Dear Parents,

        Our unit on waves of energy is well underway.  Students have been learning about mechanical waves which travel through a medium like sound waves and electromagnetic waves that don't require a medium and consist of everything between radio and gamma waves.  Please ask your child about the various mechanical and electromagnetic waves.  All support is documented in your child's interactive science notebook.         

Week of Feb. 6:  This week students are learning about the light and matter.  There are a total of eight labs that students will need to complete along with their creative "left" side page that makes a connection to the lab they are working on.  There will be no quizes or tests this week.  We will be viewing a video on a cow's eye dissection.  This may seem seem unpleasant to watch at first, but is necessary for a comprehensive approach toward the form and function of the eye.  Students who find it difficult to stomach the video may elect for a book reading instead.  Please see your child's ISN for more details, thank you.  

Science Interactive 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.

   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.