September 30, 2021

For the next 7 weeks our 3rd grade students will be studying a unit called; Energy Conversions. Students will immerse themselves in a real world problem and work to find a solution to that problem.

In the Energy Conversions unit, students take on the role of systems engineers for Ergstown, a fictional town that experiences frequent blackouts, the anchor phenomenon for the unit. Throughout the unit, they explore reasons why an electrical system may fail. Through firsthand experiences, discourse, reading, writing, and engaging with a digital simulation, students make discoveries about the way electrical systems work. Then, students apply what they have learned as they choose new energy sources and energy converters for the town, using evidence to explain why their choices will make the electrical system more reliable. As they work to solve the problem of blackouts in Ergstown, students will use and construct devices that convert energy from one form to another, build an understanding of the electrical system, and learn to identify energy forms all around them.

Welcome Back to School!

I'm very excited to see all of you during science class this week. Please make sure you come ready to learn at 11:30AM sharp! See you then!

Thursday 11:30 Grades 3 & 4 https://k12-bostonpublicschools.zoom.us/j/89436109224

Friday 12:00 Ms. Kindorf's class https://k12-bostonpublicschools.zoom.us/j/89436109224

Assignment #13 Week of June 15th

Please use this week to make up any missed assignments. If you are completely caught up with assignments there is a bonus activity in the google document for you to do, in which you will create a monster plant!

Assignment #12 Week of June 8th

Carnivorous Plants: Part 1

FQ: What structures do carnivorous plants use for survival

Students will be able to construct an argument that plants have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior and reproduction.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LkZQWlEGaz8pwI94cn7nvfB2m0t9wYiouRJGAS9JXjI/edit?usp=sharing

4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that animals and plants have internal and external structures that support their survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

Assignment #11 Week of June 1st

Erosion and Engineering

FQ: How can you stop a landslide?

Students will be able to compare multiple solutions for preventing erosion.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nxbn1tncfbbHSV3x-V8xQE_i7Ltb7wR1TtTSGnAjxk8/edit?usp=sharing

4-ESS2-1. Make observations and collect data to provide evidence that rocks, soils, and sediments are broken into smaller pieces through mechanical weathering and moved around through erosion.

Assignment #10

Week of May 25, 2020

Erosion, Earth's Surfaces, and Landforms

FQ: What's strong enough to make a canyon?

Students will be able to identify the causes of canyon formation.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UaP41pwsk1HOhX3Fv1iKcTlhEGuJkpRVtF01Nj-MixA/edit?usp=sharing

4-ESS2-1. Make observations and collect data to provide evidence that rocks, soils, and sediments are broken into smaller pieces through mechanical weathering and moved around through erosion.

Assignment #9 Week of May 18th, 2020

Erosion

FQ: Why is there sand at the beach?

Students will be able to construct an explanation as to why there is so much sand at the beach.

4-ESS2-1. Make observations and collect data to provide evidence that rocks, soils, and sediments are broken into smaller pieces through mechanical weathering and moved around through erosion.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gWOr2hDZwjrZC1rcn04ZAZslx1qzuPYTUYkb58SM1nU/edit?usp=sharing

Assignment #8 Week of May 11, 2020

Rocks and Sediments Flow

FQ: If you floated down a river where would you end up?

Students will be able to summarize how rivers and other moving water can carry rocks and sediments to new places through erosion.

4-ESS2-1. Make observations and collect data to provide evidence that rocks, soils, and sediments are broken into smaller pieces through mechanical weathering and moved around through erosion.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11EuwsX8eFHmXdpfkXHn7MIz0NAtn9BGr1x0ktptu6y8/edit?usp=sharing

Assignment #3

Week of April 6, 2020

Volcanoes/ Rock Cycle:

FQ: How are volcanoes different from one another?

1. Log onto our Science Remote Learning Google Classroom for the assignment.

If you are unable here is the assignment:

1. Create a google doc to record your answers.

2. Watch Mystery Doug: https://mysteryscience.com/rocks/mystery-2/volcanoes-rock-cycle/55?code=MTEwMDU1NzY&t=student

3. Record What is the difference between a gentle and an explosive volcano? (Possible sentence frames, if you need them: A gentle volcano _______, but an explosive volcano _____________. A gentle volcano looks _____________, but an explosive volcano looks _____________. Rocks from a gentle volcano look_________, but rocks from an explosive volcano look __________. )

4. Experiment if you have the materials complete the activity, if not watch my youtube video of my kids completing the activity!

5. Record and discuss with someone at home or a friend on the phone. Which kind of lava do you think you’d find in a cone volcano and why?

6. Read https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kngbAi6_LHWp5oxN7Xdp5HZWGKoL4RUP/view?usp=sharing

7. Watch https://safeyoutube.net/w/cC5b