1. Investigation 1: What is Weather?
Part 1: The Air Around Us

2. Day 1: Focus Question
What is air?
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3. Review Vocabulary Climate - Weather –
Write the definitions to each in your own words:
Climate -
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Weather –
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4. Day 1 :Do Now Answer the following questions (not complete sentences)
Is today’s weather normal for this time of year? If not, what weather would you expect?
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Is this the kind of weather you would expect to be happening everywhere on earth right now? Explain why or why not.
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5. Review Do Now Take turns sharing your answers with your partner.
Brainstorm an answer to the following questions together:
Where does weather happen?
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What weather vocabulary do you know/have you heard?
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6. Day 1: Air Investigation
Objective:
To explore air
Guiding question:
What is air?
Materials:
Syringe
Tube
Clip
Outcomes:
Journal with at least:
3 observations about air
3 questions about air
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7. Day 1: Air Investigation Preparations
Material Grabber
Get materials from Material station:
2 syringes
1 plastic tube
1 binder clip
Other partner(s)
Get question ring for your group
Clear off desks and make sure pencils are sharpened
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8. Air Investigations Guidelines
Parts of syringe
Guidelines:
Use your syringe to investigate air
Use all of your materials as needed
Work alone or with your partner
Record observations in your journal.
Plunger
Barrel
Flexible Tube
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9. Science Journal: Air Investigation Part 1: While exploring air with the syringe, write at least 3 observations and 3 questions. Remember to use the cardstock ring for sentence starters!
Observations:
(for example: What happens to the air in the syringe when you push and pull on the plunger?, What can air do?, What happens when you put the clamp? )
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Questions:
(What can’t you explain?, What do you wonder about? Finish the sentence what would happen if…)
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10. Looking For Things to Investigate?
What happens to the air when you clamp the tube closed and push the plunger down?
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When the plunger is pushed down, is there more air, less air, or the same amount of air in the syringe?
What happens when you let go of the plunger after pushing it down?
What pushes the plunger back out when you stop pushing on it?
What do you think happens to the air when it is forced into a smaller space?
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11. Vocabulary: Pressure Compress “pushing” on/from something
Picture (draw what you think pressure looks like):
Examples:
Forcing something into a smaller space, something under pressure
Picture (draw what you think compression looks like):
Examples:
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12. Air Investigations: Clean up
Clean up Guidelines:
Whispering only if needed
All group members:
Focused on the goal of moving on
Following directions
Everyone –
Separate tubes off of syringes
Material Grabbers –
Return all materials to station
Make sure they are organized
Review your observations and questions
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13. Give 1 Get 1
Give: Put 1 observation and one question you had that you would like to share here: (see pg. 8)
Get: Put the observations and questions that you get from your classmates here:
Observation 1: Question 1: Observation 2: Question 2: Observation 3: Question 3:
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14. Vocabulary: Matter Mass
How much matter is in an object (like weight but same everywhere)
Measured in grams
Picture (draw what you think mass looks like):
Examples:
Anything that has mass and takes up space
Picture (draw what you think matter looks like):
Examples
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15. Day 1: Reflection Questions:
After today’s activity with the syringes, what evidence or proof do you have to answer the following questions. Try to use the 4 vocabulary words on pages 14 and 11.
Is air real? Does it have mass? Is air matter?
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16. Day 2: Focus Question
Does air have mass?
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17. Day 2: Do Now Matter Mass Weather Pressure Compress Climate
Match the vocabulary word with the definition
Matter
Mass
Weather
Pressure
Compress
Climate
Forcing something into a smaller space
Takes up space, has mass
The average weather over time
Pushing on something
The temperature, precipitation, for a short period of time
How much matter is in an object
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18. Day 2: Kick Ball Video Questions
What happens to the air pressure inside of a ball as you pump it up (put more air in it)?
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Why when you put the needle in does air come out without you squeezing the ball?
Why doesn’t all of the air come out of the ball without squeezing it?
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Do you think the mass of the ball and air will change when the needle is put in? Why? What will the needle
do?
How does this video prove that air has mass and is matter?
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19. Day 2: Soda Can Video Questions
What do you predict will happen to the mass of the soda as time goes on?
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2. Why does the mass of the soda change as time passes?
3. How does this video prove that air has mass and is matter?
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20. Day 2: Soda Keeper Bottle Video
When they pump the pump at the top of the bottle what are they doing? How do you know this based on what happened?
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When they turn the pump, what are they doing? How do you know this based on what happened?
3. How does this video prove that air has mass and is matter?
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21. Day 2: Partner Talk
Give at least two examples of when you can FEEL that air is real.
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Give at least two examples of when you can SEE that air is real.
When can you see/feel that air has matter and has mass?
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22. Day 2: Reflection Question:
After today’s videos, what evidence or proof can you add to answer the following questions. Try to use vocabulary words from today.
Is air real? Does it have mass? Is air matter?
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23. Day 3: Focus Question
What is air?
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24. Day 3: Do Now Write T for true or F for false for each statement.
_____ Weather is the average temperature/conditions over a long period of time
_____Matter is something that takes up space and has mass
_____Air takes up space
_____ Air does not have mass
Explain your answer for number 4. How do you know you are correct? What evidence do you have?
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25. Day 3: “What Is Air?” Reading
Material Grabber:
Get Weather on Earth books from back for your group
Other Partners:
Get graphic organizers and highlighters for your group
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26. Day 3: “What Is Air?” Reading Instructions
Read the text with your partner
You decide how you would like to split it up
Annotate the text as you read
Highlight important details
Flag vocabulary you do not know or is new
Write gist in the margins
When finished reading and annotating:
Fill in the main idea graphic organizer
Main idea in the middle and the details coming out of it
Work on the vocabulary side:
Fill in other side with 6 vocabulary words from the passage
Write the definition of each word
Draw a picture for each word
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27. Day 3: Reflection Question:
After today’s reading, what evidence, proof, or detail can you add to answer the following questions. Try to use vocabulary words from today.
What is air?
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28. Day 3: Homework “What Is Air?”
Re-read the passage from today. Answer the following questions based on the reading.
What is the definition of atmosphere?
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2. The earth’s atmosphere is made of _________________________
What is air on earth composed of?
4. Name 2 variable gases and a source that produces them.
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29. Investigation 1: Wrap - Up
Re-read your answers to the reflection questions on pages 15, 22, and 27. Put together all of the observations, evidence, proof, and details to come up with a complete and thorough answer to the following question. Use vocabulary words from all of Investigation 1.
What is air?
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