Science

Quarter 1

Choose one of the books from Global Read Aloud. Go to Novel Engineering, select the book. Use elements from the text to create and solve engineering problems. Opportunity to work with ELA teacher.

http://www.novelengineering.org/books

Content Standards: All

Quarter 2

Spooky Lava Lamps

Creating a mixture of oil and water and their molecular structures and how they do not mix.

http://stem-works.com/external/activity/615

You will need

A clear plastic bottle or jar
A bottle of vegetable oil
Water
Alka Seltzer
Food colouring (a spooky colour )

Content Standard: 3

Quarter 3

Newton's 2nd Law of Motion

This is a FREE download from Teachers Pay Teachers. In the 3 day lesson there is a $20 supply list per car, BUT, feel free to revamp, use what you have. Collect or have students bring in recycled materials to create the egg car.

Content Standard: Force and Motion

STEM Project: Egg Car Newton's 2nd Law of MotionThis project correlates with my unit on forces and motion in my physical science middle school class. Over a span of three days, students design a car that will protect a raw egg from breaking when it hits the ground after being on a ramp. The students will then test and modify their

Quarter 4

Circuits

An intro to circuitry using the various wires within the Makey Makey Kit to manipulate their Chromebooks. In the link provided below is the step by step process the students will follow to make the circuitry system come to life. Turn bananas into a piano, play a game using play doh as the controller, just to name a few.

You will need Makey Makey kits and Chromebooks. Other supplies: bananas, celery, potatoes, paper/pencils, and play doh.

http://makeymakey.com/how-to/classic/

Content Standard: 6.3.3, 6.6.1-6.6.3