Home Learning Assignments for both A and B days 09/05/2014

Everyone has the following assignments. How much you did in class will determine how much you have left to do. Due dates: A = 09/08 and B = 09/09/2014.

·       Finish setting up your Science Project  Journal. If you were absent you will need to pick up the directions at your next class.

·       Brainstorm 5-10 science project questions or ideas. Write them in ink in your Science Project Journal (SPJ) starting on p. 10. Write only in ink. Number all pages. Initial and date each entry in your journal.

·       Finish Vocabulary foldable. This is a shutterfold foldable. take a piece of white paper and fold it hotdog, then hotdog again, then hamburger. It's now a rectangle. Open the rectangle and fold the left edge to the center and the right edge to the center. It now looks like two flaps meeting in the middle. Open the entire paper and turn it landscape. fold the left edge to the center and the right edge to the center. You should have 4 blocks on each side of the center. Carefully cut between the clocks from the edge to the first fold. You should now have 8 flaps. On each flap write one vocabulary word (see below). Then under the flap write the definition of the word. Use your textbook pp. 26-37 to develop definitions.  On the reverse of each flap draw a visualization to help you remember the meaning of each word.

·       GIZMO: Growing Plants- do the Assessment questions. These will be picked up electronically during your class. Remember, the public library will let you use computers.   If you did poorly on  Part C this past week here are the directions again and perhaps you will re-do or complete the assignment to do better.  Directions for Part C.  Follow directions and ill in the question. Write a hypothesis. Remember,  you only use one test variable for a hypothesis and your outcome variable must be measureable.  RUN 10 trials for your control group and each of your experimental groups. Record all data in data tables. See the earlier post with a data table. After recording the data develop a conclusion.

Vocabulary

repetition

replication

hypothesis

controlled variable

outcome variable

tested variable

results

conclusion

Hint to A day students for Gizmo Assignment

Use 3 different tables for Part C of the Gizmo

POT ____

Trial	Height (cm)	Mass (g)	Appearance
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Mean

 

Testing and more Testing 08/27/2014

The majority of this week is devoted to the baseline CGA which is a district developed test.
Tuesday and Thursday are A day sessions 1 and 2. Wednesday and Friday are B day sessions 1 and 2.  The pacing of some of the classes has gotten off due to the amount of time needed for directions and distributing materials. Each class will get back on track next week.

Most classes have begun tracking Cristobal. The classes that have not will receive the data and map they need during the next class period. Everyone should either look up the location on-line or watch the news for the location at least once each evening. A good source is NOAA at http://www.noaa.gov/.

Some classes had quick checks of their first book assignment (Fusion pp. 4-14). Anyone who did not meet success on the first assignment will get a second look - hopefully Thursday or Friday if time allows. If not, then definitely next week. If you already had a second look, you can have a third look (for just a little more off than a 2nd look).

Make sure you are registered at explorelearning.com. I hope to begin Gizmos as early as Tuesday (since Monday is a holiday).

Some classes received the newest Fusion assignment. Everyone will get it assigned by Friday so if you want to work on it you may. Read Fusion pp. 16 - 24. Do all of the questions except you must skip # 9, 13, 14, and 15.

Your Y diagram mini-poster was already due, so if it comes in late it will have a penalty unless you were absent when it was assigned. Check the earlier post for the video and the directions.