1. GOALS Prepare students for high school Responsibility Independence Organizational skills Problem solving skills Time management Thinking like a scientist

2. CHALLENGE Labs Projects Presentations Research Interdisciplinary Projects Field Trips

3. SCIENCE FIELDS Awareness Careers in science Pictionary Interview with a scientist

4. SCIENTIFIC METHOD Observe like a scientist Experiment like a scientist Think like a scientist Write like a scientist (Formal lab report) SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT

5. CHEMISTRY Oxygen Hydrogen Carbon dioxide Soap making Salt making Atom models Balancing chemical equations

6. PHYSICS Motion Velocity Forces Density Car ‘N Motion

7. BRIDGE/ROLLER COASTER PROJECT Engineering Designing River Report Amusement Park Report Journal Model

8. ASTRONOMY Travel Brochure Water Rockets

9. FIELD TRIPS San Francisco-Monterey Other?

10. INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT Careers Presentations

11. PARENT – TEACHER COMMUNICATION Email (the best and fastest way) Agenda (write me a note) Frost website for grades and homework