Fifth Grade Blog

I will be working with you on finalizing your state reports. In the meantime, please do the following activities:

• Brainteasers & Puzzles: Puzzles

• Global Climate Change: Research Explorer- The Exploratorium

• H2O CONSERVE

• OLogy: Weather

We’ve already started some work on this topic, so we have a good start. Here are the steps you will need to take:

1. Review the comments you and others left here.
2. Pick out a state to write about, you can work with a partner. The state cannot be California.
3. Start working on the PowerPoint.
4. Answer the questions first.
5. THEN, you can start changing the formatting, theme, etc.

We’ll be working on this over the next few weeks.

Here are your resources:

• Explore the States

• netTrekker: United States

• The United States of America

• IPL Kidspace: Stately Knowledge

• State Symbols State Flags Capitals Outline Maps State Songs State Facts History Geography Cool Schools Forums from NETSTATE.COM

Here are links to do some research on your projects:

Earth Science

If you are doing research on weather, clouds, water and evaporation, seasons, or earthquakes these are your links:

• OLogy: Weather

• OLogy: Earth Science

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

Life Science

If you are doing research on eggs or bones, plants,  bacteria, or mold these are your links:

• Childrens Science Experiments - Kids Making Reactions, Growing Mold(Mold)

• Science for Kids: mold, spore prints, spore print

• Biology4Kids.com: Plants: Xylem and Phloem

• Taking Care of Your Teeth

• Your Body. Smile Style. BAM! Body and Mind

• DragonFlyTV Magazine

  Look on page 6 if you are doing the egg/bone experiment

Physical Science

If you are doing research on circuits, electricity, magnetism, or solutions and solvents these are your links:

• Rader’s CHEM4KIDS.COM

• Rader’s PHYSICS 4 KIDS.COM

• ZOOM . activities | PBS Kids

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This week, we get ready to find out about the states.

1. Go to Explore the States, and read about three different states (NOT California)
2. Then share one interesting thing you learned during this reading in a comment here
3. We will share what we learned by reading and replying to our comments

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Think about what we saw about how cattle are raised, then read one of these links on buffalo:

• BUFFALO / BISON

• Buffalo Hunt, 1846

and, look at these graphics on the waste and use of energy from modern animal production:

• The New York Times > Livestock’s High Energy Costs

• The New York Times >The Huge Flow of Animal Waste

When we meet the second time, you will write and tell me how we raise cattle now, and how does this compare to how cattle lived in the past.