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.