Study your notes and the flashcards shared yesterday. Take the quiz whenever you are ready. Send a picture of your answers to Ms. Dolan: adolan@hccs481.org ms_dolans_science
Go outside for one final nature journal entry. Observe the living/non-living things around you and record your favorite things with words and/or pictures. Make this your most detailed nature journal ever! Send a picture of your nature journal (and a picture of you outside if possible) to Ms. Dolan: adolan@hccs481.org ms_dolans_science
Lots of things in nature move. Animals, plants, clouds, etc. Some things move on their own, some thing are moved by something else, like the wind or another animal.
Today for your nature journal, I want you to notice things in nature that are moving. Try to focus on natural, not human-made things.
Head outside and set a timer for at least 15 minutes and then look around- What movements do you notice?
You may use words and/or pictures.
If you'd like to print THIS NOTE-CATCHER, you may. Otherwise write your observations on any sheet of paper.
Please send your nature journal and any photos/videos you take to Ms. Dolan: adolan@hccs481.org ms.dolans_science
Task 1: Check your answers to yesterday's refraction questions.
Task 2: Be sure you understand the difference between reflection and refraction.
Reflection = Light bouncing off a surface
Refraction = The bending of light
Task 3: Try some Science Magic!! Refraction causes some optical illusions. It makes us see things that seem like magic. Watch the videos. Feel free to try some refraction magic for yourself.
Task 4:
If you try science magic, let Ms. Dolan know how it goes!
If you don't understand the difference between refraction and reflection, send Ms. Dolan an email asking for help.
If you understand and are feeling confident, send Ms. Dolan a message saying "I'm good" and ask if you are all caught up on work.
Task 1: Click through the slides to check/review your answers to the Reflection Questions from yesterday:
Task 2: Conduct your own exploration of reflected light at your home with whatever you can find. You may come up with your own reflection experiment or you can choose ONE or more of the options below. Have fun!
Task 3: Share what you did with Ms. Dolan. Include photos, videos, and/or a written description of what you did, what you discovered, and what you learned.
Sometime this weekend, listen to this really cool RadioLab podcast on color. It talks about Isaac Newton and shares really fascinating facts and insights into how and why we see color. If you don't listen to the whole thing, consider listening to just the first part- until you learn about the mantis shrimp. If you do listen to it, send me a message with your reaction. I'd love to know what stood out to you!
Celebrate the new month by getting outside for a nature journal.
(The nature journal is NOT optional. 😀)
For the past several weeks I’ve asked you to go outside and notice different things- senses, shapes, colors, what’s up and what’s down.
Today I want you to think back on some of the things you’ve noticed on your earlier nature journals and look for how nature has CHANGED over the last few weeks.
Set a timer for at least 15 minutes and then look around- What’s the same? What’s different? You may use words and/or pictures.
If you don’t notice changes or don’t remember, you can just draw and/or describe anything in nature that stands out to you.
First: Check your work from yesterday!
Watch this video to check your answers on the 12 EM spectrum questions. Be sure to email Ms. Dolan if you have questions or bring your questions to today's Zoom meeting.
Iscolora real thing?
Today and tomorrow, you will be working to figure out how and why we see color. You will also learn about why some people don't see color in the same way and how other animals perceive color differently from us.
Task 1:
Create a note-catcher for yourself on any sheet of paper. Be ready to write down any new facts you learn about how and why we see colors.
Task 2:
Watch this video. Write down any new information you learn.
Task 3: Choose at least TWO other resources from the list below. Watch the videos and/or read the articles. (You can read/watch more than two!) Write down any new information you learn.
Live Science: How do we see in color? (reading and video)
Task 4: Answer the following questions. Write your answers, in complete sentences, below your notes.
1. How much of the electromagnetic spectrum contains waves that are visible to humans?
2. Explain what “colors” are on the electromagnetic spectrum.
3. Explain how the way light interacts with an object determines the colors we see.
4. Explain how our eyes and brains determine the colors we see.
5. Describe at least two examples of how humans or other animals might see color differently than you do.
6. What is something new you learned?
Task 5: Send a picture of your notes and your answers to #1-6 to Ms. Dolan. You have Wednesday and Thursday to complete this task.
adolan@hccs481.org ms.dolans_science
Today your goal is to learn about electromagnetic waves!
First, watch Ms. Dolan's introduction video. Then read the one-page article and answer the 12 fill-in-the-blank questions. The color-by-number page is optional!
When you finish, send your answers to the 12 questions to Ms. Dolan.
There is a lot of vocabulary that goes along with understanding waves and their properties. Let’s practice that vocabulary with a word sort. Use the article and questions from last week to help you.
Cut out the words and sort them into the five categories at the top of the next page. Once you have the words sorted, glue/tape them down. Then take a picture and send it to Ms. Dolan: adolan@hccs481.org ms.dolans_science
If you can’t print and cut/glue/tape the words, you can just write the words under the appropriate headings.
Check your answers:
After trying the word sort on your own, watch this video to check your work and hear explanations.
Send Ms. Dolan a picture of your word sort and let me know how many you got correct before watching the video. :-) adolan@hccs481.org ms.dolans_science
Find a safe and comfortable place to lie on the ground or sit in a chair.
Set a timer for 7 minutes.
Look up and study the sky or the trees or whatever you can see. What do you see? What colors, shapes, objects, or animals do you see? Record your observations. You may use words and/or pictures.
Part 2: Look DOWN!
Find a safe and comfortable place to lie on the ground or sit in a chair. It's also ok to walk or crawl around.
Set a timer for 7 minutes.
Look down and study the soil, plants, insects or whatever you can see. What do you see? What colors, shapes, objects, or animals do you see? Record your observations. You may use words and/or pictures.
There is a note-catcher here that you may use. But you can also create your own.
Have Fun!
Send a picture of your journal (and a picture of you outside if possible) to Ms. Dolan: adolan@hccs481.org ms.dolans_science
Click through the slides to review key vocabulary.
Task 2:
Watch the two short videos to see the difference between compression and transverse waves.
(I definitely mixed up the labels in this second video! I'm sorry!! Transverse are back and forth. Longitudinal and compression waves are the same)
Task 3:
Watch the video to check your answers to the 7 questions from yesterday.
Task 4: Email Ms. Dolan. Tell her:
1. How well you think you understand waves (scale of 0 to 5). 2. What you don't quite understand yet. 3. What you need to help you understand. 4. What was most helpful for you learning about waves.
