The Walker School

Earth Science - volcanoes (Pompeii); river rocks (sorting, screening, sedimentation), sand, silt, clay; create sidewalk chalk; fossils (cast and study dinosaurs as fossils); sandpaper; and rocks in everyday use

Resource: web site with animated volcano maker  http://kids.discovery.com/games/pompeii/pompeii.html

Physical Science - stable balance positions using various items; spinning motion; twirling; rolling (wheels, cups, spheres), bouncing; centrifugal & centripetal forces

Life Science - study & diagram life cycles & body parts of various insects; will raise mealworms, silkworms, and Luna moth (difference between butterflies & moths), praying mantis, and crickets

Environmental Science - environment, balancing and sharing natural resources

Physical Science - study solids (properties, separating, sorting, constructing, solids in water): liquids (properties, liquids in water); chemical reaction between solids & liquids (water gel crystals, Instasnow, grow crystals, make gak, vinegar & baking soda,)

Earth Science - explore air through tubes, syringes, water, bubbles; air pressure & flow (parachutes, propellers, rockets, airplanes, boomerangs, Bernoulli Principle, gliders, pinwheels, steamers, windsocks, whirligigs); measuring the wind; and meteorology

Life Science - study & diagram plant life cycles by growing various plants including the Wisconsin fast plant Brassica; different growth mediums are explored (water, air, gel, soil); plants grown from seeds, stems, roots, bulbs, and eyes

Environmental Science - food chain, habitat concerns

Scientific Reasoning and Technology - chromatography, image, leaf venation patterns, rubbings, mirror image, path of light, patterns, pigments, carbon printing, reflection, symmetry, fingerprinting, crime lab, gadgets,  texture,*Great inventors

Resources:

Earth Science - investigate the properties of water in its three states – solid, liquid, gas.  Water cycle, purification, treatment, conservation, evaporation, density, flow, surface tension, temperature, water wheels.

Physical Science - amplification, codes, frequency, pitch, sound discrimination, sound source/receiver, vibration

Life Science - animal behavior through crayfish, habitat, structure, and territory

        

Envirnomental Science - water conservation, pollution, conserving natural resources, recycling