Week 2: April 13-17

Sample Daily Schedule

Daily Learning

Literacy
Math

Weekly Learning

Try to complete each item below by the end of the week. (The list is alphabetical. You can work on them in any order.)

Use the arrows to expand/collapse each section:

Science

Learning Goal:

How does earth’s surface change over time and what are fossils and what can they tell us about the past?

Estimated Time for The Week:

60-75 Minutes

Type of Lesson:

Soils, Rocks, and Landforms

Materials:

  • Soil
  • Clear cup/bowl
  • Spoon
  • Water
  • Shallow dish
  • Small toys
  • Small paintbrush or old toothbrush

Learn & Practice:

For the Google Slides to click-through the below directions, click here!

  1. Choose one or several ways you want to learn about rapid surface changes!
  2. Choose one or several ways you want to learn about rapid fossils!
  3. Extend your learning:
    • Nearpod for Changes to the Earth: Enter the code: PVKIO
    • Nearpod for Fossils: Enter the code: VBHLZ
    • Become a reporter. Interview a family member about experiences with Earth’s changes.
  4. Make Rock Layers
  5. Become a Paleontologist
  6. Reflect
    • What was your favorite activity from the choice board?
    • What are two new things you learned?

Social Studies

Learning Goal:

I can identify and describe the major physical, cultural, and economic regions of the United States.

Estimated Time:

60 minutes

Learn & Practice:

For the Google Slides to click-through the below directions, click here!

  1. Read an overview about the Southeast region.
  2. Watch this video and listen for which states are in the Southeast region.
  3. Watch this video to learn about the Southeast and Explorers. As you watch the video, pick two response options to complete an AEIOU.
    • Write a sentence using an adjective describing something from the video.
    • What is an emotion you feel about something in this video?
    • Write a sentence about something interesting in this video.
    • What is something surprising that made you think, oh?
    • Umm...What is a question you still have?
  4. Watch this virtual tour of the Southeast. As you watch, listen for the math connections.
  5. Watch this video about resources in the Southeast region then discuss these questions with a family member.
  6. Make a Venn-Diagram and compare what you know about Oklahoma to what you just learned about the Southeast. (Challenge: include at least 3 in each section)
  7. Reflect on the Southeast.
    • List three things you already knew about these states and three things you learned in today’s lesson.
    • If you were to live in the Southeast region would you want to live in the Mountains, the Piedmont or the Coastal Plains? Why?
    • What questions do you have about this region?
  8. Review: Click on this link to go to an interactive map of the Southeast.
  9. Explore the Southeast with these virtual tours.
  10. Extend: Which tour was your favorite? Why?
    • On a piece of paper write one paragraph about your favorite tour that you took today. Your paragraph should encourage or persuade others to go to this location. Remember to include facts you learned, like where is it located and its significance.
  11. Read this article to learn all about the Mississippi River. Once you have read the article, answer the questions that follow on your own sheet of paper.
  12. Reflect:
    • What was your favorite part of today’s lesson?
    • What are 3 things you learned today?
    • What questions do you have for your teacher?

STEM

Learning Goal:

  • The students will be able to understand the engineering design process.
  • I can see how my rocket’s performance changes based on my design.

Estimated Time for The Week:

30+ minutes

Type of Lesson:

Engineering Design

Materials:

  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Tape
  • Straw
  • Tool for Measuring (Meter Stick, Tape Measure, Ruler) May also use your feet - just count out steps.
  • Rocket Template (If unable to print, have the student draw the shapes)

Learn & Practice:

For the Google Slides to click-through the below directions, click here! (It includes pictures for the steps below.)

  1. Cut out the large rectangle on the rocket template. This will be the body of the rocket.
  2. Wrap the rocket body around a pencil length-wise and tape it closed to form a tube.
  3. Carefully cut out the two fin units. Align the rectangle in the middle of the fin with the end of the rocket body, and tape it to the rocket body. Nothing should stick out past the bottom of the rocket body. (See pictures in Google Slides for help.)
  4. Do the same thing for the other fin, but tape it on the other side of the pencil to make a “fin sandwich.”
  5. Bend the part of the fin that looks like a triangle 90 degrees so that each fin is at a right angle to its neighbor. Looking at the bottom of the rocket, the fins should look like a +.
  6. Twist and pinch the top of the rocket body around the tip of the pencil to create a "nose cone" for the rocket. Tape the nose cone to prevent air from escaping and to keep it from untwisting.
  7. Remove the pencil and replace it with the soda straw.
  8. Go outside or find an open area in your home, maybe your living room. Move away from people and other hazards and blow into the straw to launch your rocket.
  9. Use your measuring device (meter stick, tape measure to measure the distance it travels), then record the distance on your data log.

10. Try improving your design! Make new rockets by altering the template. Try different rocket lengths, fin shapes or fin angles. Repeat the steps above for every launch, recording each design change and rocket-flight distance in your data log.

11. Decorate your rocket if you would like or create more with your family and have launch parties for fun!

The link for this lesson can be found here:Soda Straw Rockets: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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