Listed below are the topics we cover in science.  They are also listed in the order we cover them. Chapter 5:  Weather and Other Earth Changes Vocabulary:  evaporate, water vapor, condense, water cycle, precipitation, erosion, earthquake, landslide and volcano. Helpful links:  Water Cycle (Note: This clip calls the water rising into the air, transpiration.  In our class we call it evaporation.)  Volcano Diagram  (Note: We will only be labeling gas, ash and lava.)  Students will also need to be able to list what a volcano does to Earth. Chapter 6: Earth Yesterday and Today   Vocabulary:  fossil, paleontologist, skeleton, extinct and endangered. Helpful links:  Fossils  Paleontologist  Interactive Endangered Species List  Extinct and Endangered  Brainpop on Fossils   Chapter 7:  The Sun and Earth Vocabulary:  rotate, axis, Sun, orbit and equator. Helpful links:  The Sun  The Seasons  Earth Rotating  Earth Rotating Around the Sun  Brainpop on the Seasons  Brainpop on the Earth  What Causes Day and Night Story   Chapter 8:  Moon, Stars and Planets Vocabulary:  Moon, crater, phase, star, constellation, solar system and planet. Helpful links:  Moon Phases  Our Solar System  Window to the Universe  Brainpop on the Moon  Brainpop on our Solar System   Chapter 9:  Matter Vocabulary:  matter, mass, property, temperature, solid, liquid, volume, gas, physical change and chemical change. Helpful links:  Matter Link  Brainpop on Types of Matter  Brainpop on Changing Matter  Physical and Chemical Change   Chapter 11:  Forces and Machines   Vocabulary:  force, gravity, friction, simple machine, lever, fulcrum and ramp. Helpful links:  Simple Machines  Gravity  Tools and Machines  How to Explain Gravity to a Child  Brainpop on Simple Machines   The Rainforest Vocabulary:  habitat, climate, emergent, canopy, understory and forest floor. Link to Rainforest Unit  BrainPop on the Rain Forest Life Cycles   Vocabulary:  life cycle, eggs, tadpole, tadpole with legs, frog with tail, adult frog, gills, lungs, oxygen, minerals, seeds, seedling, plant, stem, roots, leaf, fruit, pollen and flower. Link to Life Cycles Unit

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Specials Monday: Music Tuesday: Art Wednesday: Library Thursday: P.E. Friday: Computer (biweekly)