We've been learning about the life cycle of chickens while we incubate some eggs in our classroom. Check it out! The video below shows the chick moving around! He's adorable!
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We watched butterflies and tadpoles go throw metamorphosis. So cool. Egg larva pupa adult. There are four stages in compete metamorphosis in insects. For amphibians, and specifically, the frog, the tadpole turns into a froglet then a frog. We even shared what we know to younger grades at school. They loved our animals!
Before you can start on the two projects for today, you need to have practiced and memorized all answers of the SPACE PATTERNS sheet. (Front and back, in the middle of your table.)
1. Sun, Moon and Earth Research: Use these links, and other sites you find on your own, to research physical characteristics of the sun, moon and earth. You can make a poster, google doc, slide show, or venn diagram to organize your notes. You will present to one person tomorrow. SUN Sun pictures and facts NASA Video on info about the sun from NASA Tracking Sun Spots Video, Bill Nye and the Sun (:30-3:00; 9:00-9:45;14:50-15:45;17:08-19:00 min) The Sun-Space School MOON The Moon-Space School Moon Facts Living on the moon Moon Trash Inside the Moon 10 weird moons (not the earth's moon, but cool!) EARTH Earth Physical Characteristics More about Earth Sun, Moon and Earth Documentary 2. Rotation? More like RODAYTION! Remember: the earth rotating on its axis is what causes day and night AND the apparent movement of the sun across the sky. The sun doesn't move, the earth is rotating on its axis. Make a video, claymation, or stopmotion showing the earth rotating on its axis. You will need to use the models, clay or your own art work to illustrate this. You video must include: 1) The earth rotating (on a 23.5 degree tilt) 2) The Sun shining on the earth (the sun isn't moving. You can use a flashlight to model the sun.) 3) Day and Night on the earth (You may need to turn the lights off for this to show the dark side and bright side of the earth. Here are some examples of models of day and night and the apparent movement of the sun to give you some ideas: Day and Night simulation Student Video of rotation The earth rotating (notice the sun isn't moving!) This may be something like what you make day and night simulation day and night demo 3. Once you are finished, you can review looking at the links on the SPACE tab. You can click on that tab, or click on this SPACE LINK right here. Focus on Phases of the Moon, seasons, tides, and shadows. We will review those topics tomorrow. Incubation Stages- pictures Incubation periods for egg laying animals google pics of inside egg incubating chicken without an egg- it's possible in a lab, crazy! they are even doing this with mammals to see if they could help premature human babies in the future Life Cycle of Chicken- video of chick hatching Inside chicken egg to egg hatching Platypus Adaptations
Bizarre facts about platypus More about platypus Adaptations platypus Slideshare about Platypus Facts about platypus Cactus adaptations more on cactus Cactus and plant adaptations Once you finish the above adaptations, research plant adaptations: PLANT ADAPTATIONS Rainforest plants Plant Adaptations SlideShare Wildfires and plants desert plant adaptations Pitcher Plant Image and Adaptations Rafflesia Flower Welwitchia Bristlecone Pine Tree :40-2:00 Dragons Blood Tree Image Phototropism Experiment Phototropism Time Lapse What is phototropism ADAPTATIONS OF ANIMALS IN EACH BIOME
TODAY IN CLASS: Research at least one organism from each biome and write about it's adaptations. How does it survive the challenges in that biome? Does it hibernate? Is it nocturnal? Does it have big ears to hear well and to cool itself down? Does it shed its coat in the summer? Does it have camouflage? Use the links below: Tundra Adaptations Taiga/Boreal Adapations Taiga/Boreal Adaptations2 Temperate/Deciduous Adaptations Temperate/Deciduous Adaptations2 Desert Adaptations Savannah Adaptations Rainforest Adaptations Penguin Adaptations (tundra or desert) ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS Adaptations song Camouflage- blending into environment Mimicry- looking like another organism or thing Examples of Mimicry Inherited and learned traits? Nature: Ocean Wonders (Encountering Sea Monsters) 19:00-30:00 Ted Talks: Camel Adaptations Animal Adaptations Interactive Sites Bird Beaks Bird Feet Bird Adaptations Bird Beaks Video Galapagos Finch Skull Adaptations PDF Skull Adaptations- teeth skull adaptations- eye placement Image of foot, spread out to spread camel's weight across the ground It's just fat inside of a camel hump, image Bird beaks are adapted to different eating styles, image "Why Woodpeckers can hammer without getting headaches," article Bird beak adaptations of finches, mini infographic Video, Why Only Some Monkeys Have Tails, MinuteEarth Video, Why did T-Rex have such tiny arms? MinuteEarth (avoid 0:16-0:22)"Nature: Ocean Wonders, Encountering Sea Monsters, full video" Video, Why don't scavengers get sick?, MinuteEarth WHAT IF THEY MATED GAME what if they mated computer game You receive 23 chromosomes from your mom and 23 from your dad for a total of 23 pair. In each chromosome, there is a ton of strands of DNA. DNA is the code that tells your cells what to do and how to be and how to act. You receive inherited traits from your parents through these passed down chromosomes. Here are some inherited traits: eye color, hair color, skin color, height, body type, physical ability, ability to roll your tongue. You also inherit certain instincts like crying, walking, running away from a tiger... You also inherit things like being naturally gifted in science or musical ability. Inherited Traits from your parents: You get 23 chromosomes from your mom and 23 chromosomes from your dad- which gives you 23 chromosome PAIRS. Chromosomes have DNA inside of them. DNA is a record of instructions telling the cell what its job is going to be. DNA is like blueprints for the cell, or computer code telling a PC what to do. It is written in a special alphabet that is only four letters long! Unlike a book or computer screen, DNA isn't flat and boring - it is a beautiful curved ladder. We call this shape a double helix. The letters of the DNA alphabet (called bases) make up the rungs, special sugars and other atoms make up the handrail.
The rungs are very special. Each one has a name (Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine), but we call them by their initials: A, T, C and G They don't like to be by themselves so they always pair up with a friend. But they are very choosy about their friends:
ATG CGT GGT CAG TCG ATA TAT GGC CCC These words make up sentences that the cell understands. These sentences are called genes. [ATG CGT GGT CAG] [TCG ATA TAT GGC CCC] Each sentence tells a cell to make a special molecule called a protein. These proteins control everything in a cell. In this way, DNA is like the boss of a company, and not the brain of the cell. It issues instructions, but doesn't do very much of the actual work :) These proteins help each cell do its job. Each gene makes one protein, and only one protein. What is DNA for kids article Inherited Traits-23 and Me article and video What is DNA? What is a gene? What is a gene kids health for teens Genes vs DNA vs Chromosomes What is a chromosome? DNA infographics Cool Hybrid Animals Amazing Hybdrid Animals Chromosome Count Video, Why Can't Mules Have Babies? MinuteEarth For Inherited Traits: Flying Squirrel image Saguaro Cactus image For Instincts (a type of inherited trait) Crying Baby image Growling dog image For Learned Behaviors: Dog Riding a Bike image Kid shooting a basketball image Polar Bears in dumpster image Learned vs Inherited- what if they mated computer game |
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