Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Conservation, week 7

Students will be able to discuss the relationship between topography and pollution. Students will be able to discuss the contamination plumes. Students will be able to define alternative energy.

 Monday
  • Review: topographic maps
  • Finish topographic map from last week - Who done it? activity
Tuesday
  • Using your topographic map of your area, have a partner place a contamination site on it
  • What direction will the water flow in your area?
  • Where will the contamination plume go?
  • If I only told you that the soil was contaminated, why is it important which direction that the water will flow?
Wednesday
  • Go over yesterday's status check question and clear up misconceptions
  • Review
Thursday
  • Pollution assessment
Friday
  • What is alternative energy mean?

Pollution Presentations

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Monday, January 12, 2015

Research Investigations, Week 7

Students will learn about science misconceptions.

 Monday

  • Work time:15 minutes
  • Parade Floats
  • Science Misconception presentations

Tuesday
Wednesday
  • Presentations
Thursday


Friday
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Monday, January 5, 2015

Digital Media, week 6

Break photo assignment

Monday

  • Break photo assignment
  • get all the photos you need for your story

Tuesday




  • Break photo assignment
  • get all the photos you need for your story
Wednesday




  • Pixlr Editor on the Google Drive (extension)
  • Choose a background, and using the lasso and re-sizing tool, add people to your background as well as text on your photo.
Thursday

  • Share your Pixlr Edited pictures.
  • Send Mrs. Rose your un-edited pictures.
  • Cut and paste time!

Friday
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Conservation, week 6

Monday

  1. National Park presentation - Isle Royale
  2. Air Pollution
    1. Article 1
    2. Article 2 
Tuesday
  1. Air Pollution worksheet
Wednesday
  1. Finish air pollution discussion
  2. Start: Why is topography important when dealing with pollution contamination?
    • What is a topographic map?
    • How do I read a topographic map?
    • Why are they important in life?
    • How do I create a topographic map?
  3. Create your own topographic map using the data provided.
Thursday
  1. How to create a topographic map
  2. Go back to yesterday's map and make sure that you have the correct lines.
  3. Map discussions
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Research Investigations, week 6

Students will be able to create a movable parade float using only the materials provided. Students will be able to use research skills to present information on a science misconception. 

 Monday
  1. turn in language stories
  2. Design a parade float
    1. Create a parade - What are they celebrating? What is the name of the parade?
    2. Design your person (toliet paper roll)
    3. Your parade float will be graded on (1) whether or not it moves, (2) creativity - it is a parade float! -, and (3) the above parade info.
Tuesday


Now, find a science misconception of your own!

Wednesday
  1. Parade floats: 15 minutes
  2. Science misconception projects
Thursday
  1. Parade floats: 15 minutes
  2. Science misconception projects
Friday
  1. Presentations!
    1. Languages
    2. Parade floats - do they move?
    3. Science misconceptions.
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Monday, December 15, 2014

Conservation, week 5

We will be able to discuss pollution and how it impacts our world.

Monday

  • Article - read this article. Turn to me when you are done and shout your name out.
  • How can air pollution be combated?
  • Sound Pollution
  • Ocean Pollution presentation 2
Tuesday
Wednesday


Thursday
Friday
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Research Investigations, week 5

This week, I will:

  1. test my egg catching contraption.
  2. create a language and story using that language.


 Monday
  • Egg drop - round 1
  • write a story with the starting sentence: "Once upon a time, there was a clumsy engine mechanic who collected space trash."
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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