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Topics in Grade 5 and 6 Science include:
Electricity/ energy ConservationGrade 5s will be studying Conservation of Energy and Resources while the grade 6 students will be investigating Electricity and Electrical Devices.
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HUman Organ Systems/ BiodiversityThe grade 5 students will work on Properties of and Changes in Matter while the grade 6s learn about Biodiversity.
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Structures, Mechanisms and flightThe grade 5 curriculum talks about Forces acting on Structures and Mechanisms and the grade 6 program explores Properties of Air and Principles of Flight.
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The remaining topics are Matter for grade 5 and Space for grade 6.
Grade 5 States of Matter Slime Lesson
While the grade 6s work on their math EQAO testing, we will be getting messy to explore states of matter. We will be making slime in class, the second trendiest item the kids want to play with (just behind fidget spinners!). Please see the assignment details and PowerPoint below.
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Grade 6 Space
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The grade 6 students will be working with some hands-on activities to explore how the earth rotates around the sun with simple models and simulations. We will also discuss whether or not space exploration is useful to our society, what benefits it has had and whether or not it is a good investment for governments and private companies.
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Grade 5 Matter
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Grade 5s will be exploring changes in matter by researching a consumable product. They will look at how different natural products need to be changed to create something new and will also examine the environmental impact of the creation, use an disposal of the product.
We will look at the manufacturing of a pencil together first then the students will work on their own research. |
matterunit.docx | |
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Flight and Forces Acting on Structures
Our class trip to Science North in December gave the students excellent hand on opportunities to start exploring our second science units, Flight (grade 6) and Forces acting on Structures (grade 5). The students built different towers and tried to make them withstand simulated forces like strong winds (a leaf blower) and an earthquake (an electric sander). When we returned to the classroom, students read more about how the different forces work, we discussed a Mythbusters episode in which the actors tried to collapse a bridge and we tested paper airplanes.
Makey Makey
I showed the students this video and asked them to think of what the objects (banana, Play Doh, buckets of water, etc.) must have in common if a charge could go through them. I also asked them what they would do with a MaKey MaKey kit if they could use one (there is a teacher in the school who is willing to share hers with us).
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Electricity (Gr. 6)/ Energy Conservation (gr. 5)
The students have worked hard on these 2 units. After some introductory lessons, they rotated through a series of stations that I organized. In these stations, they had instructions and tasks to complete to help them explore various subjects. Some of the activities included watching a video about the pros and cons about wind energy and formulating an opinion, matching images of types of energy with their definitions and researching then drawing diagrams of energy flow in a common device. All students are making a poster about how people can reduce the consumption of electricity.
Now that we have nearly finished the unit, I will be conferencing with students to talk about what they learned and to ensure that they understand the most important parts of the curriculum. Students will all receive a rubric with all of the expectations and what their strengths and next steps are. Please see below for copies of the rubrics. The two most exciting events in science so far have been our visit to St. Benedict to experiment with building circuits and static electricity and when the Energy Minister, Glenn Thibeault visited our class to answer questions about energy in Ontario. |
grade6electricityrubric.docx | |
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grade5conservationofenergyrubric.docx | |
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stationssuccesscriteria.docx | |
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science_poster_assignment.docx | |
File Size: | 103 kb |
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