| MISSION CONTROL FOR WEEK OF September 8 - 11 |
| Announcements: - All learning styles inventories and pre-quizzes must be completed before 8 am Wednesday!
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| | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade |
| Monday, September 7, 2009 |
| Daily Launch | Labor Day Student/Teacher Holiday |
| Daily Mission |
| Handouts |
| Homework |
| Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Computer Lab Day |
| Daily Launch | All Students: Take out signed Science Fair Letter. Neatly write class period in the bottom left-hand corner. Then place it in the correct folder on back table. DO THIS FIRST!!! Science Fair Folks: If you are interested in participating in Science Fair, please go to Science Fair section of website and watch the “Getting Started Science Fair PowerPoint.” Write down questions you may have about Science Fair. Please read and complete: Some students still need to complete the learning styles inventory and print their results (if you have not done so already). Also, students who did not complete the online pre-quiz on variables and experimental design also need to go to the Web Quizzes section and complete this task. |
| Daily Mission | Look up the following terms using the internet: independent (manipulated) variable, dependant (responding) variable, controlled variables (constants), control group, experimental group, conclusion. Type a definition in your own words for each term in an MS Word document. Then search the web for examples of real scientific experiments. Choose one and write a description of the experiment in MS Word. Include a link to the website where you found the experiment. Clearly identify the independent (manipulated), dependant (responding), and controlled variables of the experiment. Identify the control group and experimental group (if present). Also, you need to summarize the outcome or conclusions that resulted from the experiment. | If NOTHING besides handing in homework in the Daily Launch pertains to you, you may start by spending no more than 10 minutes on FCAT Explorer Science Voyager. When done, read over The Great Quake Shake-Up Preliminary Report and start answering the questions on the back. Plotting Quakes: You will be expected to plot all major quakes (4.5 or larger) occurring from 9/5/09 to 9/18/09. USGS link for quake data |
| Handouts | None | Great Quake Shake-Up: Preliminary Report WS Ocean Floor World Map (Please see Mrs. Flynt) |
| Homework | Please check your computer at home and determine which version of Microsoft Word that you have installed (2007, 2003, Works, Word for Mac, none, etc) | Study your definitions for the vocab words introduced today. | Work on plotting all quakes with a magnitude of 4.5 or greater. For tomorrow, you should plot at least 5 or 6 of the major quakes that have occurred so far today. |
| Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Computer Lab Day |
| Daily Launch | Science Fair: Please read over “Generating and Evaluating Project Ideas” in the Science Fair section. All Others: Continue looking up and defining Scientific Method Vocabulary. Be sure to type definitions in Microsoft Word. Make sure you add the correct heading to your document. Ask neighbors or Mrs. Flynt for help if needed. | Science Fair: Mrs. Flynt will meet with students to talk about Status Forms and submitting project ideas. These students should be researching and honing in on project topics. They do NOT have to complete Quake Maps! All Others: Resume plotting your quakes. You are expected to plot all major quakes (4.5 or larger) occurring from 9/5/09 to 9/18/09. Copy and paste the quakes you have plotted into a Word Doc to create a list of what’s on your map. (We nixed this idea in 5th period) |
| Daily Mission | See yesterday’s Daily Mission. Students will continue with this assignment. Discuss how to phrase keyword searches to improve search results. Students will be expected to print out and turn in your work at the end of class today. Science Fair Students will meet with Mrs. Flynt and begin research on their topic. | Attention Quake Plotters: After some problems with data tables for quakes, I decided to print out all data for 9/5-9/7 for you. Students will get this in class tomorrow, along with the complete data for 9/9 (today). In class today, most students printed out or uploaded quake data for 9/8 (yesterday). For the remainder of this project, I will print a copy of the previous day’s data and have it ready for you in class each day. Other stuff we did in class today: Explore some of the features of the ocean floor: click on this link and view the first 5 slides. Try to identify the features on the 5th slide and then click “continue” to check your answers! Click “continue” again for another ocean basin! |
| Handouts | Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified, Generating and Evaluating Project Ideas | |
| Homework | Complete Smithers and Homer sections on Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified. Meet in the classroom! | Complete Smithers and Homer sections on Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified. Be prepared on Thursday and/or Friday to be outside. Wear sturdy shoes and easy-to-clean clothing. Meet in the classroom! | Science Fair: Research project topics and start filling out a status form. All Others: You should have at least 15 quakes plotted by class tomorrow! See my note about data tables above! EVERYONE: PLEASE bring a shoe box with a lid for tomorrow’s lab. Attached lid is okay! |
| Thursday, September 10, 2009 |
| Daily Launch | Mrs. Flynt will come around and check to see if Simpson’s Variables HW was completed. | Turn in Simpson’s Variables HW to INBOX. Mrs. Flynt will check and return. | Label the features shown on Features of the Ocean Floor WS. |
| Daily Mission | Students will learn how to calculate grades using the grade monitoring sheet. Discuss the “Smithers” experiment on Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified WS. Vocab: independent (manipulated) variable, dependant (responding) variable, control group, experimental group, controlled variables (constants). | Look at and discuss Hubble Images Slide Show, the history of Hubble, the Hubble repair missions, the latest images, and the shuttle landing tonight. Discuss the “Smithers” experiment on Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified WS. Vocab: independent (manipulated) variable, dependant (responding) variable, control group, experimental group, controlled variables (constants). | Discuss the most common features found on the ocean floor. How do we know what’s there? Introduce the history of sea-floor exploration. Vocab: continental shelf, continental slope, abyssal plain, mid-ocean ridge, deep sea trench, sea mount, guyot, volcanic island, mark twain, hand sounding, SONAR, and . |
| Handouts | Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified | Quake Data for 9/9, Features of the Ocean Floor Diagram WS, Mapping the Ocean Floor Classnotes |
| Homework | Finish Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified | Finish Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified | Continue mapping your quakes. Try and do at least 10 quake plots tonight! |
| Friday, September 11, 2009 |
| Daily Launch | Turn in Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified into INBOX. Read pages 31-37 in Environmental Science text. | Turn in Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified into INBOX. | Mrs. Flynt will come around to check Quake Maps, plotting progress, and talk with each student. Students will read over Mapping the Ocean Floor Cornell Notes. |
| Daily Mission | Pass back Rules and Procedures Quiz in OUTBOX. Calculate grades. Review and discuss Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified. | Break into small groups and review/discuss Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified. Review safety procedures for labs. Discuss the variables and experimental design for our water bottle rocket lab. Create a data table to record amount of water, flight time, and observations for each trial. | Discuss learning goals, the need to focus on learning for long term rather than short-term retention, and the need to read carefully when taking an assessment. Read and complete “Mary has a question…” WS. Review how to construct a scientific hypothesis. Discuss independent and dependant variables, control and experimental groups, constants/controlled variables, and experimental research and design. Introduce the concept behind the Sea Floor Model/Fathometer in a Box project. |
| Handouts | Simpson’s Science Variables Simplified | Quake Data for 9/10, Mapping the Ocean Floor Classnotes, Mary has a question... WS |
| Homework | Science Fair Folks: First Status Form due Monday! All: Have a wonderful weekend. | Science Fair Folks: First Status Form due Monday! All: Retake Variables and Controlled Experiments Web Quiz. | Science Fair Folks: First Status Form due Monday! Non-Sci Fair Folks: Plot all major quakes from 9/5-9/10. All: Bring any extra supplies your group may need to build your sea floor model. |
