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Weather Unit Presentations

Cindy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:47:00 +0000

Weather was the last stop of our Earth Science unit. As has become our end of unit habit, the kids had to develop a presentation to show something they learned.

Mahayla chose to write a letter from the viewpoint of a drop of water going through the water cycle. It was very cute! She also drew a nice picture of the water cycle to go along with an experiment that demonstrated evaporation and condensation.

Caleb did an experiment that demonstrated evaporation and condensation, too, but in a different way. Both experiments worked very well! He also created a “rain alarm”. Marbles are placed in a film canister. The canister is propped on a small slope with sugar cubes. When it rains, the sugar cubes melt allowing the canister to roll. The noise from the rolling canister is supposed to alert you when it starts raining. And he wanted to be sure we noted the cumulus clouds in the sky!

Earth Science Unit Planning

Cindy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:37:00 +0000

As we entered the second half of our Medieval history unit, I realized I hadn’t taken much time this summer to pre-plan our earth science unit. So, I’ve been busily searching my shelves, my files and the internet to see what I can find. These are the resources I found that I’ll pull from….

Primarily Earth (I LOVE these AIMS units. They are so full of meaningful math and science activities. Most of the time, there are great graphs and/or data sheets to go along with the activities, too.)

Rocks and Soil by Teacher Created Materials

Considering God’s Creation (the part pertaining to earth science)

Earth Science for Every Kid by Janice Van Cleave

Weather by Teacher Created Materials

Water Precious Water by AIMS

Awesome Rocks and Soil Links!

Water Cycle Video

Science Vocabulary Hangman

Droplet and the Water Cycle