1. Welcome to Mrs. Snyder’s 6 th grade science class ! Inquiring Minds Wanted!! Note Cards for questions

2. About Me Education

3. Akimel A-al Science and Math Lagos 5 th Grade Brisas Kindergarten Horizon Community Learning Center K-6 Technology Meet Mrs. Snyder

4. Communication Email: esnyder@kyrene.orgesnyder@kyrene.org Phone: 480-541-5904 Website: http://www.kyrene.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=1 http://www.kyrene.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=1 My website http://www.kyrene.org/esnyder Google drive

5. Common Core vs. State Standards Kyrene Standards Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) AIMS 8 th grade English Language Arts – reading nonfiction and persevering to make sense of it – Writing to communicate results Structure and Function – Depth of knowledge

6. Science as Inquiry Questioning Planning Conducting investigations Communicating results Thinking critically ***Kits, resources, supplies and donations

7. Working with others Group work Respect Participation Teamwork

8. Science Notebooks Notebook/binder is required Notebook should be set up with dividers that are labeled: Daily Science Labs Worksheets Notes Tests/Quizzes Other supplies that are required Sharp pencils, markers, colored pencils, scissors, glue sticks, checking pens, loose notebook paper *Can be kept in class *Can be shared with math *Required EVERYDAY

9. Daily Science #2 What does a volcanologist study? A. ConstellationsB. PlantsC. Volcanoes Answers: Woman’s hair, boot, glove, belly button, wall socket, dress C Word of the Day: Observation -an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence How many differences can you observe between these two pictures?

10. 1 st Quarter Science Skills and Inquiry – Design & conduct investigations Plant Systems – Experiments with Plants Cell Structure and Function – Structure & hierarchy of cells

11. 2 nd Quarter Human Body Systems – How various systems work together to form vital functions Scientific Method – Step-by-step process for conducting scientific inquiry

12. 3 rd Quarter Structure of the Earth – Earth’s atmosphere – Earth’s waters (oceans) – Water cycle – Lakes, Rivers, Reservoirs – Earth’s weather

13. Science Project 3 rd quarter Design and conduct an experiment at home Complete Power Point presentation, trifold, or create a video Give speech to class on experiment

14. 4 th Quarter Structure of the Earth - continues – Earth’s atmosphere – Earth’s waters (oceans) – Water Cycle – Earth’s weather Energy – Renewable and non-renewable – Generated, stored, transferred, transformed – Conservation

15. Homework -assigned Monday -due Thursday Newsela science articles https://newsela.com/articles/?ca tegory=science#articles/ https://newsela.com/articles/?ca tegory=science#articles/ Absences- students have the number of days absent to make up missed work Parent notes

16. How will they be graded? 75% assessments 25% work completion Tests and Quizzes 75% Class work Daily science Labs-Experiments Notes Participation Homework

17. If your child is absent It is THEIR responsibility to come see me about what they have missed (see folders) Your child has the number of days they were absent to turn in work that they’ve missed Use – learning lab – Lunch club

18. My hopes for this school year… To guide every student to be their personal best To challenge students to ask questions about the world around them To work cooperatively with ALL classmates To have every paper your child turns in have their NAME on it To inspire a love of science and 6A