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| Goals | Grading | Science Units | Contact Mrs. Cary |
Students will learn the scientific process skills (observing, classifying, measuring, hypothesizing, predicting, describing, inferring or drawing conclusions from data, asking questions or formulating problems, designing experiments, carrying out experiments, & constructing principles, laws, and theories. These are all things "real" scientist will do. These goals will be accomplished through a variety of units, activities, and experiments throughout the year.
Daily Participation - 10%
Homework & Daily Lab worksheets - 50%
Tests/Projects - 40%
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| M & M | Meal Worms | Cells and Microbes | Energy Jammer | Kitchen Chemistry |
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| Oceanography | C.A.R.E |
Timeline: September/October - approximately 6 week unit
Goals:
- Learn how to operate in Cooperative Learning Groups
- Learn the scientific processes
- Predicting
- Classification
- Observation
- Collecting Data
- Graphing Data
- Inferences
- Measuring
- Defining Operationally
- Making Models
- Hypothesizing
- Setting Up an Experiment
- Controlling Variables
Useful Links:
Timeline: November
Goals: Studying the behavior of insect larvae
Timeline: November-January –
Goals: Textbook Unit
- Chapter 1 – Cells
- Chapter 2 – Protists & Fungi
- Chapter 3 – Bacteria & Viruses
- Classification Project called “ORGS” (Students learn how scientist classify
- Web sites:
http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/cells.htm
Plant cell: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/plantcell.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/cell/
Animal cell: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/cell/
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/animalcell.html
Both: http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html
http://www.purchon.com/biology/cells.htm
“Energy Jammer Snuff the Flame”
Problem Solving
Timeline: February (1-2 weeks)
Goals:
- Students will design an energy jammer to snuff the flame of a candle staying within certain criteria.
- Their design is limited to the materials offered by the teacher.
- They have to stay within a budget as each material they use has to be purchased and they can only spend $100.00.
- The design is tested and then reworked if necessary
Timeline: February-March
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- Book Unit C – Nature of Matter is used as a resource
- Students investigate “OOBLECK” and end with a “Scientific Conference”
- Objectives for Kitchen Chemistry are:
- to conduct and complete experiments following the steps of the scientific method
- chart observations to allow for quick comparison and easy analysis
- measure liquids accurately using the metric system
- determine substances by analyzing their different chemical and physical characteristics.
Useful Links:
http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/periodictable_0_click_common.html
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2011-12 Study Guide: http://www.chemed.org/ybtc/challenge/study.aspx
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Timeline: March-April
Goals:
- Science students learn how to do a formal research paper (note cards, bibliography cards)
- organize and write a research based paper
- write a bibliography.
Children Appreciating & Respecting the Environment
Timeline: May
Goals:
- Appreciate the ability of their five senses to detect, observe and describe objects in nature
- Observe and record data in a systematic, organized manner
- Accurately read and complete charts and scientific diagrams
- Use logic in resolving problems and decision making
- Identify sources of energy for living things
- Describe interrelationships between living organisms and the natural world
- Describe the interactions between predator and prey
- Construct the food chain of a barn owl
- Define and apply vocabulary words related to the study of the environment such as canopy layer, ecosystems, and natural resources
- Recognize the changes in the physical environment resulting from human activity
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MEASUREMENT:
Website to practice using Triple Beam Balance:
http://www.ohaus.com/input/tutorials/tbb/TBBread.html
