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Monday, May 11, 2020

6th Week 8 (May 11th-May 15th)

Day 1: Monday May 11th -
1) Step 5 - Decide how you plan to display or present your project... here are some examples of student work from the past... (Click on the pictures to enlarge.)

Pop-Up Book - The Cell to Baseball



 

 




















Booklet - The Cell to Soccer














Booklet - A Plant Cell to Hogwarts














Children's Book - A Cell to a Library














Booklet - A Cell to a Movie Theater















2) Create the first 4 organelle pages / slides of your project....


Day 2: Tuesday May 12th -
1) Create the next 4 organelle pages / slides of your project....


Day 3: Wednesday May 13th -
1) Create the last organelle pages / slides of your project...
2) Join my in Zoom for an explanation and example of the cell model!! (6A 3:30 / 6B 4:30)

Day 4: Thursday May 14th -
1) Step 6 - Begin gathering your model materials
2) Begin creating your cell model

Day 5: Friday May 15 -
1) Finalize your cell model and analogy project - look over the rubric page 9 to make sure you have completed everything to the best of your ability.
2) Send me pictures of both your analogy project AND model through the Google Classroom Assignment. (Will show you how to do at Wednesdays Zoom Meeting.  

Thursday, May 7, 2020

7th Week 8 (May 11th - May 15th)

Hello 7th Graders,
This week we will continue to study the Moon.

Please print off the Investigation 5 Packet from Google Classroom.

Day 1: Monday May 11th - 
1) Answer the part 1 question, What Moon Phases can be observed? Shade in the circles and label the phases below. (We will answer the LOL during the Zoom.)
2) Watch the following video to help you understand why we have moon phases, lunar eclipses and solar eclipses.
https://youtu.be/jAVEh2X2yfg
3)Read the article under Week 8-Day 1 Earth's Moon
4) Join me for our Monday Zoom (7A 3:30 / 7B 4:30). Please bring your Moon Log, Invest. 4 and Invest. 5 packet to the meeting!!

   
Day 2: Tuesday May 12th -
1) Complete page 3-Looking at the Moon, by watching my following YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/CSEZVY79Ies

2) Complete the Moon Puzzle, page 4 by cutting out the 9 puzzle pieces found on page 5 and laying them in the correct Moon Phase placement.

3) Use the key below to correct your Moon Puzzle then glue down your puzzle pieces:


  









Day 3: Wednesday May 13th -
1) Complete Page 6 and 7 - Oreo Moon Phases. (Remember, if you don't have Oreo's just shade them in...)



Day 4: Thursday May 14th -
1) Check out Bill Nye - The Moon to help review what we have been learning about the Moon! Click between the ** to highlight the link!!
**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPPQgMORPlg**


Day 5: Friday May 15th - 
Complete page 8 and 9 of the Investigation 5 packet, this is the first two pages of the study guide for Investigation 4 and 5.



Day 6: Monday May 18th -
1)Complete page 10 and 11 of the Investigation 5 packet, these are the last two pages of the study guide for Investigation 4 and 5.

2) We will correct the entire Study Guide at our Zoom meeting this afternoon. 

Sunday, May 3, 2020

6th Week 7 and 8 (May 4th - May 13th)

Hello 6th Graders!!

We will be working on a project "The Cell Analogy Project!" next two weeks! - I went ahead and outlined the entire project to help you pace and not get overwhelmed. 

Day 1: Monday May 4th -
1) Make sure you have accepted my online Science Google Classroom Invite.
2) Print out the Cell Notes and Project attachment, located in Google Classroom.
3) Watch the following video of the explanation of Cell Parts page 1 - page 2, Organelles to Mitochondria.
https://youtu.be/gGTlPSjz9qY


Day 2: Tuesday May 5th -
1) Watch the following video of the explanation of Cell Parts page 3 and 4, the E.R. to Cell Walls.
https://youtu.be/gLEZpGPBx84


Day 3: Wednesday May 6th -
1) We are ready to begin the cell analogy project... Look over page 5 and 6. These are the guidelines and steps for the project.
2)Complete Step 1...
3) Join me for our Zoom (6A 3:30 / 6B 4:30)


Day 4: Thursday May 7th -
1) Begin Step 2, 3, and 4 (pages 5 and 6).
2) Use pages 7 and 8 from your packet to help you organize steps 2 and 4.
2) Work on completing the "why" that part of your system matches the cell part.

 
Day 5: Friday May 8th -
1) Complete Steps 2, 3, and 4 - and the graphic organizer (pages 7 and 8).
2) Make sure each cell structure is compared to something in your system, make sure you have at least TWO reasons why your comparison is like the cell part for each organelle.

**Next week you will be creating the final cell project and model.** Here is next weeks break down....

Day 6: Monday May 11th -
1) Step 5 - Decide how you plan to display or present your project... here are some examples of student work from the past... (Click on the pictures to enlarge.)

Pop-Up Book - The Cell to Baseball



 

 




















Booklet - The Cell to Soccer














Booklet - A Plant Cell to Hogwarts














Children's Book - A Cell to a Library














Booklet - A Cell to a Movie Theater















2) Create the first 4 organelle pages / slides of your project....


Day 7: Tuesday May 12th -
1) Create the next 4 organelle pages / slides of your project....


Day 8: Wednesday May 13th -
1) Create the last organelle pages / slides of your project...
2) Join my in Zoom for an explanation and example of the cell model!! (6A 3:30 / 6B 4:30)

Day 9: Thursday May 14th -
1) Step 6 - Begin gathering your model materials
2) Begin creating your cell model

Day 10: Friday May 15 -
1) Finalize your cell model and analogy project - look over the rubric page 9 to make sure you have completed everything to the best of your ability.
2) Make sure to send me pictures of both your analogy project and model through the Google Classroom Assignment.