WEEK+6

Columbus Day (No School)
 * =**Monday, October 12**=

||  || //What have we learned so far?// 1. Daily Catalyst What are THREE key points from the reading that you did for homework last week?
 * =**Tuesday, October 13**=

2. Answer Unresolved Questions from Unit 1 Quiz Study Guide Objectives: All covered so far in Unit 1
 * Study Guide will be shown on Promethean board
 * Students will write in answers on the board
 * This should be a QUICK review

3. Review Game for Quiz Objectives: All covered so far in Unit 1
 * Students will be in teams. Questions will be flashed on the Promethean board. Teams will confer.
 * Answers must be written down on a sheet of paper and will be checked for correctness.
 * Teams will earn points for correct answers and the opportunity to shoot a paper ball for bonus points in the game.

//Homework Create 15 flash cards to study for the unit quiz. // ||  || //What have we learned so far?// 1. Daily Catalyst How much time did you study (estimate) for today's quiz? Do you believe that you studied the right amount, not enough, or too much? Explain.
 * =**Wednesday, October 14**=

2. Complete Unit 1 Quiz Objectives: All covered so far in Unit 1
 * Students will need the complete class time to finish the quiz. (The quiz is two pages, front and back.)
 * Students will need calculators for portions that ask them to calculate density.
 * Students will complete an extended writing prompt for the last question on the test.

3. Students who complete the quiz early will practice math skills using the laptops and www.firstinmath.com

//Homework Create 15 flashcards to use for studying for the unit quiz.

// ||  || //What is the science fair?// 1. Daily Catalyst What are 5 things/people/places that interest you? Write them down. What are 5 things/people/places that do NOT interest you. Write them down.
 * =**Thursday, October 15**=

2. Plasma Objective: Describe the three states of matter and changes in states of matter. 3. Introduce Science Fair
 * Students will draw a flow chart that describes how energy is added at each level between changes in states of matter.
 * Then, they will respond to the question: What happens when energy is added to a gas?
 * Students will come to the front desk to touch a plasma globe, which is a globe of gas that has been energized to create plasma.
 * Students will write one of their interests on a piece of chart paper to generate a class list of interests.
 * Students will review dates, objectives, and amount of participation required for the science fair.
 * Students will write down which objective for doing the science fair means the most to them and why as we discuss the goals and purpose of the projects.
 * Students will write down 2 questions that they have as the fair is described. Index cards with questions will be collected at the end of the class (exit slip).

//Homework Brainstorm 5 topics that you might be interested in pursuing for the science fair.


 * A workshop for parents regarding the science fair will be held from 4:00-5:00pm.** //

//What is the science fair?// 1. Daily Catalyst What is a To-Do List? Have you ever used one? Why are To-Do Lists helpful?
 * =Friday, October 16=
 * =Friday, October 16=

2. Continue Introduction to Science Fair
 * Review answers to questions from cards submitted the day before.
 * Students will have the option to participate in two fair in addition to the school-wide fair. Students will write about which fairs they plan to participate in and why. "Are you interested in the optional fairs? Why or why not?"

3. Selecting a Science Fair Question
 * Students will be given an example general topic of interest: airplanes.
 * Science fair questions have to be TESTABLE. Testable questions usually involve a cause and an effect: "if this **changes, then** that** happens."
 * Students will brainstorm various parts of an airplane or function of a plane. The purpose of the brainstorming to narrow a broad interest and to begin seeking out variables that can be isolated, tested, and measured.
 * Students will be given an example that if you change the length of a wing (one variable) you can measure how far a model plane will fly (a second variable). What is the cause and effect being tested and measured?
 * Students will then be divided into teams. Teams will be given a topic (energy drinks, clothing, fertilizer, insulation, football, bridges) and will brainstorm possible variables that could be isolated with regard to these broad topics. They will record their brainstorming notes on construction paper. They will then attempt to generate 2 or more testable questions (if possible...but this is not required at this point).
 * Groups will share out their resulting posters.

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