What is going on within each trimester?Trimester 1: Rocks and Minerals
Trimester 2: Sound Trimester 3: Plants |
Tests in Science? We only have 3 tests each year, one every trimester!
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But there is more to it than just that! Read below to see what exactly are some cool things we do within each trimester!
Rocks and Minerals: We not only study rocks and minerals in class but we also spend a few weeks at the end of the Trimester studying:
Plus Jeff the Geo Guy and Shell Oil visits our classroom for an on-site presentation
Sound: We will learn how humans hear sounds but we will also study:
Plus for the first time ever this year Mrs. Harvey's science class will work on the very first STEM unit at Propel Northside. If you want to know more about STEM please check out http://www.livescience.com/43296-what-is-stem-education.html
Plants: Of course we will study all the parts of the plant, the functions of the parts, and why plants are so important but we also will spend a few weeks learning:
Plus we will work with the Mattress Factory (a local organization based right here on the Northside) to plant vegetables and small flowers to put on a plant parade for K-2 students
- fossils
- volcanoes
- the building of the pyramids
- famous faces carved in stone
Plus Jeff the Geo Guy and Shell Oil visits our classroom for an on-site presentation
Sound: We will learn how humans hear sounds but we will also study:
- how animals (especially nocturnal animals) hear sounds
- how animals and human hear and use sounds the same and different
Plus for the first time ever this year Mrs. Harvey's science class will work on the very first STEM unit at Propel Northside. If you want to know more about STEM please check out http://www.livescience.com/43296-what-is-stem-education.html
Plants: Of course we will study all the parts of the plant, the functions of the parts, and why plants are so important but we also will spend a few weeks learning:
- about the rain forest
- designing our own plant
- planting and using the greenhouse effect in the classroom to grow our plants
Plus we will work with the Mattress Factory (a local organization based right here on the Northside) to plant vegetables and small flowers to put on a plant parade for K-2 students
Trimester 1: Rocks and Minerals
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