6th Grade Black Science Assignments

 

August

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Welcome!
Classroom Expectations and Observations
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Polyacrylamide Lab.
Assign
Scientist WS.
due Friday
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Finish Measuring Lab. Assignment:
Lab report and questions.
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September

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Look over your list of Data Logger Probes and what they measure. Learn what each one means.
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Microscope Lab
Look over your microscope worksheet and be familiar with the parts and how they work.
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Microscope Lab
No Homework (draw picture of microorganisme)
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Plant Diversity Lab
Finish the calculations for plant diversity and study the worksheet so you will know what to do on the field trip.
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Notes On Photosythesis
No homework. You may read the questions at the bottom of the notes and try to answer them.
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Discussion of preferred fish temperatures.
Fish Temperature WS
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Be ready to go with proper clothing, allergy meds, good attitude for the field trip
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Pond and River Video.
Red Team Field Trip
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Nature Park Field Trip
Assign, Work on Data Sheets
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Bench Mark Testl
HW:Creative Writing Green and Blue Sheets due Tuesday.
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Eutrophication of Lakes.
HW:
Aging Lakes WS Due Wednesday. Finish Averaging Lake Data.
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Compiled Lake and grassland data.
Finish Lake Averages and Grassland diversity WS.
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Finish gathering Lake Data. Lake Test  Information.
Information Sheet due next. Wednesday
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Finish Acid/Base, microscope . and water test WS.
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Plant Scavenger Hunt .Work on Lake Water Test WS. Study Vocabulary for a quiz on Friday.
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Work as a class to determine Q values for the lake data. Complete missing links on the Water Quality WS.
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Work on Data sheets, Friday vocab quiz.
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Discuss Summary Writing.
Work on the Summary and Q Value Sheet. Quiz on Vocabulary tomorrow.
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Take Vocab Quiz.
Water Quality Summary Due Tuesday. Packet due Tuesday.
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Finish Summary and Wetland Packet Due tomorrow.

October

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Watch American Prairie Video.
Read pages 6-11 in Chapter One. List the 8 words that are highlighted in yellow and write a definition for each word.
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Discuss the Video Guide.
Section 1-2 WS for Chapter 1 Due Friday.
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Notes on Section 1-2.
Vocab
How to use the text book.
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Scientific Method.
Section 3 and 4 of Chapter 1 due Tuesday
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How to plan an experiment,
Continue to think about your experiment plan. Make a data table for the data you will collect.
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Graphing Data.
Graph Assignment due on Thursday.
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No School
Native American Day
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Hollywood Squares Review
Crossword graphic Organizer.
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Chapter 21: Notes on Ecology Section 1
Sec. 1 WS 1-4 only,
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Notes Sec. 1 Population, Habitat, Niche
Questions 5-9 on the Green Packet.
Questions 1-5 on the last page of the Yellow Packet.

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Build A Prairie Biome,

Page 2 of Green Packet
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What is a population? Dozens of Daisies Activity.
HW: Finish Activity.
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Notes on Section 3 of Chapter 21
HW: Finish Section 3 of Green Packet.
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Counting Turtles Activity.
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Kids Discovery Ecology.
Biome Diagram due on Monday.
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Review Chapter 21 Ecology
Jeopardy.
Study:Study for test, Jeopardy, p.640-644, Yellow Notes.
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Chapter 21 TEST
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Halloween Demonstrations.
No Homework.
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November

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Hydrologic Cycle WS..Finish Labeling the picture of the Cycle.
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Our Water Supply on Earth
HW: Water supply WS.
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Conferences after school

Hydrologic Cycle Quiz Page one side only.
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Conferences.
Tap WAter
Tour Notes.

HW:Brain Pop Quiz
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Tap Water Tour.
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Water Properties and Water Pollution
Lab Report due Monday. Blue Packet due Wednesday.
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Down the Drain Video
Water Packet Due Wednesday
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Special Properties of Water;
HW: packet due tomorrow.
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Hydrogen Lab
HW: Answer Questions on Lab.
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Review for Science Test on Water and Hydrologic Cycle
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Water test.
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Section 1: World of Cells
Chapter 16
HW:Brain Pop Quiz
Cells Quiz only.

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Magic of Cells Video
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Parts of a Cell and their Functions. How Small is Small
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No School
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December

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January

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