Exploring Sound
Lessons
Students will learn about and explore the properties of sound through activity centres.
Strong Shapes: Cylinders
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Students develop and apply comparing & contrasting, observing and predicting skills as they explore the strength of cylinders made with different materials.
Properties of Liquids and Solids
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Students develop and apply observing, comparing & contrasting and predicting skills as they explore the properties of common liquids and solids.
Push and Pull
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Students develop and apply Observing, Comparing & Contrasting and Sorting & Classifying skills as they explore the forces of push and pull acting on everyday objects.
Rosie's Walk
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Students develop and apply communicating, sequencing and spatial reasoning skills as they create and navigate a maze to get Rosie the Hen safely home for lunch.
Seed Dispersal
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Students develop and apply the skills of observing, comparing, contrasting, sorting and classifying, to investigate how seeds move from place to place.
Mystery Powders
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Students investigate the properties of a variety of everyday solids (powders) and liquids to determine the identity of an unknown solid (mystery powder).
Objects that Bounce
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Students develop and apply comparing & contrasting, observing, and predicting as they investigate the properties of familiar objects and materials.
Plant Life Cycle
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Students develop and apply the skills of observing, comparing & contrasting, and communicating as they explore life cycles of familiar plants.
It's All in the Shape
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Students look for shapes in structures and then build and test different frame structures for strength and stability.
Magnificent Magnets
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Students develop and apply the skills of sorting & classifying, comparing & contrasting and predicting as they explore magnetism as a non-contact force that causes movement.
It's Alive... Or Is It?
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Students develop and apply comparing & contrasting, observing and drawing conclusions skills as they investigate living and non-living things.
How Surfaces Affect Motion
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Will it slide or stick? Students conduct a fair test to investigate how different solid surfaces affect the movement of an object on a ramp.
How Do Objects Look from Different Angles?
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Students develop and apply observing, predicting and spatial reasoning skills to explore the position of objects.
Exploring Objects, Materials and Fasteners
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Students identify and sort objects, including fasteners, according to material and purpose.