Mrs. Ramsey Blog - Where Science and Technology come ALIVE!: March 2018

Friday, March 30, 2018

8th Science - 4/9/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/1FU4B

DUE 4/13 - Go on the website below and complete the 2017 multiple choice questions in NB. Answers only
http://www.nysedregents.org/grade8/science/home.html

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/89WJ1

Homework: Due 4/13/18
Copy the following vocabulary words and definition in notebook.
1. Heat Energy - Heat energy is a form of energy that is present in the molecules and atoms of an object. The motion of atoms and molecules results in heat energy.

2. Conduction - Conduction is heat transfer through direct contact. When adjacent atoms vibrate or exchange electrons, heat energy is transferred between them. EX: Heating a pot on a stove

3. Insulator - A material that reduces the rate of heat transfer by limiting the amount of conduction and/or convection that occurs. Prevents heat moving from one place/object to another.

4. Conductor - A material that allows heat to be transferred through it

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Update for 3/23\18

Students in 5th grade- If you have your projects ready, you can bring them in tomorrow (3/23). If not, it’s okay! Also, we will not have enough time to order pizza. Therefore, you can choose to bring your own lunch and snacks to share with your classmates. REMINDER: Bring in plastic bags to pack up your books. Tomorrow is DRESS UP DAY for everyone in the play, including the choir and washing of the feet.

Monday, March 19, 2018

Weekly Reminders - 3/18/18

3/22 - Active Shooter Workshop - SCHOOL CLOSED

3/23 - PASSION PLAY - Easter Recess Begins at Dismissal

8th Science - 3/18/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/RZ59X

3/20 - Online 8th grade State test. Complete the 45 multiple questions in NB for 2017.

http://www.nysedregents.org/grade8/science/home.html

Do not cheat off the answer sheet.

6th and 7th Science and Social Studies - 3/18/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/T7XVL

3/22 - Front Row for Social Studies: The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

3/21 - Front Row for Science: Population Growth in Ecosystems

5th Science and Social Studies - 3/18/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/U5INF

3/21 - Front Row - The United States Constitution

3/22 - Front Row - Natural Disasters

4th Social Studies - 3/18/19

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/49Q8I

4th Grade Social Studies | code: gagv4n

3/21 - Front Row - The Founding Fathers

3rd Social Studies - 3/18/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/ZWAMA

3rd Social Studies | code: 7saaf5

Due: 3/22 - Frontrow. Sign in to Frontrow Social Studies for Activity.

- Topic What is Geography?

2nd Science - 3/19/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/LMA62

Sunday, March 11, 2018

8th Science - 3/12/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/75WJP

6/7 Science and Social Studies - 3/12/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/78IBR

3/13 - Social Studies Quiz

3/14 - Research the following questions in NB. Rewrite the questions

Can air pollution come from natural sources?
What are the two ways air pollution can enter the air?
What is an example of a primary and secondary pollutant?

What is air pollution?
Where does air pollution come from?
What are some types of air pollution?

5th Science and Social Studies - 3/12/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/U57Y6

PPT on Google classroom. On Revolutionary Leaders.
Students were given the person, details, and criteria last week. Follow those instructions for your PPT.

3/14 - Social Studies Quiz

4th Social Studies - 3/12/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/8WE17

3/13 - Copy and define the vocabulary words in NB

Stamp Act
Patriots
Loyalist
militias
revolution
delegates
Contnental Congress
retreat
surrender

3rd Grade Social Studies - 3/12/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/REGKK

3/14 -Copy and answer the questions.

1. Where is Italy located?

2. Which countries border Italy?

3. What kind of climate does Italy have?

4. What is the capital of Italy?

5. What does AD

6. What does BC

2nd Grade Science - 3/12/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/FVVML

Sunday, March 4, 2018

8th Science - 3/5/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/7GMXC

Quiz - 3/6 - Punnett Square and Heredity

3/7 - LAB: BRING IN MATERIALS AND INGREDIENTS FOR HEALTHY BREAKFAST EXPERIMENT.

6/7 - Science and Social Studies - 3/5/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/HYDK5

3/7 - Quiz on the Male and Female Reproductive System. Must have colored pencils

3/8 - SOCIAL STUDIES: QUIZ on Chapter 7 - Lesson 1 and 2 vocabulary words

Homework:

SCIENCE: Due 3/6 - Draw and label the layers of the earth in NB

SOCIAL STUDIES : Due 3/7 - p. 242. # 1a 1b 2a 3a3b. Questions and answers in NB

5th Science and Social Studies - 3/5/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/DMDIW

3/6 - Science Quiz on the Animal and Plant Cell. You need colored pencils

3/8 - Social Studies Quiz - on The Cause of the American Revolution

Homework:

Science:

3/7 - LAB - Bring in 2 RAW (Uncooked) eggs and a clear plastic bowl that can be thrown out after the experiment.

3/13 - Social Studies: PPT - What impact did the person have or played in the American Revolution?

10 slides

4th Social Studies - 3/5/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/PIZDQ

3/7 - Quiz on the American Revolution - study notes from notebook

Homework: Will be assigned in class Monday

3/8 - in NB

3rd Social Studies - 3/5/19

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/TPEHP

Homework: Unit 4 - Italy
3/7 - Copy and define the following vocabulary words in your Notebook

1. peninsula
2. ruin
3. port
4. mountainous
5. port
6. village
7. empire
8. city-state
9. patron
10. renaissance

3/8 - Quiz on Lesson 1 and 2 vocabulary words

2nd Grade - Science - 3/5/18

https://www.planbookedu.com/s/5MK8F

Quiz: on Thursday on Chapter 3 - Dinosaurs

Homework:

Due 3/7 - Answer the following questions in your Notebook. Restate

1. What are some kinds of fossils?
2. How are fossils form?
3. What animals lived at the same time as dinosaurs?
4. What fuels come from life long ago?

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

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