Today we reviewed a bit on the Inner Planets, and talked about how in our Solar System, Earth is the only planet that has life. But what about the other Solar Systems in our galaxy? Or other galaxies? 

We watched the movie "Home" 

HW: Write 3-5 sentences on what you think will happen at the end of the movie (don't look up the answer! Use your imagination!) 

Have a safe Halloween!

We learned about the rest of the Inner planets and played a review Kahoot game on them all.

HW: Review vocabulary on the Quizlet

Today we learned more about the Solar System (and Mercury in particular!)

1. We watched this video: To Scale: The Solar System

To Scale: The Solar System from Wylie Overstreet on Vimeo.

2. We went over some new vocabulary for the unit: https://quizlet.com/101560965/planets-and-space-terms1-flash-cards/

3. We read a short text on the planet Mercury and answered questions

4. Because you liked the Planet rap from last class, we watched this song just about Mercury.



HW: Your homework is to wake up tomorrow morning and try to see this!!

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/technology/planetary-conjunction-venus-jupiter-mars-converge-in-morning-sky-1.3291162

The rap for this unit

Today we were in the computer lab and you worked on the Planet Research sheet.
You were then assigned a planet to present on- you started your presentation on 30hands on the library iPads.

I have booked the iPads tomorrow so we will be finishing them and presenting them tomorrow.

Planets in order

"My planet is the (first, second, third...) planet from the sun"

http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/act09_planet_list.html

Use these sites to find the information for your Planet Research page: http://www.ictgames.com/solar.html
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/activities/simulations/gr3/unitd.html (click 2)

Notes:
Length of time for one revolution around the Sun = one day
Diameter = Width

** Finished?: See Ms Powell to choose a planet at random to present to the class (via 30hands)

You must include:
- Name of the planet "My planet is..."
- What number it is in the Solar System "It is the _(first, second, third...)__ planet from the Sun"
- How many moons it has "It has ___ moons"
- 3 interesting facts (e.g. The average temperature is..., The length of a day is..., The length of a year is..., It is named after...)

Yesterday and today we reviewed for your water test on Thursday. Don't forget to study!

Bottled Water

We watched the rest of the PSAs this morning. 

Remember: If you don't mind me using your PSA as an example for next year, please e-mail it to me at apowell@sd38.bc.ca

We watched "The Story of Bottled Water"

We read the article you were assigned for homework aloud as a class, and went over the answers to the yes/no debate

We watched this TedTalk and answered the multiple choice questions provided.

Please study these Quizlets below, you will have a quiz on what we've been studying on Wednesday (we will have a review class tomorrow)

https://quizlet.com/33279825/water-cycle-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/99417726/water-unit-more-vocabulary-flash-cards/ 

Today you made PSAs for saving water! We will be presenting the rest of the presentations on Monday so bring the device you made them with. 

Homework: Please read the bottled water article and fill in the debate chart Yes/No, we will talk about it on Monday.

How to make a PSA

The example we watched: This one is about Saving Energy

We think that next summer it will be hot and dry in Richmond. We are going to make PSAs (Public Service Announcement) to explain to the public this problem and three things they can do to help conserve water. 

30hands

Choose a picture and record audio

5 pictures with descriptions

(15-20 minutes to do it!)

Why do we need to save water? We need to save water because…

What are three things people can do to save water?

The first thing you can do is….

The second thing you can do is….

The third thing you can do is…

What is your slogan? E.g. “Water’s for drinking, not wasting!”

Some examples: 

Take a shorter shower

Don’t leave the tap running when you brush your teeth

Don’t wash your car

Don’t take a bath

Don’t water your grass

Get energy-efficient appliances (low-flow toilets e.g.)

Don’t fill up your pool

Don’t waste water!

Don’t clean your driveway with a hose (water)

Put water in the fridge to make it cold instead of leaving the tap running

Today we learned about Freshwater!

Talked about how only 3% of the world's water is freshwater, and 2% are in glaciers!

We watched some of this TedTalk to see timelapses of glaciers melting.

You worked in pairs to complete a reading/fill in blanks vocabulary sheet on Freshwater.

Today you read an article "From Toilet-to-tap" and answered some questions:

Would you drink toilet water?

1. Why did they need to purify (make clean) toilet water? (What conditions led to this?) 

2. Summarize the journey from "toilet to tap"

3. Does the treated water (water that has been purified-cleaned) taste bad? 

4. Personal response: Would you drink toilet water that had been purified? Why or why not?

We also watched this news story, talking about it.

You had your Water cycle quiz today and we sang the water cycle rap. :)

You finished working on the different worksheets today (cut and paste, fill in the blanks) and we went over the answers to the cut and paste and the fill in the blank activity on the water cycle.

Please study the Water Cycle! You will have to label a picture of the water cycle and answer some questions on definitions on Tuesday.

Have a good long weekend!

Today you wrote down as many uses of water as you could think of. The total was 13. We will do this again near the end of the unit to see if you get any more! We watched a number of videos on the topic of The Water Cycle. You then read the text (see beside) and wrote down the bolded words, gave them a definition, and drew a picture to explain it. If you have not finished, please do so by tomorrow. We then went over the pronunciation of these words!


Here are two of the videos we watched about the Water Cycle:

In this video you explained to me what was happening 

(as there are no words in the video)

 - i.e. evaporation, condensation, precipitation

The Water Cycle in rap format! 

What most of you learned from this is that 

The Water Cycle is continuous, it never ends! 

It goes around and around. 

*Note that there are a few spelling errors in the lyrics 

(it is spelled Precipitation not Presipitation)

Today you worked on a Breaking News English article titled, "Solar-powered plane makes history!" You did the activities: Synonym Match and True/False questions.

Reminder that your invention presentation is tomorrow! Please have it ready to present, practice it!

The next few days we will be watching Big Hero 6 and doing an accompanying worksheet :)