Friday, 17 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from hands on activities and classroom discussions to
-describe phase changes.
-describe the tranfer of heat energy from one object to another.

Students did an FCAT transparency as their do now.

Students then did the heat transfer lab activity, by making ice cream. You can find the handout to the activity, along with the directions for making the ice cream mix, at the top of this blog.

The home learning for the holidays is to complete the Winter Package for Science on Scientific Method.

Have a Safe and Blessed Christmas and I pray all of God's choice blessings for the coming New Year for you!

Thursday, 16 December, 2010

This is HL #9. Answer questions on a properly headed sheet of loose leaf notebook paper. Be sure to follow all written directions.

Students will be able to:
use information from supplementary reading materials, hands-on activities, and classroom discussions to
-recognize how theories are modified as new information is discovered.
-suggest evidence that supports the theory of continental drift.
- compare continental drift theory to the theory of plate tectonics.

Students answered an FCAT transparency question for their do now.

Students watched a BrainPop movie on Plate Tectonics.

Students received HL #9, which they also used to take notes. Students wrote the main ideas about the Theory of Continental Drift and the Theory of Plate Tectonics.

The home learning can be found at the top of this blog.

Tuesday, 14 December and Wednesday, 15 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from the interim assessment exam and the CPS clicker sytem to
-review the interim assessment exam and exam 5.

Students used the clicker system to review the fall interim assessment. Students were placed on teams and asked to discuss and then answer the questions. The team with the most points win a free home learning pass!

There was no home learning on either day.

Monday, 13 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from notes, past lessons, and classroom discussion to
-take an exam on Earth Structures and Earth Systems and Processes.

Students took Exam 5 using the clickers.

There was no home learning.

Thursday, 9 and Friday, 10 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from online sites and classroom discussion to
-differentiate between erosion and deposition.
-explain how the agents of erosion shape/reshape the earth.

Students explored the effects and causes of water erosion by accessing a Discovery Learning virtual lab. The lab can be found by accessing your Discovery Learning account. Paste the following URL address into your browser window and then sign in.

Remember, your user name is:
miami_youridnumber (miami underscore your id number with NO spaces anywhere!)

Your password is:
youridnumber_miami (your id number underscore miami with NO spaces anywhere)!

Then, click GO.

Click the tab for Assignment Resources (third tab) and click the link for Erosion, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. Use the handouts supplied in class (or print your own from the additional materials tab) to complete both levels.

There was no home learning.


Here is the login page information:
students.discoveryeducation.com

Wednesday, 8 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from online sites and classroom discussion to
-differentiate between erosion and deposition.
-explain how the agents of erosion shape/reshape the earth.

Students took the mini assessment 3.

Students explored mechanical weathering by using gravel and chalk to determine how mechanical weathering breaks down materials.

There was no home learning.

Tuesday, 8 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from online sites and classroom discussion to
-differentiate between erosion and deposition.
-explain how the agents of erosion shape/reshape teh earth.

The do now was an FCAT transparency.

Students completed the kinetic city activity, which can be found as a link on Dr. Gayden's Science Zone (drgcdms.podomatic.com). Click the link for Monday, 6 December, 201 For Sixth Graders to access the activity.

Students then visited the Discovery Education site to do an activity on erosion. The results were recorded in their notebooks.

There was no home learning, but there will be a mini assessment tomorrow (postponed from yesterday).

Monday, 6 December, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from online sites and classroom discussion to
-differentiate between erosion and deposition.
-explain how the agents of erosion shape/reshape teh earth.

The do now was an FCAT transparency.

Watched a BrainPop movie on erosion.

Students then took notes on erosion and deposition:

Erosion, the transfer of weathered sediment, always involves deposition, or the deposit of the weathered sediment in a new location. Along with weathering, erosion and deposition are responsible for the continual reshaping of the Earth's surface. Sediment is constantly being worn down by some type of weathering, carried away by an agent of erosion and deposited in a different place. Landslides are actually a very extreme, fast-acting method of erosion: They transfer sediment down a slope and deposit it at the end of their path. The sediment a landslide deposits is known as its talus.

The five agents of erosion are wind, water, glaciers, waves and gravity. Gravity is the underlying agent of all types of mass movement. Without the force of gravity to pull sediment down an incline, a landslide would not occur. But any of the other four agents can also play a part.

There was no home learning, but there will be a mini assessment tomorrow.

Thursday, 2 and Friday, 3December, 2010

This is HL 8, all to be done on one sheet of loose leaf, properly headed paper.

Students will be able to:
use information from laboratory experiments and classroom discussion to
-compare/contrast physical and chemical weathering.

The do now on Thursday was an FCAT transparency.
The do now on Friday was a quiz on Chemical and Mechanical Weathering.

Students submitted and reviewed HL 7 and received HL 8, which can be found at the top of this blog.

Students completed the questions from the Glencoe virtual lab on weathering. To access the lab, visit Dr. Gayden's Science Zone (drgcdms.podomatic.com) and scroll down to Monday, 22 November, 2010 for 6th graders only. Click the Glencoe link to access the lab. Before you begin, copy the table into your notebook. Complete the table as you work through the activity. Finally, answer all the journal questions.

Those who completed the activity began the vocabulary word activity.
Students are reminded to bring their 3 rock samples in tomorrow.

Wednesday, 1 December, 2010

This is HL 7, all to be done on one sheet of loose leaf, properly headed paper.

Students will be able to:
use information from laboratory experiments and classroom discussion to
-compare/contrast physical and chemical weathering.

The do now was an FCAT transparency.

Students submitted and reviewed HL 6 and received HL 7, which can be found at the top of this blog.

Students performed the Glencoe virtual lab on weathering. To access the lab, visit Dr. Gayden's Science Zone (drgcdms.podomatic.com) and scroll down to Monday, 22 November, 2010 for 6th graders only. Click the Glencoe link to access the lab. Before you begin, copy the table into your notebook. Complete the table as you work through the activity. Finally, answer all the journal questions.

Students are reminded to bring their 3 rock samples in tomorrow.