January 7, 2009
Happy New Year!
The Science Fair is coming up the week of February 9. Project outlines are
due no later than Friday, January 9. The outline is worth one test grade
and the project is worth two test grades. Points are lost for each day the
outline is turned in late.
Please note: Many students want to build something for their project. The
project needs to involve an experiment. Students need to decide upon a
QUESTION, and formulate a hypothesis that will answer that question. "How
to Build an Electrical Circuit" is not an acceptable project. "What Makes
the best conductor of an electical current?" is. The project should be
based around a hypothesis that can be tested. Simply building a model
doesn't work through the steps of the Scientific Method.
We have just begun Unit 3: Diversity of Life! We will be studying cells,
classification of life, and ecosystems and adaptations. Please return the
orange Glencoe textbooks, we will no longer be using them.
December 12, 2008:
Progress reports will be sent home Monday, 15. The test on weather,
atmosphere and climate will be Wednesday, December 14. Study guides will be
sent home Monday. Remember to bring in headphones for learning today.
*Remember to visit www.learningtoday.com! Your username is your first and
last name together, lowercase, no spaces. The password is "pass."
Chapter 4 Quiz will be Friday, October 25. Students should review pages 131-
134 of the textbook and ensure that their notebooks are in order! Material
covered will include: states of matter, changes between states (melting,
boiling, condensation, evaporation) what happens with particle motion,
kinetic, and thermal energy in each state, density, pressure, and bouyancy.
All missing assignments are DUE BY FRIDAY, OCT. 25!
On Thursday, October 23, select sixth grade students will be going to view
the movie, "The City of Ember," based on the novel by Jeanne DuPrau. If
your
child recieved a permission slip, please return it as soon as possible and
don't forget to send your student with a sack lunch on Thursday!
Please send students to school with empty, clear, 1 liter soda bottles to be
used for constructing cartesian divers. Thanks!
Progress reports were sent home Friday, October 10. Please sign and return
to school with your child by Friday, October 17. Thank you!
Unit 1 Exam on Energy and Simple Machines will be Monday, October 6!
Check out the new link to Rube Goldberg machine videos! This can help give
you some ideas for our upcoming project!
Notebook check on Friday, September 26! Remember, notebooks/classwork = 1/3
of your grade! Please make sure that your notebook is in shape and up to
date! :)
Quiz Friday, September 19, 2008
Energy types, transfer, and resources
Sixth Grade parent orientation
Thursday, September 11, 2008
8:40-9:30am in the Library
