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Did your class visit the USS Yorktown and participate in our 5th Grade History and Science Program? Click Here.
Did your class visit the USS Yorktown and participate in our 5th Grade History and Science Program? Click Here.
Trades and SKILLS BASED Lessons
Math
An aircraft carrier like the USS Yorktown doesn't operate on its own- it takes many skilled people in a variety of trades to keep the ship afloat. Check out math problems below in the context of valuable trades and skills!
An aircraft carrier like the USS Yorktown doesn't operate on its own- it takes many skilled people in a variety of trades to keep the ship afloat. Check out math problems below in the context of valuable trades and skills!
Katie's Welding (GR.5 graphing)
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Mike's Gutters (GR.5 perimeter and multiplication)
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Jimmy's Carrot Garden (GR.5 area and multiplication)
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Tour boat captain (GR.5 graphing)
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Lessons Linking Oscar and Friends to Math and Science
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1. Introduction to graphing
In Chapter 7, Oscar and friends make their way to the estuary and Charleston Harbor. There are many biotic factors in this ecosystem, providing scientists with LOTS of research possibilities. Local scientist, Courtney Gerstenmaier has been researching amphipods in a mudflat. Explore and interpret her real data in this introductory graphing lesson!
SC Standards covered: Math 5.MDA.1, 5.G.1, 5.G.2A
SC Standards covered: Math 5.MDA.1, 5.G.1, 5.G.2A
2. One drop at a time... let's read a rain gauge!
In Chapter 2 Oscar, Hank and Hannah become part of a hurricane. What are some effects of these storms? Hurricanes can bring high volumes of rain to an area. Scientists use rain gauges to measure how much it rains. Let’s practice!
SC Standards covered: Math 4.MDA.1, 5.MDA.1, Science 2005 4-4.1, 4-4.5, 5-3.1, 5-3.4
SC Standards covered: Math 4.MDA.1, 5.MDA.1, Science 2005 4-4.1, 4-4.5, 5-3.1, 5-3.4
3. Feeding fractions
In Oscar I Am, we see many examples of plants and animals taking place in a food chain.
Some scientists study plants and animals and their
place in the food chain. Alyssa Demko from the College of Charleston is one of
them. She studies what sea urchins and
Emerald crabs like to eat and how much they eat. When Alyssa wants to count how
much Emerald crabs eat, she uses fractions! Practice quantifying how much algae an Emerald Crab has eaten in this Feeding Fractions worksheet!
SC Standards covered: Math 3.NSF.1, 3.NSF.2, 4.NSF.1 Science 5.L.4B
SC Standards covered: Math 3.NSF.1, 3.NSF.2, 4.NSF.1 Science 5.L.4B
4. Connecting the food chain
What is one way that plants and animals are connected? Through the FOOD CHAIN! In Oscar I Am, we can find many examples of animals taking part in the food chain. Determine the “links” between the following animals in this Connecting the Food Chain worksheet.
SC Standards covered: Science 5.L.4B.1 , 5.L.4B.2, 5.L.4B.3
SC Standards covered: Science 5.L.4B.1 , 5.L.4B.2, 5.L.4B.3
5. Human solutions to invasive species: the grass carp
In Chapter 5, we see the grass carp eating an invasive weedy plant that has been taking over Lake Murray. This invasive plant was released into the lake accidentally, and now it is taking over. They compete with native plants for space and sunlight, and use up an enormous amount of oxygen. Humans have worked on the problem by introducing the grass carp into the lake.
SC Standards covered: Science 5.L.4B.4
SC Standards covered: Science 5.L.4B.4
6. Perimeter, area, and volume measurement with oscar
SC Standards covered: Math 4.MDA.3, 5.MDA.3c
7. saving baby turtles with the scientific method
Use all the math and science skills you have to set up an experiment to see how we as humans impact baby turtles on their journey to the water.
SC Standards covered: Math 5.MDA.3, 5.MDA.4, 5.NSBT.5, 5.NSF.1 Science: 5.S.1, 5.L.4
SC Standards covered: Math 5.MDA.3, 5.MDA.4, 5.NSBT.5, 5.NSF.1 Science: 5.S.1, 5.L.4