Adaptations and Ecosystems

You will need to choose an actual wild animal that you are interested in. It can be something that is now extinct, but no mythical creatures. Go to classroom to create a document!!! (mermaids, unicorns, Phoenix, dragons, etc) Use the following links to create a presentation about your animal with your partner. 2 people to a group.


http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/

http://discoverykids.com/category/animals/

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals.html

Internet Safety

Remember to not put everything about you online. Keep the data collectors at bay and do not put anything out there you wouldn't share with your grandma. Here is the link to the DNT.

http://www.allaboutdnt.com/

First Project of 2015!!!!!

Welcome back!!!! Your first job this new year is to create a quick 5 minute presentation that will teach the 3rd graders the following things:

1. The order of the planets from closest to the sun.
2. The difference between a sun, planet, and moon.
3. The difference between revolution and rotation and how they are measured.

You will do this with a group and the best groups will be presenting on Friday.
Here are some links to get you started!!

https://n11056d40674.acceleratelearning.com/login

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/

http://www.faustweb.net/

https://classroom.google.com/u/1/r/ODUyNDA2ODha

Sun, Moon, and Earth

Here are some resources!!! REMEMBER NO PLAGIARISM!!!!


https://n11056d40674.acceleratelearning.com/login

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/astronomy.shtml

http://www.seymoursimon.com/index.php/science_dictionary/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Phases.shtml

This one may be a bit harder:
http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-glossary.html

Changes to Earth's Surface

Links for Vocab!

https://n11056d40674.acceleratelearning.com/login

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

http://www.onegeology.org/extra/kids/earthprocesses/weathering.html

http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/science/index3.html


Use these links and keep in mind that you want to put the
definitions in your own words!!!

Stemscopes and Vocab

https://n11056d40674.acceleratelearning.com/login

http://www.macmillanmh.com/science/2011/student/ms/grade5/glossary/index.html

http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/ks3/gsl/education/resources/rockcycle/page3559.html

FOSSIL FUEL LINKS

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1423-fossil-fuel-energy


http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=coal_home-basics

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=renewable_home-basics

Presentation for Energy!!!

Your presentation must have the following words and examples:

Electrical Energy
Closed Circuit
Open Circuit
Parallel Circuit
Series Circuit
Insulator
Conductor
Electromagnet
Thermal Energy
Light Energy
Prism
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
Reflection
Refraction
Absorption
Mechanical Energy
Sound Energy