Have a fun filled and educational summer!!!

As the last week of this school year is upon us, I wanted to congratulate all students on an amazing school year!!! I hope everyone had as much fun as I did this year exploring, learning, and understanding the wonders of science. Take some time to sleep in and relax and keep that brain engaged. 5th graders-congratulations and I can't wait to hear about all your success in junior high and 4th graders-see you next year!

~Miss Klim =)

Washington's Science Night Pictures

WashingtonScience's photostream on Flickr.

Here is a link to pictures from our Science Night on April 21, 2011!! Please take a look and send me an email if you have any pictures you would like to add. Thank you again to everyone that made the night successful!
Miss Klim
linsay_klim@berkeley.k12.ca.us

Science the week of April 25-29

4th graders- Magnetism and Electricity: We are continuing to use our circuit bases with electromagnets this week. We will also learn how telegraphs work and create our own telegraph using the circuit bases.

5th graders- Science state testing review: This week we are focusing on the earth science unit in 4th grade. We will also spend the week before testing using the computers to review what we have learned this year by visiting links on the blog.

Science the week of April 18-April 22

SCIENCE NIGHT
THURSDAY APRIL 21!!!
Come by the auditorium from 6-8pm on Thursday to dissect a frog, use a microscope, watch a chemical reaction, play with an electromagnet, and more!!!
I hope to see everyone there!!

4th graders- Magnetism and Electricity: We are continuing to use our circuit bases this week. We are integrating electromagnets into our lessons this week, learning how electromagnets bring electricity and magnetism together.

5th graders- Science state testing review: This week we are focusing on the life science unit in 4th grade. We will review vocabulary and experiments about food webs, habitats, and ecosystems.

SCIENCE FAIR PREPARATION TIME!!!

We will be offering Science Fair preparation time for all students to come get questions answered and provide any materials needed.
Stop by Bungalow#8 during the following times:

Monday April 18: 2:30pm-4pm

Wednesday April 20: 1:30pm-4pm

Thursday April 21: 1:00pm-5pm


Please let me know if you have any questions or if you are able to volunteer during any of the above times and hope to see you there!!


Linsay Klim =)
4th and 5th grade Science
Washington and LeConte Elementary
Berkeley Unified School District

Science the week of April 11-April 15

4th graders- Magnetism and Electricity: This week we are running motors using our circuit bases. We will continue to learn about the flow of electricity to light lightbulbs and run a motor. We will also start learning about series and parallel circuits

5th graders- Science state testing review: This week we are focusing on the physical science unit in 4th grade. We will review vocabulary and experiments about magnets, electricity, and electromagnets.

Science the week of Mar 28-April 1

4th graders- Magnetism and Electricity: This week we are starting to learn the basics of electricity. We will learn how to use wires and a battery to light a lightbulb. Students will be introduced to our circuit bases, a great safety tool we can use while connecting all electricity materials.


5th graders- Mixtures and Solutions: We are spending the week working on the laptops to learn more about the periodic table of elements, chemical reactions, atoms and molecules. We will be visiting many websites listed on the blog.

Science the week of Mar 14-18

4th graders- Magnetism and Electricity: This week we are spending time continuing to learn about magnets and their unique properties. We are learning about what types of metals are considered magnetic and how to create a temporary magnet. Students are also reviewing the scientific method for our upcoming science fair.


5th graders- Mixtures and Solutions: This week we are learning about a chemical reaction. We are making observations about what we can see happening that would suggest a chemical reaction has taken place. Students are also reviewing the scientific method for our upcoming science fair.

Science the week of Feb 28-March 4

This week in Science:

4th graders- Environments: This week we will take our unit test on Environments. Please remind your students of the upcoming test. Here is the Schedule:

Bail Friday Mar 4
Cobeen Wednesday March 2

5th graders- Mixtures and Solutions: We are starting our first full week focusing on our new unit, mixtures and solutions. This week we will be learning what a mixture is and what a solution is. We will also be learning different techniques we can use to separate the mixtures and solutions that we have made.

Science the week of Feb 7-11

4th graders- Environments: This week we are continuing to take care of our terrariums. This week we will add 2 new animals to our habitat and make observations about what happens to our plants and current animals when we add our new residents.

5th graders- Living Systems: We are spending our last week on the unit working on our study guide for the Living Systems unit test. Students will be using their Science notebooks, textbooks, and each other to help them answer questions on the study guide. I will also be giving them the answers, so they can correct the study guide and take it home to study with all the correct answers. As of now, LeConte students will take the test on Tuesday Feb 15 and Washington students will take the test on Wednesday Feb 16

Science the week of Jan 10-14

This week in Science:

4th graders- Environments: This week we are planting in our terrariums and revisiting our water schedule. We are deciding if we should change how much we water depending on what our soil looks like. If plants are already growing by the end of the week, we will be using our terrarium maps to decide which of the 5 plants we planted they are.

5th graders- Living Systems: This week we are focusing on the similarities and differences between plant cells and human cells. Students are going to be able to design their own experiments using celery to look at how plants move nutrients through their system.

Science the week of Dec 13-17

This week in Science:

4th graders- Environments: We are spending our last week learning about food chains and food webs. We will be working on a food web poster this week, where we combine all the new vocabulary we have learned over the past few weeks including producer, consumer, omnivore, etc. onto one diagram.

5th graders- Living Systems: We are continuing our learning about circulatory systems from last week. We are also learning about the digestive system this week. We will spend time on the computers at interactive websites where we can see how our circulatory and digestion systems work.

Science the week of Dec 6-10

4th graders- Environments: We are continuing our lesson on food chains and food webs this week. We will learn the definitions of herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore, spend some time on the computers viewing interactive food webs, and start on a food web poster project.

5th graders- Living Systems: We are starting our new unit, Living Systems this week. We are learning about cells and similarities and differences we have with other multicellular organisms. We are also starting to learn about the circulatory system, which we will continue next week.

Science the week of Nov 29-Dec 3

4th graders- Environments: We are starting our new unit this week called Environments. This week we are learning about an ecosystem and how animals and plants need each other to survive. We are also starting to learn about food chains and good webs.

5th graders- Water Planet: This week we are continuing to study for our Water Planet unit test. Washington students will take the test on Wednesday. LeConte students will take the test next week on Tuesday.

Upcoming 5th grade Science Test

5th graders will take their unit test on our Water Planet unit next week.

Study guides go home Monday Nov 22
Test is on Wednesday December 1

Please make sure you are reviewing your study guide for at least 20 minutes each day! Remember, if you know all the information on the study guide, you will do VERY WELL on the test.

Upcoming 4th Grade Test on November 22

4th graders- Solid Earth: We are spending this week preparing for our upcoming test on Solid Earth by working on a study guide. Students will take the study guide home on Wednesday November 17 to prepare for the test next week. Please make sure students are reviewing their study guide every night for at least 20 minutes. The testing schedule is listed below

4th grade test schedule:
Ms. Bail and Mr. Cobeen's classes:
Monday November 22

Science the Week of Oct 25- Oct 29

This week in Science:

4th graders- Solid Earth: We are learning how weathering and erosion can affect rocks on our planet. We will also be learning about how changes in the rocks can change the topography.

5th graders- Water Planet: This week we are learning about pressure in the atmosphere and how that pressure is related to changes in the weather. We will also be starting to learn what weather is and important weather vocabulary.

Science the Week of Oct 18- Oct 22

This week in Science:

4th graders- Solid Earth: We are finishing up our lesson about the rock cycle by playing the rock cycle game. We will start learning about how weathering and erosion affects rocks.

5th graders- Water Planet: We are spending the week learning how the sun heats our planet and the drastic temperature change we can see whither in the shade or in the sun.

Science the Week of Oct 4- Oct 8

This week in Science:

4th graders- Solid Earth: This week we are using the minerals property table we learned about last week to help us identify new minerals. We are completing hardness tests, scratch tests, and looking at the color and luster to help us identify each new mineral.

5th graders- Water Planet: We are learning all about water! We are first learning about how much and what kind of water is on our planet and we will then learn all about the water cycle and see how water is moved throughout the planet. We will be using the wireless cart to visit interactive water cycle websites on this blog.

Science the Week of Sept 27-Oct 1

4th graders- Solid Earth: This week we are learning how to identify minerals using the mineral properties table and how rocks are made of many minerals. We will use different tools to help us learn each category on the mineral properties table.

5th graders- Water Planet: We will finish learning about evaporation and move onto condensation. We will also make a math connection while learning about surface area and how surface area can change the evaporation rate.