Room 208 Welcome to Homeroom. 1. Find your assigned seat. (Look for your envelope or see Ms. Seymour.) 2. See Ms. Seymour for your locker combination. 3. Find your locker. Go try it. 4. Take your seat when the bell rings.

Room 208 Homeroom Expectations 1. Be On Time 2. Be Respectful 3. Sit in Assigned Seat 4. Stay in Assigned Seat 5. No Talking During Announcements 6. Wait to be dismissed.

August, 31, 2015 Materials: 1. Pen/Pencil 2. Assignment Book: HW-due Thurs, Sept 3 1. Signed Classroom Rules and Procedures sheet. 2. Signed Lab Safety contract. 3. Science Notebook (bought, made, or used with plenty of paper) You will need your notebook everyday.

Sit anywhere for now….. New seats coming in a few minutes August 31, 2015 Sit anywhere for now….. New seats coming in a few minutes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today : Welcome to 6th Grade Science! Attendance Activities at a Glance (board) Science Room Tour Classroom Rules/Procedures HW- write in assignment book. Have book stamped. Names on Popsicle Sticks Review classroom rules/procedures Wait to be dismissed. You will need your notebook everyday.

Daily Classroom Procedures Your science class will follow the following format each day. Welcome Attendance Activities At A Glance Board Materials, Activities, & Homework (assignment books will be stamped) Essential Skills Specific Learning Goals and Objectives Behavior Expectations Success Criteria You will need your notebook everyday.

Advisory August 31, 2015 Today : Welcome to 6th Grade Advisory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today : Welcome to 6th Grade Advisory. Sit anywhere for now. (you will be assigned a seat later) We will go to Ms. Peck’s room. Attendance –seat numbers. Room Advisory Classroom Rules/Procedures Questions? Work on Something quietly/read Wait to be dismissed.

Room 208 Break Sit anywhere for now. New seats coming in a few minutes. 1. Rules Be On Time Be Respectful Sit in Assigned Seat Stay in Assigned Seat and Desk Read, Talk Quietly, Have your Snack. If you need to leave the room (Bathroom/Drink/Locker), You must sign out and take the pass. 2. At 10:30, you must report to your assigned seats and take out required materials. At the end of break, throw away your trash and get ready for pd. 4

September 1, 2015 Materials: 1. Pen/Pencil 2. Classroom Rules and Procedures packet- we are continuing/reviewing. You will need your Science notebook everyday.

Sept. 1, 2015 Today! 1. Finish Rules/ Procedures 2. Bingo 3. Lab Safety Contract – read/draw pictures. 4. Partner Work with Sponge Bob. Thursday- Lab Safety group quiz. 5. Review

September 1, 2015 Sit in your assigned seat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today: Essential Skills: You will be able to: C-5 Demonstrate Understanding of Concepts (classroom rules and procedures concepts) Learning Goals: To follow specific teacher given instructions (as compared to creating your own instructions) Learning Objectives: Students should be able to: 1. To review Rules and Procedures (muscle memory) 2. To earn your first Science Star Relevance: Question- Why should you spend time demonstrating that you understand the classroom rules and procedures? Success Criteria: Name 3 Expectations and/or rewards/consequences. HW reminder: Science notebook /Classroom rules and procedures sheet /lab safety contract signed & due by Thursday You will need your notebook everyday.

Review of Classroom Rules and Procedures Bingo Materials: Rules and Procedures packet/Graph paper/Pen/pencil 1. Make a grid on your graph paper. 5 inches by 5 inches. (Each square is 1 inch by 1 inch) 2. Write a classroom rule/procedure/reward/ consequence in each square. 3. Wait for further instructions. Expectations: Review Bingo-At times talking. At times Quiet You will need your notebook everyday.

September 2, 2015 Materials: 1. Pen/Pencil You will need your Science notebook everyday. Materials: 1. Pen/Pencil 2. Classroom Rules and Procedures packet- Lab Safety Contract Sheet.

September 2, 2015 Materials: 1. Pen/Pencil 2. Bingo Board (if you did not win/or want to play again). 3. Classroom Rules and Procedures packet- Lab Safety Contract Sheet. You will need your Science notebook everyday.

Sept. 2, 2015 Today! 1. Pds 1,7,8- Bingo finish 2. Lab Safety Tomorrow- 1. Gluing Safety and Equipment information our notebook. 2. Goal Setting. 3. Group Work 4. Discussion 1. Pds 1,7,8- Bingo finish 2. Lab Safety Group Work Contract-read 3. Partner Work with Sponge Bob. With pictures 4. Lab Safety Video 5. Review Lab safety around the lab room.

September 2, 2015 Sit in your assigned seat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today: Essential Skills: You will be able to: C-5 Demonstrate Understanding of Concepts (classroom rules and procedures concepts) Learning Goals: To follow specific teacher given instructions (as compared to creating your own instructions) Learning Objectives: You should be able to: 1. Know the classroom rules and procedures 2. Know Lab safety. Relevance: Question- Tell your partner. Why should you spend time demonstrating that you understand the classroom rules and procedures? Success Criteria: Name 3 Expectations and/or rewards/consequences. HW reminder: Science notebook /Classroom rules and procedures sheet /lab safety contract signed & due by Thursday You will need your notebook everyday.

Lab Safety! 1. Read Contract as a class. Discuss…. 2. With your partner- Drawing and Sponge Bob Lab safety. 3. We will go over this as a group. 4. Lab Safety video 4. Group Quiz Thursday.

Lab safety quiz http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/previewtest?G/F/Q/Z/08841314892856

September 3, 2015 Materials: 1. Pen/Pencil You will need your Science notebook everyday. Materials: 1. Pen/Pencil 2. Classroom Rules and Procedures & Lab Safety Contract Sheet packet. 3. Science Notebook 4. Sponge Bob & Where is Safe-T? sheet.

Sept. 3, 2015 Today! 1. Show & turn in signed rules and procedures/safety contract 2. Tape or Staple in notebook Notebook Expectations Lab Safety Sheet Picture of students in the classroom 3. Go over Lab safety partner work sheets- Sponge Bob. pictures 4. Lab Safety Group Quiz Class must get a 100% to do labs. Can earn a star if we get a 100% the first time. 5. In notebook – Goal Setting! Tomorrow- 1. Goal Setting. 2. Group Work 3. Discussion

Sit in your assigned seat September 3, 2015 Sit in your assigned seat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today: Essential Skills: You will be able to: C-5 Demonstrate Understanding of Concepts (classroom rules and procedures and lab safety) Learning Objectives: You should be able to: 1. Know the classroom rules and procedures 2. Know Lab safety. Relevance Question- Tell your partner. Why should you spend time demonstrating that you understand the classroom rules and procedures? Success Criteria: Name 3 Expectations and/or rewards/consequences. You will need your notebook everyday.

Lab safety quiz Class must get a 100% to do labs. http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/previewtest?G/F/Q/Z/08841314892856 Class must get a 100% to do labs. Can earn a star if we get a 100% the first time.

September 4, 2015 Materials: 1. Pen/Pencil 2. Science Notebook You will need your Science notebook everyday. Materials: 1. Pen/Pencil 2. Science Notebook

Sept. 5, 2015 Today! 1. Pd. 1 and 8 - Lab Safety Group Quiz Class must get a 100% to do labs. Can earn a star if we get a 100% the first time. 2. Team Building- -Tallest Tower -Recycled Goods -Goal Setting!

Sit in your assigned seat September 4, 2015 Sit in your assigned seat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today: Essential Skills: You will be able to: C-5 Demonstrate Understanding of Concepts (classroom rules and procedures and lab safety) Learning Objectives: You should be able to: 1. Know the classroom rules and procedures 2. Know Lab safety. Relevance Question- Tell your partner. Why should you spend time demonstrating that you understand the classroom rules and procedures? Success Criteria: Name 3 Expectations and/or rewards/consequences. You will need your notebook everyday.

Working in Groups! Expectations 1. Everyone participates. 2. You must stay with your group-drifting to another group disqualifies you to earn a star.

Scrap Tower 1. You will be working with a team of 3 or 2! You will be given materials to build a freestanding tower . 2. You will be given 15 minutes. 3. The team with the highest freestanding tower wins the challenge. 4. Careful planning, identifying roles and responsibilities as well as creative thinking are essential for this exercise. 5. Tower must be freestanding- Not taped to floor or tray. 6. Ms. S will judge the towers at the end of 15 minutes.

Recycled Goods 1. In your seat groups– How it Works 1. In your seat groups– 2. You will choose 3 simple objects: a chair, a fork, and a pencil. 3. You will have 10 minutes to think of as many possible uses for it as you can-apart from the intended use.

Write in Science Notebook Group Activities Reflection Sept. 5, 2015 What did you enjoy in working in a group? (I enjoyed….. What did you not enjoy when working with a group? (I did not enjoy…) What recommendations would you give to your fellow group members? (I recommend that my fellow group members…..) What recommendations do you think your group members would give you? (My group members would most likely recommend me to….) Do you think we will be doing many group activities in Science Class this year? (yes or no)

September 8, 2015 Pen/Pencil Science Notebook Recycled Goods Sheet Materials: Pen/Pencil Science Notebook Recycled Goods Sheet You will need your notebook everyday.

September 8, 2015 1. Science Start Up 2. Pd. 8- Safety Quiz 3. Go over Recycled Goods! 4. Lab Equipment Glue/Tape Picture Lab Safety packet, pgs 5 & 6- Equipment Work 5. Science Cool Down Stretch.

T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ Science Scramble Science Safety T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/startersgensci.html

T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ Can you unscramble all the phrases below? Hint: They are all related to safety. 1. R A W E O L G E G S G 2. F W T A, not F W F H I 3. S H A W O R U Y N H A S D 4. L O F L W O I E C R D I T O N S 5. O D T N’ O L F O R U O N A D T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/startersgensci.html

T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ The answers are ... 1. R A W E O L G E G S G 2. F W T A, not F W F H I 3. S H A W N H A S D 4. L O F L W O I E C R D I T O N S 5. O D T N’ O L F O R U O N A D WEAR GOGGLES WAFT, not WHIFF WASH YOUR HANDS FOLLOW DIRECTIONS DON’T FOOL AROUND T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/startersgensci.html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greetings! It’s September 8, 2014 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Essential Skill: CR-1 Recognize that a creative process is as important as a creative product. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning Objectives: You should be able to: 1. Use creativity in Science Class today! 2. To identify Lab equipment 3. State the steps of the Scientific Method and use them appropriately. Science Start Up- In Your Science Notebook.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See you later! It’s September 8, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Essential Skill: CR-1 Recognize that a creative process is as important as a creative product. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning Objectives: You should be able to: 1. Use creativity in Science Class today! 2. To identify Lab equipment 3. State the steps of the Scientific Method and use them appropriately. Science Cool Down- With your partner.

What are your New Goals for this Year? Personal. 1. 2. 3 Social 3. Academic Physical 

September 9, 2015 Pen/Pencil Science Notebook Lab Safety packet Materials: Pen/Pencil Science Notebook Lab Safety packet You will need your notebook everyday.

September 9, 2015 1. Science Start Up 2. Pd. 8- Finish Lab Equipment- pgs 5 & 6 3. Scientific Method Notebook- Packet work, pgs – 7,8,11,12 4. Paper Air Plane Lab

T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ Science Pictures Science Equipment T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/startersgensci.html

Name the following pieces of Lab Equipment 3. 1. 2. 5. 4. T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/startersgensci.html

T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ The answers are ... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Beaker Test Tube Flask Graduated Cylinder Eye Dropper T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/startersgensci.html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greetings! It’s September 9, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Essential Skill: C-5: Demonstrate Understanding of Concepts- Scientific Method ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning Objectives: You should be able to: 1. State the steps of the Scientific Method and use them appropriately.

Scientific Method

Packet- Pgs 7, 11, 12, 9 Scientific Method Practice: Paper Airplane lab: http://misterguch.brinkster.net/pplane.pdf

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See you later! It’s September 9, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Essential Skill: C-5: Demonstrate Understanding of Concepts- Scientific Method ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning Objectives: You should be able to: 1. State the steps of the Scientific Method and use them appropriately. Science Cool Down! Name the Steps of the Scientific Method

September 10, 2015 Pen/Pencil Science Notebook Air Plane Lab Materials: Pen/Pencil Science Notebook Air Plane Lab Paper Air Plane You will need your notebook everyday.

September 10, 2015 1. Science Start Up 2. Continue Paper Air Plane Lab. 3. Comic your own Scientific Method. Purpose Research Hypothesis Experiment Analysis Conclusion

T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ Science Question Scientific Method T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/startersgensci.html

What step of the Scientific Method is this? Your dog has run off again.  You think about all the places that he usually runs off to before looking for him. .

The answer is ... 1. Research!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greetings! It’s September 10, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Essential Skill: C-5: Demonstrate Understanding of Concepts- Scientific Method ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning Objectives: You should be able to: 1. State the steps of the Scientific Method and use them appropriately.

Scientific Method

Paper Airplane lab: http://misterguch.brinkster.net/pplane.pdf Scientific Method Comic- In your Science Notebook. Create a comic that shows how you used the Scientific Method to answer a question. Examples- Where is my Science Notebook? How can I get an A on the Math test? Why is my dog’s ear red?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See you later! It’s September 10, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Essential Skill: C-5: Demonstrate Understanding of Concepts- Scientific Method ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning Objectives: You should be able to: 1. State the steps of the Scientific Method and use them appropriately. Science Cool Down! Give examples of when to use the Scientific Method.

September 11, 2015 Pen/Pencil Science Notebook Air Plane Lab Materials: Pen/Pencil Science Notebook Air Plane Lab Paper Air Plane You will need your notebook everyday.

September 11, 2015 1. Science Start Up 2. Continue Paper Air Plane Lab. 3. Comic your own Scientific Method. Purpose Research Hypothesis Experiment Analysis Conclusion

T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ Science Question Scientific Method T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/startersgensci.html

What step of the Scientific Method is this? You have been watching birds for the past several months. After counting the birds, you notice that the number of birds drastically decreases between the months of August to December. What step is this? .

The answer is ... 1. Analysis

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greetings! It’s September 11, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Essential Skill: C-5: Demonstrate Understanding of Concepts- Scientific Method ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning Objectives: You should be able to: 1. State the steps of the Scientific Method and use them appropriately.

Scientific Method

Paper Airplane lab: http://misterguch.brinkster.net/pplane.pdf Second plane- 2 throws Averages for first and second planes. Conclusion Post Lab Scientific Method Comic- In your Science Notebook. Create a comic that shows how you used the Scientific Method to answer a question. Examples- Where is my Science Notebook? How can I get an A on the Math test? Why is my dog’s ear red?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See you later! It’s September 11, 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Essential Skill: C-5: Demonstrate Understanding of Concepts- Scientific Method ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning Objectives: You should be able to: 1. State the steps of the Scientific Method and use them appropriately. Science Cool Down! Give examples of when to use the Scientific Method.