November
November 5-9
Tues./Wed.
Environmental Educator, Stew Jenkins, will be here to help with a Filter Engineering Lab.
Focus Question: How do we clean dirty water?
Students will design and improve a water filter that will clean dirty water.
Thurs./Fri.
Wrap-up. Filter Engineering. Class will come up with one Filter that will improve on their team filter. We will build the filter and test it. Students will write a conclusion about their learning process and the improved filter.
Nov 12-16
Short days...
Moon whole class demonstration and notebooks.
Quiz/test on Earth and the Universe.
Nov 19-23 Thanksgiving Holiday. Be thankful
Nov 26-Nov 30
Begin our FOSS Matter Unit.
Guiding Question: What is matter and how do samples of matter interact?
Phenomenon: Elephant toothpaste demonstration
What do you know? Notice? Wonder? Class discussion and students notebooks.
Student Lab: Physical Properties of 3 substances (salt, powder, and gravel). We will be using these three substances to make mixtures and separate mixtures.
States of Matter Foldable.
Crash Course Kids. Located on Google Classroom.