Fractions
Science: Vibrations
Morning Meeting + Science
Equivalent Fractions
100

Draw a tape diagram showing 1/5

Ms. Chavez will do diagram :)

100

What happens to sound underwater? How does it sound?

A. You can't hear it because sound can't travel through water. 

B. You can hear it because the vibrations travel through water easily.

C. You can't hear it because things can't vibrate underwater. 

B. You can hear it because the vibrations travel through water easily.

100

What is the breathing exercise we have been doing this week? Model it for me!

Heart Breathing

100

What does it mean for fractions to be equivalent?

They are the same, equal, etc.


200

What is the top number of a fraction called?

Numerator

200

Which statement is true about whales?

A. They can communicate over 10 miles.

B. They can communicate through 100s of miles of water.

C. They make noises but they can't communicate because sound doesn't travel in water. 

B. They can communicate through 100s of miles of water.

200

What is someone's opinion or attitude about something called?

Point of View

200

What is an equivalent fraction for 1/2?

Ms. Chavez will decide. 

300

What is the bottom number of a fraction called? 

Denominator

300

3. What carries the vibrations of your voice to the ears of others?

A. Dust particles bounce off each other and cause the sound to carry.

B. The sound vibrations travel through the air.

C. No one knows because we can’t actually see our voices.

B. The sound vibrations travel through the air.

300

What is it called when we try to understand and share feelings of another person?

Empathy

300

What is an equivalent fraction for 2/3?

Ms. Chavez will decide :)

400

What does the numerator tell you?

Number of parts to shade in

400

4. How do our ears hear?

A. The sound causes your eardrum to vibrate and then we hear the sound.

B. Vibrations go in your ears and then slowly vibrate nerves in your brain.

C. Your eardrum stops the vibrations coming into your ear.

A. The sound causes your eardrum to vibrate and then we hear the sound.

400

What are questions we can ask to understand someone's point fo view?

What is your experience?

Why do you think that?

400

1/4 = 3/12

Are they equivalent?

Yes.

500

What does the denominator tell you?

Number of parts in the whole

500

5. Why don’t always see vibrations when we hear music or people talking?

A. The vibrations are too large.

B. The vibrations are going too fast.

C. The vibrations are too small for us to notice.

C. The vibrations are too small for us to notice.

500

6. Why can’t you hear sound in outer space?

A. There is too much oxygen in outer space so the air is too thick to vibrate.

B. There is no air in outer space so there is nothing for sound to vibrate.

C. The air is filled with too many space particles so it can’t vibrate like here on

Earth.

B. There is no air in outer space so there is nothing for sound to vibrate.

500

Change this mixed number to an improper fraction. 2 1/3

7/3

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