Mrs. Ramsey Blog - Where Science and Technology come ALIVE!: 2014

Monday, December 15, 2014

Weekly Reminders - 12/15/14

12/16 - All students MUST bring in shopping bags to pack books for storage.

12/18 - Thursday December 18, 2014

6th grade and 8th grade trip to see movie Exodus King of Gods
Time: 9am - 3pm
Place: AMX Lowes Lincoln Square
Price: $9.00
Dress Code: Jeans and gym shirt
Student must bring money for lunch. 12/19 - Lessons and Carols 8:30 AM Parents Welcome
Classroom parties begin after Lessons and Carols

CLASS PARTY

Dismissal at 3:00 PM - Christmas Recess
Classes Resume on Monday January 5, 2014

Monday, December 8, 2014

Weekly Reminders - 12/8/14

11/9 - Grades 5,6,7,8 Projects due

11/12 - 12:00 Dismissal

12/12 - Map of the Month due

8th Science - 12/8/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12iLBrkGxoxHBzRLU6XcS1U19JMRqZb021kB0sPwkrZM/pub

Homework

11/10 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB

1. fault
2. earthquake
3. normal fault
4. reverse fault
5. strike-slip fault
6. seismic wave
7. focus
8. epicenter
9. mantle
10. crust

7th Science - 12/8/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TftTYFaMUavoigy-GxDDgUdKuvUTVTL8r-PF5Sa_1nQ/pub

Homework

12/10 - Copy and define vocabulary words from chapter in NB

6th Science - 12/8/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12aIjJAWtJLrLJgfEMiagZeX1A-K78NlwVm7vIaDo4Hk/pub

Homework:

11/10 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB

1. simple machine

2. effort force

3. resistance force

4. lever

5. fulcrum

6. mechanical advantage

7. pulley

8. wheel and axle

9. wedge

10. incline plane

6th Social Studies - 12/8/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lSalF2k0d0bwKaDgty6j-M6UGWos73Bd7QXDiXIevSs/pub

Homework

12/11 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB

1. Karma

2. subcontinent

3. Vedas

4. monk

5. dharma

6. caste

7. Buddhism

8. Harappan civilization

9. Mohenjo-Daro

10. migrate

11. citadel

5th Science - 12/8/12

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s4WAcnglvJ9S4ngTvxPshSKRdrExDUoHIgDSqmDoJUk/pub

Homework:

11/10 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB

1. ecosystem

2. ecology

3. biotic factor

4. abiotic factor

5. population

6. community

7. habitat

8. niche

9. energy

10. minerals

5th Social Studies - 12/8/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bmxCxRI6IVJ4yD6yLIIJCJtkwaoaPPnmDbPId9fRsBs/pub

Homework:

12/11 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB

1. bilingual
2. province
3. North American Free trade Agreement
4. Jacques Cartier
5. Samuel de Champlain
6. Canada
7. Quebec
8. Nunavut
9. Vancouver
10. Toronto
11. Nova Scotia

Sunday, November 30, 2014

8th Science - 12/1/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JAigojwN0eqDSeaYk6bV6is057JI7Mijh5yotkO04lA/pub

Homework:

12/3 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB

12/4 - Design an experiment using any of Newton's laws of motion to demonstrate in class. Use the scientific methods. LAB Books

7th Science - 12/1/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZmX4EHlSEL2-7zi6AToUNG8aqaSLvQA3jGFmVIidX68/pub

Homework:

12/2 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB

12/4 - Design an experiment with 2 or 3 people on how diseases can spread. Experiment will be done in class using the scientific methods. LAB Books

6th Science - 12/1/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DGvJVSyIh-p7Hp7fdHJHBeWvh5qYLRshKTqSASyakiw/pub

Homework:

12/3 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB

12/4 - Design an experiment to demonstrate the continental drift theory, how plates move, how earthquake occurs, or volcanic eruption. You can work in pairs or threes. LAB Books - Use the scientific methods.

6th Social Studies - 12/1/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gg4yWliTj_baJ5qT2RDa3LSQHWlyTPsOH59tAyzhaHQ/pub

Homework:

12/4 - Copy and define vocabulary words from lesson plan in NB. Again!

5th Science - 12/1/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SEFlUhyMbK-6mM15uJziu90cy8NKMYAFE2JK0MaviC0/pub

Homework:

12/2 - Copy and define vocabulary words from lesson plan in NB

12/4 - Using your lab books, design an experiment on how clouds are form. You must know the different types of cloud and the water cycle. Use your Lab books. You can work in 2s or 3s.

5th Social Studies - 12/1/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HytP4-9cktPtqKmzhHN0gZ75YfRHaYgHfJ2myUulTD0/pub

Homework:

12/4 - Copy and define vocabulary words from lesson plan in NB

Sunday, November 23, 2014

8th Science -11/24/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WPZfWXAqunPTIPtr7h5UwRCJFBmyTeYLhRQSEBoFVzg/pub

Homework:

12/25 - On LL -Text: Excerpt from Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion. Short Response Question:

Read the excerpt from Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion. What does this excerpt reveal about Isaac Newton?

Sir Isaac Newton is one of the most important scientists in history. He studied how the universe works and formulated laws of physics to help people understand things like gravity, motion and light. Isaac Newton also invented the branch of mathematics known as calculus. It can be said that he used math to explain the world (or at least some things about it).

Isaac Newton was born in England in 1642. His interest in science developed early. As a boy, he made sundials, model windmills, a water clock and a mechanical carriage.

7th Science - 11/24/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tG9o_VQ7V0miEqNK9VtLRTCkbiBq7DYGeZAEcgQYZBk/pub

Homework:

11/25 - On LL. Answer each of the following questions. Paraphrase the questions.

1. What is the difference between a communicable and non-communicable disease?
2. What causes communicable disease and how are they transmitted?
3. What should you think about in order to keep from getting a communicable disease?

6th Science - 11/24/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DGvJVSyIh-p7Hp7fdHJHBeWvh5qYLRshKTqSASyakiw/pub

Homework:

11/25 - In NB. Copy questions and answer each question completely and neatly. Skip lines.

1. What is the hypothesis of continental drift?
2. List the evidence that supported the hypothesis of continental drift.
3. What was one of the main objections to Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis?
4. What is Pangaea?

6th Social Studies - 11/24/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zaWPhnFD2YUJO4TkdBWRy2cXfJQFPfRw1FKAbVjJjOQ/pub

5th Science - 11/24/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WnrDV-84_Ez0M-as6BdS8-ql3ZLWKYNQcU7JricLhd0/pub

5th Social Studies - 11/24/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v_wLNw3T8eK7XK8qiVOfubUbKICHtUDiXc3aO1dDX4c/pub

Homework:

11/25 - Complete the 3 paragraphs that were started in class. Columbus and Magellan in NB

Monday, November 17, 2014

Weekly Reminders - 11/17/14

11/21 - Early Dismissal -Report Card - Parent-teachers Conference - 1:00PM - 7:00PM

11/21 - NO Science Weekly Quizzes

11/24 - NO Social Studies Weekly Quizzes

8th Science - 11/17/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bpCzw9D_15Py3NyLMwRtWi1EkYWHOYKRc2d1gfMvIXc/pub

Homework:

11/18 - Sketch of Rover

11/19 - Copy and define vocabulary words from lesson plan in NB

7th Science - 11/17/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qzXWgwvy4muhJUCTSvQT39KNL9B8bxDL9-4yXR_cPD4/pub

Homework:

11/19 - Copy and define vocabulary words from lesson plan in NB

11/24 - Research paper on how alcohol and affect your brain functioning. 2 page report. 12 font. Times New Romans, black ink, double space, and 1 inch margins on all 4 sides. MUST have at least 3 references on separate sheet.

6th Science - 11/17/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Trhw0YZ7JX5yql05WdXgPc88CXt_VqBG9RWpDptVZV4/pub

Homework:

11/18 - Copy and define vocabulary words from lesson plan in NB

6th Social Studies - 11/17/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fq0Asy7h5ZraA_txaxr1hoLF81834cY9RYXizWkYAWg/pub

Homework:

11/20 - Copy and define vocabulary words from lesson plan in NB. Use internet for definitions

5th Science - 11/17/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h0zHJBbCs_1eZssoMD10omfu0QC41kDfvqWpDltHbkc/pub

Homework:

11/20 - On LL. Write a paragraph (6-8) sentences on what you learned about weather. Include the proper terms and vocabulary in your paragraph.

5th Social Studies - 11/17/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ErOoaC-VjjPZvcGJupWlobVfnpiXoF0ydeYGq6mjuXU/pub

Homework:

11/19 - Questions on pages 152-153 - On LL

1. Three of these explorers reached what is today the United States. Who were they and what areas did they explore?

2. What did Balboa accomplish in 1513?

3. How were the Spanish changed by their arrival in the Americas?

4. If you could go on an expedition with any of these explorers or conquistadors, which one would you choose? Explain.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

8th Science - 11/10/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u2JRDzEu7hDtxMp_E3fhwvHoURTMffhRmo43E9HLaHc/pu b

Homework:

11/13 - On LL - Textbook p. 188. Section Assessment # 1 & 2. AND using Math. Write out questions and show work. DO NOT COPY FROM EACH OTHER.

7th Science - 11/10/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ISnhfChkjCWXYsBt1W25wYa1Pn98c7pbHksuziLZrE/pub

Homework

11/13 - In NB - Draw and label the ear on page 609. Will be assessed on drawings.

6th Science - 11/10/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mhoLTCVTs0EtG5WJZoVkSsN5bfmBV_KPX3P69yvND9c/pub

Homework

11/13 - In NB. WB p. 170. Earth's Moving Crust. Try and complete the chart as it is in workbook.

6th Social Studies - 11/10/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DAA_CbIVSRxivq9qrAmQ3c5lMCrEAmAUjzmOo6DXUe4/pub

Homework

5th Science - 11/10/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tHE18eB8qev-6E1HM8-zJJpvcr742lwKON4SUBk2aFo/pub

Homework

11/13 - On LL - WB p. 214. Write out passage and complete the main idea with at least 3 supporting details

5th Social Studies - 11/10/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18nLsYD8WvrljBsbWiAMkG7Fty53bt8DbcdjtFHXiy0U/pub

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Weekly Reminders - 11/2/14

This week students will be taking Unit 1 and the first 2 weeks of Unit 2 Exam. Students must review ALL vocabulary words for Unit 1 and first 2 weeks for Unit 11. Go over notes and homework given during this time.

Exam Schedule

11/4 - Reading and Science

11/5 - ELA and Social Studies

11/6 - Mathematics and Religion

11/7 - TACHS Exam for 8th grade students

8th Science - 11/2/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-OZ3ytboe2R_rQXG1Gmkc0zTK14eX1SU4MxBL3k8dfk/pubHomework:

11/4 - Unit 1 Reading and Science Exam

7th Science - 11/2/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vjfWkQRqalymQkXXtSBeIe71jP-n-WQLJ0htJhLj0s4/pub

Homework:

11/4 - Unit 1 Reading and Science Exam

11/5 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB

6th Science - 11/2/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cPMmHsMGrzhX-uG31sdwgl-zhw1TmooNBnSnC9NzYf0/pub

Homework:

11/4 - Unit 1 Reading and Science Exam

11/5 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB

6th Social Studies - 11/2/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14und7h6VD5hJEkPEFvC2Y8mUsNUqR7LK2-pM4LKYDvo/pub

11/5 - Unit 1 ELA and Social Studies Exam

11/6 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB from lesson plan.

11/13 - Map of the month due

5th Science - 11/2/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fj7-l4zMylbT5vMXPg0lQ4ier8JErDfD2oQkBgnnqU0/pub

11/4 - Unit 1 Reading and Science Exam

Homework:

11/4 - Complete the semantic web

5th Social Studies - 11/2/14

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1whX43FNBzafTGFqwEYgcPQBr9h0PeuyC2CB-4u8HXL0/pub

Homework:

11/5 - Unit 1 ELA and Social Studies Exam

11/6 - Copy and define vocabulary words in NB from lesson plan.

11/6 - Research Explorers paper due.

11/13 - Map of the month due

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Weekly Reminders - 11/3/14

Exam Schedule

11/4 - Reading and Science

11/5 - ELA and Social Studies

11/6 - Mathematics and Religion

11/7 - TACHS Exam for 8th grade students

Friday, October 31, 2014

6th Grade Science Unit 1 Study Guidelines

6th Grade Science

Review:

Weekly Vocabulary words for Unit 1 and Week 1 & 2 of Unit 2.
What is Science?
Students will learn of the steps scientists follow to solve problems.
What is the independent variable in an experiment?
Be able to define that matter can be a solid, liquid, gas and takes up space.
Be able to explain that physical change is a change in size, shape, or state without forming a new substance.
Students will be able to describe how a solid can become a liquid and convert into a gas.
How to classify minerals based on their properties?
How can density is measured?
How particles and waves compare?
Why Earth’s lithosphere is changing?
How minerals are classify?
The difference between a rock and a mineral.
Infer what the Rock Cycle tell us about the formation of rocks
What are the three types of rocks?
What are index fossil?
Describe radioactive dating.
What is a rock’s relative age?
What is geologic column?
What is superposition?
What do the periods in the geologic time scale represent?
Understand the development of the geologic time scale

Thursday, October 30, 2014

8th Grade Science Unit 1 Study Guidelines

8th Grade Science

Review:

Weekly Vocabulary words for Unit 1 and Week 1 & 2 of Unit 2.
What science is and the use of scientific method in problem solving
How does inquiry affect us everyday?
Be able to describe and measure the speed of a chemical reaction.
Describe the law of conservation.
What is a physical and chemical change?
What evidence might tell you that a chemical reaction has occurred?
Define precipitate.
What is an atom?
Know the structure of an atom
Create a time-line of events that led to the modern models.
How is today’s model of the atom developed?
Learn the process of radioactive decay.
Describe carbon dating.
When is the equation for a chemical reaction balanced?
be able to explain exothermic and endothermic reactions.
Explain how the periodic table is set up and used.
What affect the solubility rate of a solute within a solution.
Define energy and describe how to calculate kinetic gravitational potential energy.
How distance traveled compare to displacement?
Be able to tell the difference between a solute, solvent, and solution.
Learn the properties of the representative elements.
What devices have anode and a cathode?

Events in History - 1/9 - 1/13

January 9
Connecticut entered Union, 1788 (5^th)
Mississippi seceded from the Union, 1861
President Richard M. Nixon was born, 1913
January 10
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was published, 1776
London's Metropolitan; World's first underground railway, opened to the public, 1863
The League of Nations established 1920
The Holocaust began, 1933
January 11
Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury was born, 1757
Alabama seceded from the Union, 1861
Major League Baseball (American League) adopted the designated-hitter rule, 1973
January 12
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died, 1519
The Alamo, a Franciscan Mission, was built, 1722
The first public museum in United States (South Carolina) established, 1773
January 13
Hood resigned as commander of the Army of Tennessee, 1865
Hubert H. Humphrey, former vice president, died in Waverly, Minnesota at age 66, 1978
Air Florida jet crashed in Washington, D.C., 1982
The Beatles US album Yellow Submarine was released, 1969

Scientific Method

Rules to follow in using the Scientific Method when experimenting.

Steps of the Scientific Method
Detailed Help for Each Step
Ask a Question: The scientific method starts when you ask a question about something that you observe: How, What, When, Who, Which, Why, or Where?
And, in order for the scientific method to answer the question it must be about something that you can measure, preferably with a number.
Your Question
Do Background Research: Rather than starting from scratch in putting together a plan for answering your question, you want to be a savvy scientist using library and Internet research to help you find the best way to do things and insure that you don't repeat mistakes from the past.
Background Research Plan Finding Information Bibliography Research Paper
Construct a Hypothesis: A hypothesis is an educated guess about how things work:"If _____[I do this] _____, then _____[this]_____ will happen."
You must state your hypothesis in a way that you can easily measure, and of course, your hypothesis should be constructed in a way to help you answer your original question.
Variables Variables for Beginners Hypothesis
Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment: Your experiment tests whether your hypothesis is true or false. It is important for your experiment to be a fair test. You conduct a fair test by making sure that you change only one factor at a time while keeping all other conditions the same.
You should also repeat your experiments several times to make sure that the first results weren't just an accident.
Experimental Procedure Materials List Conducting an Experiment
Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion: Once your experiment is complete, you collect your measurements and analyze them to see if your hypothesis is true or false.
Scientists often find that their hypothesis was false, and in such cases they will construct a new hypothesis starting the entire process of the scientific method over again. Even if they find that their hypothesis was true, they may want to test it again in a new way.
Data Analysis & Graphs Conclusions
Communicate Your Results: To complete your science fair project you will communicate your results to others in a final report and/or a display board. Professional scientists do almost exactly the same thing by publishing their final report in a scientific journal or by presenting their results on a poster at a scientific meeting.

Rules to follow when using the Scientific Method when experimenting.

A message from the Holy Father on Advent and Christmas

On the first Sunday of Advent, Benedict XVI reminded the faithful that Christmas is about God who "comes to be with us."The Holy Father's comment was heard by thousands who had gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Angelus. He highlighted the significance of Advent as a time to prepare for the celebration of Christ's birth."In Advent, the liturgy often repeats and assures us, as though seeking to defeat our mistrust, that God 'is coming,'" the Pope said."He comes to be with us, in each one of our situations; he comes to live among us, to live in and with us; he comes to fill the distances that divide and separate us; he comes to reconcile us with himself and with one another," the Pontiff said.God, Benedict XVI added, "comes in the history of humanity to knock on the door of every man and woman of good will to offer individuals, families and peoples the gift of fraternity, concord and peace.""Therefore, Advent is par excellence the time of hope, in which believers in Christ are invited to remain in vigilant and active expectation, nourished by prayer and by a concrete commitment to love," the Pope said.

Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?

Although juicy and tender butterball turkeys are the main cuisine of today's Thanksgiving celebrations, these birds were NOT the most popular centerpieces on the first Thanksgiving tables.
In 1621 when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians celebrated the first Thanksgiving, they were gobbling up many more foods than just turkey. Since lobster, goose, duck, seal, eel, and cod were plentiful during this time, these foods were most likely the main courses of this first feast. Deer meat and wild fowl are the only two items that historians know for sure were menu of this autumn celebration.
So how did the turkey become the main mascot of modern-day Thanksgiving if we don't know for certain that turkeys were at this first feast?
One story tells of how Queen Elizabeth of 16th century England was chowing down on roast goose during a harvest festival. When news was delivered to her that the Spanish Armada had sunk on it way to attack her beloved England, the queen was so pleased that she order a second goose to celebrate the great news. Thus, the goose became the favorite bird at harvest time in England. When the Pilgrims arrived in America from England, roasted turkey replaced roasted goose as the main cuisine because wild turkeys were more abundant and easier to find than geese.

HAVE A WONDERFUL AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Mrs. Ramsey