Make Your Own Weather Map!

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/activities/weather/mchl3004.swf

Watch this GREAT INFORMATIVE Video on COLD and WARM fronts:

https://youtu.be/tsD6zkBMmck

Customary Conversion Games

I love the first link below!  It has a variety of CUSTOMARY and METRIC.  Please practice the CUSTOMARY UNITS this week, so we master the conversions.  We will practice METRIC after CUSTOMARY!

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/menus/measurement.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/measurement/BestMeasure2.htm

http://www.mathgames.com/skill/5.6-compare-and-convert-customary-units

https://www.quia.com/hm/4089.html

Length:

Capacity:

Weight:

Poetry Links

www.gigglepoetry.com

http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php

Theme/ Shape Poem Online Tool

Click on the link below to create a SHAPE poem...

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/theme_poems/

St. Patrick's Day Pictures: What a Great Day!

Very Helpful Visual Fraction Calculator!

Check this amazing FRACTION Calculator resource out:

http://www.dadsworksheets.com/fraction-calculator.html

Weather Vocabulary and Quizlet

To complement our Extreme Weather article in Scholastic News, we will be studying weather in the mornings for “P30” again!  Your vocabulary words for the week are below.  

Great Practice Quizlet:

https://quizlet.com/5928969/4th-grade-weather-vocabulary-flash-cards/

   cold front

when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass, forms when cold air moves under warm air which is less dense and pushes air up (produces thunderstorms heavy rain or snow

warm front

a front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather

air mass

a body of air that has about the same temperature and moisture throughout

barometer

an instrument used to measure air pressure

low-pressure area

a place where warm air rises and pushes down on the earth's surface with less pressure

high-pressure area

a place where cool air sinks and pushes down on the earth's surface with more pressure

hygrometer

measures humidity

anemometer

measures wind speed

wind vane

a tool that measures wind speed

thermometer

measures temperature

rain gauge

instrument used to measure rainfall

meteorologist

a person who studies weather

   precipitation

water in the atmosphere that falls to the Earth

air pressure

force of air pushing down on anything

forecast

a prediction of what the weather will be like

humidity

the amount of water vapor in the air

front

the line where two air masses meet

Fraction to Decimal Conversions Games

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/FractionsToDecimals.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/decimals/DecimalModels.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/decimals/DecimalModels10.htm

The Rock's Journey...beyond the "Rock Cycle"

http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/rocks/cycle/index.htm

Weathering!
Erosion!
Deposition!
Cementation!
Metamorphism!
Melting!
Extrusion!
Crystallization!

Read through the Rock's Journey and take the "test" to see if you mastered the concepts!

Multiplying Fractions By a Whole Number Guides, Games and Practice

http://www.mathgames.com/skill/4.67-multiply-fractions-by-whole-numbers

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/fractions-15-multiplying-whole-mixed-numbers-01.html

http://www.funbrain.com/fractop/

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/fractions/multiplying-fractions-word-probl/e/multiplying-fractions-and-whole-numbers-word-problems

http://mrnussbaum.com/grade5standards/570-2/

http://fractionbars.com/Multiplication_Game/