Monday, March 23
Have a fun, creative time trying to help the Leprechaun keep his pot of gold safe! Please color the popsicle sticks with rainbow colors! You can always add any materials you have at home to make the assignment even more challenging and fun! Reminder to sketch out your ideas first so that it is easier to create your tower. Also, make sure it is study enough to hold pennies in the cup. Have fun engineering your creation!
Tuesday, March 24
Good Morning 5th Grade!!! Today we will be learning about chemical Reactions and Properties of Matter. Please click on the link below to watch the video. After the video there will be an experiment to conduct. If you have the ingredients in your house please try the experiment and follow along with the video. If you do not have the supplies, continue watching the outcome on the slides. I have posted the different pages you will need to print to complete the experiment below. Have fun!
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Monday, March 30th
Hi there 5th grade!! Hope you guys are doing ok! I miss seeing all of your faces! Today please watch me reading one of my favorite books as well as a very informative video on chemical changes. On tuesday I will be conducting an experiment exhibiting chemical changes and I want all of you to be prepared for it. Have an amazing day!!
Chemical Changes Video
Tuesday, March 31st
Today I will be conducting an experiment called Bromothymol Blue respiration experiment. We will be able to see how a chemical change occurs when I add one chemical compound to another. Carbon dioxide production can be measured by breathing through a straw into a solution of bromothymol blue (BTB). BTB is an acid indicator; when it reacts with acid it turns from blue to yellow. The more carbon dioxide you breathe into the BTB solution, the faster it will change color to yellow. Let's try it out!
April 6th and 7th
Good morning 5th Grade! Hope you had another great week and are learning a lot. I miss you all! I have read another one of my favorite books for you and would love for you to watch it.
Miss you all,
Mrs. Erickson
Miss you all,
Mrs. Erickson
Rubber Egg Experiment
Easter is next week, so I thought an Easter themed STEM challenge would be fun to incorporate! You will be conducting an experiment to see how eggs react to vinegar. You will be observing the egg over a course of 5 days. Make sure to keep up on your observation notes so that the conclusion paper can be accurate with the notes from the week. Make sure to change the vinegar as well!
Below are the 3 files needed for this experiment. The first page lists the materials needed, the second page is where your data from the 5 days will go (make sure to be specific) and the third page is the conclusion page where you write about what happened through the experiment.
Introduction page, materials needed, etc.
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Week of April 20th
Hi 5th grade!! This week we will be reading a book called "Papa's Mechanical Fish" by Candace Fleming. Please watch the video below of me reading this amazing book. The book is going to help set up next week's activities when we will be learning about submarines! If you have time also watch the National Geographic video about how submarines work.
Week of April 27th
This week we are continuing to learn about submarines! Please watch the video below. Miss you all!
Week of May 4th
Please watch the following three videos and finish with the Butterfly Stem Challenge located underneath the videos. Have a great week!
Butterfly Stem Challenge
Below is the packet of a Butterfly Stem Challenge we are doing for STEM this week. You are to create a structure to hang a chrysalis from so that your butterfly will be protected from it's predators. You can use any items you have from your house to built and create your structure. Make sure to plan it out before you start to build. I can't wait to see all of your creations!
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Week of May 11th
Hello there 5th grade! Please watch the videos below followed by the nest challenge! Have an amazing week!
Bird Nest Challenge
For this week we will be getting outside and collecting materials around your neighborhood and backyard. If it is "OK" with your parents. You are going to try to create a birds nest. You can use any materials that you find outside. Sticks, string, leaves or seeds. Try to come up with a creative way to hold all of these materials together the way a bird would. Below is a file with all of the directions. Have fun!
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Week of May 18th
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STEP 1: Collect Leaves STEP 2: Smash leaves
STEP 5: Make sure to show me your nature artwork!
Week of May 25th
Marshmallow Catapult
Below is this weeks packet. Please read the instructions and complete your catapult's design along with filling out the questions.
Ideas for your Catapult Design
Week of June 1st
What you’ll need to have on hand:
- Paper plates
- Various household supplies (cardboard, straws, cotton balls, string, etc)
- Glue (we found tacky glue and hot glue worked best)
- Scissors
- Marbles
The goal of this project is to create a maze that fits a marble, contained inside a paper plate, that works completely, and doesn’t break when playing with it. Kids will have to use quite a few skills to get this design to work.
What designs worked best? What designs were not as good? What were the best parts and worst parts of each design? How could the kids improve on them in the future?
HOW DO THEY WORK?
When you squeeze the bottle air is forced out of the straw in the bottle and pushes against the rocket straw ( which is sealed at one end ). The force of air on the rocket straw makes it fly through the air.
MATERIALS NEED FOR YOUR ROCKET
INSTRUCTIONS ON MAKING YOUR ROCKET LAUNCHER
BOTTLE ROCKET
Lift up the sports cap of your bottle and push in half of your thinner straw. Seal around the straw and sports cap with blu tack or plasticine. Squeeze the bottle and make sure air is coming out of the top of the straw ONLY, not from the sides.
Straw Rocket
Draw and cut out a cardboard or paper rocket. Seal one end of your wider straw using sellotape. This straw must fit over the top of your thinner straw. Blow down the straw and make sure no air can escape from the top. Attach your card or paper rocket onto one side of the straw with double sided tape. Place the rocket onto your bottle launcher and squeeze the bottle hard. Your straw rocket should shoot into the air. Have fun!
When you squeeze the bottle air is forced out of the straw in the bottle and pushes against the rocket straw ( which is sealed at one end ). The force of air on the rocket straw makes it fly through the air.
MATERIALS NEED FOR YOUR ROCKET
- Empty Squeezy water bottles with a sports cap
- Cardboard
- Straws – one wider than another
- Scissors
- Glue/sellotape
- Blu tack or Plasticine
INSTRUCTIONS ON MAKING YOUR ROCKET LAUNCHER
BOTTLE ROCKET
Lift up the sports cap of your bottle and push in half of your thinner straw. Seal around the straw and sports cap with blu tack or plasticine. Squeeze the bottle and make sure air is coming out of the top of the straw ONLY, not from the sides.
Straw Rocket
Draw and cut out a cardboard or paper rocket. Seal one end of your wider straw using sellotape. This straw must fit over the top of your thinner straw. Blow down the straw and make sure no air can escape from the top. Attach your card or paper rocket onto one side of the straw with double sided tape. Place the rocket onto your bottle launcher and squeeze the bottle hard. Your straw rocket should shoot into the air. Have fun!