TOPIC 4: ENERGY

Hello everyone!

Here you have the video about energy that I told you about. It focuses on the differences between renewable and non-renewable energies, providing you with examples.

After watching it the times that you need, answer to the following questions in your notebook. Copy the questions too and remember to answer in pencil!

YouTube Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe9za5Qozns

Questions

1. What is an energy source? Explain it as if you were a dictionary

2. Which are the two main types of energy? What is the difference between them?

3. Which are the types of energy produced by the Sun? And by the wind?

4. How do we call the energy that comes from the Earth's internal heat?

5. Which types of energy do fossil fuels produce?

TOPIC 3: Food chains introduction

Hello everyone!

Here you have a link about the food chains that we have introduced today in class. 
After watching the video, answer to the questions copying them in full in your notebook. You can find them after the link.

YouTube video: FOOD CHAINS (until minute 2:45)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLq2datPo5M

ACTIVITY (in the notebook and adding the title):

Title: FOOD CHAINS VIDEO (until minute 2:45) 

• All living things need _______ to survive
• A food chain is a way to talk about the _________ between organisms
• Every living thing on Earth is part of a _______ _________, including you. 
• Plants convert energy into food through the process of ______________. That is why they are called __________, the first part of a food chain. One example is grass.
• Animals cannot create their own food, so they are _________ (they consume other living things). 
• Herbivores are called _________ consumers, because they are the first ones after producers. One example is the rabbit. 
• Secondary consumers are ___________, they eat other animals. One example is the fox. 
• Through this whole process, a lot of _______ has been transferred from one organism to another. 

Best,
Mery 

Websites for the project

Hello fifth graders!

Here you have some examples of good and reliable websites to get information for the Natural Sciences project. Use them wisely insted of copying from Wikipedia, everybody can edit that website!

General information: 

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/resource-library-terrestrial-ecosystem/?q=&page=1&per_page=25

• FORESTS GROUP

Forests video: https://study.com/academy/lesson/forest-ecosystem-lesson-for-kids.html

Forests information: https://kids.kiddle.co/Forest 

• TROPICAL RAINFOREST GROUP 

Tropical rainforest information: https://study.com/academy/lesson/rainforest-ecosystem-lesson-for-kids.html 

Tropical rainforest: http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/rainforest.html 

Tropical rainforest videos and information: https://www.britannica.com/science/tropical-rainforest

• TUNDRA GROUP

Tundra facts: https://study.com/academy/lesson/tundra-biome-facts-lesson-for-kids.html 

• DESERT GROUP 

Deserts, facts and information: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/deserts/

Fun facts deserts: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/desert.html

More information about deserts: https://defenders.org/wild-places/deserts 

Best,

Mery  :) 

Natural Sciences homework

Hello everybody! :)

As I told you in class, here you have the Natural Sciences homework for Monday (23rd of September)

1) Finish copying and completing this diagram in your notebook (5A and 5B):

2) Copy this information about the platypus WITH THE SPACES, since we will finish in during Monday class (it's a listening) (only 5A, since we are more advanced)

Have a nice weekend!!

Best,
Mery