Conservation, week 8

Monday
Students will understand how energy we use everyday to power all we use is traditionally created.

• What is energy?
• Pass out notes page
• Presentation

Tuesday

Students will understand how energy we use everyday to power all we use is traditionally created.

• finish traditional creation of "power" discussion
• What is alternative energy?
• Why use it?
• Why not? 
• Options:
• solar
• wind
• biomass
• nuclear
• geothermal

• In groups, research at alternative energy source
• Benefits?
• Drawbacks?
• Costs?
• SOURCES formatted correctly. Use 
• Any other interesting facts you would to include easybib.com to help.
• You may present your information however you like
• song
• "movie"
• presentation
• short story
• design a shirt

Wednesday

Students will be able to effectively work in groups to create a presentation of the alternative energy source of their choice.

Work on presentation - today will be you last day to work on this in class. After today, you will need to complete this on your own time

Thursday

Students will be able to analyze how conservation topics are taught to children. Students will be able to identify conservation topics to media.

Fern Gully and worksheet

Friday

Students will be able to analyze how conservation topics are taught to children. Students will be able to identify conservation topics to media. Students will be able to effectively present on an alternative energy of their choice.

 

Finish Fern Gully

Energy Presentations.

Research Investigations, week 8

Monday
Students will be able to discuss the various aspects of bridge engineering and design.

1. Read through the web quest from last week
2. What did we find out about bridges?
3. How will we be able to test our bridges?
4. What was your favorite type of bridge that you researched?

How will we test our bridges??

Tuesday

Theodore is riding an ant under a bridge in France. He loves the ants in France
because they can walk on water. He also LOVES to eat and France has delicious
pastries and breads and cheeses.

Students will be able to digitally crop a picture of themselves into a bridge picture. Students will be able to creatively write about what they are doing in the picture.

1. Find your bridge picture and full length picture of yourself.
2. Open Pixlr Editor
3. Following the directions from Mrs. Rose, open the bridge picture, then the picture of you (IN THE SAME TAB) and cut your self out using the lasso tool. Cut and paste the image into the bridge picture. SAVE. 
4. Upload to your blog and creatively write about where you are and what you are doing on the bridge.
5. When  you are COMPLETELY done, help someone else.

Wednesday
Students will be able to identify the types of bridges in their pictures using information gathered in an earlier class. Students will be able to successfully create a venn diagram of the information in the picture and the information in the description provided.

1. Using the information in front of you (will be randomly assigned by Mrs. Rose) fill out the venn diagram sheet (paper or digital) to show similarities vs differences of the picture and description we completed yesterday.
2. Check with Mrs. Rose and start designing your bridge!

Thursday
Students will begin to construct bridges according to the design submitted and materials requested.
Bridge building time!!
Not building? PUZZLE TIME!!

Friday

Digital Media, week 7

Students will be able to use digital editing tools to create unique images. Students will be able to discuss the pros and cons of digital tools and non-digital tools when editing photos.

Monday -Wednesday
Pixlr photo editing

• Photo with background, two pictures cut out, and text
• When you are done, post it to your blog.
• Send the NON EDITED pictures to me (remember that you re-sized some of your pictures).
• Now, with scissors and glue, re-create your edited picture. Take a picture of this, and put it on your blog near the digitally edited picture. Discuss (in writing) which method you liked better, and the pros and cons OR similarities and differences of the two methods.
• Map of Cedar Springs. Take the pictures from your photo scavenger hunt, and "cut" them out. Place them on the map where the picture was taken. Post to your blog when done.
• Illustrate your creative group story. I suggest a Google Presentation so that you are all able to add to it. In the notes section, state who is responsible for this page. 

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

Sound

light

Air

Ground water

Fresh Water

Ocean

Soil

Research Investigations, Week 7

Students will learn about science misconceptions.

Monday

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

Tuesday

• Parade Floats??
• Science Misconception presentations
• Science misconception questions

Wednesday

• Presentations

Thursday

• Presentations
• Narrows webquest

Friday

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

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.
• Worksheet

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