Week of October 25-29

We are beginning a new unit this week.  The books will be blue and called "Chemical Building Blocks."  There is a really exciting web site for this unit and you will have fun visiting it.  You will need a computer with sound in order to get the full effect of the site.  This will be linked on the science links page on the home page. 

Monday we will be finishing up the presentation on the scientist and inventors.  Each student did a great job researching the scientist with the shoulder partner.  Their presentations were very well done on Thursday and I am sure Monday will be just as good.  Tuesday we will start the new unit and prepare for some lab fun.  I told you we switch subjects frequently.  

Scientist and Inventor

Students are studying about a scientist or inventor during this unit.  We have researched using books, encyclopedias, and the internet.  Scoring guides were handed out on Friday, October 15.  They will also need 3 pictures for this project: one should be done by hand and the other two can be printed from the computer or cut from a magazine.  All 3 pictures can be done by hand if they choose.  These will not be scored for artistic ability, but rather to help them present with a visual that relates to the person they studied.  They are not to go and buy poster board, but some students said that they would have some from the project they are starting soon for Comm. Arts.  Students are presenting with a partner, but this is an individual project.  For their research, they have created a green pouch to hold their foldables that are used to plug their information into. They do not need to write a paper for this, but they are doing the research for the project.  I will score the rough draft on Monday, October 18th.

Lab Report Assigned September 24 and due October 4

Your child was assigned a project to do at home.  They have 10 days to complete this project.  On Tuesday, I will attach the paper to this site in order to have a copy at home in case they did not take it with them or lost it.They were given this copy on September 24 and it is due October 4. The paper has the lab report to fill out and is attached to the instruction paper and also the scoring guide.  It is worth a lot of points. Encourage them to take time to get it correct, because this will be a large part of their grade
 
* They are to fill out the front page with the experiment they want to do.  We have done this many times in class.
*They will need help with the actual experiment.  Most experiments take two people to do and observe.
*During and after the experiment, they will record their data in the data table provided on the back of paper.
* Graphing their data is next.  We have also done this in class and we will work together on Thursday and Friday in class if they are unable to figure this out on their own.
* The conclusion is the last part and they will answer the 4 statements on the paper.  If they complete this as suggested in the Scientific Method foldable that we did in class and follow sections on the lab paper, they will do well on this assignment. 
Thanks for helping them out.  I hope you enjoy doing this with them as well as they enjoy doing it with you.  You are your child's first and best teacher and they learn a lot from you.  Thanks for taking part of their education.  It is a great investment of your time.  

Science

• This page will include our homework for the week and it will be posted each Monday.  If you happen to be absent, you may find out the class work that you missed.  

• I will include the link to the Prentice Hall site that we use during class to make it easier for you to view information we experienced in class. 

• Check out the fun science links that are located on the Science Links Page from the Blog Home Page. They are a lot of fun!