2016 Summer Science Calendar Grades K-2

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1 2016 Summer Science Calendar Grades K-2 Prince Gerge s Cunty Public Schls Office f Academic Prgrams Department f Curriculum and Instructin Tuesday, August 23, 2016: All students return t schl

2 Nte t the Student Expectatins: Raise questins abut the wrld arund them and be willing t seek answers t sme f them by making careful bservatins and trying things ut. Observe and describe changes ver time in the prperties, lcatin, and mtin f celestial bjects. Explain that there must be a cause fr changes in the mtin f an bject. Identify and describe ways in which heat can be prduced. Prvide evidence frm investigatins t identify prcesses that can be used t change physical prperties f materials. Cmpare the bservable prperties f a variety f bjects and the materials they are made f using evidence frm investigatins. Yu will need a science jurnal t recrd yur respnses. The science jurnal will be used t recrd explratin ideas, data, labeled graphs, newspaper clippings, and persuasive/writings and stries. Students can use a cmpsitin bk r create their wn jurnal by using the materials and directins belw. Use the fllwing materials t create yur jurnal: cnstructin paper magazines (cllage material) ntebk paper (3-hle) scissrs single r 3-hle punch fasteners (yarn, ribbn, brads, r rings) ruler tape Fllw the prcedures belw t create yur jurnal: Use cnstructin paper t make a frnt and back cver fr yur jurnal. Cut the paper 23 cm wide by 30 cm lng. Place a piece f 3-hle ntebk paper ver the frnt and back cvers and trace the three hles with a pencil. Use a hle puncher t punch ut the hles yu traced. Sandwich a stack f 3-hle ntebk paper between the frnt and back cvers f the jurnal and fasten the papers tgether. Create the frnt and back cver f yur science jurnal. Use yur creative skills t draw a picture r create a cllage f things that relate t science. Tuesday, August 23, 2016: All students return t schl

3 June 2016 Mnday - Friday This mnth yu will fcus n the different states f matter. Mnday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 20 Last Day f Schl fr Students! 21 Visit yur lcal library t check ut a bk t read abut the states f matter. 22 Visit the link belw and watch the Magic Schl Bus shw abut matter: 23 In yur science jurnal, explain hw yu culd separate il frm water. Include a drawing t supprt yur explanatin. 24 Cmplete the matter activity frm the link belw. at-is-the-matter.html Recrd yur bservatins in yur jurnal. 27 Changes in Matter Science Rap. featured-games/changes-at-thebeach-3.html Write in yur jurnal, tw sentences abut what yu bserved frm listening t the sng and seeing the vide. 28 Fr a sweet summer treat, click n the link belw and cmplete the activity titled Slid t Liquid t Slid. ce-prjects-fr-kids-states-fmatter1.htm Day One (June 29): With a parent/guardian, yu will need a large cntainer. Rub yur hands tgether and feel the heat f their palms. Get an ice cube t hld in yur hands and hld yur hands ver the cntainer. Hld until all the ice cubes have melted frm the heat f yur hands. In yur jurnal, answer the fllwing questins: 1. What happened t ice cubes? 2. Why did the ice cubes melt? Day Tw (June 30) Cmplete the activity by visiting the link belw: Tuesday, August 23, 2016: All students return t schl

4 July 2016 Mnday - Friday This mnth yu will fcus n Sund and Light. Mnday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 Earth gets mst f its energy frm the sun. Visit the fllwing website t determine what are sme items that give us light and dark. Remember t take the quiz at the end f the activity. 4 5 Help Cliffrd find the wrds that begin with the same sund as the picture name: d1/flash/phnics/ 6 Sund is caused by vibratins (pushing and pulling) t cause waves. Think f ne sft sund and lud sund. Write tw sentences in yur science jurnal t explain hw these sunds are different. Draw a picture f an animal that is making a sund. Write a sentence that tells abut the sund in yur jurnal. 7 With help f yur parents, hit pts and pans gently with a spn. Which nes have a high pitch? Which nes have a lw pitch? Put them in rder frm lwest t highest pitch. Recrd yur bservatins in yur jurnal. 8 Light and sund are frms f energy. Energy is the ability t d wrk. Use the fllwing link t learn abut the frms f energy: Use yur jurnal t recrd the frms f energy and prvide an example f each. 11 Take a trip t the park with yur family. Using yur jurnal, write tw sentences abut what yu hear in the park. Include drawings t supprt yur sentences. 18 Watch a vide n shadws: ZSkO364_wI Visit The Science f Sund website t fllw the directins n activities f yur chice: 19 Have yur parents r siblings measure yur shadw at different times during the day. Write dwn what yu find. Tell hw yur shadw changes as the sun mves. Use yur jurnal t recrd yur answers. 20 Shadws are made when smething blcks the light. A shadw is 200 cm at breakfast, 100 cm at mrning recess, and 50 cm at lunch. What pattern d yu see? Recrd yur answers in yur science jurnal. 14 The wrds high and lw are ppsites. In yur jurnal, cmplete the fllwing sentences using the wrds high r lw. The bear let ut a pitch rar. The mnkey made a pitched sund. A muse makes a squeak with a pitch. 21 Experiment with light: prek2-light-science-prject Write what yu discver in yur jurnal. 15 Earth gets mst f its energy frm the sun. Heat frm the sun warms air, the land and water n Earth. In yur science jurnal, make a list f things that give us light and things that give us heat. Every 3 rd Friday f the mnth is Target $2 Family Fun Night at the Prt Discvery Children s Museum lcated at 35 Market Place, Inner Harbr Time: 4 p.m. Try t visit! 22 Take a family field trip t a lcal museum. Use yur jurnal t draw pictures f artifacts related t light and sund. Remember t recrd imprtant facts next t each drawing. Suggestin: Natinal Museum f American Histry 10th St. & Cnstitutin Ave. NW, Washingtn, DC / Fr hurs: Tuesday, August 23, 2016: All students return t schl

5 July 2016 (Cntinued) Mnday - Friday Mnday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 25 In yur jurnal, write a pem abut light. 26 In yur jurnal, draw tw types f sund waves. 27 Visit yur lcal library and check ut a bk t read abut energy, light and sund. 28 In yur jurnal, write a stry n what the wrld wuld be like withut light and sund. 29 Take a family field trip t a lcal museum. Use yur jurnal t draw pictures f artifacts related t sund. Remember t recrd imprtant facts next t each drawing. Suggestin: Natinal Z 3001 Cnnecticut Ave. NW, Washingtn, DC Tuesday, August 23, 2016: All students return t schl

6 1 Using yur jurnal, write the name f tls yu can use t see the stars better at night. August 2016 Mnday - Friday This mnth yu will fcus n Earth and Space. Mnday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2 3 Draw a picture f the night sky. In yur jurnal, explain hw lng it Use chalk and black cnstructin will take fr the Mn t mve paper. arund the Earth three times. 4-5 Make a telescpe t view the night sky. Recrd what yu see in yur jurnal. Materials: Empty paper twel rll, Stickers f stars and planets, Paint and the Internet r lcal newspaper What t d: Paint the paper twel rll and decrate it with stickers f the stars and planets. Observe the night sky and recrd what yu see. 8 In yur jurnal, draw a picture f yurself as an astrnaut wrking in space. Tell what kind f wrk yu might d in space. 9 Hw culd yu shw that the Mn can smetimes be seen in the day sky? Investigate t find ut. Recrd yur respnses in yur jurnal In yur jurnal, write dwn the names f the planets that are in Milky Way and draw a picture f each planet next t its name. The stars and planets are always in the sky with the Sun in the middle f the Slar System. Create a slar system by ging t the site belw: The planets and their mns and ther bjects that mve arund the Sun are called the Slar System. Play the Slar System matching game t help yu identify the different parts f the Slar System Plan a trip with yur family t the Smithsnian Natinal Air and Space Museum Natinal Mall Building lcated at Independence Ave at 6 th Street S.W., Washingtn, D.C Free Admissin r Plan a trip t the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center t visit the Shuttle Discvery. It is lcated at: Air and Space Museum Pkwy Chantilly, VA Free Admissin Tuesday, August 23, 2016: All students return t schl