Monday, March 26, 2012

Facts about the water cycle

Read the following link:

water cycle

What did you learn about the water cycle?   What is it?  What is it also called?  What happens during this process?  Why is water important?  Tell me 5 important facts about water.

Water Cycle Video

Watch the following video ....
Did this help you to understand the water cycle a little bit better? Any questions you have?
water cycle video

The Water Cycle

The following link shows the water cycle. Play the game and tell me what you learned. Did anything surprise you?

Water Cycle Game

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Water For Life

Today, we watched a number of videos describing Jay Z's work in his project Water for Life. What did you learn when watching those videos? How do you feel about this project? What did you think about the video?
The following link provides a small recap of what we watched.  Check it out, read through and catch anything you may have missed or misunderstood.

Water For Life

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Friday, March 16, 2012

LEGO Shuttle launched into space

How could a LEGO shuttle possibly make it into space?  Check out the following link.

LEGO shuttle

What did you learn?  How did this happen?  What did you find interesting?  Surprising?
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This field rocks

Tucked in a shallow valley in northeastern Pennsylvania is a mysterious geologic feature: 16 acres of sandstone boulders. Science Friday took a trip to Hickory Run State Park's "boulder field" and spoke with Megan Taylor, environmental education specialist, about why the rocks collected there. Could you find any place close by that you could find this many rocks in one place?  What do you think about this area how did it form?

Field of Rocks

More Rock Cycle Work

What are the three rock types?  How do you we get from one rock type to the next? Play this rock cycle game to learn more about the rock cycle.


Rock Cycle