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Dear Parents, We have begun our new unit on The flow of energy and matter in natural systems like an ecosystems. I have provided a three page list for your child to learn the vocabulary needed for this unit. There are also cloze stories and booklets that will go along with the powerpoints and reading material. All support is documented in your child's interactive science notebook.
Week of May 14th: Students have completed their unit on Energy Flow through the Ecosystems. This week we are concentrating on cycles of matter like the water, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen cycle. We will then follow with photosysnthesis. Students were to complete today 5/14 their homework assignment "An Ecological Observation" found on poage 136 in their ISN. Please see your child's ISN for more details, thank you.
Interactive Science Notebook
page x Classroom Rules and Policies page 1 Author's page, list first and last name, hobbies, illustrate page 2 thru 7 Table of Contents page 8 Interactive Science Notebook Reflection page 9 Interactive Notebook Guidelines page 10 Using Lab Safety, find the rules being broken page 11 Safety Rules page 12 Safety Scenario's page 13 Lab Safety Challenge page 14 Lab Equipment Use page 15 Knowing How to Use Your Lab Equipment page 16 Scientific Method Review Crossword / String Experiment page 17 Scientific Method Vocabulary page 18 Literature and the Scientific Method / Illustrate Poets Description page 19 Poem by John Godfrey Saxe using Observation and Inference page 20 M&M Lab 1.1/1.2 Observations page 21 M&M Lab procedures page 22 M&M Lab 1.3 Collecting Data / Collide or Combine page 23 M&M Lab procedures page 24 M&M Lab 1.5 / Different Temperatures page 25 M&M Lab procedures page 26 Science Vocabulary Definitions / Experimentation page 27 Scientific Methods Sponge Bob / Qualitative, Quantitative, and Inferencing page 28 Create your own Experiment page 29 Study Guide on Lab Safety / Scientific Methods / Lab Equipment. Think, Pair-Share. Test is on Thursday Sept. 22 page 30 Earth's Layers Foldable page 31 Plate Tectonics page 32 Density Lab and Heat Transfer page 33 Convection and the Mantle page 34 Magma Lab and Window Notes (Sea-Floor Spreading) page 35 Drifting Continents and Alfred Wegener's Hypothesis page 36 Sea-Floor Spreading Illustration page 37 The Theory of Plate Tectonics and Plate Tectonics and India's Landscape page 38 Plotting Earthquakes Homework and USGS Plate Tectonic Map page 39 Earthquakes and Volcanoes page 40 Rock and Mineral Vocabulary page 41 Properties of Minerals "Cloze Reading Activity," Minerals Booklet "Study Guide," Venn Diagram, Vocab Corner: Organic page 42 Diamond Dilemma Analysis on earring material with illustration page 43 Minerals in your home activity, Data Collection on the Earring Material, Vocabular Corner: Luster page 44 Concept Map on Rocks and Minerals page 45 Properties of Different Materials, Three-Level Reading Guide: Mineral Properties, Writing Framework on Minerals, Data Collection, Vocabulary Corner: Refraction, Mineral Crossword, Spider Graphic Organizer, Analysis on Calcite and Quartz Lab, Snell's Law. page 46 Minerals in your Home illustration page 47 Natural Resources - students selected minerals, classroom debates on using natural resources, Vocabulary Corner: Ore page 48 Classifying Rocks Summary reading and questions page 49 Classifying Rocks Guided Reading and Vocabulary Corner- "Texture." page 50 Window Notes on Igneous Rocks and Igneous Rocks reading questions page 51 Igneous Rock Clues, Lab Activity, Dichotomous Key, Guide to Igneous Rock reading, and Graphic Organizer. page 52 Igneous Rock Illustration with labels. page 53 Igneous Rocks Crossword Puzzle, Concept Map page 54 Illustration of minerals used at home. page 55 Sedimentary Rocks Summary and Questions, Sedimentary Crossword, Sedimentary Rock Lab Activity, Graphic Organizer. page 56 Metamorphic Rock Summary and Crossword. page 57 Identifying Metamorphic Rocks Lab Activity, Graphic Organizer page 58 Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary Study Guide. page 59 Similarities and Differences between Rocks and Minerals Graphic Organizer and Rock Cycle Information page 60 Reflections on Gardening, drawing from your background experiences page 61 Inquiry science:Why plants are not growing in the school garden. Lack of macronutrients. Vocabulary Corner, Garden Analysis page 62 Observing Soil Lab, taken from Arizona, non-fertility soil, and local backyard soil. Soil horizon and soil profiling for nutrients. page 63 Soil Study Guide page 64 The Great Dust Bowl 1931-1939, and Soil Conversation- students learn about crop rotation, terracing, over tilling, wind breaks, and contour plowing. Students saw a video of The Great Dust Bowl and the era of the Great Depression. Also, soil column observation. page 65 Study guide on Plate Tectonics, Rocks, and Soil. Find Somebody who.. activity on review page 66 Student illustration on the Japanese Tsunami and a well written paragraph on the events of March 11, 2011 page 67 Waves. Students learn about Mechanical and Electromagnetic waves. Also, wave crossword puzzle. page 67 Lab Activity on Sound waves in a bottle, vocabulary corner. page 68 Tsunami Experiment. Students simulate the actions of the Earthquake and model the transmission of energy through the medium. page 69 The Tsunami Story, a Cloze Reading Engagement Activity page 70 Doppler Effect Illustration with written description. page 71 Waves and Electromagnetic Spectrum word bank and cloze reading activity, Electromagnetic W.S. and graph page 72 Personal Connection: Sound in My Life a students' experience. page 73 Sound cloze reading activity, Sound Lab 1, Sound Lab 2, Sound Lab 3, Sound Lab 4, and Sound Lab 5 page 74 Wave Energy Connection page 75 Science - Energy - Sound BrainPop and Wave Properties / Frequencies and their componenets. Applied Engineering and Physics page 76 Light Connection and Vocabulary Usage page 77 Light Cloze Reading Study Guide / Powerpoint page 78 Exploring Light Lab Connection page 79 Light Key Words, Exploring Light Labs 1 Light waves and shadows, Lab 2: Visible light spectroscope and color analysis, Lab 3: Exploring Refraction page 80 Exploring Mirrors Illustration and vocabulary page 81 Exploring Light 4 thru 5 and the Angle of Incidence equals the angle of Reflection page 82 Absorption and reflection connection page 83 Exploring Light 7 absorption and reflection (students need to know how white and black are defined) Lab 8: Transfer of energy from light into heat, Reflection Maze 1 and 2 depth and angles- applied math. page 84 Wave Connection Illustration page 85 Sound, Light, and Color Wave Study Guide page 86 The Solar System ( students' illustrations are displayed in classroom and later glued-in on this page) page 87 The Solar System in one page, much to know about our Sun, Planets, Dwarf Planets, Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors. page 88 Planet Brochure: Cover: Name of Planet and Illustrate your planet. Inside left flap: Special Attractions and / or Features. Inside middle flap: Your Planets' Facts / 3/4 down page your "Travel Essentials." Inside right flap: Weather Report, and 3/4 down page How "your planet here" is Different from Earth. Last flap: Your Alien - Be sure it looks like it has adapted to your planet's habitat. Be sure your illustrations are colorful. page 89 The Universe and Unit Vocabulary page 90 Milky Way Travel Agency (students pick a planet except for Earth and the Dwarf Planet Pluto and research their chosen planet) page 91 The Solar System Word Bank page 92 Measuring Shadows, and Measuring Time page 93 My Ideas About the Day, Year, Season, and Moon Phases: Before and After Lab (Analysis Questions) A Day on Earth page 94 Outer and Inner Planets page 95 The Planets of the Solar System page 96 Apollo 11 Mission page 97 Cold War - The Space Race, and Man on the Moon page 98 Sun Illustration with proper labeling page 99 The Sun powerpoint: Two Column Study Guide and The Sun Review and Reinforce page 100 Crash Landing on Mars connection. page 101 Crash Landing on Mars ranking system page 102 Essential Questions: How has space exploration led to future research? See ISN for more questions. / Vocabulary page 103 Study Guide on the Solar System page 104 Earth's Rotation and Tilt, Season's Crossword Puzzle page 105 Earth's Rotation, winter and summer soltices, and Equinox Powerpoint Study Guide page 106 The Season's Illustration from Textbook page 229, also Earth in Space page 107 Graphic Organizer, Earth in Space page 108 Birthday Moons Activity due May 10th page 109 What Causes Moon Phases, Phase Diagram, and Vocabulary page 110 Arranging the moon, Discover Activity: How Does the Moon Move? page 111 Moon Phases Guide page 112 Moon Phases Practice page 113 Moon Phases, Eclipses and Tides Study Guide page 114 Moon Phase Vocabulary page 115 BrainPop Moon Phases and Moon Phases more practice page 116 Earth's Moon Reading Reinforcement page 117 Lunar and Solar Eclipses page 118 Casting Shadows the truths and myths of eclipses page 119 Eclipses Powerpoint with booklet page 120 Eclipse Illustration and labeled page 121 BrainPop Eclipse page 122 Tide Talk page 123 Types of Tides "Neap Tide" and "Spring Tide" and their respective moon phases page 124 Tide Illustrations (Spring and Neap Tide: Labeled) page 125 Tides, their periodic rise, gravitational pull, semidiurnal tide, Spring and Neap Tides, Tidal Range, and Practice page 126 Summary of unit on moon phases, eclipses, and tides. page 128 Frayer Model Ecology Vocabulary page 129 Energy Flow in Ecosystems page 130 Energy Flow in Ecosystems Guided Reading and Study page 131 Food Chain and Food Web Powerpoint page 132 Wilderness Ecosystem page 133 Energy Flow in Ecosystems Summary page 134 Cycles of Matter Illustration page 135 Cycles of Matter Guided Reading and Study page 136 An Ecological Observation: Outdoor Lab Assignment
There are seven major goals covered in sixth grade science. Scientific inquiry and technological design goals are integrated throughout the year into the other five major goals which are geology, cycling of matter, solar system, energy systems, and population dynamics.
(Dates posted on quizes and test are subject to change to due inclement weather, assemblies, etc. Changes will appear on schoolnotes and on Homework Board- students are required to write down assignments into their personal agendas)
Admiral Science Supply List:
2 - composition notebooks (only need 1 first semester, other used during 2nd semester) 1 – two pocket divider (to be used with agenda only) 1 – pack of wide-ruled loose leaf paper (fold a few sheets in half & place in composition notebook, keep the rest of your pack of paper in locker until further directions. 1 - designer duct tape ( animal pattern or polka dots, or whatever you like etc,) 1 – mechanical pencils 1 – jumbo eraser 1 – small pack of colored pencils
Please replace your supplies as needed throughout the year, thank you.
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- Nine Planets Great multi-media tour of the Solar System
- Chemical Elements Gives Atomic Structure & Much More
- NASA Tons of topics on space, this site can lead you in many directions so choose wisely.
- Moon Phases Scroll down to Earth Standards and view Moon Phases by Science Alberta Foundation
- Life Cycles and Ecosystems Learn more about Drosophila Melanogasters
- How Stuff Works Incredible Live Footage of Devastating Tsunami
- Energy Investigation Learn about renewable energy
- Constellations Mega site on Constellations
- Windows To The Universe Great Earth and Space Exploration
- Go Math Free Math Tutoring and Lessons
- Explore Learning Learn through Interactive Gizmos
- Alien Juice Bar Take the Challenge and Explore pH
- Chem4Kids Chemistry Basics
- National Geographic for Kids Animal / Planet Resource
- Missouri Botanical Garden In Depth View of Ecosystems / Biology of Plants
- Enchanted Learning Great Resource on our Solar System
- Science, Astronomy, Planets Learn about Your Weight, and Age on Different Planets
- Your Weight On Other Worlds Quick Way to See Your Own Weight on Other Planets. Remember to Show Your Formulas for Figuring Weight if Doing Project
