The All Mighty Sun

This week is going to be a bright week! We are investigating:

1. The sun as a major resource.

2. The sun's role in plant life.

3. Its role in the creation of wind.

Learning about the sun is in our science TEKS, and your child will identify several of the sun's roles on earth.

The Wind Power Game is a great activity to test your knowledge of wind power and where is comes from. You simply play by answering the great questions on wind power.

Watt's That is a fun trivia game for you and your child to play. It quizzes you at different level to see what your energy knowledge is.

Lilly vs. The Energy Monkeys! Visit Lolly's Kitchen, Living Room and Bedroom and stop the Energy Monkeys from wasting all the energy by clicking on the energy wasting objects

Survival of the Fittest

Hello Again!

This week we are studying about the survival of several species. We will be investigating:
1. What do animals need to survive?
2. Who do they adapt to weather change?
3. How do they reproduce?

Learning about survival and reproduction characteristics is part of our science TEKS and your child will learn how to identify the characteristics.

In the fun game Save the Egg you and your child help the father penguin keep his egg warm so that it will hatch after the winter is over. This game comes from the March of the Penguins movie and you navigate your daddy penguin through different challenges until the last level and the mother finally arrives.

Now its time to have a Pet Party, and in order to throw an pet party you need to know what your pet needs in order to stay alive. This activity lets you choose different items for your pet to keep it alive and well.

When you play What Am I ? just click on mammals and play the first game. This game allows you to use your animal knowledge to find out what the answer is. It asks questions like where do I live? and what do I eat?

Weather

Hello Parents,
This week we are learning about weather and it's different patterns of change. We are going to investigate:

1. What causes the change in weather?
2. How is it predicted?
3. What causes natural disasters?


Learning about weather is a part of our TEKS and your child should be able to identify patterns of change such as weather.

In the activity Severe Weather Challenge you and your child act as junior weather interns who take different challenges helping people to earn points. At the end of the game if you earn enough points you become an expert. This game challenges your weather knowledge as you apply it to different situations.

Wild Weather Adventure is a great activity that tests your knowledge of weather. As your air ship moves along on the game board you answer weather questions to move further along until you find the end of the map.

In What's the Forecast? you and your child can click on different real life satellite images and learn how meteorologist predict weather with the pictures. As you click on each picture the site gives you a detailed information on how the weather is moving and what you are looking at.

Earth Day

Parents,

Earth day is coming this week and your kiddos are learning how to make good choices for our earth. Learning about making these choices is in the science TEKS(Texas Essential knowledge and Skills). This week we will be answering these questions:

1. What is recycling really all about?

2. What are other ways we can help save the earth?

3. How important is water to us?

4. How can one person can make a huge difference?

The first activity is about recycling. In Michael, Michael Go Recycle you and your kiddo can help Michael go around and pick up trash in a park and get the litter bug before time runs out. This is a fun interactive activity that not only displays the importance of picking up trash, but it also allows sorting for the different types of waste to be recycled.

The next activity I Don't Want to Clean My Room! is something all kids can relate to. This is a great activity that starts with a story and ends with a fun game. As you read the comic book like story you learn the different types of items that can be recycled and reused. At the end of the story you help clean a room and recycle unwanted waste.

In the game Tip Tank you learn lot of easy water saving tips. In this activity you play the matching game and as you click on each square to guess the matching pair you learn helpful, easy tips you can use around the house each day to conserve water.

WELCOME!

Welcome to Ms. Bree's science play world. Here you will be able to use science at home with your child and learn what is going on in our science class each week. This site will help you support your child at home with exciting and engaging ways to build on what we are learning in class. Each week I will up date the site with games and information we are learning in class. So get ready to get involved and lets have some fun!