Month: October 2016

Monday: Self-Assessment

/ Ms Lea

Now that students have been in school for two months, we are taking a day in science to stop and reflect on the year so far.  Students will complete a self-assessment form reflecting on their Habits of Work and Learning (HOWLs) in science.  They will also consider what they have learned thus far in science and make some goals for the rest of the trimester.  This information will be shared with parents at conferences this upcoming Thursday, Nov 4 and Monday, Nov 7th.  You can access the HOWLs self-assessment here: Science HOWLs Self-Assessment.

Students that were out on Friday will need these link to complete their Parent Conference Student Graphic Organizer

Students that have extra time can check out these How It’s Made Food Videos.

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Mandatory Homework Club for students missing work recent work on Tuesday after school.

 

Wednesday: Food Journeys Continued

/ Ms Lea

Today students will continue to explore that distance that food travels from the farm to our plates.  Students will share their maps from class yesterday.  They can compare their banana journey with the information from this clip: The Journey of Bananas

Students will focus today of both Maine agriculture and the specific distances that produce travels in the US.  They will collect their notes on this page: Food Journeys Webquest

Students will need these links for their assignments:

Students that have extra time can check out these How It’s Made Food Videos.

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ASSIGNMENTS:

Tuesday: Food Journeys

/ Ms Lea

Today students will compare the distance that different food travel to get to Maine. Students will do an activity to map out the steps that sugar beets go through to get from the farm to your home as sugar.  Then students will diagram the journey of other foods such as spinach, bananas, and apples. Here are the resources from class today:

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ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Food Journey Stories due Wednesday
  • Retake of the Introduction to Matter and Measurement test after school on Tuesday and Thursday. All students that received a grade lower than an 80 are expected to retake the test.

 

Monday: Introduction to Food Systems

/ Ms Lea

This week students are starting their new unit on Food Systems.  Over the course of the next two months students will be focused on where our food comes from, the resource demand for food production and distribution, food waste and the nutrient cycle, and aquaponics and other innovations in growing.

Today, students focused on the relationship between food and plants.  Nearly all of our food can be traced back to plants.  Students examined how the plants are needed for the meet, dairy and plant ingredients in common foods like chocolate milk, ice cream and even beef jerky.  Today’s notes sheet can be access here: Introduction To Food Systems Notes

We also watched this explanation of where sugar comes from:  Where Does Sugar Come From?

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ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Retake of the Introduction to Matter and Measurement test after school on Tuesday and Thursday. All students that received a grade lower than an 80 are expected to retake the test.

Monday-Wednesday: Study Packet and Rippleffect

/ Ms Lea

This week we are wrapping up our “Introduction to Science and Measurement” unit.  Students have a test on Friday covering what they have learned about measurement, mass, volume and density, and the states of matter.  A study packet was handed out in class on Monday.  You can access it here: Test Study Packet: Intro to Science and Measurement  Test questions are very similar to the questions in the study guide.  We will be playing a study game in class on Thursday.

Note that students will not have most of their regular academic classes on Tuesday, Oct 18th due to our morning team-building session with Rippleffect.

ASSIGNMENTS:

 

 

Thursday & Friday: Oobleck Lab

/ Ms Lea

Today students have an investigation to apply what they have learned about states of matter.  Students will be observing a substance called “oobleck” made from cornstarch and water.  Students will identify the characteristics of a solid is has and the characteristics of a liquid it has.  Following this, students will need to make the case as to whether it is more like a solid or more like a liquid.

Students can make oobleck at home using this recipe:

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Check out these links about oobleck:

ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Turn in any missing work.