Science

Energy 

The students are learning about different forms of energy such as:

-kinetic and potential energy

-thermal, light, sound, magnetic, electrical, chemical, nuclear, elastic, and gravitational energy

-renewable and non-renewable energy resources

Phases of Matter

The students are learning about the different phases of matter. 

They will be completing experiments to answer:

-How does temperature affect particles in liquids?

-How does temperature affect particles in gases?

-How can we make water condense?

Biomes

Students worked in small groups to complete a Google Slides project on a Biome of their choice:

·     Deciduous Forests

·     Grassland/Savanna

·     Desert

·     Tundra

·     Taiga

·     Tropical Rainforest

All Living Things Sense and Respond to their Environment

The students focused on how living things sense, respond, and adapt to stimuli in their environment.

Activities include: 

• Sight: "Are Two Eyes Better Than One?"

• Hearing: "Detecting Sound"

• Touch: "How Sensitive is Skin?"

• Smell and Taste: "How we use smell and taste to respond to our environment"