when you are done.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Compare and Contrast Planets
Today you will use a Kidspiration template to compare and contrast the planet you researched with Earth.
Jeopardy Game
Today you will research your assigned science topic and create five questions and answers that will be used in several class Jeopardy game boards. These games will help you review for the science MCAS test. Use Brainpop and Brainpop, Jr. for information about your topic, then type your questions and answers into a Word document. We will create the game boards at Jeopardy Labs.
MCAS Science Practice
This week you will take the fifth grade science test that the state of Texas gives their students at the end of the year. The test will give you practice for your exam and will also let Mrs. Ross know about the areas in science she may need to review with you. The test is online and you can score it instantly. Click on the link below and enter your first name only.
Planet Slide Show
You’ve done your research and now you are ready to put it all together in a PowerPoint slide show. You will learn how to search for and download pictures from the NASA website, add custom animations, and transitions to create a show to present to your class.
Planet Postcard
This week you will begin to create a giant postcard based upon the planet that you have been researching. We will use two slides in Powerpoint for your postcard. You will find two pictures for Slide 1, the outside of the card. For Slide 2, the reverse side of the card, you will insert an image for a postage stamp from the planet and write a friendly letter incorporating some of the facts that you researched. We will print the slides and gluestick them to card stock creating an 8.5″x11″ postcard.
Solar System Research
Today you will use the websites Astronomy for Kids, Zoom Astronomy, and Star Child to begin collecting information about Earth. Next week you will continue your research on your planet. You may also watch the Brainpop movie clip for your planet. Click on the pictures below to go to the websites.
Weather Predicting and Reporting
You will use the activities in the website below to help you better understand reporting and predicting weather. In the first activity, you will use common weather symbols to create a weather map to report the weather. In the next activity, you will use temperature, precipitation, and cloud coverage to predict the weather in various regions.
Plight of the Polar Bear Wiki Research
Today you will begin research on your assigned topic for the Plight of the Polar Bear wiki. The research guides are in the group folder. Use the resources on the guide sheets and in the resource section of the wiki.
Magnetic Strength and Washers
Today you will use Excel to create a column graph from the data obtained in your first science experiment in the Magnets and Motors unit.
The Rock Cycle
Today you will visit the Annenberg Rock Cycle website to learn about the different kinds of rocks and how they are formed. Use this Research Guide to take good notes. Your notes will help you with the activities and quizzes at the site. Click on the picture below to access the site. Try these activities at home- Rocks and Soil, Rocks and Solids.
Seasonal Happenings Wiki
Using the Research Guides provided to you by Mrs. Leary, you will begin to investigate your topic for the wiki, utilizing the Internet Resources page on the wiki. The wiki is currently private so you will need to enter your regular user name and password to gain access. Clicking on the picture below will take you to the login page.
The Water Cycle Slideshow
Today you will begin working on a KidPix slideshow of the water cycle. You will create a title page, and four more pages for each of the parts of the water cycle. After you are finished with the drawings, you will narrate each slide by using the Record a Sound function. Finally, you will put it all together in the Slideshow portion of KidPix adding transitions between the slides.
Water Cycle from Maddy Shapiro on Vimeo.
The Water Cycle
Today you will use KidPix to create a scientific drawing of the water cycle. Visit these websites at home to learn more about the water cycle.
Drippy the Raindrop: The Land of Ice and Snow
States of Matter
Today you will use KidPix to draw a picture of how molecules act in the three states of matter.
Try these websites at home:
Circuits and Switches
Today we will work up in the classroom and use the new whiteboard for the first time. Your teacher and I will co-teach an interactive lesson on circuits, switches, and resistance.
Try these interactive websites at home:
Animal Research
Today you will visit the Enchanted Learning website to begin the research for your animal report. At the website you will click on the letter that is the beginning letter of your animal. Write your notes on the cards in the pocket folder that Mrs. Stewart has given you. Click below to get started.
A Complete Circuit
You have a battery, copper wire, and a light bulb. Can you make a complete circuit? Use Kid Pix to draw the parts of a light bulb and then arrange a wire (or two) and a battery to illustrate a complete circuit. Label the parts of the bulb, the components of the circuit, and the critical contact points.
Visit the site below for interactive activities about electricity.
Volcanoes!
To complement your Rocks and Minerals unit, we will explore how the inside of a volcano looks. Draw a cross section of a volcano in Kid Pix, then color and label each important feature.
Learn more about volcanoes by visiting the following websites.
Uses of Electricity In Our Daily Life
Today we will use Kidspiration to create a graphic organizer of all the different ways we use electricity in our daily life.
Try this website at home.
Parts Of A Flower
Today we will gather around the whiteboard to quickly review the Life Cycle of A Plant. We will then use Kid Pix to draw a cross-section of a flower, labeling all the major parts.
If you are done early, then visit the website below.
Parts Of A Flower
Today we will gather around the whiteboard to quickly review the Life Cycle of A Plant. We will then use Kid Pix to draw a cross-section of a flower, labeling all the major parts.
If you are done early, then visit the website below.
Mealworm Maze
Today you will use a Kidspiration template to design a maze for your mealworm out of virtual base ten blocks. Later you will take your printed design back to the classroom, build the maze out of real base ten blocks, and allow your mealworm to run the maze in search of oatmeal. On your mark, get set, GO!
Life Cycle of A Meal Worm
Today we will learn another verse of Our Computer song. Next, we will create the Life Cycle Of A Meal Worm drawing in KidPix. We will review how to use the pencil, circle, fill bucket, eraser, text tool and the undo guy.
Click on the Group folder (it says your teacher’s name) on your dock. Double click on the Meal Worm.kpx empty template and begin your drawing.
