'Sader Scientists
session 1 of 12
1st Term (Fall Program)
Tuesday, September 10th
What is Science? Branches of Science Science Prefixes and Suffixes Scientific Method Lab Safety Lab Equipment
Science Prefix & Suffix Match
Procedure Challenge
STEM Challenge
Lab Safety Game in Keynote
Google Slides T/F Review Game
Identify Lab Equipment
session 2 of 12
Tuesday, September 17th
​What is Physics? Law of Conservation of Energy Potential & Kinetic Newton's Laws of Motion Forces
Try on lab coats
for sizing
Pocket Marble Coaster
Incline Plane Experiment
Gravity Experiment
session 3 of 12
Tuesday, September 24th
​What is Chemistry? What is an atom? States of Matter
session 4 of 12
Tuesday, October 1st
​Density Buoyancy Hypothesis
Buoyancy Simulation
session 5 of 12
Tuesday, October 8th
​What is Ecology? What is an ecosystem? Biomes Habitats
Assign each student a biome to create! Bring a shoebox next week with any other supplies you might have around the house to 'Sader Scientists to create your biome in diorama form.
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rainforest, woodland forest, tundra, desert, ocean, savanna
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Where is your biome located?
What does your biome look like?
What kinds of plants and animals live there?
What is the temperature and weather like in your biome?
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session 6 of 12
Tuesday, October 15th
Biome Dioramas
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Use materials brought from home and those provided by
Mrs. Brister to construct your shoebox diorama of your chosen biome. Remember to only include those features that are relative to your biome. The short report completed last week should accompany your biome and include the following...​
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Where is your biome located?
What does your biome look like?
What kinds of plants and animals live there?
What is the temperature and weather like in your biome?
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The following students are constructing the corresponding biomes...
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Sutton - rainforest
Annalise - taiga or woodland forest
Harrison - desert
Charlie - ocean
Elsa - savanna
tundra
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session 7 of 12
Tuesday, October 22nd
​What is Anatomy & Physiology? Heart Anatomy? Pulse Lab CPR Crash Course
Listen to your heart!
Bloodflow Walk-thru
Track the Bloodflow
Pulse Lab
session 8 of 12
Tuesday, October 29th
Anatomy & Physiology? What is the lungs job? Lungs Model Mucous Slime
sessions 9 & 10 of 12
Tuesday, November 5th and 12th
What is Microbiology? What is your Immune System? Germs Proper Handwashing Technique
Germ Tracker Experiment
Agar Swab
Specimen Experiment
Microscope Activity with
Microbes
session 11 of 12
Tuesday, November 19th
What is Neurology? How does the brain work? What are the jobs of the right and left brain?
Create a brain hat!
Are you left or right brained? Let's see!
session 12 of 12
Tuesday, December 3rd
What are the jobs of the right and left brain? (continued)
1) How long can can you stand on one foot with your eyes closed experiment
2) Tap your nose and rub your tummy experiment
3) Pointing to opposites shapes
4) Tapping Numbers on opposite sides
5) Bilateral hands activity
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2nd Term (Spring Program)
sessions 1 & 2 of 12
Order of the Plants from the Sun
Demonstrate Orbit
1) Our Solar System: The sun and the planets
2) Order of the planets from the sun
3) What is unique about each planet?
4) How do the planets orbit the sun?
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Make a Model of the Solar System
session 3 of 12
Phases of the Moon
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Lesson Overview: Understand the moon’s phases and their relation to Earth and the sun.
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Hands-On Activities:
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Oreo Moon Phases
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Materials: Oreo cookies, plastic knives, paper plates, markers.
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Instructions:
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Split cookies and scrape the cream to model each moon phase.
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Arrange on paper plates in sequence and label them.
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Moon Phase Viewer
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Materials: Flashlight, styrofoam ball, pencils.
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Instructions: See video below.​
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session 4 of 12
Layers of the Earth
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Lesson Overview: Explore Earth's crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core.
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Hands-On Activities:
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Earth Layer Model
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Materials: Play-Doh (various colors), plastic knives.
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Instructions:
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Create layers of the Earth using different colors of Play-Doh.
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Slice the model to view cross-sections and identify layers.
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session 5 of 12
Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Lesson Overview: Investigate tectonic movements, earthquakes, and volcanic activity.
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Hands-On Activities:
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Seismic Wave Model
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Materials: Slinky, flat surface.
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Instructions:
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Use a Slinky to demonstrate P-waves and S-waves.
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Discuss how waves travel through Earth during an earthquake.
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Erupting Volcano
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Materials: Baking soda, vinegar, dish soap, food coloring, clay or papier-mâché.
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Instructions:
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Build a volcano structure.
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Add baking soda, dish soap, and food coloring; pour in vinegar to trigger an eruption.
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session 6 of 12
(Mrs. Brister is out sick)
session 7 of 12
Recycling
session 8 of 12
Tuesday, April 8th
Clouds and Cloud Formations
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Cloud in a jar
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Create types of clouds with cotton balls, glue, and blue construction paper
- Make a Cloud Viewer​
session 9 of 12
Water Cycle
The Water Cycle
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Learn the steps in the water cycle.
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Play Water Cycle Scoot Game to learn key words and concept of the water cycle.
- Create a 3D model of the water cycle and label it.
session 10 of 12
Plants
Plants
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Learn about the parts of a plant.
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Set up the celery experiment with food coloring in water with celery to see the stem of a plant in action.
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Learn about the life cycle of a plant - from seed to plant.
- Set up the lima bean in a bag experiment
- Plant wildflower seeds and observe their progress in growth over the remainder of 'Sader Scientists.
session 11 of 12
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis in Plants
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Check our celery, lima bean, and plants we set up last week,
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Learn about Photosynthesis.
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Play the game "Photosynthesis Quest."
Rainforests
session 12 of 12
Rainforests
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Learn about Rainforests, the layers, and animals that live there.
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Work through a digital escape room to learn more.
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Create a flipbook to demonstrate the layers of the rainforests and the animals habitats in each.
