Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Study Guide for Science Test



Tomorrow we have a science test. Here is an AWESOME website that will help you review the concepts that are on the test.

Review website click: HERE

You can also get on the other rock websites and it will help you review.

In addition to websites here are a few concepts you will need to know for the test.

·         Vocabulary: streak, hardness, igneous rock, deposition, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock, erosion, rock cycle

·         What is luster?

·         How does sedimentary rock become sedimentary? How do they become metamorphic? How do they become igneous?

·         What is found in soil?

·         What are minerals?

·         Classification of rocks (how to test hardness and streak)


·         What is weathering? What is erosion?

Happy studying you rock hounds. You will "ROCK" this test....hahahaha...man I crack myself up!

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Rosa Parks

Did you know today, February 4, 2016, is Rosa Parks' birthday?! How perfect as the 5th grade has been studying the impact of Rosa Parks and the leader she was. Ask your students about the impact that she has made, even on us today.

Here is a video I found to learn more about Rosa Parks. Let me know if you find any neat websites about her that you would like to share for your friends.

click here for video: VIDEO

Monday, February 1, 2016

Science Website

Hello fellow scientists!!

We are studying layers of the earth, rock cycle and earth processes. Check out this link below to investigate further about the things we are learning in class. Please see if you can find any other science websites and I would be more than happy to share them here.