Ms. Nurse's
5th Grade Class
Where learning is FUN!
Projects
Here you will find the major projects for the 9-weeks.
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world". Nelson Mandela
Science: Sustainability Project
Our science project this 9 weeks will be a class effort to look at vermiculture and composting. Students will test different lechates, worm teas, and worm castings and their contribution to plant growth. Our purpose is to educate others on the importance and best way of recycling food wastes into new foods and enhance our gardens at the same time!
English: Oral Presentations
The student will use effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to deliver planned oral presentations.
a) Maintain eye contact with listeners.
b) Use gestures to support, accentuate, dramatize verbal message.
c) Use facial expressions to support and dramatize verbal message.
d) Use posture appropriate for communication setting.
e) Determine appropriate content for audience.
f) Organize content sequentially around major ideas.
g) Summarize main points as they relate to main idea or supporting details.
h) Incorporate visual media to support the presentation.
i) Use language and style appropriate to the audience, topic, and purpose.
To be completed by 5.5.15
History: Flashback Project
In groups of 4 students become characters to re-enact in a historical setting. They design their set, scen,e and dress in period costumes. They will convey to the class the Southwest and West Regions of the United States using the five themes of geography: Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Interdependence and Movement/Migration, and Region.
Project to be completed by 3.15.15