Today we are applying our understanding of quantitative descriptions of motion to a fun investigation. I have also asked you to be very intentional about writing your question and hypothesis. In the video you hear a group discussing how to carry out the investigation so that all the variables are controlled. 
 After first spending time accurately drawing a quantitative representation of motion, you worked with a bucket of materials to come up with some investigation questions. Some of the questions were very creative! Tomorrow we will begin a motion investigation. For this investigation you will be accurately describing changes in motion.
 Today we talked about how to quantitatively describe motion. The keys to doing this accurately are to use a reference point and to keep it simple!
Due to popular demand today's Fun Friday was a movie day and specifically Ice Age! Students who had missing work very productively worked on their missing assignments so now in science there are only 9 missing assignments between 120 students... WELL DONE ! Have a safe and fun weekend Take a look at this video from Thursday. Which group do you think had the best definition of motion? You might also want to look at the ThinkWell video " describing motion part 1"
 Today we started our 3rd trimester unit Force and Motion. The essential question this quarter is What makes things move? We began today by talking about motion, defining it and describing when motion occurs. It will be important for you all to practice using the metric system so that you become familiar with mm, cm, m and km.
The review went well today , beginning with a word search and then jeopardy! I asked you to predict your score on the test based on the 2 days of review and overall you all feel comfortable with the content of the Earth History course. Tomorrow will tell! 
Use the flip chart to look over the review prompts for the test. Work as a team to find the work in your journal and then prepare your notecard. After 20 minutes we will review what you found.
Yesterday we did a simulation of the rock cycle. Much of this was review of the process of erosion and deposition and the formation of sandstone but there was some new information related to igneous and metamorphic rock. Many of you have good background knowledge of these two rock types. The simulation was a lot of fun! Today I asked you an investigation question that related directly to the new knowledge you gained doing the rock cycle work yesterday. How does the temperature of the cooling water affect the size of the crystals that are formed? It was interesting to me that most of you did not relate the two activities together!!! What feedback could you give the two students below to improve their conclusion? 
We are bringing our Earth History unit to a close with a look at the rock cycle. the websites below are excellent interactive sites that will help you to understand the rock cycle plus there is a fun quiz in the second site. http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page02.cfm Copy and paste this link in a new window, for the rock cycle animation. Also try this site http://activities.macmillanmh.com/science/ca/scienceinmotion/Common/SIM.html?Module=../Grade4/Chapter3-IgneousRockFormation/
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