SCIENCE: Patterns of Earth and Sky

 

Patterns of Earth and Sky: Analyzing Stars on Ancient Artifacts. Students take on the role of astronomers, helping a team of archaeologists explain the illustrations on a recently discovered, thousand-year-old artifact with a missing piece. Students use mathematical thinking to make sense of patterns in the sky, which they figure out by using physical and digital models and obtaining information from science books. They plan and conduct investigations to figure out how the spin and orbit of our planet are the cause of the daily and yearly patterns of stars we see in the sky. 

We will use the knowledge we gain to make a scientific guess about what might be missing from this ancient artifact. 

Ask your fifth grader what they think is on the artifact, and as well as what is missing. 

What's up in 5th Grade?

 Here are some of the topics we have been covering in 5th grade....ask your 5th grader about these for some conversation starters about school.

Math                                                                                

• expressions/equations
• factors/multiples
• partial products
• volume and surface area

Science

• Why is the sun up sometimes and not other times?
• Why is the sun the only star we can see in the daytime?
• Do the stars move?  Explain

Literacy  

• long "0" sounds, spelling and rules
• answering questions explictly while quoting accurately from a text
• backing up inferences with evidence from text
• practicing paragraph writing
• reflecting on personality traits that make up who we are
• reading and writing around non-fiction texts
• quick writes in the form of narratives and creative writing
• Literacy Book we used this week

SELS/Health

• Different abilities
• Being a critical consumer and when accessing information
• Check out some of the books we shared using the links below!!
• Why Johnny Doesn't Flap
  
• The Present
  
• Just Ask