During our study of patterns and cycles in space we will do the following:
- Observe and record what the sun looks like each day or to identify a pattern and make a prediction about what it will look like in the future.
- Record daily sunrise and sunset data to identify a pattern and make a prediction about the seasonal patterns of sunrise and sunset.
- Create and use models to understand how objects in the sky look different during different times of the year.
- Observe and record what the moon looks like each day or night to identify a pattern and make a prediction about what it will look like in the future.
- Observe and record the stars in the night sky (from media or app) to identify patterns and make a prediction about what they will look like in the future.
- Communicate our thinking and learning with others through drawing and writing.
During our study of light and sound waves we will do the following:
- Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated.
- Describe how light interacts with different kinds of materials.
- Conduct tests to find what factors affect the shape and size of shadows.
- Use shape tiles to compose larger composite shapes.
- Plan, build, test, and redesign scenery for a shadow theater.
- Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
- Make and use a musical instrument to discover how vibrations create sound waves that travel through the air to your ear.
- Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve a problem of communicating over a distance.
During our study of plants and animals we will do the following:
- Observe how plants and animals grow and change.
- Compare adult/mature plants and animals with their young and describe how they are alike and different.
- Observe and describe how different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find and take in food, water and air.
- Observe, measure, and collect data to compare how plants and animals use their parts to survive.
- Observe and describe ways that animal parents engage with their young to help them to survive and identify patterns of behavior.
- Use known information about plant and animal parts and behaviors to solve a human problem.