Prince Gerge s Cunty Public Schls Summer Science Calendars Grades 3-5 Science Office Summer 2015
Nte T Student Expectatins fr students in Grades 3-5: Gather data frm many different frms f scientific investigatins. Identify and cmpare prperties, lcatin and mvement f celestial bjects in ur slar system. Prvide evidence t supprt the fact that matter has bservable and measurable prperties. 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. Explain that the changes in the mtin f bjects are determined by the mass f an bject and the amunt f the frce applied. 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, rings) ruler tape Fllw the prcedures the 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.
June 2015 Mnday Friday This mnth yu will fcus n the States f Matter. Mnday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 23 Last Day f Schl fr Students 24 Visit yur lcal library and check ut a bk t read abut the states f matter. 25 Matter is all arund us. Use the link belw t learn abut matter. Dn t frget t click n the links and take the quiz. http://bit.ly/q5wl5 26 Matter exists in mre than ne state. Review the states f matter by using the link belw. Remember t take the quiz at the end f the activity. http://bit.ly/4rh3w 29-30 Find ut what prperties cause liquids t frm layers. Materials: crn syrup, dishwashing liquid, water, red fd clring, crn il, cup, small paper clip, tiny piece f Styrfam, and a piece f rubber band. What t d: Pur in each liquid in the rder they are listed in the materials. Observe that the liquids frm layers. Gently drp in a small paper clip. Watch until it stps sinking. Next, drp in a piece f Styrfam. Wait until it stps. Then drp in the rubber band. Answer the fllwing questins in yur jurnal. Based n yur bservatins, which liquid has the highest density? The lwest density? Hw d yu knw? Fr a sweet summer treat, click n the link belw and cmplete the activity titled Slid t Liquid t Slid. http://tlc.hwstuffwrks.cm/family/science -prjects-fr-kids-states-f-matter1.htm
July 2015 Mnday - Friday This mnth yu will fcus n Frce, Mtin and Energy. Mnday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 Visit the library and chse a bk n mtin, frce and energy. 2 Gravity is a frce. Learn abut gravity with Tim and Mby. http://bit.ly/l3x4yp 3 The physics f mtin are all abut frces. Learn abut frces and mtin using the fllwing link http://bit.ly/caqype. Remember t take the quiz at the end. 6 Click the link belw t bserve frces and mtin in actin. http://www.bbc.c.uk/schls/sciencecli ps/ages/6_7/frces_mvement_whatnex t.shtml 7 In yur jurnal, write a pem abut frces and mtin. 13-14 Simple machines make wrk easier fr us by allwing us t push r pull ver increased distances. Review the six types f simple machines by clicking n the name then cmplete each activity. Use the fllwing link: http://bit.ly/11fe75. 20 Draw a picture in yur jurnal shwing hw an inclined plane makes wrk easier. 27 Click the link belw t learn abut different types f energy. http://www.enwin.cm/kids/electricit y/types_f_energy.cfm 21 Health in Science Many jints in yur bdy wrk like simple machines. Yur knee and elbw jints are like levers. Think f tw activities in which the knees r elbws act as levers t d wrk. Recrd yur answer in yur jurnal. 28 Energy is the ability r pwer t wrk r make an effrt. Review the frms f energy by using the link belw. Remember t take the quiz at the end f the activity. http://bit.ly/4rh3w 8-9 Use what yu knw abut the physics f mtin t design a rller caster. Draw yur design in yur science jurnal. Als check ut http://kids.discvery.cm/games/build-play/build-a-caster and build a virtual rller caster. Cmpare yur designs. 15 Use this link, http://bit.ly/1mpli3, t learn mre abut simple machines. 22 Visit the fllwing link and cmplete activities at: Frces & Energy: Mve It http://pbskids.rg/zm/activities/ sci/ 16 Answer the fllwing questins in yur science jurnal. If tw pulling frces applied t an bject are in the same directin, wuld the frces be added tgether r subtracted? Explain. 10 Take a trip with yur family t Six Flags America 13710 Central Avenue Mitchellville, MD 20721 (301)249-1500 http://www.sixflags.cm/america/index.aspx 17 Visit: Every 3 rd Friday f the Mnth is Target $2 Family Fun Night at Prt Discvery Children s Museum 35 Market Place, Inner Harbr 4 8pm (410) 727-8120 http://www.prtdiscvery.rg/calendar/events/2538 23 24 Use phtgraphs frm magazines t create a cllage abut Newtn s first law f mtin. Try t find as many examples as pssible that illustrate things that are in cnstant mtin r at cnstant rest. 29-30 Static Pwer: Is it pssible t separate a mixture f salt, sugar and pepper using static electricity? Materials: Sugar, Salt, Pepper, Plastic Cmb, and a Piece f Wl What t d: Strke the cmb with wl t give it an electric charge. Put small amunts f sugar, salt, and pepper n a plate. D nt mix them tgether. Beginning a few inches abve the plate, mve the cmb clser t the particles. Observe t see if ne type f particle reacts befre the thers. Recrd yur bservatins in yur jurnal. Repeat the experiment with all particles. Answer the fllwing questins in yur jurnal: Are the particles attracted t the cmb at different heights abve the plate? Can yu separate a mixture f salt, sugar, and pepper using static electricity? 31 Visit the Maryland Science Center at Baltimre Inner Harbr 601 Light St, Baltimre, MD 21230 (410) 685-5225 Fr prices and hurs: http://www.mdsci.rg/
August 2015 Mnday - Friday This mnth yu will fcus n Sund and Space. Fr the last week, August 17-21, the fcus will be varius science tpics. Mnday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 4-5 6 Learn hw changing the rate f vibratin can vary the pitch f a Astrnmy is the study f space. As a junir sund. astrnmer, learn abut this exciting field using Materials: Cardbard pencil bx (withut a lid), Rubber bands this link http://bit.ly/j0kahw. (different thicknesses and lengths), Wden dwel, Ruler,and yur Science Jurnal What t d: Arrange the assrted rubber bands frm thinnest t thickest. Place the rubber bands in rder (n the bx) frm thinnest t thickest. Pluck each rubber band, make bservatins, and recrd yur findings n ntebk paper. Place a ruler (n its edge) acrss the pencil bx t frm a bridge. The rubber bands will becme tighter as they are pressed dwn. Pluck each rubber band; then, bserve and recrd yur findings. Mve the ruler "bridge" ff center t the left r t a diagnal psitin s that ne side f each rubber band is shrter than the ther side. Pluck each rubber band, bserve, and recrd yur findings. Answer the fllwing questins in yur jurnal: Des each rubber band prduce the same sund withut the bridge in place? Why r why nt? 3 Sund waves lse energy as they travel. Learn abut the interactin f sund waves using this link: http://bit.ly/lf6pxy. 7 Everything in the slar system rtates arund the sun. Review the slar system using the fllwing link. Remember t take the quiz at the end. http://bit.ly/9tbfzh 10 Review what makes up a Galaxy by ging t link belw t guide yu: http://bit.ly/kp0uxm. In yur jurnal, write dwn five interesting facts abut the link yu bserved abve. 11 Watch a vide abut day and night: http://www.makemegenius.c m/sciencevides/grade_1/day-andnight-explanatin-fr-kids 12 Investigatin Activity: 1) Drp a bk and a tissue, 2) a pencil and a sheet f paper, 3) a she and a she string frm the same height at the same time. Recrd yur bservatins abut each pair and what falls t the flr first in yur jurnal. 13 As earth spins, sunrise ccurs gradually acrss the United States. Find ut hw this natural event influenced the inventin f different time znes. Recrd yur research in yur jurnal. 14 Plan a trip t the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center t visit the Shuttle Discvery 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy Chantilly, VA 20151 (703) 572-4118 Free Admissin 17 Babylnian astrnmers nted that eclipses f the mn ccur in a cycle that lasts 233 mnths. Abut hw many years is that cycle? Recrd yur answer in yur jurnal. 18 Use the Internet r library resurces t find when telescpes were used t see r phtgraph the planets Neptune and Uranus. Recrd yur answers in yur jurnal. 19 Many f the brightest stars were named lng ag. Research t find ut wh named the bright stars Vega and Rigel and what their names mean. Recrd answers in yur jurnal. 20 Use the Internet r library resurces t learn abut a new cnstellatin. Make a pster abut yur cnstellatin that includes a drawing and infrmatin abut it. 21 Visit: Every 3 rd Friday f the Mnth is Target $2 Family Fun Night at Prt Discvery Children s Museum 35 Market Place, Inner Harbr 4 8pm (410) 727-8120 http://www.prtdiscvery.rg/calendar/events /2538 Tuesday, August 25, 2015: All Students return t schl