Coastal Cleanup Day

Coastal Cleanup Day is Saturday September 25, 2010

This is a great yearly event that helps keep our beautiful beaches clean and prevents pollution from entering our waters and hurting marine life and our marine ecosystem.
Events will be taking place all over the bay area.

Here is Berkeley there is a cleanup at Shorebird Park Nature Center. Please register first, so staff will know how many supplies to bring. You can register at www.cityofberkeley.info/marina

For more information about Coastal Cleanup Day, please check out there website at http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/ccd/ccd.html

*My Science students receive extra credit for attending!!*

Science The Week of Sept 13-17

4th graders- Solid Earth: We are continuing to learn about making observations and use important observation tools that we will use throughout the year. We will also start to learn about minerals, including the different types of minerals and how they form rocks.

5th graders- Water Planet: We are continuing to learn about the solar system and how we classify the different planets. We will also spend some time learning what gravity is and how it works. We will end the week starting a new investigation where we will learn about evaporation.

Science The Week of Sept 7-10

4th graders- Solid Earth: We will spend the week learning about our new unit, Solid Earth. We are starting the unit by learning about rocks and why rocks are so important to our planet. We are also gaining important observation skills that we will use throughout the year.

5th graders- Water Planet: We will spend the week learning about our new unit, Water Planet. We are beginning this unit by learning about the solar system. This week we will learn that there are more than just planets in our solar system and about what makes the solar system unique.

Welcome to the Washington Science Blog!

Hello Students and Families!

Welcome to the Washington Science Blog for the 2010-2011 school year. Please take a moment to become familiar with this blog and bookmark this page! I update this page weekly with information about what we are working on in class, upcoming tests, and any Science related community events, so please check it often.

Your student should have brought home a letter from me with information about what your student will be studying in Science this year and other important information. If you did not receive a copy, please let me know and I will send you a new copy.

Please help our class stay healthy and running all year round by donating any of the following items. I can take these items ANY time during the year, especially experiment materials.

• Kleenex tissue
• Spiral notebooks or composition books
• Pencils
• Hand disinfecting wipes
• Hand sanitizer
• Dry erase markers
• Paper towels
• Printer ink cartridges
• Printer paper

Experiment Materials
• Borax
• Film Canisters
• Modeling clay
• Soil
• Vinegar
• Baking Soda
• Posterboard
• Elmer’s Glue (liquid)

Please contact me at anytime. You can reach me at linsay_klim@berkeley.k12.ca.us Lets have an amazing and educational school year!!

Miss Klim =)

Science The Week of May 24-28

4th and 5th graders- We are starting our in class Science projects this week. Students will spend class time working on either a poster, powerpoint presentation, or an experiment that they have chosen. Students will present their projects in class on June 4 and June 7.

Science The Week of April 19-April 23

This week in Science:

4th graders- Environments: We are continuing to take care of our plants we planted last week in our terrariums. We will continue to make observations about the growth we see and compare the different plants.

5th graders- STAR test prep: We are starting to prepare our 5th graders for the STAR test in Science that they will take in May. They will be tested on material they learned in 4th grade along with material they learned this year. This week we will do some review on the Earth and Life Science from the 4th and 5th grade curriculum. Topics include minerals, the rock cycle, and food webs.

Science Donations Needed:
-Celery
If you or someone you know have celery in their garden, I would appreciate being able to use about 12-15 stalks.

Science The Week of April 5-April 9

4th graders- Environments: This week we are finishing up our lesson on food webs by creating our own food web using an ocean ecosystem. Each group will be starting their own ecosystem by planting seeds in terrariums and making observations on the different seeds that are planted.

5th graders- STAR test prep: We are starting to prepare our 5th graders for the STAR test in Science that they will take in May. They will be tested on material they learned in 4th grade along with material they learned this year. This week we will do some review on the Physical Science portion of the 4th and 5th grade curriculum.

Science Donations Needed:
-large plastic rectangle containers. Costco and other stores sell lettuce in these types of containers.
-Celery
Both items aren't needed until after spring break, so if you use the plastic containers, if you could please save them for me. If you or someone you know have celery in their garden, I would appreciate being able to use about 12-15 stalks.