Science 3/10 – 3/14

Monday
Daily Science Review—Observing Humans in the Web of Life

TSW review the vocabulary words on p. 329, discuss them, and divide them into categories by meaning, create headings for each grouping, and post them.
TSW observe the map of the 9 major plates and create a graphic organizer that matches them to their continental/oceanic counterparts.

Tuesday
Daily Science Review—Observing Humans in the Web of Life
TSW watch a BrainPop on continental drift and take the related quiz.  TSW read pp. 330 – 333 on plate tectonics/continental drift and complete workbook pp. 91 – 92.

Wednesday
Daily Science Review—Observing Humans in the Web of Life
TSW differentiate between divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries.  TSW go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/ to view each type of boundary and the movement that causes it.  TSW complete a graphic organizer to name each type, identify both the cause and the effect, and illustrate what is happening.

Thursday
Daily Science Review—Observing Humans in the Web of Life

TSW read and understand how volcanoes are formed. (p. 334 in book and reading comprehension from www.edhelper.com

TSW color, label, and define the parts of a volcano.

Friday
Daily Science Review—Observing Humans in the Web of Life
Using a candy bar, TSW demonstrate convergent, divergent, and transform movement.  TSW record observations in their science lab notebooks.
Science 3/3 – 3/7

Monday
Daily Science Review (Observing Descent and Change Over Time)
TSW recognize that the earth is divided into lines of latitude and longitude and that divide the earth and that there are also time zones due to the rotation of the earth. Read pp. 321 – 323 and workbook pp. 89 – 90

Tuesday
Daily Science Review (Observing Descent and Change Over Time)
Using a globe and a light bulb, TSW observe how the rotation and tilt of the earth affect the seasons. TSW record observations in their lab notebooks, p. 324
TSW begin science study guide for chapter 21 test.

Wednesday
Daily Science Review (Observing Descent and Change Over Time)
TSW review answers from study guide and complete chapter 21 review.

Thursday
Daily Science Review (Observing Descent and Change Over Time)
Chapter 21 review game and test.

Friday
Daily Science Review (Observing Descent and Change Over Time)
TSW review the vocabulary words on p. 329, discuss them, and divide them into categories by meaning, create headings for each grouping, and post them.
TSW observe the map of the 9 major plates and create a graphic organizer that matches them to their continental/oceanic counterparts.
Science 2/25 – 2/29

Monday
Daily Science Review–Life Cycles
TSW read 21-1 Spaceship Earth and 21.2 Features of the Earth (pp. 314 – 317. TSW recognize that the solar system consists of the sun and all objects that revolve around it. TSW also learn that Earth is covered mostly by water and the land is divided into 7 continents.
Workbook pp. 86 – 87
TSW create vocabulary cards.

Tuesday
Daily Science Review–Life Cycles
TSW read about the layers of the Earth on pp. 318. TSW be able to draw, color, and label a cross-section of the earth.

Wednesday
Daily Science Review–Life Cycles
TSW recognize that the earth rotates every 24 hours to and away from the sun and that this movement causes day and night. Textbook, p. 319 and www.edhelper.com (reading comprehension). Using globes and flashlights, TSW simulate the rotation of the earth in relation to the sun. Given a location that is experiencing daytime, TSW be able to name a place that is experiencing nighttime and vice versa. (record in lab books)

Thursday
Daily Science Review–Life Cycles
TSW be able to determine seasons based on the tilt and position in orbit of the earth. Textbook, p. 320 and TSW draw, label, and color the model on p. 320.

Friday
Students will spend the day doing activities related to International Day
Science 2/19 - 2/22

Monday

No school–President’s Day

Tuesday

TSW complete Aquatic Biome study guide.

Wednesday

TSW complete Aquatic Biomes booklet.

Thursday

TSW complete review aciivity for Aquatic Biomes.

Friday

Aquatic Biomes test

Science 2/11 – 2/15

Monday
Daily Science Review 106
TSW differentiate between 6 aquatic biomes by recognizing their features, plant, and animal life. TSW record information in a booklet and illustrate.

Tuesday
TSW view Planet Earth dvd on aquatic biomes.

Wednesday
Daily Science Review 107
TSW differentiate between 6 aquatic biomes by recognizing their features, plant, and animal life. TSW record information in a booklet and illustrate.

Thursday
Daily Science Review 108
TSW differentiate between 6 aquatic biomes by recognizing their features, plant, and animal life. TSW record information in a booklet and illustrate.

Friday
TSW differentiate between 6 aquatic biomes by recognizing their features, plant, and animal life. TSW record information in a booklet and illustrate.

Science 2/4 – 2/8

Monday
Daily Science Review 100
LAB ACTIVITY
Students will make models of food chains using 6 different desert animals.
p. 196
TSW begin a study guide on chapter 13.

Tuesday
Daily Science Review 101
TSW complete Chapter 13 vocabulary and comprehension review, pp. 198 – 199.

Wednesday
Daily Science Review 102
Chapter 13 Jeopardy review and test.

Thursday
Daily Science Review 103
TSW differentiate between 6 aquatic biomes by recognizing their features, plant, and animal life. TSW record information in a booklet and illustrate.

Friday
Daily Science Review 104
TSW differentiate between 6 aquatic biomes by recognizing their features, plant, and animal life. TSW record information in a booklet and illustrate.

Science 1/28 – 2/1

Monday
Daily Science Review
TSW read pp. 190 – 191 on food chains and webs. TSW be able to differentiate between consumers, producers, and decomposers. TSW will further be able to differentiate between primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers. Wkbk p. 53 and http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm

Tuesday
Daily Science Review
TSW create, color, and label food chains from different biomes. TSW be able to categorize the food chains by their biomes by their plant and animal life.
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm

Wednesday
Daily Science Review
TSW read pp. 191 – 193 and be able to recognize label and briefly explain the parts of the water cycle.

Thursday
Daily Science Review
TSW read pp. 193 and be able to recognize and briefly explain the oxygen and carbon dioxide cycle. TSW label the parts of the cycle, wkbk p. 54.
TSW read p. 194 and recognize the ways to conserve natural resources, wkbk p. 55

Friday
Daily Science Review
TSW choose a natural resource and create a slogan to encourage people to conserve that resource. TSW create a poster to illustrate their slogan.
Science 1/22 – 1/25

Tuesday
Daily Science Review 92
TSW use biome books and class-created biome poster to answer questions about biotic and abiotic factors of biomes.

Wednesday
Daily Science Review 93
TSW watch Plant Earth DVDs to see a visual of the plant, animal and abiotic factors of different biomes.

Thursday
Daily Science Review 94
TSW watch Plant Earth DVDs to see a visual of the plant, animal and abiotic factors of different biomes.
Test over biomes

Friday
Daily Science Review 95
TSW begin Chapter 13 Depending on Each Other. TSW read pp. 186 – 188 and differentiate between habitats and ecosystems. (workbook p . 52)
TSW read pp. 190 – 191 and be able to differentiate between a producer, a consumer, and a decomposer. Given a food chain, TSW label each (workbook p. 53)
Science 1/14 – 1/18

Monday
Daily Science Review 87
TSW complete biome booklets and take notes on land biomes given a cloze study guide. TSW complete a reinforcement worksheet on biomes.

Tuesday
Daily Science Review 88
Given a poster divided up among the 8 biomes and various plants and animals, TSW place the plants and animals in the appropriate biomes.

Wednesday
Daily Science Review 89
Students will be divided into partners. Each group will be given a biome and will have to design an original animal that would be able to survive in that biome. TSW specify what adaptations the animal has that enable that animal to live there.

Thursday
Daily Science Review 90
Students will be divided into partners. Each group will be given a biome and will have to design an original animal that would be able to survive in that biome. TSW specify what adaptations the animal has that enable that animal to live there.

Friday
Daily Science Review 91
TSW review biomes (Jeopardy, ThinkLink practice probes) for test on Tuesday.
Science 1/07 – 1/11

Monday
Daily Science Review 82
While viewing a PowerPoint, TSW create an informative booklet on the 8 major biomes of the earth. Information will include temperature, rainfall, plant and animal life, abiotic characteristics. TSW illustrate each.

Tuesday
Daily Science Review 83
While viewing a PowerPoint, TSW create an informative booklet on the 8 major biomes of the earth. Information will include temperature, rainfall, plant and animal life, abiotic characteristics. TSW illustrate each.

Wednesday
Daily Science Review 84
While viewing a PowerPoint, TSW create an informative booklet on the 8 major biomes of the earth. Information will include temperature, rainfall, plant and animal life, abiotic characteristics. TSW illustrate each.

TSW complete a reinforcement worksheet on the biomes.

Thursday
Daily Science Review 85

TSW play a Jeopardy style review game on terrestrial biomes.
TSW complete a reinforcement worksheet on the biomes.

Friday
Daily Science Review 86

TSW begin developing an animal that would have adaptations that would enable it to survive in all of the biomes.