Science

 Science Rules! 

Objectives:

– Learn and practice the scientific method

– Discuss weekly topics from mystery science

– Discuss weekly topics from Bill Nye the science guy episodes

Link to science Google doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18m-FzAKX9WfaqSv3cP5pQaEjR6HvWrAykoXdRGgitZg/edit

12/10/2020

Science Mystery topics: 

Learned about the world is round, 

Optical illusions,

Why does salt make you thirsty?

12/16/2020

Movies are optical illusions: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEbe4kRtCY

Which stuffy will fit the best on my bed? 

Hypothesis: the most medium sized stuffy will fit the best. 

Why does salt make you thirsty? 

Osmosis - diffusion: amoeba sisters video. 

Pause as they get to each question. 

12/23/2020

Winter hut lab. 

1/3/2020 - 1/4/2020 

Bill Nye episode on flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfbiPu-dpfY

Mystery science episode on masks preventing COVID-19 

Mask vs No Mask Lab Results - Do they work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDeP7-rUZmo

Testing face masks: Lab tests reveal the safest and most effective (Marketplace)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHVyy08L2gM

Bill Nye on Masks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqG0BgOT4fk

01/07/2021

Talked about Bernoulli effect on wings, air pressure

Talked about cells and viral replication cycle

Talked about air and water pressure. 

Demos of air pressure and temperature:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xsOxff0Qf4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyrDLomUMrI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdDssQOnDFM

1/14/21

Show pictures of cell diagrams created by the girls. 

Activity: draw plate tectonic boundaries on plastic wrap on a globe

Discuss: what happens at plate boundaries, demonstrate with hands subversion, spread, side-by-side movement of plates

Map of tectonic plate boundaries: https://geology.com/plate-tectonics.shtml

USGS map of earthquakes: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-88.37911,-404.29688&extent=88.37911,283.35938&range=month&listOnlyShown=true&baseLayer=satellite&timeZone=utc

Discuss earth’s crust (Bill Nye)

• important terms and concepts

• Crust

• Tectonics

• Plates

• Lava

• Core

• Volcano

• Geyser

Chocolate chips are the solid core, peanut butter is the liquid mantle, and the crust is the crust!

Discuss how video games are made (mystery science)

• Important terms and concepts

• Idea

• Concept artist

• Design

• Prototype

• Test

January 20-21

Mystery Science - Are mermaids real?

• concepts : myths, evidence

Bill Nye - skin

• functions of the skin

• Skin sensitivity

• Melanin (pigment or color)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

February 1, 2021

Bill Nye - dinosaurs

Fossils, atomic dating, evidence 

Mystery science- computers

History of computers, functions

February 8, 2021

What is the tallest building in the world? How do they not fall over?

Discussion on sky scrapers. Stacking (old way) vs hanging materials from a steel skeleton.

Height, weight, foundation, weighted mass damper, oscillation , wind resistance 

2/15/2021

Pearl found this eraser that is about the size of the heart from an elephant shrew

Ruth found these toys that are about the size of the heart from a hyena. 

Ruth also found this cushion that is about the size of a heart from an elephant.

3/1/2021

Pearl demonstrating what she learned in science about why baby animals look cute. Big round head, small oval body, small limbs, big round eyes, small mouth/nose/ears.

3/8/2021

The girls drew diagrams of the solar systems this week for part of science.