September 30-Oct 4
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class.
October 7 - 11
Soil Conservation Project links: https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/methods-of-soil-conservation.php ; http://www.buzzle.com/articles/soil-conservation-methods.html
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; Study notes for Wednesday's test
Helpful links for review:
CK12 textbook: Weathering and Formation of Soil
BrainPOP: Soil
October 14 - 18
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; Study notes
Helpful Links for Review:
Brainpop: Pollination, Plant Growth
Pollination http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/pollination.html?ref=organicgglunkwn&prid=pfseogglunkwn
Britannica for Kids, Student Encyclopedia - Reproduction of flowering plants includes illustrations and easy to read text. http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-53831/Reproduction-in-flowering-plants-begins-with-pollination-the-transfe
October 22-26
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; Study notes
October 29-Nov 2
November 4-8
HAPPY TRACK OUT! :)
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; Study notes
Helpful links for review:
Study Jams Photosynthesis; Photosynthesis Song; Brainpop - Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Youtube video 10:31 minutes of a presentation explaining how photosynthesis and cellular respiration are interconnected processes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUmT24R8CyA
Photosynthesis Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afFIEyVGnCQ
Photosynthesis Song by Mr. C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u_hwwztRqI
Plant Growth Process: How Does a Plant Grow? Website: Informational text with illustrations.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/plant-growth-process-how-does-a-plant-grow.html
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Website: Article explaining the process of plants making their own food and how they survive.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/photosynthesis-and-cellular-respiration.html
Transpiration of Plants Website Explains the process of transpiration and the movement of water using interactive vocabulary (leaves, cuticle, stomata, temperature, light, and transpiration) and images. http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/misc/webfeat/vis2005/show/transpiration.swf
Magic School Bus - Gets Planted
Discovery Education: Photosynthesis, Respiration, Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
Brainpop: Photosynthesis
CK12 Textbook: Photosynthesis, Respiration
CK-12 Textbook: Plant Responses - beneficial tropisms information included towards the end of the chapter.
Transpiration Lab - Click Plant Transpiration
Brainpop games on Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis & Respiration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUmT24R8Cy
Transpiration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc9gUm1mMzc
December 9-13 Ecosystems
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; study notes
Helpful links for review:
December 16-20
Have a great winter break! Happy Holidays!
HW this week: finish any assignments not completed in class; study notes
Helpful links for review:
Food Chains http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/food-chains.htm
Food Webs http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/food-webs.htm
BrainPop Food Chains-Who’s eating who? Energy Pyramid
CK12 textbook: Flow of Energy
Cycles of energy transfer starting with the sun and moving through ecosystems. http://www.geography4kids.com/files/cycles_energy.html
Bill Nye The Science Guy Season 2 Episode 6 – Food Web https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe15S-8KsE0
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_03/BL_03.html
· Food Chain Game and Producers, Consumer, Decomposers Game (2) http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/producersconsumers.htm
· Sorter 1, Sorter 2, and Quiz http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/interdependence.shtml
· Challenge! Antarctic Food Web: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.life.eco.oceanfoodweb/antarctic-food-web-game/#.WiSCeVVKvIU
· Fun with Food Webs (3) http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
· http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/plants/play/
· http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/food_chains/play/
· http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/plant_animal_habitats/play/
· http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/variation/play/