Heredity Review

Congrats! You have made it to the last week of 6th grade! We will be spend today reviewing for the quiz on Wednesday.

Bell Ringer - Copy down the highlighted portion on Sexual and Asexual Reproduction in your notebook for you bell ringer.

Reproduction

We have been spending the majority of our time looking out how genetic traits are passed from two parents to offspring. But what happens when there is only one parent? What would the offspring look like? Remember we will also have our quiz on Wednesday of next week.

Bell Ringer (5/26/17) This is going in the gradebook

Punnett Square

We will be working on Punnett Square work today. We will start class with a short video on how Punnett Squares are complete and why we sue them. You will go through a few practice activities on your own. You will have to fill a Punnett Square on your quiz. Make sure you have your Heredity vocabulary sheet, you will need to know a few words to be successful on your final worksheet.

Friday - Bill Nye Genes

Because of the 5th graders coming to visit, classes with only be about 30 minutes. We will be watching Bill Nye - Genes. Please pay close attention to the video, there is some very good information in it.

Bill Nye Video 

Trait Survey

We will be completing the Trait Survey today. You will be looking at a handful of traits that both you and your classmates have. We will look and see if you have more dominant or recessive traits both as an individual and a class. The survey also consists of creating a graph and completing a few questions.

 Bell Ringer - Continue to work on your vocabulary from last class. When you have completed that copy down the  chart from the board in your notebook.

Genetics

We are getting ready to start the last mini unit of the year Genetics! We will look at how and why you have the appearance and traits that you do. This is unit will only take about 2 weeks. Stay focused, the genetics quiz will be the last one in the grade book.

Bell Ringer (5/15-16/17)

Nervous System Quiz

We will be taking the Nervous System Quiz today. We will go through a short Kahoot to help review before the quiz. The majority of the questions are directly related to our quiz, but there are few fun fact questions. Remember Friday is the track meet, there will be no Science. Weather looks great so enjoy the day.

Review for Quiz

We will have our Nervous System quiz on Thursday. We will spend today reviewing a few scenarios on when you would use your senses to gather information. Remember to study your notes from earlier this week.

Bell Ringer - None

The Nervous System

We will watch a video for the first half of class on how the Nervous System responds to certain situations and how the brain can be tricked based on perceptions we have. The second half of class we will go through some of the different areas of the brain and what they specifically control.

Bell Ringer (5/8-9/17)

Reaction Time and Nervous System

If your class has not completed the reaction time activity you will do that first. After the reaction time activity, you will get with a partner and read through the section on the Nervous System. As you read the section, be prepared to create a short summary on how the Nervous system interprets information.

No Bell Ringer

Different Minds

We are going to complete an activity today looking at how your mind functions. We will go through 4 different stations and you will be able to see how different minds/brains respond to situations/stimuli. You will be completing these activities at your table working with the person next you. You will also have to record how fast your are completing the different activities and then  compare your results ro the rest of the classes.

Bell Ringer (5/3-4/17)

Nervous System

What is it and how does it respond to the environment? We will spend a few days focusing on the Nervous System and how it functions. Looking specifically at cause and effect, looking at how the Nervous system responds to different situations that occur.

Bell Ringer (5/1-2/17)

How Systems Work Together Quiz

We have spent the past few weeks focusing on how systems work together. With the Pushing The Limits Video and the Handout we have identified a few general ways systems work together. Today you will be taking a quiz over this topic.

Bell Ringer - Review your notes and make sure you have everything in them you need for the quiz.

How Systems Work Together

We will be finishing up how systems work together today and plan on taking the quiz on Wed/Thurs. depending on your Science day. We will spend the first part of class looking at your heart activity. The second part will be looking at how systems work together and try and come up with a general statement to identify how all systems work together.

Bell Ringer (4/24-25/17)

Pushing the Limits & Heart Rate Activity

We will spend the first part of class finishing up the Pushing the Limits video. Remember to be looking for ways that systems work together and a be thinking of a general statement that could be created on HOW systems work together. The last 30 minutes will be spent completing the heart rate activity.

Bell Ringer (4/20/17)

Systems and How They Work

We are going to quickly go over the human body guide. After that we will break into small groups and you will discuss how the systems work together during your activity. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR NOTEBOOK OR PAPER YOU ANSWERED YOUR SYSTEMS ACTIVITY QUESTIONS ON.

Bell Ringer - Be ready to share out how systems worked together in your outside activity.

Systems Outside Activity

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR NOTEBOOK

We will be going outside today for our systems activity. When you finish the bell ringer please copy down the four questions on the board in your notebook. We will be going outside in about 10 minutes. After the outside activity we will spend the rest of the class working on your human body guide. When you finish the guide I have a few extra activities for you to work on.

Bell Ringer (4/12-13/17)

Systems, Pretest and Guide

We will continue working on systems, we will take the human body pretest and work on the human body guide. The guide will be your source on what each system does and some of their specific organs. As we work through the unit and look at different systems, the guide will be an easy and quick way for you to see what these different systems do.

Bell Ringer (4/10-11/17)

Systems, what are they?

We have wrapped up our cells unit and moving into systems. We will specifically look at how the body is a group of interacting systems that maintain a balance and keep us functioning. We will work on identifying what a system is and how they function. We will look at all body systems during the unit and then focus specifically on the nervous system.

Bell Ringer (4/7/16)

Finish Cell Investigation

We will be wrapping up your cell investigation today. The first 20-25 minutes will be finalizing your sources. From there we will have a short discussion on what you are finding and you will have an opportunity to talk to your classmates and see some of the specific things they discovered. Your final claim and reflection needs to be completed before Friday.

Bell Ringer (4/5-6/17) 

Continue Investigation

Good to see you back, it was a rough few days in LA. The sun was shining, hot, I could barely stand the heat that I had to wear shorts everyday. We will continue with your investigation, the first part of class we will spend sometime catching me up to speed on where you are.

Bell Ringer - Be prepared to share one thing that you have found out about how cells are built.

Cells and More Cells

We will start our investigation on cells today. You will be looking at various cells and comparing them. Are all cells the same? Before the investigation we will review your study guide and make sure that everything is accurate. Remember you have a quiz on Wednesday.

Bell Ringer - What is an organelle. Be ready to share out the answer.

Study Guide & Review for Cell/Organelle Quiz

We will go over the organelle worksheet from last class, this will help you on the study guide and the quiz. Following the worksheet we will complete a study guide and a quizizz to help you review for your upcoming quiz on next Wednesday.

Bell Ringer - What is an organelle?

Cells and Organelles

We will focus on the lab from earlier this week and compare bot the cheek (animal) cell and plant cells we looked at. We will also spend some time looking at the 5 main organelles you will be quizzed on next week.

Bell Ringer (3/22-23/17)

Unicellular/Multicellular & Cheek Cell Lab

We will spend the first 15-20 minutes reviewing over similarities and differences of unicellular and multicellular organisms, you will fill out a study guide over them and the 5 main organelles later this week. The rest of class we will focus on the cheek cell lab. You will have the opportunity to look at your very own cheek cells. As we go through this lab what parts (organelles) of the cheek cell can you see?

Bell Ringer (3/20-21/17)

Organelles & Microscopes

We will finish up the organelle fill in the blank and discuss some of the more important organelles. The second half of class will be using the microscopes. I will show you some basic handling skills and how to use the microscope. Today will mainly be practice, you will need to work on focusing the scope on the three different powers.

Bell Ringer (3/14-15/17) - Iowa Assessment Practice 

Cell Organelles

We will be looking at the different cell organelles today. Organelles are similar to our organs, each has a specific job to help them survive. You will be completing a fill in the blank document over the different organelles. If anyone was absent on Thursday/Friday please make sure to make up the quiz over living things.

Bell Ringer (3/13/17)

After the Bell Ringer answer the question on the board

Characteristics of Living Things Blendspace

You will spend the first half of class going through the 6 Characteristics of Living Things Blendspace. Remember any notes in your notebook can be used for the quiz, which will be the second half of class.

Bell Ringer (3/9-10/17) 

Living Things and Cells

We are starting our final unit of the year, Molecules to Organisms. We will start the unit looking at what it takes to be considered living.

Bell Ringer -
1)     Copy the graphic organizer on the board into your notebook
2)      Brainstorm characteristics that all living things need.

Is Weather Predictable

We will wrap up our unit on severe weather and its predictability today. We will break into small groups based on your topic and look at how your weather forms and if it is predictable. We will use the bell ringer from yesterday to start the class discussion. You will not be in your regular seating chart, set at the tables with your topic.

Bell Ringer - Think of your answers to yesterdays bell ringer

Finalizing Safety Poster/Making up Work

We will spend the first few minutes of class discussing the different types of severe weather. The remainder of class will be used to finish your weather poster, make up any missing assessments/redo assessments or working on outside work. THERE WILL BE NO GAME TIME, if you are done with everything you can read.

Bell Ringer (3/1/17)

Severe Weather Safety

We will finish up how the four types of severe weather form and then move on to severe weather safety. You will be creating a safety poster over your choice of weather. I have attached the rubric to classroom. 

Bell Ringer - Have out your jigsaw handout and be prepared to finish up our discussion. 

Predicting Severe Weather

We are moving on to the last standard in our Human Impact Unit. We will be looking at how to predict severe weather, such as blizzards, thunderstorms, hurricanes & tornadoes. We will spend the next two weeks looking at these 4 types of severe weather, what they are, are to predict them & safety.

Bell Ringer (2/22-23/17) 

Watch this video after the bell ringer - Severe Weather 

Final Reflection

Today we will complete the final reflection on the uneven distribution of resources on Earth and how they ended up that way. As you prepare to write this reflection think of the video The Last Mountain & the article we read last week over the distribution of resources.

Bell Ringer (2/2-21/17)

Distribution of Resources

We will be spending the majority of class looking at how resources are distributed around the world and why? There is obviously an unequal distribution, but why? What has caused this unequal distribution? The first part of class will be spent analyzing and discussing a world map of the distribution of resources, followed up by an article.

Bell Ringer (2/16-17/17)

Cause and Effect of Using Resources

We are going to look more specifically at the cause and effect of using resources, both renewable and nonrenewable. We will be using information from the The Last Mountain video to create cause and effect statements on both mining/using coal and using wind turbines for energy.

Bell Ringer (2/15/17)

The Last Mountain

We will continue to watch The Last Mountain. Remember to focus on how mining for coal, specifically mountaintop removal affects Earth. We will continue to stop the video periodically to discuss what we see.

Bell Ringer - Be prepared to share out ways that mountaintop removal impacts the Earth.

The Last Mountain

We will be watching the video The Last Mountain. It is a video involving the removal of coal, we will be looking at the processes they use and how it impacts Earth. You will have a list of questions to answer as we watch the video. We will stop periodically to discuss them and reflect.

Bell Ringer (2/8-9/17)

Continue with Quiz

We will use the first 30 minutes of class to continue to complete the student generated quizzes over Earth's Systems. Remember both the requirements and good doc to create you quiz are in google classroom. The second half of class we will focus on our new unit Earth and Human Activity, specifically how humans impact the resources we have on Earth.

Bell Ringer - get with your partner and continue to work on your quiz, we will share good news at the end of class.

Review of Earth Systems Unit

You will be creating a quiz over the past for topics that we have focused on. Your quiz will be based on the rock cycle, layers of the Earth, plate tectonics/fossils & types of plate boundaries. You will be creating this quiz to test your classmates knowledge on these four topics, make sure you include an answer key. 

Bell Ringer (2/3/17)

Types of Plate Boundaries

We will be grouping up to share your google slides on your specific plate boundary. After your group discussions you will be participating in a Quizizz and completing a study guide for your upcoming quiz, Titan day on Wednesday and Olympia day on Thursday. The quiz will be similar to the quiz we took on plate tectonics, it will be a short answer quiz with the possibility to go above and beyond with your explanations.

Bell Ringer (1/30-31/17)

Continue Plate Boundary Investigation

We will continue to work on your plate boundary investigation, remember to complete the google slides. If you finish your boundary investigation, you will move on to the extension activity. You will pick one specific volcano, earthquake or tsunami to investigate. We will also spend the first few minutes of class looking over your last quiz and I will provide an explanation for your grade.

Bell Ringer (1/27/17)

Plate Boundaries

We will go over your plate boundary graphic organizer to start class. After we have a basic understanding of the three main types of plate boundaries you are going to pick one of the boundaries to investigate. In Google Classroom you will find the assignment for the day, Plate Boundary Investigation.

Bell Ringer (1/25-26/17)

Types of Plates

So far we have learned about the history of the Earth, rocks & fossils. We are going to now focus on the different types of plate boundaries and what that means for the types of land masses we will see in those areas and possible effects of those plates moving.

Bell Ringer - How many types of plate boundaries are there? How do the plates move? (Be prepared to share out)

Plate Tectonic/Fossil Quiz

We will be taking the Plate Tectonic/Fossil Quiz. Your Bell Ringer is to study for the quiz, you have the study guide from earlier this week please start studying when you enter the room.

Plate Tectonics/Fossil Review

We will review our information from plate tectonics and fossils today. You and a pattern will fill out a study guide for the up coming quiz on Friday. We will also use class time to review for the quiz. Hope you enjoyed your five day vacation!

Bell Ringer (1/18-19/17) 

Fossils and more fossils

We are going to spend a few minutes working on the fossil scavenger hunt, make a replica of a fossil and then discuss what fossils are. Please make sure you have all of your materials.

Bell Ringer (1/11-12/17)

Pangaea

We will continue with the Pangaea activity from last week. We will also look at other possible pieces of evidence to prove that Pangaea really did exist.

Bell Ringer - How do we know Pangaea existed?

Pangaea Activity

We will finish up the layers of the Earth with a short discussion and then move on to our Pangaea Activity. If you have scissors, glue and crayons/colored pencils please go get them now. You will be recreating what we think the Earth looked like 300 million years ago and providing evidence to prove this.

Bell Ringer (1/5-6/16)

Earth's Layers/Plate Tectonics

Glad to see all of you again! We will be picking up where we left off, focusing on the layers of the Earth and plate tectonics. You will be figuring out how the layers where created, why they are composed of the materials they are and other unique features each layer has.

Bell Ringer - Be prepared to share something you did over break.