Elementary Science

March 26

  1. If you would like see what a lens is like, do “Try This!’ page 188 with a magnifying glass and sun. That’s from last week’s lesson, so totally optional.
  2. Read Lesson 12, up to page 200. Tell someone about what you read.
  3. Do the “Try This!” page 200. Supplies needed: your mom and/or your grandma. Dads and grandpas work, too!
  4. NJ page 153, Fascinating Facts. No laziness, draw some colorful neat pictures and write about some interesting facts.
  5. Questions 1-7 “What Do You Remember?” NJ page 155.

March 19

  1. Last week to finish your project from the last two weeks. I’ll check your NJ page 140 and ask you about it next week.
  2. Read the rest of Lesson 11 and be prepared for a test. Finish the questions in NJ page 142.
  3. Label and color NJ page 143
  4. Senses Minibook page 150 NJ.

March 12

  1. Read pages 175-185 in your text (Lesson 11). Skip the “TryThis” projects, but the one on page 180 with the chocolate milk is optional for you to do at home. That one is too difficult to do in class!
  2. If you didn’t come up with a project described on pages 172-173 in your text (listed in last week’s blog) do it this week. It should explore some aspect of the brain.  Record your project on page 140 NJ. Tell us about it next week.
  3. NJ page 142, questions 1-8.

No test for Lesson 10. You get a brain break!

March 5

  1. Read all of Lesson 10. We have some catching up to do! Skip all the “Try This” experiments. However, read the Project at the end of the lesson and think of a simple experiment idea like the ones listed. Tell me about your idea next class.
  2. Answer the questions for “What Do You Remember?”on page 131 NJ.
  3. Label and color the cerebral lobes on page 134 NJ.

February 27

  1. Show and tell someone the parts to the brain and neuron with the clay models we did in class.
  2. Read the rest of Lesson 9. It’s not very many pages! Answer the “What Do You Remember?” questions on page119 in your NJ.
  3. Add the brain and nervous system to your “Personal Person”.
  4. On page 120 in your NJ, draw and label the brain (with 3 parts) and the neuron with all parts shown on page 152 in your text.
  5. Complete your game board ( directions on page 160 in your text) and bring it to class next week.
  6. Do the crossword on page 124 NJ and study for the test next week.

February 20

  1. Read Lesson 9 up to page 154. Describe to someone what you’ve learned about nerves so far. We’ll do the “Try This!” activities in class next week.
  2. Answer the questions on the back of the “Pump, Pump, Pump it Up” worksheet.
  3. Project : begin an Anatomy Trivia Game. This week you’ll just make the cards with questions on them. Read  the directions for making them on page 160 in your text. See numbers 1-3. Just the cards this week, not the game board. You should make 5 questions for each  of the four colors corresponding with four Lessons of your choosing.

February 13

1.  Read the rest of Lesson 8 and finish the “What Do You Remember?” questions on page 108 NJ.

2. Finish labeling the heart and coloring it on page 107 in your NJ. See text page 141. Be able to label and color in the same manner for the test next week. Extra credit will be the valves and the septum.

3. Had the heart to your personal person.

4. Make an advertisement designed to make a stem cell want to become a red blood cell. See page 146 in your text for ideas. Write your ad on NJ page 109.

5. Watch the following videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnIUFrx0DjI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_22fZdI_vA

February 7

  1. Read Lesson 8, up to page 140, where you see the graham cracker heart. Explain to someone why some parts are red and others blue on the graham cracker heart.  Also explain how the blood circulates through the heart.
  2. Answer questions 1-6 on page 108 in your NJ.
  3. On 107 in your NJ, color and label all veins and arteries only. See page 141 in your text. . You don’t need to add the valves and the septum, as we will study those next week!

January 30

  1. Read the rest of Lesson 7 and answer all the “What Do You Remember” questions.
  2. Complete the “Blood Shutter Books” on A29.
  3. Study for the test. Be able to draw the pictures of the blood cells with the antigens on page 130. Also be able to label them.

January 23

  1. Read pages 119-124 up to the blue printing.
  2. Answer questions 1-3 on page 95 in your NJ.
  3. “Fascinating Facts” page 94. NJ Include a picture of arteries and veins and label them. Add an interesting fact or two.
  4. Watch the video “Red River of Life” and write down one fact you learned  on the “Fascinating Facts” page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbPY-djE06c

January 16

  1. Read the rest of the lesson and finish the “What Do You Remember?” questions on NJ page 84.
  2. Vocabulary Crossword NJ pages 86-87.
  3. Tape the respiratory system on your personal person. Remember they are in the back of the NJ.
  4. Complete the Respiratory System worksheet by cutting and pasting the words in the proper places. Know them for the test.
  5. Study for the test.

January 10

Welcome back!

  1. Read pages 103-109. Do the “Try This!” on page 105.
  2. Write down some fascinating facts that you learned on page 82 in your NJ.
  3. NJ page 84, 1-7 only.
  4. Write a speech about the dangers of smoking  on a piece of paper. It should be at least 5 sentences. Ask your mom and dad for help in finding information. See page 112 in your text also. Then correct your paper and write it neatly on page 85 in your NJ. Practice your speech and prepare to share it in class.

November 14

It looks like some of you didn’t complete the “Try This” on pages 91 and 93 in your text. If you didn’t, please record your findings in your NJ on page 67.

  1. Glue or tape your picture of the Digestive Theme Park in your NJ on page 62.
  2. Record what you learned about how much vitamin C was is the different fruits from our experiment on page 81 in your NJ. Fill out all the sections. Was your hypothesis correct? Which one had the most? Which one the least? Were you surprised by any of the results?

Next week is our last class for quite awhile! If you like, you could bring a nutritious snack to share.

November 7

1. Read pages 90 to the end of the lesson. Complete the rest of the “What Do You Remember?” questions on page 66 NJ.

2. “Try This” pages 91 and 93 in your text.

3.  Create a dinner menu for one evening, NJ pages 69-71. See page 98 in the text for directions under “Notebooking Activity”. While the directions say “one week menu”, I am asking you to only do one dinner menu. Do include nutrition information. Challenge: Make this meal for your family. 

4. Study for the test next week.

October 31

I was very impressed with your Digestive Theme Parks and hoped you learned a ton! Quite creative and fun.

Homework:

  1.  Read pages 85-89.

     2. “Try This” page 87 in your text on a cold morning! What does this show you? Record                on  page 67 NJ. On the other side of the page write down results of the starch                      experiment we did in class with the food and iodine. Which foods had more starch?                Which had less?

     3. Questions 1-3 page 66 NJ.

     4.  Handout: “Lesson 2: The 5 Food Groups”. Follow the directions and write menus.

October 24

  1. Read the rest of Lesson 4.
  2. Add the digestive and renal systems to your Personal Person. See page 82 in your text for directions.
  3. Project: Digestive Theme Park is explained on pages 82-83 in your text. It should be three dimensional and labeled with digestive themes. You are not limited to construction paper. Use your imagination! This is worth a test grade. Here are the requirements:Digestion Theme Park Grade Sheet

Parents and siblings: please come and see our theme parks next week at the beginning of class!

October 17

  1. Read pages 69-73 in your text, Lesson 4.
  2. Continue working on your graph with the clothespin.
  3. Record what you learned in the experiment with the cheese and cracker on page 64 in your NJ (you will only complete one side). It was the “TryThis!” on page 72 in your text.
  4.   Draw a tooth and label the parts on page 52 in your NJ. See page 71 in your text for a picture. Also, label the teeth on the lower part of NJ 52, all four kinds of teeth. Write down something new that you learned

October 10

  1. Finish reading the rest of Lesson 3, from page 60 to the end. Also, complete the rest of the “What Do You Remember?” questions on NJ page 42.
  2. Growing Muscle Experiment. Record how many times you can open and close the clothespin in one minute every other day for two weeks. Record on your graph NJ page 51.  Write down materials used and procedure as well. If you need further explanation, read pages 67-68 in your text.
  3. Vocabulary Crossword pages 44-45 NJ.
  4. Write a newspaper!  Muscle Times NJ page 43. See page 67 in your text for directions. Color and neatness count! Moms -they will need some help with this to find information.
  5. Study for the test.

October 3

  1.  Read through page 59 in your text about muscles and answer questions 1-6 on “What Do You Remember?” page 43 NJ.
  2. Complete page 40 in your NJ, writing about what you found interesting. Draw colorful pictures of some muscles you learned about.
  3. Find out how much your muscles weigh! See “Try This!” page 56 in your text. Write down how much your muscles weigh on page 40 of your NJ.
  4. Personal Person. Carefully cut out the skeletal and muscular systems from the back of your journal. You may want a parent to help you. Just cut around them roughly. Leave the Digestive and Renal systems in the book for a later lesson. Tape them onto your “person”, first the skeletal and then the muscular. Put the heads under your “person”. See page 67 in your text for an example.

September 26

  1. Read the rest of the lesson on bones.
  2. Complete the “What Do You Remember?” questions on page 30 in your NJ.
  3. Label as many bones as you can on NJ page 31 (at least 10). You will need to be able to label 10 bones (whichever ones you want) on your test next week. So, know them and where they are located!
  4. Scientific Speculation Sheet on page 39 in your NJ. This is the demonstration with one chicken bone in vinegar and one in water found on page 53 in your text. Fill in materials, procedure and hypothesis only.
  5. Do both of the “Try This” on page 50.
  6. Study for the test next week.

September 19

  1. Read pages 37-42 (through “in the marrow”) in your text about bones.
  2. In your journal:  make sure your name is written on page 13. Cut out one “person” from page A 59. Use one piece of tape to tape your head on page 15. You should be able to lift it up so we can give you some brains later! Now paste your “person” on the page.
  3. Glue your picture with you and your jello cell on page 28 and title it “cell model”.
  4. Look at the bone picture on page 39 in your text. Now draw it and color the red and yellow bone marrow in one of the boxes on page 29 in your NJ. Label the marrows.

September 12

We are on to our second week already where we are finishing learning all about the amaziing cell! Here is your homework:

  1.  Read the rest of Lesson 1.
  2. Finish the rest of NJ ( Notebooking Journal) page 18. We worked on this in class. Directions are to draw the  parts of the cell  listed and draw lines to their names. Also answer #6 question on “What Do You Remember” page 19 NJ.
  3. Crossword puzzle NJ pages 22-23.
  4. Cell Minibook. NJ page 26 and (look in the way back of the NJ) A7-A10. This little project has directions on A7. Follow them carefully! You will need a brad, scissors and some glue. If I have enough, I will try and send some brads home with them, but it would be handy for you to have some at home.
  5. Study for the test next week. Know all the answers to the “What Do You Remember? questions and you will be fine.

Note to Parents: Each lesson has a handwriting page, which I will not assign. It’s up to you if you would like your child to complete them for practice.

Welcome Elementary Science Students!

You have come to the right place to find your science assignments for the week. Ideally, working on one assignment each school day is the best in my opinion. I know students try and finish it all on Monday, but that’s a lot in one day! Here you go:

  1.  Read pages 19 to the top of page 26 in your text. You don’t need to read about cells quite yet.
  2. Complete page 16 in your Notebooking Journal. What you do here is write down at least three interesting facts you discovered while reading. Then draw some colorful pictures in the boxes pertaining to these facts.
  3. Write the answers to the questions on page 19 in your NJ (Notebooking Journal). Just finish questions 1-5, not the last question.
  4. Pages 19-20 in your NJ. Again, write a sentence or two about each topic listed and draw colorful pictures in the boxes.

Bring your Notebooking Journal to class next week and I will grade the assignments.  I usually do not grade every single one, but you never know which ones. 🙂 Please remember to bring the textbook as well. And don’t forget those waiver forms.