Earth Science: Properties of Matter and Rocks

1.1P.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND COMPOSITION OF OBJECTS.

Lesson 1–Sort Students

• Student Sort Shuffle

Lesson 2–Sort Liquids

• A: Sorting Matter-Witchita State
• A: Sorting and Using Materials

Lesson 3–Cohesion

• A: Bubble Recipes
• A: Bubblarium
• A: See Colors in the Bubbles
• TB: Antibubbles
• TB: Sticky Water
• TB: Shape of Bubbles
• TB: When Bubble Meets Bubble
• TB: Bubbles
• TB: Bubble Colors
• Language: Bubbliography
• B: Sticky Water
• Engineering Connection: Break the Tension - why do engineers care about surface tension?

Lesson 4–Viscosity

• A: Viscosity of Ketchup
• A: Kitchen Chemistry using food

Lesson 5–Sort Buttons

• A: Bodacious Buttons
• The Button Box

1.1E.1 EXAMINE CHARACTERISTICS AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF EARTH MATERIAL.

Lesson 6–Minerals

• What is a Mineral?
• TB: What is a Mineral?
• TB: Uses of Common mineral (pdf)
• TB: Minerals of Oregon

Lesson 7–Crystals

• A: Crystal Creations - epsom crystals
• TB: How do the salt crystals grow?
• TB: Uses for Mrs. Stewart's Bluing

Lesson 8–Sort Rocks, Lesson 9–Rock Tests

• A: The Great Rock Sort
• A: Rock Hunters
• A: Properties and Uses of Materials
• A: Recycled Materials
• A: Hard Rock Cafe Investigation
• A: Rock Swap with other Schools
• D: Rock and the Rock Cycle
• SB: Igneous Rocks
• SB: Sedimentary Rocks
• SB: Metamorphic Rocks
• Engineering Connection: Earth Rocks! - students categroize rocks, soils, and minerals and how engineers use these materials

Enchanted Learning: Geology, Rocks And Minerals

Ask an Expert

• Ask a Geologist
• Ask an Earth Scientist

Language

• Soil Poems by students
• Crossword, Seek Word, Jigsaw Puzzles

Linking to Literature

• Everybody Needs a Rock
• Sampling Rocks
• Math/Language and Literacy

Math

• Learn about Sampling using Rocks

Science in Your Life from the Mineral Information Institute

• Minerals in Toothpaste
• Minerals in Glass
• Minerals in Paper
• Minerals in Pencils
• Minerals in Light Bulbs
• Minerals in Money
• Minerals in Musical Instruments
• Sandstone in a Bottle

Very Capable Students

• Go on a Soil Safari
• Become a rock expert A-Z rocks

Mineral Games

Sedimentary, My Dear Watson
Knowledge Nuggets
Mining for Minerals Interactive
Mining for Minerals Printable

Life Science: Frogs

1.1L.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST CHARACTERISTICS AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITHIN ONE PLANT OR ANIMAL GROUP.

Lesson 10–Introduce Amphibians and Reptiles

• L: Froggy Fun
• A: Frogs a Thematic Unit
• A: Swamp Animal printouts
• A: Pond Animal printouts
• TB, SB: Animal Planet Amphibians
• TB: Introduction to Reptiles
• SB: FAQ's about pet frogs
• D, SB: Turtle species
• TB: Amazing Adaptable Frog
• D, TB: Food and Skin
• TB: Color and Camouflage
• TB: Poison, Croaks and Courtship
• SB: Strange Frog Facts
• Enchanted Learning: AMPHIBIANS
• L: Animal Bytes
• L: Informational Sites
• L: Interactive Sites
• L: Printable Activities

Lesson 11–Slippery Skin, Lesson 12–Webbed Feet, Lesson 13–Hide and Seek

• A: What to do to help frogs
• SB: Bullfrog - Rana catesbeiana
• SB: American Green Tree Frog - Hyla cinerea
• SB: Turtle defenses
• TB: Endangered Frogs
• SB: Frogs are disappearing

1.2L.1 DESCRIBE THE BASIC NEEDS OF LIVING THINGS.

Lesson 15–Wetland Habitat

• Wetlands are Wonderlands Investigation
• A: Explore a pond

Lesson 16–Life Cycle

• A: Life cycle coloring page
• TB: Egg to Frog, Parenting

Lesson 17–Food Chain

• A: Frogs in a food chain
• A: Food chain game
• VIDEO: World's fastest tongue (salamander)

CRAFT IDEAS

• Origami Frogs
• Paper frog puppets
• Turtle sock puppets
• Walnut turtles
• Frog Picture gallery
• Frog coloring book
• Student frog art

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Frog and Toad are Friends
• Turtle parts
• Say frog in other languages
• Frog fables
• Frog and Myth
• Silly frog jokes
• Froggy Chuckles

Spanish Resources from the Zoo in Madrid

• Rana Roja Asiática

Very Capable Students

• Become an amphibian expert A-Z amphbians
• Become a reptile expert A-Z reptiles
• Frog computer games

Physical Science: Force

 

1.2P.1 DESCRIBE THE MOTION OF OBEJCTS WHEN A FORCE IS APPLIED.

• Rules of Force and Motion
• Science Clip: Pushes and Pulls

Lesson 20–Change the Ramp

• Science Clip: Forces and Movement
• Science Clip: Forces in Action

Lesson 23–Change the Surface

• Science Clip: Friction