ScienceSocialStudies

Welcome to our Science and Social Studies page. Please check back each week to get information on which TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) we are focusing on. You will also find information on class activities and links for you to explore.

__**3rd**__ __**Quarter**__

__Science __ ~creating a magnet ~uses for magnets ~collecting, recording, and analyzing information  __Science __ ~observe forces (magnetism and gravity) ~collecting, recording, and analyzing information
 * //Week 2 (1/14-18)// **
 * //Week 1 (1/7-11)// **

__**2nd**__ __**Quarter**__

__Science __ ~Finish and share our research projects
 * //Week 8 (12/17-21)// **

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Science __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Publish our research (including citations) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">*to access your GoogleDoc for Monday, click [|HERE]. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">**Our test on Animals will be Friday, December 14.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">//Week 7 (12/10-14)// **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">//Week 6 (12/3-7)// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Identify the basic stages in an animal's life cycle <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Research, take notes, and cite sources <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~additional vocabulary: life span <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">*research web site: @http://go.grolier.com Click on 'The New Book of Knowledge' link found on the left side
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">//Week 5 (11/26-30)// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Identify what all animals need (food, water, shelter, air) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Explain how an animal's habitat provides what the animal needs to survive <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Discover physical adaptations that help animals survive <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Identify and give examples of inherited traits <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~additional vocabulary: wild animal, domesticated animal, predator, prey, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">//Week 4 (11/12-16)// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Explore different forms of energy, including mechanical, in everyday life <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Demonstrate and observe how position and motion can be changed by pushing and pulling objects to show work being done <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Observe forces, such as gravity, acting on objects <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Collect, record, and analyze information <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Communicate valid conclusions supported by data <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Use safety equipment as appropriate
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">//Week 3 (11/5-9)// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Demonstrate and observe how position and motion can be changed by pushing and pulling objects <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> ~Observe forces, such as gravity, acting on objects <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Collect, record, and analyze information
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">//Week 2 (10/29-11/2)// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Identify ways of earning, spending, saving, and donating money <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Explain how supply and demand affect the price of a good or service <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Explain how the cost of producing something (e.g. lemonade) and selling price affect profits <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Identify examples of how a simple business operates
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">//Week 1 (10/22-26)// <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Identify ways of earning, spending, saving, and donating money <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Explain how supply and demand affect the price of a good or service <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">~Explain how the cost of producing something (e.g. lemonade) and selling price affect profits
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">[|Lemonade Stand]