Fremont Unified School District Teachers interested in participating in
Online Science Classes for grades K-6 simply have to register and you
will receive a Zoom meeting code to join the meeting for your class. You can then
give that code to your students if they are taught online. These classes are sanctioned
by FUSD. Contact FUSD Manager of Science and Math for more
information if you are new to these presentations. If you
are having trouble with registration please contact Hagos at
hagos@msnucleus.org. The
presentations go through the key points and even have worksheets (which
will be put on this page before the presentation) that you can have your
students print out and create. Our technique is more "minds-on"
since we cannot do hands-on with them. Some of the worksheets can be
used as a hand on lesson in the classroom.
TK/Kinder Sept 14,
Thursday 10:30-11:15 am
Carnivores,
Herbivores and Omnivores Guiding Concepts: I
nvestigate
how teeth are used to identify the eating habits of different
animals including humans. Compare and contrast different teeth
of each group.NGSS LS1-1. Use observations to describe patterns of what plants
and animals (including humans) need to survive. Worksheets:
Counting Teeth
First Grade
Sept 19, Tuesday
10-11 am
Plant and Animal Defenses Guiding Questions.
How can we
tell different types of plants and animals apart?
How do these differences help the plants and animals survive? NGSS
1-LS1-2. Read texts and use media to determine patterns in
behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive. Examples of patterns of behaviors
could include the signals that offspring make (such as crying,
cheeping, and other vocalizations) and the responses of the
parents (such as feeding, comforting, and protecting the
offspring).] LS1.A: Structure and Function All
organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body
parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect
themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take
in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots,
stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow.
(1-LS1-1) Worksheet Camoflague
Second Grade Sept 26,
Tuesday 10-11 am
Biodiversity of the East Bay Hills Guiding Questions:
What is the diversity of living things within different habitats and how do they develop a food web? Many animals live in the East Bay Hills in the eastern part of Union City and Fremont. The mammals, reptiles, birds, and invertebrates will be emphasized.
NGSS Standards:
Science: 2-LS4-1 Make
observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity
of life in different habitats. 2-LS4.D Biodiversity and
humans. There are many different kinds of living things in
an area and they exist in different place on land and water
Forces Guiding
Questions • What happens when several different forces push or
pull an object at once? • How can an object be pushed or pulled
but not move? • What do we need to know to predict the motion of
objects? • How can some objects push or pull one another without
even touching? NGSS
3-PS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to provide
evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the
motion of an object.
3-PS2-2. Make observations and/or measurements of an
object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used
to predict future motion.
3-PS2-3. Ask questions to determine cause and effect
relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two
objects not in contact with each other.
WORKSHEET (helicopter)
(link
to how to make jacob's ladder)
Fourth Grade November 14,
Tuesday 10:15-11:15 am
Vision and Light Guiding Questions • How do the internal and external structures
of animals help them sense and interpret their environment? •
How do senses help animals survive, grow, and reproduce? • What
role does light play in how we see? NGSS 4-LS1-2.
Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of
information through their senses, process the information in
their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
4-PS3-2.
Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be
transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and
electric currents. 4-PS4-2.
Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects
and entering the eye allows objects to be seen
WORKSHEET (perception)(background
on experiment)(nervous
system)
Fifth Grade October 26,
Thursday 10:15-11:15 am
Patterns in the Nighttime Sky
Guiding
Questions How
far away are the stars?How can we tell?
What trends and patterns are there in the movement of the Sun
and stars? NGSS5-PS2-1.
Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by
Earth on objects is directed down. (Sample
Assessment and
Answer Key)5-ESS1-1.
Support an argument that the apparent brightness of the sun and
stars is due to their relative distances from the Earth.5-ESS1-2.
Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily
changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and
the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky
WORKSHEET:
Star Finder Ursa Dial
