WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10TH

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WHAT WORDS DO YOU THINK WE WILL NOT COVER

Oceans

Igneous

crystals

MantleCurrents

Composition

BiologyAcid rain

Soil

Thunderstorms

DinosaursPhotosynthesis

Carbon

Cycle

So, What Will Earth

Science Be Like?!?!

SOME TOPICS INCLUDE…

• Minerals• Rocks• Earth’s

Structure• Geologic

Time• Fossils• Volcanoes• Earthquakes

• Soil Profile• Weathering,

Erosion, and Deposition

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Energy Resources

• Ecology

unexco.com

Rocks and minerals

uhh.hawaii.edu

Volcanoes

Earth’s Structure

Wind

Energy

Plate Tectonics

sculpturegallery.com

Fossils and prehistoric life!

palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk

dinoland.dk

In January, we will move on to Oceanography…

tgs-inc.com

Oceanography is the study of the water found on the earth.

Sometimes it is called Hydrology.

Hydro- means “water” And -ology means “the study of.”

SOME TOPICS INCLUDE…

• Water Distribution

• Hydrologic Cycle

• River System

• Pollution• Conservatio

n

• Ocean Topography

• Salinity• Waves• Currents• Tides

wallpapers-box.uv.ro

Ocean waterwaves on the ocean

The ocean floor

geology.ucdavis.edu/

www.bcl.com.au

pasture.ecn.purdue.edu

Currents

River Systems

This is the study of the air and our weather.

SOME TOPICS INCLUDE

AtmosphereWeather

FactorsInstrumentsFrontsClouds

Wind Patterns

Air MassesWeather

MapsSevere

WeatherClimate

mypage.bluewin.ch

Tornadoes newsfromrussia.com

Hurricanes

weatherquestions.com Thunderstorms

We will discover why these things happen.

Astronomy is the study of our solar system and everything found outside it!

Objects in the Solar System(NASA.gov)

Objects outside the Solar System(NASA.gov)

Nebula

Galaxies

Stars

EarthScienceSyllabus

Let’s take a quick look at

each!

It’s now time to brush up on

our Process Skills

WHAT ARE SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS?

The foundation of the scientific method

Six basic skills: 1. Observation2. Inference3. Classification4. Measurement5. Communication6. Prediction

We will be working on

these all year!

SCIENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS

Date: 8/10Section:Title:

Observation & Inference

Page: 2

OBSERVATIONS AND INFERENCES

LOOK AT THE DRAWING.

WHAT DO YOU NOTICE AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN?

How does your story change?

Observations and Inferences

How does your story change?

Observations and Inferences

What do you observe?

What do you infer?

Compare what you think now to your earlier written accounts.

Observations and Inferences

Observations and Inferences

Observations are what you noticeInferences are your reactions, thoughts or explanations

Write one observation.

Write one inference

1

Write one observation.

Write one inference

2

Write one observation.

Write one inference

3

Write one observation.

Write one inference

4

Write one observation.

Write one inference

5

Write one observation.

Write one inference

6

QUESTION OF THE DAY

How can people have different inferences about the same observations.

WORD SPLASH

DUE FRIDAY

• Use all the words on the sheet • you are going to creatively think

of how to express the WORD• You DO NOT have to put the

definition• You can type it or you can hand

write it • Must fit on the construction paper

I want to see how creative you are!