Lethgo to a Blog!: 2020

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Science Activities for March 30 - April 3

SCIENCE WITH PAPER AIRPLANES!
I suggest getting the whole family in on this one!! Especially when you get to #4!!!

1. Watch this brainpop video as a warm up - you don't have to take the quiz!
https://www.brainpop.com/technology/transportation/flight/

2. Hop on to EPIC and check out the books and videos in this collection:
https://www.getepic.com/app/user-collection/10654384

3. How do paper airplanes work? Watch the video and read the article to understand the science behind paper airplanes!
http://www.homegrownlearners.com/home/paper-airplanes-science-for-kids

http://www.aviation-for-kids.com/paper-airplanes.html

4. Time to make your own paper airplane! YAY!
below are some sources to help you make all different kinds of paper airplanes:

5 ways to make a paper airplane:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpYS5WtvNvQ&feature=youtu.be

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Airplane

https://www.origamiway.com/paper-airplanes.shtml

**Feel free to look up any other ideas for your paper airplane**

6. You can do this experiment for as many paper airplanes as you would like! Just make sure to name your paper airplanes so you know which one goes with the data you have collected!
(I think you would have more fun comparing a few paper airplanes!)

7. REFLECTION:

Write on a piece of paper:

1. Which airplane went the greatest distance out of all your paper airplanes?

2. Which paper airplane did not do well?

3. Which paper airplane was your favorite? Explain why?

** BE SURE TO SEND PICTURES OF YOUR AWESOME PAPER AIRPLANES!!**

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

SOCIAL STUDIES ACTIVITIES (Week 2)

Follow the link to learn more about colonial times and the people who lived during them (they couldn't travel very far either!).

https://freeresources.amplify.com/colonial-towns-and-townspeople/

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Math Activities for the week of March 30 - April 3

FUN WITH LIQUID MEASUREMENT/ CAPACITY!

1. Watch the following Brainpop videos and take the quiz for each video!

https://jr.brainpop.com/math/measurement/cupspintsquartsgallons/

https://jr.brainpop.com/math/measurement/millilitersandliters/

2. Hands on activity (you may need an adult’s help):
After this activity you will have a much deeper understanding and will most likely remember what you are learning because of this concrete experience. This activity focuses on converting cups, pints, quarts, and gallons.

Step 1:

Locate containers that are exact measurements of:

one cup ( a measuring cup works great!)
one pint
one quart
one gallon

Step 2:

Line the containers up from smallest to biggest in terms of volume.

Step 3:

Predict how many cups are in a pint, pints are in a quart, and quarts in a gallon. Record your predictions on the chart on the free printable provided or you can have your children create his or her own chart.

(This Chart you can copy on paper or print)

Step 4:

One at a time, test your predictions. Record your results on the printable or homemade chart.

3. Time to get crafty:
Watch this video to get and idea of what you will be doing:
https://youtu.be/o5iczV37QLY

PICK ONE OF THE CRAFTY OPTIONS TO COMPLETE:

Option 1:

MAKE GALLON MAN to practice liquid measurement equivalents

You'll need 5 sheets of construction paper/ each one a different color. (Or you can use white paper and color after) One will be for his head (or her head), one will be kept whole and labeled "gallon". The next sheet will be folded into fourths, cut, and labeled "quart". Then, fold another sheet into eighths, cut, and label "pint".

Finally, fold the last sheet into sixteenths, cut, and label "cup

l gallon - 4 quarts

l quart - 2 pints

1 pint - 2 cups

Option 2:
Draw one of these Gallon Men and color it! Also make sure to label!

Option 3:
Look up different versions of the gallon man and create your own version! It can be drawn, constructed out of paper, or built out of items in your home! Get creative BUT make sure you have each part labeled!!

4. Capacity games - see if you can beat these capacity games!

https://mrnussbaum.com/horrendous-soup-online-game

https://mrnussbaum.com/artie-ounces-soda-jerk-online-game

BONUS ACTIVITY:

In the Kitchen

Cook with an adult! Cooking is a perfect opportunity for you to learn about capacity. It is also a great way to teach the importance of following directions carefully. Find a recipe together and go down the list of ingredients and their amounts. Measure out the ingredients together. What happens if you double the recipe?

Grocery Store

With an adult go to the grocery store (MAYBE JUST “SHOP” IN YOUR OWN KITCHEN OR PANTRY FOR SAFETY REASONS) and challenge yourself to find items that come in cups, pints, quarts, or gallons. Can draw what you found on index cards and then label the pictures with the correct measurements. Later the pictures can be sorted or used to find equivalent amounts.

Monday, March 30, 2020

READING ACTIVITIES - Week Two (March 30th-April 3rd)

Good Morning!

You did it! One week down! Here is the Scholastic link for Week 2's articles. As always, if you learn or do something new, fun, and interesting, send us pictures! We miss you! <3

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-3-5-week-2.html

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Science activities for the week (March 23-27)

ALL ABOUT WATER:

(These whole water unit will take you until the next week until we post new science activities)

Complete the Activities in order!

** Highlighted things are the activities to complete **

1. INTRODUCING WATER:

Watch the Brainpop video about water!

Challenge your self and take the quiz after the video!

https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/water/

Go the following link- this is a collection on EPIC that is all about water. Explore the videos and the books in the EPIC collection:

https://www.getepic.com/app/user-collection/10138589

you may have to log in to your EPIC account and then click the link so it can take you to the collection!

( ^^^ That is what you should see in the collection)

2. Videos:

How deep does the ocean go?

https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/deep-ocean?code=e38ea25ca6b273b874e262a0918b1a51

https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/oceans/

https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/underwaterworld/

draw a picture of the ocean. Include animals and plant life that live in the ocean! Make it colorful!!

3. Field trip:

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nature-works-everywhere-vft-journey-clip/nature-works-everywhere-vft-journey-clip/#.XnwFQCUpAlQ

Copy field trip log on a piece of paper and complete it after the video:

Water cycle activity:

(Just write this on a piece of paper)

9 . Draw a diagram of the water cycle. Make sure to label the following vocabulary terms:precipitationcondensationevaporationtranspirationrun-off

make sure your diagram is neat and i would love it if it was colored!!

Yes, you can research different diagrams of the water cycle if you get stuck or need help getting started!

10. What is water conservation? What are ways you can conserve water at home?

(Animation in the following link to help you)https://youtu.be/B4ZR53n0D8I

11. Write a paragraph about the things you learned in science this week.

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Optional games and activities:

GAMES:

https://www.brainpop.com/games/watercyclegame/

https://www.brainpop.com/games/virtuallabscontrollingwateractivityinfood/

https://www.brainpop.com/games/mobwatercycle/

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/action-and-adventure/krill-smackdown/

PROJECT OPTIONS:

(Will most likely need adult assistance - SKIP if you need/want to)

Video/activity:

When you turn on the faucet where does the water come from?

https://mysteryscience.com/earth/mystery-2/groundwater-as-a-natural-resource/123?code=NDEwMDY3MDQ&t=student#slide-id-0

Video/activity:

How much water is in the world?

https://mysteryscience.com/earth/mystery-1/hydrosphere-the-roles-of-water/122?

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Social Studies Activity

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

Thinking of everyone today and hoping you are finding fun ways to keep busy and entertained!
This activity is both writing and social studies and something you can keep and share with your families later.

You have the unique opportunity to be living through something that will be part of history forever! Just like Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, George Washington Carver, Ben Franklin, Molly Pitcher, or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., YOU ARE A PRIMARY SOURCE!

Find a notebook or paper and keep a journal each day (it can be one sentence, a paragraph, a page...whatever you feel like writing about!) that describes what you did that day, how you feel about the Coronavirus pandemic and being quarantined, who you are hanging out with, what kind of stuff you bought to prepare and why...ANYTHING YOU THINK IT IMPORTANT TO TELL FUTURE GENERATIONS ABOUT :)

Post your journal entries here, or on Dojo if you would like, and share them with our class :) We can't wait to read about your experience! As always, these are suggestions, and are not mandatory.

WE MISS YOU! <3

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Math activities for the week of March 23 - 27

Fun with Area and Perimeter:

These activities on area and perimeter may take a few days to compete! That is okay work at your own pace!

Go to https://www.getepic.com

Search for the book:

“Perimeter, Area, and Volume: A Monster Book of Dimensions”

Read the book to refresh your knowledge on area and perimeter!

Epic also has a video on area and perimeter you can watch as well!

Area:

1. Watch Brainpop jr video:

https://jr.brainpop.com/math/measurement/area/

2. Take the quiz

3. Complete the Activity:

Draw or cut out different sized squares and rectangles using plain paper and measure the length and width. Then multiply to find the area.

You can use a ruler or a tape measurer to measure your squares and rectangles!

If you have a printer at home then here is a link to a printable ruler:

https://printable-ruler.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ruler-12in-30cm-A4-transparent.pdf

Perimeter:

1. Watch the Brainpop jr video:

https://jr.brainpop.com/math/measurement/perimeter/

2. Take the quiz

3. Complete the Activity:

Draw a map of your house! Find the perimeter of each room. You can use a tape measure or nonstandard units such as footsteps.

Which room in your house has the greatest perimeter?

* video on nonstandard measurement if you need help with that for this activity:
https://jr.brainpop.com/math/measurement/nonstandardmeasurement/

Area and perimeter games you can play:

https://mrnussbaum.com/zoo-designer-online-game

https://www.mathplayground.com/index_geometry.html

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/areaperimeter.html

Monday, March 23, 2020

READING ACTIVITIES - Week One (March 23rd-27th)

Click the link below to complete daily reading activities on Scholastic. It is broken up by Week and Day, so start with Week 1 and move at your own pace! We can't wait to hear what you learned! <3

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-3-5.html

Friday, March 20, 2020

ELA/GRAMMAR PROJECT

Monday, March 16, 2020

March 17th - SAINT PATRICK’S DAY

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries/ireland.html

Can answer questions on any piece of paper you have! 💚💚💚

Monday, March 9, 2020

Science Light PDF for March 9th

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Light Webquest

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Lethgo WIN Time Webquest/project

Monday, February 24, 2020

How Waves Move - Online Activity

HOW WAVES MOVE:

DO THE FOLLOWING IN ORDER!

1. Watch the brainpop videos!

https://jr.brainpop.com/science/energy/sound/

https://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/waves/

2. Explore a little bit more about sound:

https://scienceprimer.com/wave-features

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/sound/

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/sound/loudness/

https://www.ducksters.com/science/physics/properties_of_waves.php

https://mocomi.com/what-is-sound/

3. Review important vocabulary:

Amplitude - The measure of the displacement of the wave from its rest position. The higher the amplitude of a wave, the higher its energy.

Frequency - The frequency of a wave is the number of times per second that a wave cycles. The frequency is the inverse of the period.

Sound wave - Sound waves are mechanical waves that are caused by a vibration. Sound waves can be heard by our ears.

Wave - A wave is a traveling disturbance that moves through space and matter. Waves transfer energy from one place to another, but not matter.

Wavelength - The wavelength of a wave is the distance between two corresponding points on back-to-back cycles of a wave. For example, between two crests of a wave.

4. Play the following games and complete the sound wave drawing activity.

https://www.brainpop.com/games/wavecombinator/
(with drawing sound wave activity)

https://www.brainpop.com/games/waveonastring/?topic_id=c3f6238f23363da7

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Waves-and-Sound/Simple-Wave-Simulator/Simple-Wave-Simulator-Interactive

NEED MORE INFO TO COMPLETE YOUR DRAWINGS?

Go to your EPIC account and look up the book "The Science of Sound Waves" and go through that book and it will give you more details about sound waves.

CHECK YOURSELF AND SEARCH THE WAVES ON https://www.kiddle.co/

Bonus sound videos:

https://www.neok12.com/video/Sound/zX6d5740785f007905650259.htm

https://www.neok12.com/video/Sound/zX7a6e71700f070c4e044e63.htm

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