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Science 6 (Period 1,5) Assignments

Instructor
Ms. Nicole Demeuse
Term
2016-2017 School Year
Description
 Please check Canvas for the syllabus!

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Final Unit Assessment on Systems and Subsystems. Use the warm-up questions on the slideshow from class as review. You will be able to use YOUR OWN notebook on the assessment.

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Finish p. 95 L/R and p. 96 L/R in notebook -- Cell Systems Analogy paper and Evidence of a Crime Investigation

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Read and annotate the article on how Caffeine Affects Your Body

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Slideshow from class on Tuesday/Wednesday
 
 

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Google Slideshow from Thursday/Friday

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Sign up for Ms. Demeuse's NewsELA class here
Class code: 3CJ2AB
If you already signed up for the class today during class, you do not need to sign up again, you just need to log in with your google sign in after going to Newsela.com
 
Read the article titled "Trump follows through on campaign promise..." and do the "Write" response on the right hand side of the page. Choose your lexile level for reading it. 
 
NewsELA start guide

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Due Monday: Final PRINTED version of your essay. Make sure your name is on it!
 
 

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Typed rough draft of your 5 paragraph essay on climate change.
 
In class on Thursday/Friday we will be editing, peer reviewing, and finalizing our essays. You do not need to print out your essay.

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Complete the outline for the 5-paragraph essay on climate change. Choose one of the graphic organizers to help you structure your essay from the first handout and one graphic organizer from the second handout. 

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Finish research on Global Climate Change from these two websites:
 
 
Write your research on p. 79R in notebook in Cornell Notes to answer the following questions:
 
What is global climate change?
What causes global climate change?
What are greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect?
What are four impacts of climate change on the earth?

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Renewable Energy Resource Project Due! See slideshow for example.
See Rubric for scoring

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Please see slideshow if you were absent Thursday or Friday. Finish summary if you didn't finish in class. 

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Begin working on your Renewable Energy project using the template. Make a copy in your own drive.

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Finish the "Constant Use" graph on p. 73L. Use the data from the constant use data table. Use two colors, one for % nonrenewable, and one color for percent non-renewable. It will be a double line graph.
 
See slideshow from Tuesday/Wednesday. 
 
 

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If you were absent from class Monday, please see slideshow from class. 

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If you were absent from class Thursday or Friday, please see the slideshow for the Human Impacts Introductory lesson.

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Check Aeries for any missing assignments! I am open for PAWS Tuesday and Thursday, and available after school Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday for absent or makeup assignments. The end of the quarter is on FRIDAY!! See slideshow from class if you were absent. 

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Partner Model Assessment using notebooks
 
Students will be making a map that incorporates all of the parts of our unit, including currents, global wind patterns, climate zones, biomes and adaptations.

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See slideshow from class if you were absent Tuesday or Wednesday.

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No homelearning due. Absent students please see the slideshow from class for important announcements. 

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No homelearning due. Ms. Demeuse was gone Thursday and Friday for a wedding Please see slideshow if you were absent Thursday or Friday.

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No homelearning due.
Ms. Demeuse will not be in class due to travel for a wedding :)
Please see slideshow if you were absent from class Tuesday or Wednesday (2-21 or 2-22)

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Due Tuesday/Wednesday: Color the Biome Map, with each biome being a different color (choose any color you want).
 

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The powerpoint from class is attached. There is no homework, but I'm going to start posting the class powerpoints for absences! You must log into your student account to access.
 

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Google Form - Lexile Level

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Class powerpoint on high and low pressures and global winds.
 
 

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Finish p. 61R and 61L ( Label map with current names, color warm and cold currents, and write ALL the patterns you notice on p. 61L
 
See slideshow for further directions

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Land and Sea Breeze Summative Assessment
 
Students will be asked to make a model of a low pressure system to explain why it produces precipitation, and to draw a sea or land breeze and explain why the wind changes direction at night.
 
KAHOOT PRACTICE LINK
KAHOOT PRACTICE LINK 2

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Finish the Sea Breeze, Land Breeze and Question cutouts

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Finish page 52 L and R in notebook (Pressure and Precipitation)

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If you were absent for the field trip, the slideshow from class is attached! 

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  1. Enter Culver City into the search location
  2. Click on Full forecast
  3. Choose History
    • Pick July 11,2016 and record (in table 1) 3 different temperatures and the pressure for that temperature.
    • Do the same for December 30, 2016 and a date of your choice.
  4. Reorganize your data in table 2 so that your temperatures are in order from lowest to highest.  temperatures.
On p. 50L

Write these questions with answers:

  1. What do you notice about the data?

2. What patterns do you see?

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Compare and contrast the convection models. Use them to create your own final convection model. Final Convection Model goes on p. 48L in notebook.

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Reminder that FIELD TRIP PERMISSION SLIPS ARE DUE Tuesday, January 19!

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Balloon Lab Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (will be scored on 5 point rubric scale)
 
Student can redo/fix with help after school

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Complete the Classroom Job application GOOGLE FORM

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Final Heat Transfer Assessment:
 
Be able to explain and create drawings for the following concepts in relation to a car getting warmer on the inside:
 

 

  • Heat Transfer
  • Radiation
  • Conduction
  • Convection
  • Thermal Energy
  • Kinetic Energy

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DATE CHANGED DUE TO WEATHER!!!! Final Solar Oven Experiment Test Day

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DATE CHANGE DUE TO WEATHER: Final Notebook Assessment over the HEAT TRANSFER UNIT!
 
Make sure you have NO BLANK pages. Make sure all of your notebook pages are complete! This is the last one of the semester and it will be worth a lot of your notebook grade! Check on my teacher website to see what pages you are missing.

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Bring materials to make S'mores! Graham crackers, marshmallows, hersey bars (not EVERY student needs to bring it - just enough donations for everyone)

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Organize your science notebook. Complete any incomplete pages. Check to be sure your page numbers match up with the table of contents. If you are missing any pages, come see Ms. Demeuse or check online to get those missing pages BEFORE the FINAL NOTEBOOK ASSESSMENT on Thursday/Friday.
 

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Bring materials to use to build a solar oven!

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Finish page 33L in notebook (Bar Graph and Claim, Evidence, Reasoning)

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Finish page 28L in your notebook to  make a claim to describe how the molecules move in hot water compared to cold water. Draw a final model to show how the molecules move in hot water and cold water.

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Be prepared for Zombie News Report!

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All Investigative Report Fixes Due 
 
To receive a new score --> fix your Investigative Report by using teacher comments or asking teacher for help. Keep on the same piece of paper or attach new piece of paper to original. Turn in to turn in drawer with name on it.

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Study for Unit Assessmenton on Surviving Science (p. 8-21 in Science Notebook)
Assessment covers: Graphing, Observation, Inference, and Prediction and Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
Unit Assessment is on October 11 for 1st and 5th Period  and October 12 for 4th Period
 

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Graphing Review to prepare for Unit Assessment: Complete at least one line graph and one bar graph. On one half sheet are line graphs and the other half sheet are bar graphs.  If you want more practice you can complete all graphs.

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Finish notebook weekly reflection if you didn't finish in class (page 5L)

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Update Notebook Table of Contents by the END OF THE DAY MONDAY

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Finish Movie Data Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning

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Palm Group: Complete Venn Diagram and Two Investigations, one that would use a bar graph and one that would use a line graph

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Finish observation, inference, and prediction on p. 13L and 13R in notebook.

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Redwood Group: Complete Bar AND Lin Graph
Sequoia Group: Complete 3 out of the 5 choice papers

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1st Period ONLY: Finish Indian Hills Line Graph Practice Page

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1. Finish the poster we started in class with your table partner. If you finished it in class then you don't have to worry about it!
2. Finish labeling all of your notebook page numbers for three Panther Points! 
3. Organize and clean up your notebook if you need to. Show your parents your class reflection on page 5L!

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Make a cover for your notebook

Use the piece of white card stock that was passed out in class

The cover needs to have:

  1. 4 pictures related to a theme
  2. Your FIRST AND LAST NAME
  3. The period you have science
  4. The words “Interactive Science Notebook”
  5. Your science teacher’s name