Food chains in action: Big Cypress National Preserve freshwater marsh and swamp. View minutes 4:00-10:00 and 33:40-40:46 of this video to see producers in action: youtu.be/Mmkh8lQMnm4 #FloridaScience #foodchains #photosynthesis

Plants and animals have special characteristics the enable them to survive in an environment when the environment changes: fire is one of those changes. Explore how saw palmetto and slash pine are able to survive when fires are frequent in the environment: youtu.be/uzeVQJyqgIY

Studio 2.0 is popping! #FloridaScience videos getting ready to roll!

#FloridaScience natural resources found in Florida: oil. Oil Well Park in Sunniland at the end of Oil Well Road was the site of the first oil well in the state of Florida: right here in Collier County!

#FloridaScience a common misconception about plants is that they need soil to survive. Some do, and some don’t. Some plants get the moisture they need directly from the water vapor in the air.

Fertilizer for plants is often labeled “plant food.” Where does this tree get the ingredients to make wood? Soil? Nutrients in the soil? It’s just sunlight, CO2, and H2O. Nutrients are like vitamins and minerals for us, but don’t confuse them with food.

Oreo pudding? Nope! Sedimentary rock: plaster of Paris (gypsum) + sand (two sediments) + water (in an ocean...) form new rock. Video guide coming soon! #FloridaScience #HandsOnScience

Shooting mosquito larvae in their natural habitat: a seasonal swamp! Wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be but Andrea managed to wrangle a couple!!!

First video in the new studio setup! 4th grade rocks: a close look at limestone. Ditch the gummies: I’m going to show you and your students how to create a model limestone rock that is virtually identical to the reference sample I have in my state mining society kit.

youtu.be/EYe8RmFkV5Y a little background for you on limestone: the main kind of rock found in Florida. As you look at these rocks, look for evidence of particle deposition: was this rock was formed from sediment deposited at the bottom of the ocean? youtu.be/EYe8RmFkV5Y

Florida Science SC.5.P.8.2: Observe Materials that Do and Do Not Dissolv... youtu.be/at8PU2zxOtg via YouTube new classroom activity videos: YouTube.com/TedsTrails

Stopping by the side of the road to do a lesson on the condensation of water. Full video available at youtube.com/FloridaScience #floridascience #teachertwitter #scienceteacher #virtuallearning

#FloridaScience SC.5.P.10.1 Forms of Energy: Mechanical Energy.

#FloridaScience Forms of Energy: Mechanical Energy/the energy of motion. Paddling a canoe uses mechanical energy to cause motion, a change in position of the canoe.

SC.5.P.10.2 Electrical energy can be transformed into light Andrea Strom fifth grade class building a circuit to investigate transformation of electrical energy. Collier County Public Schools Collier Science Dept Village Oaks Elem

Florida Science SC.5.P.10.3 Electrically Charged Objects youtu.be/QkrVFKAj8qw How might you move an object without touching it?

Observing pushes and pulls with models and real objects. Full video youtu.be/SO14rd5MS14

Investigating pushes and pulls, including gravity acting on falling objects and the attraction of an electrically charged object. Full lesson available in CCPS Canvas: DM me for details.

We had fun with our “popcorn” activity today. @UlibarriK_VOE Village Oaks Elem Ted Borduas, M.Ed. Collier County Public Schools Collier Science Dept