Literacy, Heat Transfer, International Polar Bear Day!

Literacy

This week we have been practicing our Literacy by looking at non-fiction articles about an Arctic Animal and coming up with think notes and making jot notes about what we are learning. 

We are focusing on:

Appearance (Adaptations and Unique features)
Diet 
Habitat (place in the world and specific details about their homes)
Predators 
Problems facing this animal
Interesting Facts

We are also building our comprehension by using the strategy of questioning before, during and after we read. 

We will continue working on taking jot notes to summarize the important parts about what we are learning next week, as well as practicing strengthening our ability to ask BIG questions before, during and after we read.

Heat Transfer

This week we have been looking at how heat is transferred from one object to another. We have looked at different heat sources and how heat moves.

We were challenged to try to make room temperature water from hot and cold water. Ask me what I did and if it worked and what I learned about this?

What is Heat?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGKg3TSO4v8

Next week  (Wednesday February 27th) is International Polar Bear Day. 
Did you know the Polar Bear is losing sea ice due to polar ice melting faster and more than before?
Did you know the polar bear needs this sea ice to hunt and get the fat it needs to survive the Arctic Cold? 
Did you know that we can help by turning down our Thermostat and using less heat?

https://polarbearsinternational.org/get-involved/thermostat-challenge/

Please check your thermostat and write down what it is normally kept at? One day next week we will be challenged to put our heat down 2 degrees and see what an impact we can make.