Sunday, January 27, 2013

January 28 - February 1

Your child is responsible to watch the following BrainPop video this week:

  1. Population Growth (Social Studies)
  2. Review the following YouTube video on the Scientific Method

Science Board Example
Review The Scientific Method from August 2012

1. Make an observation - State the Problem
2. Ask a question - What do you want to learn?
3. Form a Hypothesis and make a prediction
4. Do a test/experiment with a control and a variable
5. Analyze data
6. Draw a conclusion
Important Dates:

Jan. 29 - Unit C Chapter 1 Science Test
Feb. 1 - Science Project Experiment Chosen, Title, and Description of Experiment Due
Feb. 5 - Social Studies Chapter 7 Test
Feb. 6 - Typed and saved on USB Drive - Title & Problem Due (The specific question that your science experiment will answer).
Feb. 8 - Hypothesis & Materials List Due (Must Be Typed and saved on USB Drive)
Feb. 11-15 - A great time to do your science experiment!
Feb. 18 - Procedure Typed & Saved on USB Drive Due (Step by step instructions of how you did your experiment in complete sentences.  You will be graded on format, capitalization, and spelling).
Feb. 22 - Results, Data, and Conclusion Due - Typed/Formatted and Saved on USB Drive (Results will be a paragraph of what you discovered through your science experiment.  Data will be a table, chart, pictures of experiment, etc. Conclusion will be a sentence stating the answer to the Problem and whether your hypothesis was correct or incorrect).
Feb. 25 - Report Due - Typed and Printed
Feb. 25 - Mar. 1 - In Class Presentations (Your science project must be on a visual display consisting of a Science Board with all of the above elements, Final Project, Project Model on display) Click here for the Grading RUBRIC. See visual display examples below.
Mar. 1 - Science Fair @ BIS


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