SCIENCE SPEECH!

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Your speech may be informative with a poster or model
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Your speech may be a demonstration of a scientific idea or model

Homework Schedule for Monday, March 12 to Monday, March 19

Monday - choose a topic with your family

Tuesday - Library Day: we’ll get materials to send home if our school has books on your topic. Homework is to read up on your topic and find other materials to help you with your speech.

Wednesday - Outline your speech using the basic ideas you want to cover. Begin planning your poster, demonstration, and/or model.

Thursday - Add the details to your speech, practice it several times. Work on your poster, demonstration, and/or model.

Friday - Practice your speech! Finish up your project. (This is one of the VERY FEW TIMES we have had weekend homework.)

Monday - Speeches (14 students)
Tuesday - Speeches (14 students)
Wednesday - makeup speeches in case of absence

There are three areas of science from which to pick a topic.
Each area has some topic suggestions below it.

Physical Science
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Heating and Cooling
Forces (speed or direction)
Electricity
Solar Power

Life Science
Life Cycles
(choose a plant/animal, compare life cycles of two plants/animals)
Food Chains or Food Webs
Animal or Plant Adaptations
Habitats or Biomes (and the plants/animals that live in them)
How Microscopes Work

Earth Science
How Earth’s Rotation Causes Night and Day
How Telescopes Work
Stars (types, constellations)
How Different Types of Rocks Are Formed
Recycling or Reusing Materials
Weather
How Different Landforms Are Created

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Our class members are big fans of the Tom Snyder 'Science Court' activities and any lesson Bill Nye has up his sleeve.
Here are some more cool interactive science sites to explore:

Animals Resource Page

Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA

Amazing Insects

Animals: SeaWorld & Busch Gardens

Cooking and Food

Dino Directory

Fossil Horse CyberMuseum

I Know That - Science Lab (registration is free)

Pest World for Kids

Science Court

Science News for Kids

Sport Science

TOPEX/Poseiden (Oceans & Space)

What's an Ology?

ZOOM Activities

NEW 1/30/07 - Roly Robot from National Geographic's "My Wonderful World" campaign

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