Thursday, September 26, 2019



Parent Night: open house link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSce9blhxUEI3DDryl2twDXTmG4KA96HLXepLtBxhs7VUXdG9A/viewform

click here parents



Green and Blue Group: Act. 2 does it dissolve Lab Analysis Questions: 

What were the solutes you chose? Guess.

What was the solvent in this lab?

Rank the solutes in order of SOLUBILITY. Which dissolved the best? Worst? Why?

How could you make the solution diluted? What would you do?

How could you make the solution more concentrated?


Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Who, what, when, where, why, how water contamination news sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPdPpi5W4o   shade balls in LA

Flint, Michigan https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-flint-water-crisis-a-loss-of-trust/

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/five-years-later-flint-is-still-dealing-with-water-crisis-61304389894


https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/tn/2019/08/29/nearly-100-tennessee-schools-found-high-lead-levels-in-their-water-is-your-school-on-the-list/


https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/detroit-shuts-off-water-fountains-at-106-public-schools/2018/09/04/65232682-affd-11e8-9a6a-565d92a3585d_story.html



https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/14/health/ohio-middle-school-radioactivity-bn/index.html


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-finds-widespread-lead-contamination-of-drinking-water-in-us-schools/     lead in water at schools video


https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article218730675.html



https://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/report-300-schools-test-positive-lead-contaminated-water/


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/nyregion/lead-nyc-schools.html


https://www.thehour.com/stamford/article/Scofieldtown-water-issues-remain-murky-8303260.php


https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/opinion/article/Pavia-Update-on-water-issues-in-Stamford-869001.php








WHO-WHAT-WHEN-WHERE-WHY-HOW
Graphic organizer in modeling notebook
Flint Michigan
Newark School lead in water
North Stamford Scofieldtown Water Contamination

Cholera in the water (Dr. John Snow) 


Thursday, September 19, 2019

ORGANIZE YOUR BINDER NOTEBOOK and BINDER QUIZ FRIDAY

  • syllabus
  • circle lab safety page
  • science A to Z
  • YOUR safety illustration
  • NGSS notes and plant gotta have it list
  • Gossipy model & summary table
  • textbook scavenger hunt
  • LWH COVER PAGE 
  • plastics article 
  • word sort and vocab list 
  • summary table LWH 
  • water quality research
  • notebook check quiz (graded)
  • solute, solvent, solution worksheet 
  • water who what when where why 
  • Honors- DOK challenge questions for activity 2 lab 

Sound Waters Survey to take

click here to take this soundwaters survey

Model Feedback Form

Each person in the group should fill out this form.

Landslide feedback form

Monday, September 16, 2019

LANDSLIDES

HW TONIGHT- make sure your model in your notebook is finished and research landslides for 15 mins.

Finish cover page.
Organize binder


golf cart filming landslide


trees/water landslide from a boat

Malibu landslide



News cast on Landslides:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U0HQqSqtts

Thursday, September 12, 2019

vocabulary words for cover page

Land, Water, and Human Interactions Unit Vocab List


Landslide 
Precipitation 
Wind 
Rain 
Flood 
Soil composition 
Elevation
Gravity 
trees/grass 
Dissolving 
solvent/solute 
Water quality testing 
Water pollution 
Canyons 
Deltas
Weathering 
Erosion 
Deposition 
Water contaminants 
Nutrients in soil 
Water cycle 
Evaporation
Condensation 
Run off 
Melting 
Freezing 
Cliffs 
Topographical maps

Using the word wall, textbook scavenger hunt,
and word list-
create a colored cover page for the unit

TITLE: LAND, WATER, and HUMAN INTERACTIONS
Draw at least 5 pictures that have to do with the theme of the unit
ORGANIZE YOUR BINDER

  • syllabus
  • circle lab safety page
  • science A to Z
  • YOUR safety illustration
  • NGSS notes and plant gotta have it list
  • Gossipy model & summary table
  • textbook scavenger hunt
  • LWH COVER PAGE 
  • plastics article 
  • word sort and vocab list 
  • summary table LWH 
  • water quality research 

Friday, September 6, 2019

First Week of Science--- COMPLETE!

Update:

All A team kids know how to log into powerschool to check grades!

Parents: go to toronline (tor website)
scroll down to the star that says- powerschool

username: student ID number
password is now: 87654321

You will be able to see their classes and click on the grade to see individual assignments for that class. PLEASE CHECK POWERSCHOOL WITH YOUR CHILD EVERY NIGHT


Next week in science class:

Monday: we will be sharing our plant models with your lab group and working on your group model- make sure you know HOW A SEED TURNS INTO A PLANT- have all the terms from the gotta have it list.

Tuesday: finish group models

Wednesday:  gossipy grade and summary table

Thursday: cover page for first unit

Friday: textbook scavenger hunt for first unit



Extra copies:
gossipy grading

summary table


causes of landslides hints

landslide reading...

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

binder organization


SCIENCE BINDER

·      Rules/syllabus
·      Circle the lab mistakes
·      Safety rule illustration
·      Science A to Z


SCIENCE MODELING NOTEBOOK 
NAME 
126 


GOTTA HAVE IT LIST
  • soil
  • roots
  • leaves
  • stem
  • sun
  • water
  • seed
  • germinate
  • cells
  • growth
  • nutrients