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November 26, 2007 at 5:11 pm · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
November 26-30
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Complete three(3) lessons from Study Island: Organism Interactions, Ecosystem Survival, Ecosystem Energy. The highest grade will be recorded in Power School on Friday 11/30. HW: Students should continue working on lessons, from study island at home, if desired grade was not achieved during class time.
TUESDAY – TLW: Receive information, directions, and guidelines regarding… “The 2008 GMS Science Fair”
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Compare, Contrast, and Debate Uniformitarianism Vs. Catastrophism. P.112-114 (6.6.1)
THURSDAY – TLW: Explain relative dating and superposition. Students will also identify features of disturbed rock layers. P.115-117 (6.6.1)
FRIDAY – TLW: Explain and role play types of disturbed rock layers and the types of unconformities. (Group activity) (6.6.1)
November 16, 2007 at 4:50 pm · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
November 19-23
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Organize all information on pollution (Heat, Light, Nuclear, Noise, Trash, or Habitat Destruction) and prepare layout for presentation tomorrow!
TUESDAY – TLW: Present research posters on pollution!
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Thanksgiving Holiday – No School!
THURSDAY – TLW: Thanksgiving Holiday – No School!
FRIDAY – TLW: Thanksgiving Holiday – No School!
November 13, 2007 at 2:23 am · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
November 12-16
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Veteran’s Day – No School!!
TUESDAY – TLW: Go over Chapter 3 Test! Students will also start discussing types of pollutants and how pollution is generated. (First the bad news p.86)
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Discover the good news on pollution p.93 Students will get information on pollution project!
THURSDAY – TLW: Get information for the pollution project!! Students will need to find pictures of the pollution, explain the type of pollution, how it harms the environment, and ways to improve this type of pollution. (6.8.2)
FRIDAY – TLW:
November 5, 2007 at 2:50 pm · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
November 5-9
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Students take a field trip to the Pink Palace to watch the IMAX “Deep Sea.”
TUESDAY – TLW: Watch a “Planet Earth” presentation. Students will look at the reasons behind the declining numbers of particular animals and questions how we choose which species we want to conserve.
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Take a test over Chapter 3 section 1&2.
THURSDAY – TLW: Conclude studies on various organisms’ relationships and interactions within an environment by watchig the movie Lion King in summation to our recent studies. Students will answer questions from this “circle of life” video.
FRIDAY – TLW: Finish the summation to our recent studies over interactions among various organisms by watching the end of Lion King.
October 30, 2007 at 4:44 pm · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
October 29 - 2
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Take a short quiz over C3.1-C3.2. Students will also identify two traits occurring through selective breeding. (6.5.1)
TUESDAY – TLW: Create “Speciation”! Each student will create a new species and justify its characteristics and traits. Students will collaborate in a group to decide “Who Eats Whom?” in a food chain containing these new species of plants and/or animals. HW: Complete directed reading questions for C3.1-C3.2 p.15-18 (6.5.2), (6.5.3)
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Finish the “Speciation” mini class project! Students are encouraged to be creative and to think
“outside-the-box” in their designs. Students will present on Friday. (6.5.2), (6.5.3)
THURSDAY – TLW: Be introduced to “Study Island”. Students will complete their first study island lesson. HW: Review Directed reading questions and class notes for C3 Test Tuesday.
FRIDAY – TLW: Present “Speciation” – A mini class project!!! HW: Review Directed reading questions and class notes for C3 Test Tuesday. (6.5.2), (6.5.3)
October 23, 2007 at 12:26 am · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
October 22-26
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Be introduced to Population Changes and heredity!!
C3p62-67!!! The diversity of life is incredible; yet what we see today is only a tiny view of all the different kinds of life that existed in the past. 6.6.2 HW: 1st and 3rd period: Research the following organisms and list the adaptations that help each organism to survive and reproduce. (bat, humming bird, alligator, duck, gray wolf, and spider)
TUESDAY – TLW: Define fossils as the remains or imprints of past life and describe how fossils are formed. Students will recognize that fossils are windows into time that let us see what living things once were like. 6.6.2
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Take a short quiz over C3.2. Students will also get instruction for the “Animal Adaptation Writing Project”.
THURSDAY – TLW: Describe the process of natural selection and outline the process of speciation. 6.6.3
FRIDAY – TLW: Write a paragraph describing the plot of a movie that shows how a population of cockroaches could become resistant to insecticide over time. 6.6.3
October 15, 2007 at 12:43 am · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
October 15-19
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Present “The Symbiosis Rap”. Each student will demonstrate their knowledge of symbiosis by creating a rap on 3 types of relationships among organisms. (mutualism, parasitism, and commensalisms) (6.2.2).
TUESDAY – TLW: Distinguish between two types of competition and give examples of predators and prey by creating a short story in their science journal. (6.2.2) HW: Complete journal writing on “The types of Interactions” p.46 and review directed reading questions for Test on Friday!
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Study concepts in nature: Animal Predators and the Balance of Nature. Students will also explore various types of predators and explains the complex relationships between predator, prey and nature. Students will complete reinforcement worksheets “Weaving a Food Web” and “Symbiotic Relationships”(6.2.2) HW: Review all notes and directed reading question in review for C2 Test Friday.
THURSDAY – TLW: Cover both the physical and behavioral adaptations of animals in regard to getting food, water, oxygen, protection from predators, shelter, and reproduction. Students will learn just how important adaptation is in the survival of all animal species. Students will complete “Adaptation: It’s a Way of Life” (a mini class project) HW: Complete vocabulary reinforcement worksheet and review all notes and directed reading questions for C2 Test Friday.
FRIDAY – TLW: Present some of the “Adaptation: It’s a Way of Life” mini projects. Then, students will test over concepts presented in C2.
October 10, 2007 at 1:14 am · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
October 8-12
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Fall Break – No School!!
TUESDAY – TLW: Fall Break – No School!!
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Create a diagram of the 5 levels of environmental organization according to a rubric. Please Bring Art Supplies to class.
THURSDAY – TLW: Distinguish between mutualism, commensalisms, and parasitism. Students will demonstrate their knowledge through role-play (6.2.2).
FRIDAY – TLW: Distinguish between two types of competition and give examples of predators and prey by creating a short story in their science journal. (6.2.2)
September 30, 2007 at 11:31 pm · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
October 1-5
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Go over chapter 1 Test results. Describe the functions of producers, consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem. (C2.2 p. 40-41) (spi.6.3.1). The students will also create a 3 tab book entitled the energy connection where students will define, describe and draw pictures to illustrate producers, consumers and decomposers.
Please bring art supplies to class
TUESDAY – TLW: Complete their 3-tab book on producers, consumers and decomposers. The studentlesson. HW: Update! Review power point notes on food chains
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Finish working in a group to create their own food chain and food webs.
THURSDAY – TLW: Watch Brain Pop over organism interactions and answer questions in class over the lesson.
FRIDAY – TLW: Test knowledge over food chain and food webs. Students will also compare and contrast the biotic and abiotic environment and relate the terms to their neighborhood. (C2.1 p.36) (spi. 6.2.1)
September 23, 2007 at 11:58 pm · Filed under 6th Science
SCIENCE PLANS
September 24-28
By: Ms. Quanta Lofties
MONDAY – TLW: Practice weighing mass using a triple beam balance scale. Review for test tomorrow. HW: Review for C1 test tomorrow.
TUESDAY – TLW: Go to the science lab and use the knowledge learned about lab tools and measurement in a practical lab. They will find volume, mass, length and temperature while they rotate through different stations. Students will also complete a test over Chapter 1.
WEDNESDAY –TLW: Distinguish between a food chain and a food web and explain how energy flows through a food web. (C2.2 p42) (spi.6.3.1) HW: Complete The Food Web Game (handout).
UPDATE!
THURSDAY – TLW: Create a food chain and a food web using strips of different colored construction paper. Describe the functions of producers, consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem. (C2.2 p40-41) (spi.6.3.1) Please bring art supplies to class.
FRIDAY – TLW: Finish practicing on practical lab activities!
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