Science

Investigations

Skills:

• Records and communicates observations of actions/changes over time.
• Makes predictions based on experiences and observations.
• Asks questions about observations that could lead to further invesigations.

Birds

Skills:

• Observes birds in their natural setting and communicates their observations using scientific drawings, written words, and verbal expressions.
• Ask questions about bird behavior, bird structure, and habitats that could lead to further class investigation.

Concepts:

• Habitats provide food, water, shelter and space.
• Different birds have different habitats.
• Birds have: feathers, wings, hollow bones, a beak (bill), two legs and feet, and lay eggs.
• The color of feathers are primarily to camouflage and attract mates.
• Some birds fly and migrate and some birds do not.
• Bird beaks are adapted to the kind of food they eat.
• Different birds create different kinds of nests, depending on the available resources and the type of protection needed for the eggs.
• All birds lay eggs.

Balance

Skills:

• Compares objects and put them in order by weight.
• Uses an equal arm balance.
• Communicates their understanding of balance and weighing using verbal and written communication.
• Predicts the relative weights of objects, which is heavier or lighter.
• Predicts the effects on a balance beam of moving objects closer or further from the fulcrum, and the effect of moving the fulcrum closer or further from the end of the balance beam.

Conecpts:

• Objects are balanced when they are arranged around a central point such that they will not fall in one direction or the other.
• Objects have many properties including, size, weight and shape. Those properties can be measured using tools such as rulers, and balances.