Volcanos!

On Tuesday, there were a lot of explosions on the 5th grade floor! Did you see (or smell) them? Many of the volcanos were very pretty, some even had little houses or people at their bases. It was cool to see the volcanos erupt and it wasn't that difficult to make it happen. -->First, we added water, then vinegar, and finally baking soda.

Pouring water into the funnel.

Squeezing in some vinegar (it smelled pretty strong).

The final ingredient: baking soda.
 Now, for the fun part. Check out these erupting volcanoes!

Maps and Globes

Maps and globes represent the Eath's geopgaphy. Maps are two-dimensional and globes are three-dimensional. Watch a video about them. This powerpoint focuses on the different parts of a map, so you can understand what you see.

Also: to REVIEW check out this video about the Earth's geography and climate. It's a little long, but make the effort!

Volcanos

A volcano forms when hot magma rises to the Earth's surface.
Volcanos are very exciting because we can see black ash and red lava errupting from the Earth.

Here is a video of the world's largest volcano (located in Hawaii, United States) errupting in 2011. Here is another video of the same volcano. In this one you can clearly see the huge crater. This website has lots of information about volcanos (use it for studying!) and cool pictures too. Check out some more information at this website so you can be a volcano expert!

And if you want to learn and sing, here is the volcanoes song

Rocks and Minerals

After studying the basic parts of the Earth, now we are learning more about the actual "stuff" it is made of. In other words, we are reading, writing, and talking about rocks and minerals!
There are lots of interesting facts about them (Did you know the biggest pure gold nugget ever found weighed 156 pounds? Or that basalt is the most common rock?) and they look really cool--we've seen pictures, but lots of people have also brought in real rocks we can touch.

If you want to see a big picture of many, many minerals click here. There are lots of properties of minerals, but we only have time to learn about the three most important. Find out more information about the characteristics of minerals used in their evaluation and study here.
This video by NASA talks about the three types of rocks on the Earth and rocks on the Moon.
Here is a cartoon video about the rock cycle. Another video of the rock cycle, that Jorge's classes already watched, can be found here. If you still have questions, or want to know more, check this out!

The Earth

Now, we are learning about the Earth. There are lots of interesting things to know.

First, we talked about water. Water is very important and we need to conserve it, so find out some suggestions by playing the Tip Tank Game.


Here is some cool information about the layers of our planet!   This website has a lot of information about the atmosphere. Learn facts about the atmosphere's layers, ozone layer (and ozone hole!), and much more. If you want, talk about the things you read and educational games you played in the comment section so your classmates can learn more too!

The English in this video about the atmosphere is a little advanced, but do your best to understand it.

The Universe

We are learning a lot of things about the Universe in class. Follow these links to learn more and enjoy!

The universe

The solar system
More information about the solar system and the planets

Moon Phases

¡Bienvenidos a 5º! Welcome to the 5 grade!

Nuevo curso, nuevos profesores, nuevas asignaturas, nuevos compañeros... y mucho que aprender. Deseamos que este curso sea de gran provecho para todos vosotros y lo más importante, ¡que lo pasemos genial!
New school year, new teachers, new subjects, new classmates... and a lot to learn! We hope that you get a lot out of this school year and most importantly...have a great time!