Monday Jaunary 14, 2013

I wasn't here today.  I had the students complete section D overview in their textbooks. 

Friday January 11, 2013

Today the students turned in their pre-historic animal posters.  If the posters are turned in late it will be counted as late.  They also had to complete pages out of their workbook.

Thursday January 10, 2013

Today the students spent the class period completing their pre-historic animal poster.  The posters will be due at the beginning of class Friday.

Wednesday January 9, 2013

Today the students and I went into the computer lab to work on finding/researching information for their pre-historical animals.  I informed them that whatever information they did not gather today theu needed to get tonight.  Tomorrow they will not have an opportunity to be on a computer do do research.  They will be in the classroom working on their poster of their animal. 

Pre-Historic Project Symbaloo

Click HERE for the link to the project instructions and links to helpful websites for the project.  You do not have to use the links provided but need to make sure the websites used for informations are accurate.

Pre Historic Animal Project

Students will need to protray a project over a pre-historic animal of their choosing.  We will be in the computer lab tomorrow in order to give the students an opportunity to research their choosen animal. 
The students will need to answer through their final project the following information regarding their pre-historic animal:

The name of the animal.

What fossil evidence is there is that the animal ever existed?

In what approximate time period did the animal live, and when did it become extinct?

What was the environment like at the time the animal lived?

What type of plants existed at the same time the animal did?

Links to information for Prehistoric animals: Nation Geographic Pre-Historic Animal Gallery

Dinosaur Timeline Gallery

Fossil Record Website

Fossil Record For Kids

Tuesday January 8, 2013

Today we watched a video that described the dinosaurs that roamed North America.  We looked at the species and the climates that dominated pre-historic time.  The students were to complete a quiz as they watched the video.

Monday January 7, 2013

Today we looked at fossils and put them in a geologic timeline.  We discussed the reasoning why some would be placed before or after others.

Merry Christmas from your 5th Grade Science Teacher!!!

Wednesday and Thursday

The past two days of class have been spent doing mid-term exams.