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Earth Science: Earth Change
4.1E.1 IDENTIFY PROPERTIES, USES, AND AVAILABILITY OF EARTH MATERIALS.
Lesson 1–Rock Cycle
- Stupid Page of Rocks
- Sedimentary rock forming
- Metamorphic rock forming
- Observe one place at many scales
- Eight ways to view Mt. Shasta in California
- Rock Hounds
- How Rocks Form
- Rock and the Rock Cycle
- Sedimentary Rock
- Igneous Rock
- Metamorphic Rock
Engineering Connections
- Engineering for the Three Little Pigs - build three sand castles and test their strength and resistance to weathering
- Design a Recycling Game - design a game that challenges players to come up with alternative uses for used products
- Earth Rocks! - students categroize rocks, soils, and minerals and how engineers use these materials
4.1L.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST CHARACTERISTICS OF FOSSILS AND LIVING ORGANISMS.
Lesson 2–Fossils
Engineering Connection
- Fossil Fondue - use plastic toys and melted chocolate to model one way fossil form
4.2E.1 COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE CHANGES IN THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH THAT ARE DUE TO SLOW AND RAPID PROCESSES.
Lesson 3–Layers of the Earth
Engineering Connection
Lesson 4–Plate Tectonics- TB: plate tectonics
Engineering Connection
- Faulty Movement - build cardboard models of the three different types of faults
- student generated models - examples of models of the layers of the Earth created by fourth grade students
Lesson 6–Earthquakes
- TB: MAP EARTHQUAKES FROM THE LAST WEEK
- TB: MAP EARTHQUAKES FROM THE LAST MONTH
- TB: latest earthquakes of the world
- A: animations of earthquake terms and concepts
- D, SB: Recent Earthquakes
- D SB: EARTHWEEK - DIARY OF A PLANET
- L: Earthquake Web Sites
- D, SB: Plate Tectonics Tutorial
- D, SB: Earthquakes Tutorial
- D, TB: How we find the location of Earthquakes
- TB: Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety
Engineering Connection
- Bridge to Classroom - create and test a bridge that can survive an earthquake
- Earthquake in the Classroom – shake buildings made from toothpicks and marshmallows on a pan of Jell-O®
- Seismology in the Classroom - create a simple seismograph
- Survive That Tsunami! - use a table-top-sized tsunami generator to observe the formation and devastation of a tsunami
- Construct an Earthquake-proof Building
- TB: Intro to How Earthquakes Work
- TB: Shaking Ground
- TB: Sliding Plates
- TB: Faults
- TB: Making Waves
- TB: Pinpointing the Earthquake's Origin
- TB: Rating Magnitude and Intensity
- TB: Dealing with Earthquakes
- A Nicholas recommendation Volcano Facts for Kids
- TB, SB: MAP AND INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEEK'S ERUPTIONS
- ENCHANTED LEARNING: VOLCANO
- A: Cascade Range Volcanoes
- A: Build Your Own Stratovolcano (pdf)
- B: Earthquakes for Kids Links
- L: Volcano Web Sites
- D, SB: Mt Mazama and Crater Lake
- D, SB: FAQ's about Volcanoes
- SB: More FAQ's about Volcanoes
- D, TB: Types of volcanos
- D, TB: Volcano Maps and Graphics
- D, SB: Cascade Range Volcano Links
- D, SB: The "Why Files" on volcanoes
Engineering Connection
- Ready to Erupt! - Create a volcano model using sand, hoses, and a water balloon
- A: Wind Erosion
- D. TB: Problem of Wind Erosion
- TB: Arches National Monument
- TB: Wind Erosion Control
- TB: Preventing Wind Erosion
- A: Dig This! Erosion Investigation
- TB: Grand Canyon information
- TB: Introduction to Water Erosion Control
- TB: Flood Basics
- Observe how sediments are deposited
- Observe the effects of mechanical weathering
- Examine a landscape formed by erosion.
Engineering Connection
- Acid Attack - use chalk to observe the effects of chemical erosion
- Carve that Mountain - create three dimensional models of several different landforms
- Glaciers, Water, and Wind, Oh My! students rotate through five stations and model different forms of erosion
- Mini-Landslide - explore how different materials on different slopes results in landslides
- State Fossil: Metasequoia
- Day of the Black Blizzard
- Map of Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest
- Map of Earthquakes in California and Nevada
Real Life Connection
- How we use minerals
- Minerals and their uses
Very Capable Students
Earth Change | Marine Mammals | Energy and Chemistry
- Key for science links:
- A = Activity
- D = Diagram or Illustration used by teacher or students
- TB = Teacher Background
- SB = Student Background (adapt for additional reading for students)
- I = Interactive Web Site
- L = List of Links to other sites
Life Science: Marine Mammals
ENCHANTED LEARNING: WHALESENCHANTED LEARNING: OCEANS
4.2L.1 DESCRIBE THE INTERACTIONS OF ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY LIVE.
Lesson 10–Introduce Marine Mammals
- L: Whales on the Web
- A: Planet Ocean Project
- A: Sea Education Assn Lesson Plans
- A: A Thematic Web Unit
- A: Life in the Ocean
- A: Simple Activities
- A: Ocean Animal printouts
- A: Plankton printouts
- A: Spanish activities
- VIDEO: Dolphin Bubbles
- VIDEO: Giant Octopus
- VIDEO: Shark Attack
- D, SB: Whale Info
- TB: All About Killer Whales
- SB: Orca Live
- SB: What is a Whale?
- D, SB: Whale anatomy
- SB: Whale classification
- SB: Orca
- SB: Blue Whale
- SB: Bottlenose Dolphin
- SB: Common Dolphin
- SB: Humpback Whale
- SB: Killer Whale
- SB: Pilot Whale
- SB: Sei Whale
- SB: Sperm Whale
Lesson 11–Whale Covering
Lesson 12–Echolocation
Lesson 13–Whale Sandwich
- SB: Diet and Eating Habits
- SB: All about Endangered Whales
- TB: Status of Endangered whales
- Engineering Connection: Echolocation in Action!
- data from South Beach, OR
- data from Astoria, OR
- data from Charleston, OR
- data from Port Orford, OR
- A: Ocean Diorama
- Why Tides? - animated
- One World Ocean - use ice cubes to model ocean currents and salt and fresh water
- Oil Spill Cleanup - create and then clean up an oil spill
- D, SB: Life of the Sockeye Salmon
- D, SB: Whale reproduction
Engineering Connection
- Fish-Friendly Engineering - use an animated PowerPoint involving fish ladders to better undestand the salmon life cycle and the human structures that help or hinder the migration of fish
Ask an Expert
Crafts- Ocean Diorama
- Ocean Crafts
- Whale Crafts
- Origami Whales
- Whale Coloring Book
- Whale Connect the Dots book
- Whale mobile
- Shark Coloring Book
- Fish coloring Book
- Ocean Art Activities
- Ocean calendar
- Whale coloring pages
- Whale Words Dictionary
- Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor
- Suggestions
- Whale Word Searches
- Word Search Sea Animals
- Word Search Oceans
- Humpback Whale Math
- Plot Coastal Temperatures
- Sea Temperature Chart
- Ocean Unit
- Puzzles
- Connect the Dots Puzzles
- Suggestions
- TB, SB: Animal Planets Water Life
Earth Change | Marine Mammals | Energy and Chemistry
- Key for science links:
- A = Activity
- D = Diagram or Illustration used by teacher or students
- TB = Teacher Background
- SB = Student Background (adapt for additional reading for students)
- I = Interactive Web Site
- L = List of Links to other sites
Physical Science: Energy and Chemistry
4.1P.1 DESCRIBE THE PROPERTIES OF FORMS OF ENERGY AND HOW OBJECTS VARY IN THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY ABSORB, REFLECT, AND CONDUCT ENERGY.
Lesson 18–Energy
Engineering Connection
- Water Power - create model water wheels
- Falling Water - drop weater from different heights to demonstration the conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy
- Waterwheel Work - create a model of a water wheel using plastic bottles
Lesson 19–Light
- A: Up Periscope
- A: Reflecting Rainbows using CD's
- A: Variation on Kaleidoscopes
- TB: Curved Mirrors for Very Capable Math Kids
- TB: Plane and Curved Mirrors for Very Capable Math Kids
- TB: Science of Light
- B: I Spy the Eye
- B: The Retina
- B: Visual Pathways
- B: Do You Wear Glasses?
- Animation- Light and Dark
- Animation-Light and Shadow
- A: Pringles Pinhole
- A: Up Periscope
- Science of Light
Engineering Connection
- Light Scavengers - examine various materials and investigate how they interact with light
- Stations of Light - activities for four station that examine refraction, magnification, prisms, and polarization
- Absorb, Reflect, Transmit, or Refract? - explore how light interacts with materials
Lesson 18–Energy, Lesson 20–Sound
- L: Sound Themes Page
- A: A Series of Sound Activities
- A: Groovy Guitars
- A: Vibrating Violins
- A: Great Gongs
- A: Radical Reeds
- A: Bonkos
- A: Secret Bells
- A: Ear Guitar
- B: The Ear
- Animation-Changing Sounds
- The Sound Site
- A: Ear Guitar
- A: Bax guitar
- A: Candemoniun
- Sound
Engineering Connection
- String Telephones - investigate how sound travels through string and air
- Simple Instruments - work as a team to create four different instruments
- Pitch and Frequency - identify the different pitches and frequencies created by a vibrating ruler and straw kazoo
- Traveling Sound - explore how sound moves through liquids, solids, and gases in a series of simple experiments
- Strum Along - change sound made by a simple instrument into music
- Energetic Musical Instruments - design and make a musical instrument
From the Science of Sound at galaxy.net
- A: Mysterious Magic
- A: Moving Molecules
- A: Wonderful Waves
- A: Redirecting Ripples
- A: Animal Challenge 1
- A: Animal Challenge 2
- A: Animal Challenge 3
- A: Animal Challenge 4
- A: Perfect Pitch
- A: Groovy Guitars
- A: Vibrating Violins
- A: Great gongs
- A: Beat the Drum
- A: Radical Reeds
- A: Terrific Telephones
- A: Sonic Speed
- A: Super Sonar
Lesson 18–Energy, Lesson 21–Heat
- A/B: Atmospheric Processes - Radiation
- A/B: What is a Greenhouse?
- A: Fire Sandwich - variation on Candle Quencher
- A: Variation on Hot Water Over Cold
- A: Cold Metal and Warm Wood
- B: Encarta: Heat
- B: Structure of the Skin
- B: Pain and Why it Hurts
- Activity (Slide Show)
- Test
- A: More about Hot Water over Cold
Engineering Connection
- How Much Heat Will It Hold? - test the heat capacities of different materials
- What is the Best Insulator? - working in teams, students investigate the properties of insulators to keep a cup of water from freezing, and once frozen, to keep it form melting
- Stop Heat from Escaping - which types of insulation conserve the most energy
- Hot Cans and Colds Cans - use what you know about heat to keep a can of warm pop warm or a can of cold pop cold
Lesson 18–Energy, Lesson 22–Static Electricity, Lesson 23–Current Electricity
- VIDEO: How does a Van de Graaff generator work?
- VIDEO: Observe when paper bits are placed on an operating Van de Graaff generator
- VIDEO: What happens when bubbles are blown near a Van de Graaff generator?
- You might watch the video and listen to the explanation and then turn off the sound while students watch the video. Instead of listening to the explanation, have students predict what will happen. When the generator is turned out student describe what they see. Modify the explanation for your students OR skip it to use the activity as a review of parts of the inquiry process (what will happen? what did happen?).
- VIDEO: Make a simple electroscope with a binder clip and overhead transparency plastic strips
- It is possible to do static electricity experiments in humid weather, it might not be quite as dramatic.
- Teacher Background about Alternating Current
- A: Static Electricity Activities
- A: Electricity and Safety
- A: Static Rolling Pop Can
- A: Remote Control Roller
- A: Variation on static pie pan
- A: Magnetism unit
- A: Variation on static experiments
- B: Electric Safety on Line
- Activity (Slide Show)
- Test
Engineering Connection
- Bulbs and Batteries in a Row - build simple serries circuits
- Bulbs and Batteries Side by Side - build simple parallel circuits
- Light the Way - build a simple flashlight
- Will It Conduct? - build and use a simple conductivity tester
- Build a Charge Detector - build and use an electroscope
- Conductivity - create and use a simple conductivity tester
- Yogurt Cup Speakers - build simple speakers using an electromagnet
- Wire Maze - build and test a wire circuit maze
4.2P.1 DESCRIBE PHYSICAL CHANGES IN MATTER AND EXPLAIN HOW THEY OCCUR.
Lesson 24–Changes
- B: Physical Change, Chemcal Change
- A: Black Magic
- A: Variation on Paper Chromotography
- A: Candy Chromotography
- A: Vinegar and Soda in a Baggie
- A: Copper Caper
- A: Use vinegar to clean pennies
Engineering Connection
- Newspaper Tower - design and construct a tower out of newspaper
- Virtual Electron Microscope
- Edison and the Light Bulb
- Fact Monster: Light
- Fact Monster: Sound
- Fact Monster: Heat
- Fact Monster: Electricity
- Fact Monster: Magnetism
- Pringle Pinhole
- Reflecting Light
- The Visible Spectrum
- Create a Pinhole Camera
- Key for science links:
- A = Activity
- D = Diagram or Illustration used by teacher or students
- TB = Teacher Background
- SB = Student Background (adapt for additional reading for students)
- I = Interactive Web Site
- L = List of Links to other sites