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Recent ActivityInstructor: Susan Leach
This year in fourth grade science, we will be studying life science, earth science, and physical science.
Email Ms. Leach at seleach@lcisd.net!
Class Announcements Mastery checkStudents will be tested for mastery over magnet and electricity concepts
Electric CurrentsStudents will find out how electric charges can move and how electric current can be controlled.
Static ElectricityStudents will find out how charges move from one piece of matter to another
Static Electricity ExperimentStudents will recognize that electrically charged objects attract or repel each other as can be seen from the effects of static electricity.
Magnet experimentsSTudents will discover properties of magnets
TAKS writing testStudents will take the TAKS writing test today.
How Sounds TravelsStudents will find out how quickly sound travels, the cause of echoes, and what happens when you go faster than sound.
How Sounds TravelsStudents will find out how quickly sound travels, the cause of echoes, and what happens when you go faster than sound.
How Sounds TravelsStudents will find out how quickly sound travels, the cause of echoes, and what happens when you go faster than sound.
Difference in soundStudents will compare and contrast loudness and pitch.
Sound experimentsStudents will investigate sound by completing experiments
Sound experimentsStudents will investigate sound by completing experiments.
Making Different Sounds InvestigationStudents will conduct the investigation page E66-E67, on "Making Different Sounds".
Hearing soundStudents will understand how sound is made and received in the human ear.
Characteristics of soundStudents will read from the science book pages E-62-E63 about the characteristics of sound.
Introduction to soundStudents will complete the investigation, "Sound from a Ruler". TELPAS writing papersStudents will complete the TELPAS papers for their Science Academic Writing.
Making DifferentPractice TAKS Reading Test4th graders will take the practice TAKS Reading Test. I will be testing in my room, so no science class toda.
Academic WritingStudents will complete a writing about science class
Academic WritingStudents will write a paper about something they are learing in science class
current eventsStudents will share current scientific happenings in the world.
properties of light mastery checkStudents will prove mastery on light concepts
properties of lightStudents will complete experiments on light
properties of lightStudents will perform experiments and discover properties of light
properties of lightStudents will know some properties of light. They will use prisms to seperate white light into the colors of the rainbow.
electromagnetic spectrumStudents will be able to explain the electromagnetic spectrum waves and their important uses to people.
current eventsStudents will bring news articles that pertain to science that currently affect everyday life
Puff mobilesUsing what they have discovered about air, students will design and create puff mobiles
states of matterStudents will read from the book "States of Matter" pages E6-E9
states of matterStudents will finish experiments showing physical properties of the states of matter.
states of matterStudents will help conduct experiments that will allow them to draw conclusions about the states of matter
Planet researchStudents will complete a research project on the solar system.
current eventsStudents will bring and share Scientific events that are currently in the news.
Planet researchStudents will continue researching the planets of the solar system
current eventsSudents will bring and share events that currently are important in science.
Weather predictionStudents will find out about instruments used to measure weather conditions. They will also learn to read a weather map.
Air and WeatherStudents will identify the sun as the major source of energy for earth and recognize that this star provides the energy needed to generate wind and weather
Earth's AtmosphereStudents will learn some properties of air and about the layers of earth's atmosphere
A Property of AirStudents will investigate a property of air by observing a demonstration by the teacher about air. Then they will infer whether air is matter
Science notebooksStudents will complete rock/fossil information in their science notebooks.
Current EventsStudents will bring and share events that currently affect our lives
Clues to the PastStudents will find out how life on Earth may have changed over time by "reading" ages of rocks and fossils
Fossil FormationStudents will find out how some fossils form.
FossilsStudents will investigate how animal parts can be preserved as a fossil by completing the investigation "Making a Fossil"
The rock cycleStudents will describe processes involved in the rock cycle
Current eventsStudents will bring and share events that currently affect our everyday lives.
The rock cycleStudents will complete the investigation "The Rock Cycle" as an introduction to chapter 3.
Metamorphic rocksStudents will explain how rocks change and give examples of metamorphic rocks
Sedimentary rocksStudents will explain the weathering and erosion process that makes sedimentary rocks
Types of rocksStudents will identify igneous rocks and give examples.
Current eventsStudents will bring and share with the class an event that relates to science.
MineralsStudents will find out what minerals are, how to identify minerals, and how minerals are used.
Mineralsstudents will collect information about minerals while doing an investigation, "Mineral Properties".
volcanoesStudents will give examples of ways volcano eruptions can be harmful and how they have good effects on the land around them.
VolcanoesStudents will find out how volcanoes form and how they change the earth's land.
Current eventsStudents will share science events that currently affect everyday life.
EarthquakesStudents will describe where earthquakes occur.
EarthquakesStudents will explain what causes an earthquake.
How earth's plates moveStudents will find out how slabs of earth's crust and upper mantle move.
Moving PlatesThe tectonic plates will be the focus of study today. Students will learn the three ways that the plates of earth move.
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Daily My daily conference time: 2:20 - 3:10 |
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