6th+Grade+Science

= Mr McEwen's 6th Grade Science Wiki = = !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMPORTANT NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! = April 17th - I have updated the test information: One essay can be written at home and turned in the day of the test (we still have a study class before the test). There will be one more unknown essay to write that day as well.

April 11th - THE TEST IS BEING PUSHED BACK because of an Earth Day Video 6th Grade is making - and should be on __April 20th for Block B and D__ and __April 21th for Block H__

April 4th - TEST COMING UP! The test on Chapter 9 sections 1 & 2 will be on __April 13 for Block B and D__ and __April 17 for Block H__ It will cover the facts and information on: You have taken notes and we have went over these as a class and in small groups. (Remember the debate, the jigsaw, and the carbon presentation?) You should know how to ACE each question:
 * //SIX characteristics of life//
 * //FOUR necessities of life//
 * //FIVE organic molecules of life//
 * the main idea of each (function, reason, concept)
 * list and define relative vocabulary (pretend I don't know nothing no how ... write it)
 * be able to cite evidence that supports the main idea (why? and how?)
 * give specific examples and explain their connect to the main idea (kangaroo rat, hemoglobin, chitin)
 * be able to explain of expand of the idea or concept (tell my more ... additional or interesting information) (explain simple and complex carbohydrates)
 * make connections between different ideas in the same category and across the categories. (how are necessities important to each other ... to the organic molecules?)

Essays:
 * Explain how energy is used in living organisms? Discuss some of the organic molecules that are involved in storing energy, breaking down food or using energy in living things.
 * Explain why air is the most important necessity of life? Use the other necessities, organic molecules, or characteristics to help support this claim.
 * Explain in detail how DNA and proteins are connected? Use examples, evidence and explain and expand of the concepts of both.
 * Based on what you know about organic molecules, why is it important to eat a balanced diet. Discuss at least three organic molecules and expand on them.
 * A paramecium is made up of one cell and a human is made up of trillions of cells. How are the life functions of each the same? How do they differ?

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Cell Model Project -Students with create a cell model with all the organelles and cell structures with descriptive labels.
Rubric:

Websites for research:
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[|http://www.worldbook.com/] Username: tigerland Password: bangladesh

Cells and Organelles [] The Incredible Megacell [] Organelles in the Cytoplasm (video) [] Cell Organelles (matching, concentration, word search, flashcard games) [] CELLS alive! [] The Virtual Cell (Cell Biology) [] Cellular Visions: The Inner Life of a Cell (need flash player) [] Virtual Cell Animation Collection [] Inside the Cell [] Inside a Cell [] Prokarytotes, Eukaryotes & Viruses Tutorial [] Plant Cells [] Animal Cells [] The Cell: Design and Function [] ==

Organic Molecules Additional Notes - this PowerPoint will have additional information for the assessment. We also did some small labs during it and a couple additional activities to explore the molecules. See me if you have any questions. Please refer to the notes when thinking about what's important ... the sideshow has more information then was required.==



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CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES== -students will look at general ideas of climate change and global warming, at examples of evidence, and what they can do and then create a video as a group to discuss their research.

General research website: [] [] [] [] []
 * Learning about Global Warming Websites**
 * (visit these, make a one-sheet, and share)**

Article Websites: http://climatechangearticles.blogspot.com/2011/02/theres-really-no-point-in-climate.html http://climatechangearticles.blogspot.com/2011/02/is-it-too-late-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas.html http://climatechangearticles.blogspot.com/2011/02/why-is-climate-change-having-negative.html http://climatechangearticles.blogspot.com/2011/02/climate-change-already-showing-its.html http://climatechangearticles.blogspot.com/2011/01/himalayan-glaciers-melting-or-not.ht



Biomes Project II - Tri-fold Brochure
Bring or email yourself photos for the brochure to work on next class. Keep a record of your sources (THEY WILL BE CHECKED) 50 point project.
 * 1) Front: Name of biome and tag-line (a few poetic sentences about the biome)
 * 2) Statistics/Locations (temp, precipitation, other data using numbers or quick information) (location of the biome on Earth (possible map)
 * 3) Animals - Introductory paragraph about the animals that live in the biome and climate, then add a paragraph about 3-4 animals (include adaptations or survival, food, home, connections) think about a good photo of each.
 * 4) Plants - Introductory paragraph, discuss 2-3 plants in detail (photos)
 * 5) Characteristics - discuss the general characteristics of the biome in more detail (climate, weather, locaitons, animals and plant relationships, dangers to the biome, and other interesting facts)
 * 6) Sources: Cite sources of information and individual sources for photos

Biomes Project
Homework: Create a one sheet using the information from the book. You can also visit the websites below or do research on your own. Try to get some good information. Remember that your biome can go by several names. Temperate Forests = deciduous or coniferous forest Chaparral = scrub land INCLUDE THESE THINGS ON YOUR ONE SHEET: WEBSITES =
 * Name and locations of your biome on the Earth
 * General characteristics of your biome (climate zone, terrain, continents, climate factors)
 * Information on the average temperature, precipitation, sunlight, and soil content
 * types of animals (focus on 3-4 at least and give some additional information about them to show how animals survice in your biome and how they adjust to the climate (food-web, shelter, survival)
 * vegetation (plants and trees ... what kind? how do they survive or thrive?)
 * ideas for photos or illustrations
 * How is your biome threatened? and by what? (see if you can find this)
 * Additional interesting facts
 * http://www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/intro.html
 * http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
 * http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
 * http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/index.html#terrestrial
 * http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/biomes/biomes.html
 * http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0165-biomes.php
 * http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/index1.html

CHAPTER 6 WEATHER TEST STUDY GUIDE= (questions will come from section 1-4 of Chapter 6, from DO NOWS, from section reviews, quizzes, moodle, from discussions in class, and the chapter review) Remember that you need to ACE the questions (Answer, Cite Evidence, and Explain and Expand) Section 2 - Air Masses Section 3 - Severe weather Section 4 -Forecasting the weather
 * Section 1 - Water in the Air
 * -describe the water cycle
 * -calculate relative humidity (%) given the humidity and temperature of air. I will provide the graph on p171. Also be able to calculate the humidity given the relative humidity and temperature of the air.
 * -describe how condensation, humidity and dew poitn are related
 * -explain the difference in clouds from names, composition, and altitude.
 * -describe the types of precipitation
 * -describe the types of air masses (mP, cP, mT, cT) and where they form, what weather they bring, and what they are composed of
 * -name and explain the four types of fronts, how they form, what kind of weather they bring (before and after)
 * If given air masses describe what fronts might occur from them and why
 * Discuss what a cycle or anticyclone is
 * Describe how lightning forms and where it forms
 * Describe the formation of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes (step BY step)
 * Describe the characteristics of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes
 * Explain how to stay SAFE in different types of severe weather
 * Describe the differences between weather and severe weather
 * Describe the different types of instruments used
 * Explain how radar and satellites help meteorologist forecast the weather
 * Be able to read a weather map (cold front, warm front, low pressure, high pressure, rain, isobars)

Additional Question Ideas -Describe the connection between the sun's energy and a thunderstorm. Include temperature, pressure, air masses, fronts, energy, and other items that will help ACE the answer. -discuss the humidity of different ecosystems, and how that affects the weather. -Explain how condensation occurs by telling me about relative humidity, humidity, dew point and temperature change in an example ... in other words give me an example of how and why water condenses out of the atmosphere (you can describe a situation but should also describe what's happening to the water vapor/water) Essay question: How are the sun and our weather connected? Use lots of vocabulary and ideas from the four sections to answer this fully. (solar radiation, evaporation, humidity, condensation, clouds, air masses, pressure, temperature, fronts, types of weather and characteristics and how they form). A good answer will show a clear connection between "the sun" and "weather" but fill in a lot of good information on the transfer of energy. A good answer might include 10 connections. Organize a response and bring it to me for a precheck and so help.

=Homework: Section Review Answers for Section 5.1 and 5.2 click here= (you need to correct and finish the section review as part of your homework ... if you completed it just make sure you have the correct answers)

Chapter 6 (What should you know at this point)
-describe the water cycle -calculate relative humidity -name the types of clouds 1. weather: the short-term state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, and visibility 2. humidity: the amount of water vapor in the air 3. relative humidity: the ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a set temperature 4. condensation: the change of state from a gas to a liquid 5. cloud: a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, which forms when the air is cooled and condensation occurs 6. precipitation: any form of water that falls to the Earth’s surface from the clouds __**Section: Air Masses and Fronts**__ -name the air masses and their abbreviations -name the fronts, how they form, and what weather they bring 1. air mass: a large body of air where temperature and moisture content are constant throughout 2. front: the boundary between air masses of different densities and usually different temperatures 3. cyclone: an area in the atmosphere that has lower pressure than the surrounding areas and has winds that spiral toward the center 4. anticyclone: the rotation of air around a high-pressure center in the direction opposite to Earth’s rotation ==
 * __Section: Water in the Air__**

Chapter 5 Section 4 Air pollution mini-poster
-take the small section of information I assigned you from section 4 and create a simple poster that tells about it. This is not a wordy poster and should be visually easy to understand. Include: bold colorful interesting title (use the idea to make it relevant if possible), photos (printed and labeled) or illustrations or diagrams explaining or showing the concept or idea, examples, maybe easy definitions, and visually easy to understand. Presentation: We'll do a quick sharing presentation so be ready to tell us about your topic (10 points)

Chapter 5 Test: Our Atmosphere
When: Block H Dec 6th Block B and D Dec 7th Study: Sections 1-3 -make flash cards and look at the directed reading, section reviews, and the chapter review. -make sure you look at the DO NOW on the greenhouse movie notes and the one that answered the question "why are cities sometimes 10 degrees hotter then surrounding countryside?" ESSAY.... hint hint

Scientific Method Test : Study Guide
What is an observation? What are two types of observation? What is an inference? What makes a good inference? What are the steps of the scientific method? Name the three kinds of variables. Be able to name the variables in example experiments. Be able to write a good hypothesis and discuss what a good hypothesis contains.



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MEASUREMENT RETEST INFORMATION
//Tuesday October 25th 7:15 - 8:10am in my rooom.// No one allowed after 7:30am so make arrangements to get here on time. Everyone with a D (69% or lower) MUST retake the test! It is still open to anyone that would like to improve their grade.
 * There will be 5-6 problems like those on the test, the wiki below and moodle quizzes. Study those questions and the review notes given during our review day to get full credit. There will also be some metric conversions. Use your test as a template to figure out what you need to study.
 * The two tests will be averaged for your final grade.
 * 1) show data
 * 2) show equations
 * 3) plug values into the equation with units
 * 4) show work (volume calculations, water displacement, mass of liquids)
 * 5) correct answer with units

MEASUREMENT TEST Study Guide
You need to know:
 * convert between different metric prefixes (Example: kilogram to gram, cm to km, ml to dm)
 * know the tools used for measurement
 * definitions of length, area, volume, mass, and density.
 * equations for area, volume, and density. A= L x W V=L x W x H D=M/V V=M/D M=DxV
 * various units for length, area, volume, mass, and density.
 * calculate area, volume, mass, and density with given data (word problems)
 * showing your work. Listing the data, showing units, showing equations, plugging in numbers to the equations, showing all your work and your answer **with** units.
 * finding volume using the measurement method or a water displacement method.
 * finding the mass of a liquid using graduated cylinders and the triple beam balance
 * compare densities of different objects
 * use the triple beam balance to measure mass
 * use water displacement and measurement methods to measure volume.

=Practice Problems= Convert these metric units: Find the area or volume
 * 1) 30 cm = ___m__
 * 2) __402.34 ml =__ __l__
 * 3) __0.045 kg =__ __mg__
 * 4) __34.01 dam =__ _ m
 * 1) volume of a cube has a length of 18cm
 * 2) a box with a length of 34cm, width of 0.12m and a height of 1000mm. Find the volume in cubic meters.
 * 3) area of a city with a length of 30.70 km and a width of 12.02
 * 4) volume of a irregular object that changes the water level from 123ml to 240m

Density, Mass, and Volume (practice showing your work!!!!)
 * 1) Density of a box with a length of 20cm, height of 10cm, a width of 16.5 and a mass of 46g.
 * 2) Density of a liquid that is 60ml and 40g.
 * 3) Volume of a box that is 160kg in mass and has a density of 40kg/m3.
 * 4) Mass of liquid mercury that has a density of 6g/ml and a volume of 50ml.
 * 5) Your pool is a rectangular box in shape. 25m of one side, 15 on the other, and 4m deep. Water has a density of 1g/ml. What will be the mass of the water that fills the pool completely? You will have to either convert the density to g/m3 or the volume to ml in order to solve this problem. This will be on the test maybe.

MOODLE Homework - a how to get there! To get to the moodle: Go to the AISD website, click on middle school, on the left side click on AISD Moodle, logon with your powerschool info (your __uXXXXX__ ID(and your number), if this is your first time your password is __ms1110__ .. look for __Science Grade 6__ and enroll in it. The password to enroll is //boom!//

There are three questions under the measurement quiz, click each and fill in your answers. Good luck!

Volume Homework (H block Sept 27 / B and D block Sept 28)= Solve these problem like we did in class, show all work (the equation, the units, plugging in values into the equation) 1. Find the volume of a spaceship that has a length of 15 km, a width of 2 km, and a height of 1.5 km 2. Find the volume of a cube that is 16 mm in length. 3. Find the volume of a rock using water displacement. Before adding the rock the water level is 50ml. After adding the rock it is 76ml.

=Measurement Notes=

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= =Safety Quiz: You can use your notes!=

=Section 1 Quiz (Block D and B Aug 24 and Block H Aug 25)=

Study Guide: Section 1 from the text and the Branches of Science notes from class (below)
Branches of science presentation media type="custom" key="6747857" Format: Multiple choice, matching, short answer ... worth 40 points Make some flash cards and study with someone at home for a bit SUPER HINT FOR A BONUS QUESTION: Study the diagrams, tables, pictures and illustrations in the text for a bonus question!
 * explain what science is
 * explain what scientists
 * three ways that scientists answer questions and examples of each
 * three benefits of science and examples of each
 * describe the five scientists from the reading and what they do
 * know the three branches of science
 * name one study under each main branch and what they study (for example: Life Science - Ornithology - the study of birds)

Famous Scientist Past or Present= //CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE SCIENTIST YOU CHOOSE// ** Requirements: ** Poster **must** be on a poster paper, which I will provide. The scientist's name should be at the top and boldly visible. Take neat notes and cite your sources because you will need to turn them in as well for credit. When finished everyone will do a 1-minute presentation about his or her scientist so as you learn and research try to become an expert on who you are studying.

=Assessment Checklist= ==

Questions you should think about during research and try to answer as much as possible to get full credit:
 * 1) What branch of science does your scientist work in? What sub-branch?
 * 2) Where did they grow up? Where did they go to school?
 * 3) Where did they work?
 * 4) What kind of work did they do?
 * 5) Are they known for something special? (An invention, experiment, theory, breakthrough)
 * 6) Did they receive any awards?
 * 7) Quotes or famous sayings by your scientist.
 * 8)  If they had any other jobs, ex teacher, lawyer, doctor … …etc.
 * 9) Family information: husband/wife, children, parents, brothers, sister?
 * 10) What else was happening in history when this scientist was famous?
 * 11) Did this scientist work with another scientist? Who was it and what did they do?
 * 12) Are there any museums or other places that are named after your scientist? Where is it?

Approved Sites: (feel free to use the library, online encyclopedias, or other websites ... but you must cite all your sources) Search by last name letter: [|http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/D.html] PBS site ... nice biographies: [] Energy Quest Scientists: [|http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/index.htm]

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