Garden School Grade 5 Science Week of Jan 3-6 2017
Mr. Darin Gilstrap
As we return from the Holidays let’s take another look and commit to memory what
we learned prior to vacation. Many of you were busy preparing for the Holiday
Show, so we will need to revisit these basic topics uninterrupted.
We learned how to visualize weather data points and trends and view those in
graphical form (bar or columnar graphs, line charts, etc.). We also learned how to
analyze those weather data trends in statistical formats (mean, median, mode).
Secondly, we also learned how to convert Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius
temperature and vice versa using the classic formulas below.
The temperature T in degrees Celsius (°C) is equal to the temperature T in
degrees Fahrenheit (°F) minus 32, times 5/9: or T(°C) = (T(°F) - 32) × 5/9
The temperature T in degrees Fahrenheit (°F) is equal to the
temperature T in degrees Celsius (°C) times 9/5 plus 32: T(°F) = T(°C) × 9/5 +
32
When I was just a kid, I lived across the Harlem River from the original Yankee
Stadium. The original Yankee Stadium had a Times Square-like jumbo electronic
board affixed atop that flashed 24-7-365 the time of day in Eastern Standard
Time (EST) and Pacific Standard Time (PST), and outdoor temperature in both
Fahrenheit and Celsius. After several years of watching this clock as a child, I
committed these conversions to memory.
More importantly, across most international communities, Celsius is the standard
temperature metric. Since our Garden School community is rich in international
diversity, learning both US and Scientific International (SI) measurements will be
a key skill to carry with you through your lifetime.
As you move through your primary, middle school and high school science education,
data collection, graphical representation and metric conversions will be key
foundational skillsets.
This week January 3rd -6th we will practice and commit to foundation visualizing
weather data and other natural science data, incorporating these data into
graphical form, and analyzing that data. We will also practice our US to SI metric
conversions.
In class worksheets will be given out to students this week to work on in class and
take home for practice. Students will also draw their own graphs based on teacher
assigned data given to each student in class.
We will have a short quiz on Monday January 9th that tests your mastery of these
two skillsets. Use your worksheets over the weekend to practice for your quiz.
Welcome back