The big idea for this topic is to let the students know that the word Organisms can be used  to replace  plants, animals, or both.  Plants and Animals have related life processes and structures that help them to survive in their environment.

We will be exploring and responding to the following questions to help us understand our topic better.

• What are living and non-living things?
• How do Plants reproduce?
• How can we explore Plant’s life cycle? Using Radish and Lima Beans as examples.
• How do Animals  reproduce?
• How can we explore Animal’s life cycle? Using Butterfly and beetle as examples.
• How do living things adapt to their environments?
• What are Heredity, Instinct, and Learned behavior?

Living Organisms within an Ecosystem interact with one another and with their environments. So in our Science class, we wonder….

• Why are these living things able to move and grow?
• How do they get their energy?
• How do they obtain and use food?
• What do Plants need to make Food?
• What are Food Chains?
• How can we Model a Food Web?
• How do Drought and Fire affect an ecosystem?

We will be using these questions to learn more information about Organisms and their Environments.

In our Science class, we will be concluding that there are recognizable patterns among the Sun, Earth, and the Moon system. In the next coming weeks, we will proof that the tilt of the earth changes seasons of the year. When the  Earth axis points away from the sun, cold winter is on its way. When  it points toward the sun, we are in for summer fun. When the Earth axis points neither here nor there, it’s Spring season.

We will be exploring our Solar system. The following questions will help us understand our topic better:

• How do the Sun, Earth, and Moon interact?
• How do shadow change?
• What are Moon Phases?
• How does the Moon move around Earth?
• What equipment will you find  in the control room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas? What are they used for?

In the Month of February, we will be learning about “The Water cycle and Weather”.

What goes up must come down! The water we drink today may have been underground, high in the sky, or may have been the water Dinosaurs drank. EWW!  How does water get from Earth’s surface to the air and back again? The big idea for our topic is to let the student understand that water moves in a regular cycle and this process influences the weather.

As usual, we will use the following questions to have a better understanding of our topic.

• What is water Cycle?
• What are the types of Weather?
• How is Weather Predicted?
• How can we observe Weather?

Welcome 2018! We are so excited you are here!!

We will kick off this new year in our Science class by studying the Earth’s Surface.

The Earth consists of useful resources and its surface is constantly changing. What does the Earth has for us and how can we conserve these resources?

As usual in our Science Class, we will use the following questions to collect information about the Earths Surface.

What are Natural Resources?

How do Weathering and Erosion shape Earth’s Surface?

How Do Soils form?

How can we Examine the Properties of Soil?

This month before we swing into the holiday mood, we will be learning about Forces and Motion. The big idea for the topic is to let the students understand that motion can be measured and it is influenced by forces such as a push, a pull, gravity, and friction. We will be asking the following questions to understand this topic better.

What is a force?

What is motion?

What is speed, velocity and acceleration?

How do gravity and friction affect motion?

What is happening when you flip a switch and the light turns on; flip it again, the light goes off. What is it, that let these happen?

In the coming weeks. we will be exploring Electricity and Circuits. We will focus on the following questions:

What is an Electric circuit?

What are Electric circuits, Conductors, and Insulators?

What is an Open and Closed circuit?

What  are the differences between Parallel and Series circuits?

How do we generate and use electricity?

Career in Science: Electrician

Due to preparation for our benchmark tests; we will continue to explore our last topic: “Forms of Energy”.

We will be answering the following questions:

• What are some forms of energy?
• Where does energy come from?
• How does heat move?
• What are Conductors and Insulators?
• How do Conductors and Insulators differ?

In the next three weeks, our new topic in Science will be on “Forms of Energy”.

We will be answering the following questions:

• What are some forms of energy?
• Where does energy come from?
• How does heat move?
• What are Conductors and Insulators?
• How do Conductors and Insulators differ?

This is our 5th week in School. This week we will be exploring the world of Matter. We will be answering the following questions on Matter.

• What is Matter?
• What are the Physical Properties of Matter?
• What are the States of Matter?
• What are Physical Changes?
• How can we make Solutions?

Can’t wait to inform my Students Why Matter matters!!