5th Grade Science/Social Studies

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Science Homework : 5th Grade

Students at the New Frontiers Space Academy will have an exit exam on Monday, October 13, 2008.  They were given a detailed study guide in class and were asked to take home their science journals and space academy folders. The study guide was also reviewed in class.  A question/answer period followed to address any concerns the students had about the information.

The study guide consists of

Vocabulary words: know the definitions

comet, asteroid, meteor, astronomer, galaxy, constellation, solar energy, source, wind,

Galaxies: be able to identify and name the four different types

Famous astronomers: know their nationality and what they are famous for: Tyco Brahe, Claudius Ptolemy, Galileo Galilei, Edmund Halley

Understand the differences among orbit, revolution and rotation. Be able to recognize an example.

Things you should know about the planets: order in the solar system, number of moons, interesting facts from Planet Pocket Guide, length of Earth year and Earth day

Things you should know about the sun: order and names of layers, what happens in each layer, solar flares, sunspots, solar prominences

Week of October 13 -17

Students will be having benchmarks this week.  They will be a science test on Monday. They will be staying in their homerooms for benchmark testing on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  There will be no homework assigned this week.

 

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