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Science 6 (Period 3-5)

Course Description

Welcome to 6th Grade Science!
We are in the process of choosing new instructional materials. This year we will be evaluating two publishers (Lab-Aids, Inc. and FOSS). We are very excited about both of these publishers. They have great activities and we are going to have a hard time choosing between them.
 
The best way to reach me is via e-mail. I check it a lot. [email protected]
 
What to Bring to Class - Usually just your notebook and something to write with. Your science notebook is where you will keep your notes and lab reports. It is a great resource that you usually get to use during tests.
 
Grades - They are posted on Aeries. Grading scale runs A+(>96), A, B, C, D, F.
Tests are usually graded and returned to students within a few days.
Test retakes are an option if you have a bad day or two, but the highest score you can get on a retake is a C.
 
Bonus Essays - I add 1% on to your final grade for each bonus essay you write. 5 bonus essays will raise your grade 5%. To write a bonus essay you need to e-mail me with a topic (any science topic) and I will reply with a few questions you will need to answer. Type up a 250-word essay that adequately answers those questions and print it out or send it to me. You can do as many essays as your parents allow. 
 
Late Work - Work that is turned in late will usually not be given full credit. If you are absent, you technically have as many days as you are absent to make up work, but nearly all the classwork is posted on edlio so do yourself a favor and do as much as you can before you return to make it easier to catch up.
 
Assignments and Test Dates - are posted on edlio. Test dates are usually posted a week or more in advance.
Welcome to 6th Grade Science!
We are in the process of choosing new instructional materials. This year we will be evaluating two publishers (Lab-Aids, Inc. and FOSS). We are very excited about both of these publishers. They have great activities and we are going to have a hard time choosing between them.
 
The best way to reach me is via e-mail. I check it a lot. [email protected]
 
What to Bring to Class - Usually just your notebook and something to write with. Your science notebook is where you will keep your notes and lab reports. It is a great resource that you usually get to use during tests.
 
Grades - They are posted on Aeries. Grading scale runs A+(>96), A, B, C, D, F.
Tests are usually graded and returned to students within a few days.
Test retakes are an option if you have a bad day or two, but the highest score you can get on a retake is a C.
 
Bonus Essays - I add 1% on to your final grade for each bonus essay you write. 5 bonus essays will raise your grade 5%. To write a bonus essay you need to e-mail me with a topic (any science topic) and I will reply with a few questions you will need to answer. Type up a 250-word essay that adequately answers those questions and print it out or send it to me. You can do as many essays as your parents allow. 
 
Late Work - Work that is turned in late will usually not be given full credit. If you are absent, you technically have as many days as you are absent to make up work, but nearly all the classwork is posted on edlio so do yourself a favor and do as much as you can before you return to make it easier to catch up.
 
Assignments and Test Dates - are posted on edlio. Test dates are usually posted a week or more in advance.

Posts

Last week of School

Hello, We are focusing on getting in late work this week.
I am available through Wednesday at 3:00 via chat and Outlook. Let me know if you have any questions or need help.
I will be at school Thursday and Friday.
 
I need to submit grades Wednesday so I can not accept work after 3:00 Wednesday.
 
I hope you have a great summer and I look forward to seeing you in the fall.
 
Mr. Scott Garman

5/26 - 6/5, Science

5/26
Weather Quiz Retake
 
5/27
Period 3 Teams Meeting 1:00
Ocean Currents (Worksheet on Teams)
 
5/28
Period 4 Teams Meeting 9:00
Period 5 Teams Meeting 11:00
 
5/29
Make sure you are caught up with the assignments and your notebook is complete.
 
6/1
Climate
Period 3 Teams Meeting 1:00
 
6/2
Climate
Period 4 Teams Meeting 9:00
Period 5 Teams Meeting 11:00
 
6/3
Review for Final
Period 3 Teams Meeting 1:00
 
6/4
Review for Final
Period 4 Teams Meeting 9:00
Period 5 Teams Meeting 11:00
 
6/5
Weather/ Climate Final Exam
 
Vocabulary
Surface Currents
Deep Currents
Salinity
Tide
Spring Tide
Neap Tide
Rip Current
Boundary Current
Gyres
Gulf Stream
Upwelling
Garbage Patch
El Nino
La Nina
Polar
Temperate
Tropical
The 3 Factors for Climate are Latitude, Altitude, and Proximity to large bodies of water.
Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse Gases
Permafrost
Climate Change
Thermohaline
 

5/18 - 5/22, Science

5/18
Period 3 Teams Meeting 1:00 Coriolis & Storms
Hurricane Worksheet (On Teams)
 
5/19
Period 4 Teams Meeting 9:00 Coriolis & Storms
Period 5 Teams Meeting 11:00 Coriolis & Storms
 
5/20
Period 3 Teams Meeting 1:00 Review for Test
 
5/21
Period 4 Teams Meeting 9:00 Review for Test
Period 5 Teams Meeting 11:00 Review for Test
 
5/22
Test 
 
5/26
Test Retake
 

Science Vocabulary, Test 5/22

Flash Flood

Drought

Hail

Updraft

Cumulonimbus

Lightning

Thunder

Step Leader

Tornado

Hurricane

Typhoon

Cyclone

Blizzard

Microburst

Dust Devil

Star

Air

Carbon Dioxide

Nitrogen

Water Vapor

Oxygen

Ozone

Greenhouse Effect/ Gases

Photosynthesis

Methane

The Layers of the atmosphere and what is happening in each layer

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Mesosphere

Thermosphere

Exosphere

Air Pressure

Jet Stream

Kinetic Energy

Density

Barometer

Vacuum

Earth’s Axis

Orbit

Rotation

Solstice

Equinox

Hadley Cell

Coriolis Effect

Trade Winds

Doldrums

Horse Latitudes

Sea Breeze

Land Breeze

Air Mass

Front

Low Pressure

High Pressure

5/11 - 5/15 Science

5/11
Period 3 Teams Meeting 1:00
Air Mass, Fronts (Worksheet on Teams)
 
5/12
Period 4 Teams Meeting 9:00
Period 5 Teams Meeting 11:00
Air Pressure & Weather (Worksheet on Teams)
 
5/13
Global Winds
Period 3 Teams Meeting 1:00
 
5/14
Coriolis Video, worksheet
Period 4 Teams Meeting 9:00
Period 5 Teams Meeting 11:00
 
5/15
Catch up on your notes and worksheets.

5/4 - 5/8, Science

5/4     "May the force be with you, always."
 
What is Air Pressure.
Make sure you have finished the reading Foss pages 32-40
Teams Class Discussion on Air Pressure Period 3 @ 1:00
 
5/5
Teams Class Discussion on Air Pressure Period 4 @ 9:00
Teams Class Discussion on Air Pressure Period 5 @ 11:00
 
Air Pressure Lab (On Teams)
 
5/6
Review Density Foss pages 41-50
 
5/7
Seasons Foss pages 53-58
 
5/8
Heating the Atmosphere Foss pages 69-75

4/27 - 5/1 Science

4/27
Read "What's in the Air?" Foss pages 18-23, take notes in your notebook.
 

I am posting scores today for the Severe Weather and Worst Weather worksheets. If you have not completed them, today is a good day to catch up.

Make sure the following Severe Weather Vocabulary made it into your notebook.

Tornado

Thunderstorm

Hurricane

Typhoon

Cyclone

Flash Flood

Tsunami

Drought

Groundwater

Dust Bowl

Hail

Updraft

Cumulonimbus

Thunder

Lightning

Step Leader

Atmosphere

Atmospheric Pressure

Blizzard

Straight-line Wind

Microburst

Dust Devils

Dust Storm

Wildfires

 
4/28
Read The "Thin Blue Veil" Foss pages 24-31, take notes in your notebook.
 
4/29
Period 3 Teams video chat at 1:00.
 
4/30
Lightning, How Does it Work? (Assignment on Teams)
 
Period 4 Teams video chat at 9:00
Period 5 Teams video chat at 11:00
 
5/1
Read "What is Air Pressure?" Foss pages 32-40, take notes in your notebook
Pages are online and on Teams. Chat me questions as they come up.

4/20 - 4/24 Science

4/20
Take the Insects & Classification Test or Retest
 
4/21
Weather & Climate
Severe Weather, take notes on the vocabulary and things that are new to you.
 
4/22
Finish reading Severe Weather, take notes on the vocabulary and things that are new to you.
 
4/23
Complete the Severe Weather Worksheet (on Teams)
 
4/24
Video Assignment (on Teams)

4/13 - 4/17 Science

4/13
Classification video Take Notes
 
Period 3 "Teams Meet Now" Video Call at 1:00 Go to the Teams page to join.
 
4/14
Period 4 "Teams Meet Now" Video Call at 9:00 Go to the Teams page to join.
Period 5 "Teams Meet Now" Video Call at 11:00 Go to the Teams page to join.
 
4/15
Classification Exploration (Details on Teams)
 
4/16
Quizlet Live Review for quiz and Answer Questions
Zoom Meeting 2:00 Link will be on the Teams page.
 
4/17
Test Taxonomy and Arthropods
 
 

4/6 - 4/10

4/6
Read "Those Amazing Insects" Foss pages 81 - 89.
Take notes in your notebooks (we will have a quiz on this)
Not Happy with your Punnett Square Quiz? Retake today on Teams.
 
4/7
Teams Video Chat - Period 4 at 9:00, Period 5 at 11:00
 
4/8
Teams Video Chat  - Period 3 at 1:00
 
4/9
Insect Survey
 
4/10
Quizlet Live Game
9:30 - 10:00

3/23 - 3/27

3/23
Finish Foss Reading and define vocabulary in notebook
Start Legends of Learning Punnett Square Activities
 
3/24
Conference call at 9:30 go over Punnetts Square
 
3/25
Punnett Square Lab
 
3/26
Finish Lab, add a picture of the finished drawings (4 Punnett Squares) to the Teams assignment.
 
Practice Quiz Punnetts Square 
 
3/27
Quiz Punnetts Square Unit

3/16 - 3/20 Distance Learning

Here is how I see this working. 
 
You should be able to access everything by going to Microsoft Outlook.
The waffle in the top left corner of Outlook will take you to Teams and
I added tabs at the top of the Teams page that opens up my Edlio page and the Portal. The Portal can take you to Foss and Aeries.
 
Read the posts in your Teams page. There are some introductory assignments there.
 
Of course, some of this may not work, but that is ok because we are all learning how to do this together. Do not get frustrated with scores and deadlines. I am looking for effort.
 
Remember, if you are having a problem send me an e-mail, let me know what is going on and I will try to help.
 
 
3/16
Read the Teams Posts and complete the assignments
 
3/17
No new assignments today. Some students are working out some bugs.
Happy St. Patrick's Day
 
3/18
Legends of Learning Activity
 
3/19
Finish  the Legends of Learning Activity
 
3/20
Read in Foss pgs 73 - 80 
 
9:30 Video Meeting
 
Vocabulary for your notebooks, we will have a little open notebook quiz so make sure you know what all these terms mean.
 
Gregor Mendel
Pollen
Stage 1
Self-pollinating
Breeding Pure
P generation
Stage 2
Cross-pollination
Offspring
Filial
F1 generation
Factors
Genes
Allele
Dominant
Recessive
Genetics
Phenotype
Genotype
Punnett Square
Homozygous
Heterozygous
 

7 Tips to Hold a Conversation

Participating in a conversation is a skill that needs to be practiced.

3/9 - 3/12

3/9
Garden
 
3/10
Flowers
 
3/10
Beans
 
3/11 (substitute)
Genetics
 
3/12
Punnett Squares
 

2/20 - 3/6 (Quiz 3/4)

2/20
Read pages, 36 to 43 
Helpful and Harmful Bacteria
Take notes and answer questions
 
2/21
Discuss Helpful and Harmful Bacteria
Strain
Plague
Tuberculosis
Typhus
Cholera
Lyme Disease
Botox
Decompose
Digestion
Evolution
 
2/24
Read Water-Conservation Problem, pages 46 - 49
Take notes and answer questions
 
2/25
Review Vocabulary
 
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Transportation
Percolation
Respiration
Transpiration
Deposition
Sublimation
Accumulation
 
2/26
Water, Light, Energy
pages 50 -57
Read Take Notes and answer questions
 
2/27
Review test results (retake during lunch today through next Friday in room 612)
Discuss Notes
 
Stomata
Guard Cell
Xylem
Phloem
Root Hairs
cuticle
Chlorophyll
Photosynthesis (what is the formula?)
Aerobic Cellular Respiration
 
 
2/28
Celery Lab and vocab
 
3/2
New Seats
 
3/3
Review for Quiz
 
3/4
Quiz
 
3/5
Seed Dispersal Lab
 
3/6
Seed Dispersal Lab