In Science, students are currently learning about the "Earth, Moon, and Beyond". Mrs. Garces will be teaching this Unit, which consists of eight lessons. She will be using a lot of hands-on activities, group presentations, and will be inviting a guest speaker from the Hawaii Astronomical Society on March 2, 2009.
The benckmarks students will be covering will be:
- Benchmark SC.5.2.1: Use models and/or simulations to represent and investigate features of objects, events, and processes in the real world
- Benchmark SC.5.8.1: Describe the relationship (size and distance) of Earth to other components in the solar system.
- Benchmark SC.5.8.2: Describe examples of what astronomers have discovered using telescopes
- Benchmark SC.5.8.3: Explain that the planets orbit the sun and that the moon orbits the Earth. Benchmark SC.5.8.4: Demonstrate that the day and night are caused by the rotation of the Earth on its axis.
Here is a picture of a hands-on activity of students who are making a moon crater and investigating on how craters could be made.
Students are working in their groups and taking notes on their reading.
Last week Friday, January 31, 2009, students presented their group presentations on how Earth orbits around the sun.
Please visit our class Science bulletin board for more photos and students group posters. The bulletin board is located on campus in front of the stair way.
6 comments:
Dear Mrs. Garces,
i can't wait for Science this week!
And i hope you have an awesome time on your first field trip!
HTY plays are always cool. =)
Anonymous 15
Dear Mrs. Garces
I think the blog is beautiful. The science one is cool because it shows us being brilliant.(That's a Wordly Wise word we're studying) Then when our parents go on the blog they can see what we were doing. They'd be so proud of us.Thanks again for making the blog. :)
From Student#50
Dear Fith Grade Teachers,
I really enjoy science. With Mrs. Garces teaching you just want to keep learning. I really enjoyed doing the project, it was so fun. I love doing presentations! I can't wait untill we continue into science.
From,
Student #38 =D :) ;)
Dear,Mrs,Garces
I think that activite was a very interesting project I got to work on speecking out. Also, to comunicate with others.
From,Student#30
Dear Mrs.Garces,
Your science classes are awesome. We can learn so much from them. I hope the next science class we will have will be even more awesome than ever.
Dear Mrs. Garces,
I think that this activity heped us learn how to work as a group. And it worked. To me I think our team had the best teamwork. (nah- just kidding- Im just saying that becuase thats my team) Anyway that was the best teamwork activity so far.
From,
Student 20
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