Science

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EARTH SCIENCE

Earth Science Content Standards:	Standard 4:  The properties of rocks and minerals reflect the processes that formed them. As a basis for understanding this concept:   Standard 4a:  Students know how to differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks by referring to their properties and methods of formation (the rock cycle).   ACTIVITY: #1     Directions: Click on the site below.  Watch the rock cycle animation.  Click the "Next" button at the bottom of the page and complete the writing activity found on Page 3.  Do all of your work in your science journal.   All information necessary to complete this activity is found by clicking page 1, 2 or 3 at the bottom of the site.  Have fun being a rockhound! Interactive Rock Cycle Animation	Standard 4a:  Students know how to differentiate among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks by referring to their properties and methods of formation (the rock cycle).   ACTIVITY: #2    Directions: Explore the three sites below.  In your science journal, answer the questions at the end of each activity.  Have fun becoming an expert! Igneous Rocks Sedimentary Rocks Metamorphic Rocks   LINKS: The Rock Cycle   See Types of Sedimentary Rock Layers of the Earth
Standard 4b: Students know how to identify common rock-forming minerals (including quartz, calcite, feldspar, mica, and hornblende) and ore minerals by using a table of diagnostic properties. Mineralogy for Kids Minerals Mineral Identification Rockhounds	Standard 5: Waves, wind, water, and ice shape and reshape Earth's land surface. As a basis for understanding this concept:	Standard 5a: Students know some changes in the earth are due to slow processes, such as erosion, and some changes are due to rapid processes, such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.   See Pictures of Weathering  Earthquakes Volcanoes Glacial Erosion Wave Erosion Ask a Geologist Mountain Maker
Standard 5b: Students know natural processes, including freezing and thawing and the growth of roots, cause rocks to break down into smaller pieces.   Weathering of rocks and landforms	Standard 5c: Students know moving water erodes landforms, reshaping the land by taking it away from some places and depositing it as pebbles, sand, silt, and mud in other places (weathering, transport, and deposition).   The Geology of the Grand Canyon What is a river delta? Sacramento River Delta	Earth Science Rocks!   Try this link:   Forces of Nature   I

Physical Science Content Standards	These are the standards we hope to master by the end of our unit: Science	1.  Electricity and magnetism are related effects that have many useful applications in everyday life. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know how to design and build simple series and parallel circuits by using components such as wires, batteries, and bulbs.     What is a circuit?	b.  Students know how to build a simple compass and use it to detect magnetic effects, including Earth's magnetic field.       The Earth's Magnetic Field How to Build a Simple Compass	c.  Students know electric currents produce magnetic fields and know how to build a simple electromagnet.   What do trains and electromagnets have in common?
d.  Students know the role of electromagnets in the construction of electric motors, electric generators, and simple devices, such as doorbells and earphones.   "ring, ring"	e.  Students know electrically charged objects attract or repel each other.   http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html   f.  Students know that magnets have two poles (north and south) and that like poles repel each other while unlike poles attract each other.	g. Students know electrical energy can be converted to heat, light, and motion.

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