TK /Kindergarten,
Jan 30,
Tuesday
10:30 - 11:15 am
 |
Pushes
and Pulls (Forces)
Guiding Questions
• What happens when you push or pull on an
object?
• How can you make an object move faster or in a
different direction?
NGSS Standards
K-PS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the
effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes
and pulls on the motion of an object.
K-PS2-2. Analyze data to determine if a design solution
works as intended to change the speed or direction of
 an object
with a push or a pull.*
WORKSHEET
(Paper airplane)
|
First Grade
Jan 25,
Thursday
10:00 - 11:00 am
 |
Light
Guiding Questions:
● What
causes shadows? ● What happens when there is no light?
NGSS
1-PS4-2. Make observations to construct an evidence-based
account that objects in darkness can be seen only when
illuminated.
1-PS4-3. Plan and conduct investigations to determine the
effect of placing objects made with different materials in the
path of a beam of light.
WORKSHEET
shadow
puppet
|
Second Grade
Feb 15,
Thursday
10:00 - 11:00 am
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Properties of Materials
Guiding Questions:
How can we describe different materials? •
How are materials similar and different from one another? • What
sort of changes can happen to materials? • How do the properties
of the materials relate to their use?
NGSS
2-PS1-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and
classify different kinds of materials by their observable
properties.
2-PS1-2. Analyze data obtained from testing different
materials to determine which materials have the properties that
are best suited for the intended purpose.*
2-PS1-3. Make observations to construct an evidence-based
account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be
disassembled and made into a new object.
2-PS1-4. Construct an argument with evidence that some
changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some
cannot.
WORKSHEET (periodic
table) (element
book template) |
Third Grade
Feb 8,
Thursday
10:15-11:15 am
 |
Surviving in Different
Environments
Guiding
Questions
How
does the environment affect living organisms?
How do organisms’
traits help them survive in different environments?
What happens to organisms when the environment changes?
NGSS
3-LS3-2.
Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can
be influenced by the environment.3-LS4-1.
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide
evidence of the organisms and the environments in which
they lived long ago.3-LS4-3.
Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular
habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive
less well, and some cannot survive at all.3-LS4-4.
Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem
caused when the environment changes and the types of
plants and animals that live there may change.*
WORKSHEET:
Mesozoic
Diorama
|
Fourth Grade
February 27,
Tuesday
10:15-11:15 am |
California Nursery and the Rancho ERA
Guiding Questions
Students will learn about Rancho Era starting with cattle
herding and transitioning to agriculture. Students
will explore the Vallejo Adobe, built for the vaqueros and later
used for storage as the Vallejo family used the land (river and
soil) to create a successful wheat business.
HISTORY/NGSS
California: A changing State, From
Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
WORKSHEET:
Designing Branding Iron |
Fifth Grade
Feb 22
10:15 - 11:15 am
 |
Matter
Guiding
Questions
• What causes different materials to have
different properties? • How do materials change when they
dissolve, evaporate, melt, or mix together? • What are the
differences between solids, liquids, and gases?
NGSS
5-PS1-1.
Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too
small to be seen.
5-PS1-2.
Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless
of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or
mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
5-PS1-3.
Make observations and measurements to.
5-PS1-4.
Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two
or more substances results in new substances.
WORKSHEET (making
borax crystals)
identify materials based
on their properties |
