Alternative Energy
June 6, 2013
6th Grade Scientist will close the year with Alternative Energy. Their final homefun assignment is to complete an essay that explains hydroelectric power and due on Tuesday June 11. More information can be found in the investigation directions.
Starting on Tuesday students will plan and create a solar device to be tested Thursday and Friday with their tribes.
May 22, 2013
The Ecology Investigation is almost over! This week, we have focused on station explorations--students have discussed animals they have seen or want to see, how energy is transferred, compared animal and human features.
Biome investigations will commence on Friday, May 24, 2013.
Biome investigations will commence on Friday, May 24, 2013.
Week of May 6, 2013
This week we started our Ecology Unit. Students will work on various tasks and exploration activities to investigate the ecosystem, different biomes, food chains, and food webs. Students will be responsible for completing tasks at home if not finished in class.
Standard 6.5:
Organisms in ecosystems exchange energy and nutrients among themselves and with the
environment.
Main Ideas:
1. Organisms depend on each other and on the nonliving resources in their environment.
2. Energy and matter flow between organisms and their environment.
3. Organisms depend on their relationships with each other and the resources in their environment.
Standard 6.5:
Organisms in ecosystems exchange energy and nutrients among themselves and with the
environment.
Main Ideas:
1. Organisms depend on each other and on the nonliving resources in their environment.
2. Energy and matter flow between organisms and their environment.
3. Organisms depend on their relationships with each other and the resources in their environment.
Homefun for the week of April 29, 2013
Students will continue working on Weather and Climate
Task 3 due Tuesday April 30
Summary (for notes given in class) due Wednesday May 1
Unit 4 Review Due Friday May 3
TEST, on Weather and Climate Friday May 3
Task 3 due Tuesday April 30
Summary (for notes given in class) due Wednesday May 1
Unit 4 Review Due Friday May 3
TEST, on Weather and Climate Friday May 3
Friendly Reminder....
Students, there will be a quiz on Wednesday April 24. Review pages 58-61 in you Study Guide.
Homefun for the week of April 22, 2013
Key Questions:
What causes ocean currents?
What can weather maps tell you about weather?
What causes weather?
Standard: Many phenomena on Earth's surface are affected by the transfer of energy through radiation and convection currents.
This week students are to work on a special Earth Day 2013 Edition TFK!
Due Friday, April 26.
In the case that an assignment is not completed in class, it will become homefun.
What causes ocean currents?
What can weather maps tell you about weather?
What causes weather?
Standard: Many phenomena on Earth's surface are affected by the transfer of energy through radiation and convection currents.
This week students are to work on a special Earth Day 2013 Edition TFK!
Due Friday, April 26.
In the case that an assignment is not completed in class, it will become homefun.
Homefun for April 16, 2013
Earth's Interior Heat:
Standard-Heat from Earth's interior reaches the surface primarily through convection.
Key Question- Does the rock of the Earth's mantle move?
Tuesday: Reread pages 60-61 and take Notes (you may choose your preferred method of note-taking)
Standard-Heat from Earth's interior reaches the surface primarily through convection.
Key Question- Does the rock of the Earth's mantle move?
Tuesday: Reread pages 60-61 and take Notes (you may choose your preferred method of note-taking)
Missing Assignments
Reports were sent home Friday, March 15 with students. Parents, please double check with your student about missing assignments, sign the cover letter (if applicable), and return to school as soon as possible. Any missing assignment that is not turned by Friday, March 22 will be recorded as a "0."
Homefun March 12, 2013
Energy Cycles: Print or cut out (from an old magazine) pictures that represent how energy is transferred from the sun. Due Thursday
Homefun for the week of 3/4/2013
Due on Friday 3/8
Tuesday and Wednesday: Unit Review
Thursday: Unit Reflection
Friday: Unit 3 Test
Tuesday and Wednesday: Unit Review
Thursday: Unit Reflection
Friday: Unit 3 Test
Unit Test
On Friday, March 8, 2013 students will take their Unit 3 Test on Heat Energy (Test will consist of multiple choice and short answer questions). Students can use the following to study:
Notes
Study Tips
Section Reviews
Interactive Reader and Study Guide:
Heat and Energy pages 52-57
Fossil Fuels pages 85-89
Waves and Tides pages 241-246
We will also use class-time to prepare for the test. We will conduct a Unit Review and Tutorials.
Notes
Study Tips
Section Reviews
Interactive Reader and Study Guide:
Heat and Energy pages 52-57
Fossil Fuels pages 85-89
Waves and Tides pages 241-246
We will also use class-time to prepare for the test. We will conduct a Unit Review and Tutorials.
Homefun for the week of 2/25/2013
Investigation 4: Waves and Energy
Monday: N/A
Tuesday: Read Pages 241-246 in Interactive Reader and Study Guide
Wednesday: Diagram a Wave. Label the different parts of a wave and write a description that interprets what the diagram is illustrating. Due Friday
Thursday: Review pages 241-246. As you review, make a chart describing the causes and features of high tides, low tides, spring tides, and neap tides. Due Friday
Monday: N/A
Tuesday: Read Pages 241-246 in Interactive Reader and Study Guide
Wednesday: Diagram a Wave. Label the different parts of a wave and write a description that interprets what the diagram is illustrating. Due Friday
Thursday: Review pages 241-246. As you review, make a chart describing the causes and features of high tides, low tides, spring tides, and neap tides. Due Friday
Homefun for the week of 2/18/2013
Lab Investigation Report Due Friday 2/22/2013
Tuesday: Write a Purpose, a Hypothesis, and list the Materials
Wednesday: Reflection (Procedure, Observations, and Results will be done in class)
Thursday: Compile all notes, charts, data and put together to be turned in along with Final Report on Friday.
Report should be in the following order:
1. Investigation Report
2. Chart/Graph
3. Notes/Data
Tuesday: Write a Purpose, a Hypothesis, and list the Materials
Wednesday: Reflection (Procedure, Observations, and Results will be done in class)
Thursday: Compile all notes, charts, data and put together to be turned in along with Final Report on Friday.
Report should be in the following order:
1. Investigation Report
2. Chart/Graph
3. Notes/Data
Homefun for the week of 2/11/2013
Investigation 2: Fossil Fuels
Monday/Tuesday Read pages 85-89 in Interactive Reader and Study Guide
Wednesday/Thursday Complete 1-3 on page 90 Due Friday
Monday/Tuesday Read pages 85-89 in Interactive Reader and Study Guide
Wednesday/Thursday Complete 1-3 on page 90 Due Friday
Revision for Homefun 2/7/2013
Instead of Cornell Notes tonight, students should complete the graph started in class. Thank you all!
Homefun for the week of 2/4/2013
Tuesday: Read pages 52-56 in your Interactive Reader and Study Guide.
Wednesday: Complete the questions on page 57, #1-5 on a seperate sheet of paper.
Thursday: Complete Cornell Notes: Generate questions and complete summary. --CANCELLED
Wednesday: Complete the questions on page 57, #1-5 on a seperate sheet of paper.
Thursday: Complete Cornell Notes: Generate questions and complete summary. --CANCELLED
Unit 3: Heat Energy
Essential Question: Why is heat flow important?
Standard Covered: Heat moves in a predictable flow from warmer objects to cooler objects until all objects are at the same temperature. Students will investigate the ways in which heat energy is transferred, what happens when stored energy is released, convection, conduction, and radiation.
Listed below are the investigations 6th Grade Scientist will conduct in this unit:
Standard Covered: Heat moves in a predictable flow from warmer objects to cooler objects until all objects are at the same temperature. Students will investigate the ways in which heat energy is transferred, what happens when stored energy is released, convection, conduction, and radiation.
Listed below are the investigations 6th Grade Scientist will conduct in this unit:
Investigation 1Flow of Heat Energy
By the end of this investigation students will know: 1. Heat energy can be carried from one place to another. 2. Insulating materials impede heat energy from being transferred. |
Investigation 2Fuels and Energy
By the end of this investigation students will know: 1. Fossil fuels are those formed in the ground from the remains of plants and animals. 2. It takes millions of years to form fossil fuels. 3. Oil, natural gas, and coal are fossil fuels. |
Investigation 3Heat Conduction
By the end of this investigation students will know: 1. Heat flows in solids by conduction which involves no flow of matter. 2. Heat flows in fluids by conduction and convection which involves flow of matter. 3. Heat energy can be transferred between objects by radiation (which can travel through space). |
Investigation 4Waves and Energy
By the end of this investigation students will know: 1. Energy can be carried from one place to another by waves. |
January 22 - January 30, 2012
Putting It All Together
Students will apply all they have learned about landforms and the major geologic events that cause them in this culminating investigation.
This research project will allow students to become an expert in one of the following geoscientific events and the effects it has had on human and wildlife habitats: Earthquakes, landslides, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, and droughts. Students will a mini-essay and develop a script, or story to present their findings to others.
This assignment will be in-class as well as Homefun.
Students will apply all they have learned about landforms and the major geologic events that cause them in this culminating investigation.
This research project will allow students to become an expert in one of the following geoscientific events and the effects it has had on human and wildlife habitats: Earthquakes, landslides, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, and droughts. Students will a mini-essay and develop a script, or story to present their findings to others.
This assignment will be in-class as well as Homefun.
January 16, 2013
Today students started an in-class assessment, where students will apply their knowledge of Scientific Concepts about shaping Earth's surface to respond to a writing prompt. This is our version of a DBQ--we are calling it a SMQ (Science Mini-Q).
Students will have three (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) class periods to complete their response. SMQ is due on Friday at the end of the class period.
Students will have three (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) class periods to complete their response. SMQ is due on Friday at the end of the class period.
Homefun 1/14/2013: Glaciers Investigation Report
To culminate the Glacier Investigation, students are taking on the task to complete their first investigation report. Students were given the outline today in class. The following must be included in their report:
-Purpose
-Hypothesis
-Materials
-Procedure
-Observations
-Results and Conclusions
DUE: Wednesday 1/16/2013
-Purpose
-Hypothesis
-Materials
-Procedure
-Observations
-Results and Conclusions
DUE: Wednesday 1/16/2013
Homefun 1/9/2013: Investigation 6: Glaciers
Read Study Guide pages 183-185.
Complete the Study Tip (on page 183) on a seperate sheet of paper. Due Friday 1/11/2013.
Complete the Study Tip (on page 183) on a seperate sheet of paper. Due Friday 1/11/2013.
Investigation 5: Deltas and Floodplains
Homefun for the week of 12/18.
Read Study-guide pages 199-201
Answer questions 1-6 on a seperate paper. Don't forget your title and heading.
Answer questions 1-6 on a seperate paper. Don't forget your title and heading.
Investigation 4: Coastal Erosion and Deposition
Homefun for the week of 12/10
In study guide read pages 172-177 and answer questions 1-5 on page 178. Due on Friday 12/14.
Update
Students please answer this weeks' key question: How can moving water create and change landforms? The key question will be the basis for our investigagtion this week.
Study Guides and Cornell Notes
I will pass back study guides and cornell notes no later than wednesday so students can study for Friday's Quiz.
Earth Science Homefun for the week of December 3.
Unit 2 Investigation 3: Erosional Rivers and Landforms
Key Question: How can moving water create and change landforms?
By the end of this lesson students will know that rivers and streams are dynamic systems that transport sediment, erode rocks, and change direction of their course. Students will also use models to demonstrate the active river.
Monday: Read Pages 191-197
Tuesday: Answer all Reading Check questions--# 1, 5, 7, 11, and Critical Thinking Question #14 on a seperate sheet of paper. Make
sure to have a title and page numbers with a complete heading.
Wednesday: Complete Page 198
Thursday: Complete Cornell Notes and study for Quiz
Friday: QUIZ on Investigations 2 and 3. Use Cornell Notes and Study Guide to study.
By the end of this lesson students will know that rivers and streams are dynamic systems that transport sediment, erode rocks, and change direction of their course. Students will also use models to demonstrate the active river.
Monday: Read Pages 191-197
Tuesday: Answer all Reading Check questions--# 1, 5, 7, 11, and Critical Thinking Question #14 on a seperate sheet of paper. Make
sure to have a title and page numbers with a complete heading.
Wednesday: Complete Page 198
Thursday: Complete Cornell Notes and study for Quiz
Friday: QUIZ on Investigations 2 and 3. Use Cornell Notes and Study Guide to study.
Earth Science Homefun for the week of November 26.
Unit 2 Investigation 2: Rocks and Weathering
By the end of this investigation students will know the weathering of rock and soil contributes to the reshaping of Earth's landscape, how rocks can be broken down by chemical and physical means, and how to use models to demonstrate the weathering process.
Tuesday: Read pages 152-156 in Study Guide (orange book)
Wednesday: Answer questions 1-10 from study guide on a seperate sheet of paper
Thursday: Answer questions on page 157 numbers 1-3 (students are to write in the book)
No Quiz this friday.
Tuesday: Read pages 152-156 in Study Guide (orange book)
Wednesday: Answer questions 1-10 from study guide on a seperate sheet of paper
Thursday: Answer questions on page 157 numbers 1-3 (students are to write in the book)
No Quiz this friday.
Update....
Due to the high volume of students that have confirmed absence on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 the Quiz (which was scheduled for Wednesday 11/21/2012) has been rescheduled to Tuesday November 27, 2012.
Thank You
Thank You
Unit 2 Investigation 1: Landforms in Your Region
Students will begin this investigation by exploring features of topographic maps including contour lines, contour intervals, map colors, and map scale.
Goals and Objectives
As a result of this investigation, students will be able to identify and explain basic features of topographic and geologic maps.
Students will meet the following objectives and inquiry process skills for this investigation:
· Explain the way the land is shaped
· Identify landforms as part of the Earth’s system.
· Interpret topographic and geologic maps.
· Make observations.
· Recognize patterns and relationships.
· Communicate observations and findings to others.
Goals and Objectives
As a result of this investigation, students will be able to identify and explain basic features of topographic and geologic maps.
Students will meet the following objectives and inquiry process skills for this investigation:
· Explain the way the land is shaped
· Identify landforms as part of the Earth’s system.
· Interpret topographic and geologic maps.
· Make observations.
· Recognize patterns and relationships.
· Communicate observations and findings to others.
Earth Science Homefun for the week of November 19.
Monday: Complete Cornell Notes, Summary (What did I learn, must have a minimum of 3 sentences). Due Tuesday 11/20
Moday/Tuesday: Reading Pages 41-44, complete questions 1-9 on a separate sheet of paper. Due Wednesday 11/21
Wednesday: Quiz
Thursday and Friday: HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE BREAK!! See you on Monday.
Moday/Tuesday: Reading Pages 41-44, complete questions 1-9 on a separate sheet of paper. Due Wednesday 11/21
Wednesday: Quiz
Thursday and Friday: HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE BREAK!! See you on Monday.
Unit 2 Overview: Shaping Earth's Surface
For the next seven weeks we will learn about the shaping of Earth's surface. We will investigate:
Essential question: Why are Landforms important?
California Standard: 2. Topograhy is reshaped by the weathering of rock and oil and by the transportation and deposition of sediment.
- how water and weathering shape the landscape
- different types of landforms created by erosion and the deposition of rock and soil
- how beaches are fomrmed, move, and change
- how to read a topographic map and how earth's surface is mapped
Essential question: Why are Landforms important?
California Standard: 2. Topograhy is reshaped by the weathering of rock and oil and by the transportation and deposition of sediment.
Homefun for the week of November 12.
Pre-Assessment Questions Due Wed. November 13 (Please do not google questions).
Read pages 33-39: Mapping Earth's Surface.
Answer questions on page 40 only, Due Friday November 16.
No Quiz this week.
Read pages 33-39: Mapping Earth's Surface.
Answer questions on page 40 only, Due Friday November 16.
No Quiz this week.
Earth Science for the week of October 29
There is no homework this week, but there will be a test on Unit 1 on Friday. Students will be preparing and studying for this test in class.
Earth Science Homefun for the week of October 22
Due Tuesday: Please visit http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs, then click on Big CA-NV Earthquakes. Record the date, magnitude, location name, latitude and longitude (to the nearest tenth of a degree) of the most recent California earthquakes that measured 3.0 or above.
Due Thursday: Please interview a parent or other older person about their experiences in an earthquake (preferably one that occurred in California). Ask them what it was like. Write a couple of paragraphs describing their experience. Make sure you include the year and location of the earthquake. Be prepared to share your writing with the class.
Due Friday: Please complete pages 115-120 in the Holt Interactive Reader (Orange Book)
Due Friday: Investigation 5 (if not finished in class)
There will be a quiz on California's Geology and Earthquake Zones on Friday.
Due Thursday: Please interview a parent or other older person about their experiences in an earthquake (preferably one that occurred in California). Ask them what it was like. Write a couple of paragraphs describing their experience. Make sure you include the year and location of the earthquake. Be prepared to share your writing with the class.
Due Friday: Please complete pages 115-120 in the Holt Interactive Reader (Orange Book)
Due Friday: Investigation 5 (if not finished in class)
There will be a quiz on California's Geology and Earthquake Zones on Friday.
Classwork for October 17
If you did not finish in class today, please be sure to piece together the continental puzzle and glue it to your contraction paper. Also make sure you have filled out Purpose, Hypothesis, Materials, and Observations on your Investigation form.
Earth Science Homefun for the week of October 16
Please complete pages 97-103 in the Hold Interactive Reader (Orange Workbook). Due Friday.
Investigation 4 (if not finished in class).
There will be a quiz on Earth's Structure and Supercontinent on Friday.
Investigation 4 (if not finished in class).
There will be a quiz on Earth's Structure and Supercontinent on Friday.
Earth Science Homefun for the week of October 8
Please complete pages 109-114 in the Holt Interactive Reader (Orange Workbook). Due Friday.
Investigation 3 (if not finished in class) is also due on Friday.
There will be a quiz on Deforming Earth's Crust on Friday.
Investigation 3 (if not finished in class) is also due on Friday.
There will be a quiz on Deforming Earth's Crust on Friday.
Please Hold on the Science Project - in light of the changes with teachers we will reassess, then reschedule the assignment. Many thanks for your patience.
QUIZ
on Friday, October 5, 2012
SCIENCE HOMEFUN for the Week of October 1, 2012 to October 5, 2012
Interactive Reader and Study Guide (Orange Book)
Pages: 104 - 108
All questions must be answered on a separate sheet of paper. Please include full heading and title with page numbers.
Due: Wednesday, October 3, 2012
on Friday, October 5, 2012
SCIENCE HOMEFUN for the Week of October 1, 2012 to October 5, 2012
Interactive Reader and Study Guide (Orange Book)
Pages: 104 - 108
All questions must be answered on a separate sheet of paper. Please include full heading and title with page numbers.
Due: Wednesday, October 3, 2012