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Inquiry Based Learning

 

 

 Inquiry based learning gives students tasks requiring them to solve problems, experiment, communicate, explore, and create.

 

 

What's the Matter?  

Identify new space matter that has been found by NASA Scientists

 

SCI.3-4.5.2.4 - [Standard] - All students will understand that physical science principles, including fundamental ideas about MATTER, energy, and motion, are powerful conceptual tools for making sense of phenomena in physical, living, and Earth systems science.

SCI.3-4.5.2.4.A.b - [Content Statement] - Each state of MATTER has unique properties (e.g., gases can be compressed, while solids and liquids cannot; the shape of a solid is independent of its container; liquids and gases take the shape of their containers).

 

 

  

Animals and their Habitats

Research animals, habitats, and vegetation.

 

SCI.3-4.5.3.4.C - [Strand] - All animals and most plants depend on both other organisms and their environment to meet their basic needs.

 SCI.3-4.5.3.4 - [Standard] - All students will understand that life science principles are powerful conceptual tools for making sense of the complexity, diversity, and interconnectedness of life on Earth. Order in natural systems arises in accordance with rules that govern the physical world, and the order of natural systems can be modeled and predicted through the use of mathematics.

 

 

Water Cycle Webquest

 Wading through the water cycle

 

SCI.3-4.5.4.4.G.c - [Content Statement] - Most of Earth’s surface is covered by water. Water circulates through the crust, oceans, and atmosphere in what is known as the WATER CYCLE.

SCI.3-4.5.4.4.G.4 - [Cumulative Progress Indicator] - Model how the properties of water can change as water moves through the WATER CYCLE.