Science
Habitats
Habitat Walk and Talk: Observing Birds
Students will observe birds (both at school and at home) from our local habitat. The following websites may also be visited to help with this observation.
Owl Pellets
Students will investigate a barn owls habitat by dissecting owl pellets. To experience your own
owl pellet dissection, click on this image
Owl Webquest
Students will investigate four different owl habitats through
researching the following sites and various books in the classroom. They will
demonstrate their learning through a final presentation to the class.
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Biomes
The students will spend a lot of time investigating
what a Biome is and how various plants and animals adapt in these areas of our
world. To learn
more about what a Biome is, visit
An
Introduction to Biomes. Students will concentrate on the Tundra,
Taiga and Deciduous Forest, as well as
Desert, Grasslands and Tropical Rain Forest.
Students will be exposed to the major land biomes of the world
in a variety of methods. One will be through visiting websites such as Biomes of the World.
Children will watch videos (What's
it like where you live?) made by children living in the various biomes, as
well as read various books and discuss them in class.
For additional
information and to visit other websites on Biomes, click on the various links
below.
| The World of Biomes | Earth Floor Biomes | World Biomes |
| Biome Habitats | Major Biomes of the World | Mission: Biomes |
| Introduction to Biomes |
Food Chains
Students studied links that make up
the food chain. Be sure to ask your child how food chains begin and end (begin with a producer
like plants,
then move to a consumer like a herbivore, omnivore or carnivore and end with a decomposer
like mold or fungi.) Students will continue to use this information as we study
Habitats and design our imaginary animals.
More Information on Food Chains:
| Food Puzzle | Food Chains | Build your own Food Web |
| Who Eats What? | Living things in their Environment | Food Chains |
| Feed Me | Fun With Food Webs | Food Chain Adventure |
Solar System
Building a Solar System
| Sun | Sun - Windows to the Universe | Venus | Venus - Windows to the Universe | Mercury | Mercury - Windows to the Universe |
| Pluto | Pluto - Windows to the Universe | Jupiter | Jupiter - Windows to the Universe | Mars | Mars - Windows to the Universe |
| Saturn | Saturn - Windows to the Universe | Neptune | Neptune - Windows to the Universe | Uranus | Uranus - Windows to the Universe |
Moon
Moon Research
After putting together a KWLP (Know What you Learn) chart, each student wrote an "I Wonder" question. We will be using the following sites to help us find kid friendly websites that will give us our answers.
Click here to learn more about the Science Companion Curriculum.
Wellness Week
Please use the following websites to
learn about great nutrition!
| Kids Nutrition | Dole 5 A Day | Exercise is Cool! |
| Kidnetic | Pyramid Game | Wellness Webquest |
Maine Recycles Week
Learn all about worm composting and turning trash into treasure!
For more fun science activities, visit the
Magic
School Bus
