Plate Tectonics!

Use these words to create a presentation in order to warn people about the hazards of living in or near the Ring of Fire.

Pangea
Lithosphere
Tectonic Plates
Convergent Plate
Divergent Plate
Continent
Plate Boundary
Ring Of Fire
Volcano
Earthquake
Tsunami
Crust
Continental Drift

Use the technology and form groups of no more than 3.

https://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0804/es0804page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

https://n11056d40674.acceleratelearning.com/login

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_tectonics.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/drift.html

FIfth Grade

Imagine you went back to the beginning of the year knowing what you know now. What would you tell yourself to do in order to be successful in fifth grade? What would you do differently? What were the hardest things you had to learn? Come up with a way for you to teach yourself (and others) how you mastered that skill. Include recommendations for the fourth graders.

Nutrition

This week we will begin looking at how we can make better choices when it comes to eating. Here are a few websites that you can use along the way.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calorie-chart-nutrition-facts

http://www.manorisd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=172374&type=d&pREC_ID=659913

http://www.nutrition.gov/life-stages/children

http://www.foodfacts.com/

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html

http://www.rd.com/slideshows/portion-distortion-serving-sizes/

https://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/kids-teens/stats-and-facts-teens/teens-nutrition.aspx

http://idahoptv.org/sciencetrek/topics/nutrition/facts.cfm