SCIENCE QUIZ TUESDAY

We are approximately half way through the units on Matter (grade 5) and Space (grade 6).  We are going to have a test on Tuesday May 20th.

AREAS OF FOCUS FOR GRADE 6

• BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN THE PHASES OF THE MOON
• BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A LUNAR AND SOLAR ECLIPSE (BE ABLE TO DRAW A DIAGRAM)
• BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY WE HAVE SEASONS AND HOW THEY ARE RELATED TO THE POSITION OF THE EARTH AND SUN ( BE ABLE TO DRAW A DIAGRAM)
• BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW THE INTERACTION OF THE SUN, MOON AND EARTH CAUSE TIDES ON EARTH
• KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COMET, METEOROID AND AN ASTEROID

AREAS OF FOCUS FOR GRADE 5

• DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REVERSIBLE AND NON-REVERSIBLE CHANGES---ALSO BE ABLE TO PICK OUT EXAMPLES OF EACH
• WE DID SEVERAL EXPERIMENTS IN CLASS--MAKE SURE YOU REMEMBER THE OUTCOMES AND WHAT WE LEARNED EX. ANTACID IN WATER, PENNIES IN VINEGAR, 
• MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT CLUES CAN TELL YOU IF THERE IS A NON-REVERSABLE CHANGE (COLOUR, SOMETHING NEW PRODUCED)
• KNOW 3 STATES OF MATTER AND THEY'RE CHARACTERISITCS (SHAPE, VOLUME CHANGES FOR EACH STATE)
• KNOW CONDENSATION, EVAPORATION SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES AND EXAMPLES OF EACH