Today, Friday, April 3, 2020 BOCES provided teachers with links, games, explorations about water, virtual trips to water treatment plants, hands-on activities and so much more for you to support the science investigations we were to begin with our next Science Kit called Got Water?! 

Please take time to review these links, explore, play water games, take the virtual trips! Right now I am not expecting that any assignment is due from this site. However, please email me your feedback...let an adult know what sites you liked; what you learned; what you thought was helpful that you learned about water:) 

Have FUN!!! WATER IS AMAZING:) Mrs. B.

See how water creates energy - pictures and an article about hydropower. 

This site has many different areas that focus on how water impacts our lives. Informative and fun games to help you learn. 

I have emailed the following directions to parents as well; ask mom and dad if they can print off directions for you. 
Directions for Water Cycle site: click on "play video" (will read what is on the screen for you); an intro video of 28 seconds will play; click red X when done (upper right of this intro video); now, click the first rectangle under the dog to the right - The Water Cycle Activity to play/learn. IMPORTANT to know what the words mean since this site does not fully tell you what each word means: transpires: passes to form; consume: drink; percolate: drains; excrete: pass; discharge; respire: released; evaporate: loses moisture. Use these defiinitions while you "play" the water cycle activity. When you click, hold and drag a word from the word box over an arrow, release and the computer will buzz at you to tell you incorrect or a girl will read the word and definition - this mean you have that word/arrow correct! HINT: the word "respiration" DOES work - just position the word to the left of the item. After you have all of the water cycle labeled, a congratulations box will appear. You may just click exit at the bottom left. After, you can test yourself on the rectangle that is labeled, "What Did I Learn?" - five questions:) When done with this water cycle activity - explore the rest of the site. Oh, there are pages for parents to print out if they wish in the Science Notebook rectangle (you might wish to look up these words on dictionary.com). 

Read through this page, review the material, review the videos attached; try some of the activities for this unit. Again, as we almost finished this Toys Matter Science Unit, there is not a lot that was sent by BOCES - more like review. ENJOY:) Mrs. B.