Bell-ringer: 5 minutes Create your own Cause and Effect statement Why do scientists review, and ask questions about each other’s work? Since they do, do they have answers to explain all phenomena? Explain why. If missing a grade… copy directions in folder Copy CCSS/MS, Objectives, HW If you finish early, you can help pass out papers or sit silently and wait for the others
Mantra Today is a great day for science because: science is power. You are powerful because: I always make a difference.
Agenda 1. Class Website!! / Parent-signed notes? 2. Paper Return/ Grade Sheets/ Collection (Make-up work?) 3. Modeling in Science 4. Communicate the differences between Individual , group, and class models 5. 1st performance task 6. Identify what is needed to know to revise and understand the situation in the model 7. Summary/ Parking lot feedback/ questions
Class Site is Up http://missksciencesquad.weebly.com/ Copy down this address to print notes & share news with your parents http://missksciencesquad.weebly.com/ Parents who would prefer printed newsletters…. Students who need me to print their notes…
Paper return/ Grade Sheet Update Your Name Class/Period Miss Krichten Grade Sheet No. Name of Assignment Unit Name Date Points Earned 1. How Do You Know Inquiry 8/6/15 2. Science / Observations 8/7/15 3. Measurement 8/11/15 4. Scientific Method Quiz 8/17/15
Vocab Reminder Cause – To make something happen - Something that makes something else happen Effect - A change that is a result of an action or other cause Use the vocabulary in a sentence.
Models Independent vs. Group vs. Class A description/ representation of a state or event to be able to understand it better and possibly predict what it will be like in the future Example… Independent vs. Group vs. Class
We can find evidence of life buried underground up to billions of years ago. How is that still there? What made it be buried? Predict what could happen to animals as they die.
Sharing Group discussions Group poster Class consensus (agreement)
What do we need to understand? What knowledge should we know to understand how animals fossilize/ get buried and left behind?
Summary/ questions Models are useful because _____________________________________________ Last questions… Homework: Explore the class website Print any materials needed for tomorrow (Packet on figures and text) Tell me if your parent needs printed newsletters (no internet)